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Person to Bunny is a 1960 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.
Plot
In his Hollywood home Bugs is being interviewed on the TV show People to People with Cedric R. Burrows (a knock-off of the Edward R. Murrow series, Person to Person). As Bugs is interviewed, he is greeted with a knock on the door and it is Daffy Duck who shows up. Knowing that Bugs is being interviewed, Daffy decides to get in on the action, but Bugs doesn't want Daffy in on it making Daffy mad. Burrows now is asking how Bugs has outsmarted Elmer Fudd over the years and Bugs says questionably "Elmer Fudd smart?" and says that he is stupid and his I.Q. was P.U.
Elmer is watching People to People at home and when he hears Bugs saying that he was stupid, he is now very angry and blows his top and decides to come over to settle the score with Bugs. So Elmer comes over, and Bugs stops the interview and decides to settle with Elmer. Elmer tells Bugs that he has five seconds to apologize to him for calling him stupid or he will shoot, and when Elmer begins to shoot, Bugs puts a carrot in the gun and it backfires on him. Meanwhile, Daffy is singing an Al Jolson song as Bugs is watching. Bugs decides to show Daffy a TV camera but it was actually rifle which Elmer sticks out through the door and shoots Daffy leaving him with a bent beak. Daffy is now jealous of Bugs and starts imitating him with a rabbit suit eating a carrot and mocking Bugs and says that anyone can do what he does.
Elmer then comes back and when Daffy starts to walk out, he is shot by Elmer thinking that it was Bugs and then Daffy points to Bugs and Elmer chases Bugs outside. Back at Bugs' home and noticing that Bugs is gone, Daffy decides to go all out for Mr. Burrows and decides to do a song and dance number. Outside, Bugs outsmarts Elmer by spinning him around in a log near a cliff and Elmer has no way out. Bugs left Elmer there, and returned to his interview. Daffy is still doing his song and dance number when Bugs returns and Bugs decides to get rid of Daffy by letting him be on TV. Bugs mentions to Daffy that there will be 40 million people watching the show. When Daffy hears this, he gets stage fright and faints. In the end, Bugs is fanning Daffy and tells Burrows "Good night, Mr. Burrows" and Mr. Burrows tells Bugs "Good night, Bugs".
Production
- This is the final cartoon in which Arthur Q. Bryan voiced Elmer Fudd. Bryan died in November 1959. It was also the last cartoon where Bugs and Daffy had to put up with Elmer; they would never face each other again until "Box Office Bunny" in 1990.
- Burrows was voiced by Daws Butler.
- Due to the long production time for theatrical cartoons, the cartoon was out of date by 1960, as Edward R. Murrow had left Person to Person and was replaced by Charles Collingwood. A similar "outdated references" problem previously occurred with "Wild Wild World" earlier that year; at the time that cartoon was released in theaters, the TV show Wide Wide World got cancelled.
Censorship
- On ABC's The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show, two scenes were edited out of this cartoon:
- After Elmer gives to Bugs five seconds to apologize for having called Elmer stupid, Bugs uses his carrot to block Elmer's gun when Elmer shoots the gun, causing the explosion to come out of the reverse end of the weapon.
- Bugs convincing Daffy that Elmer's rifle is a camera, and Daffy getting shot.
- On the syndicated version of The Merrie Melodies Show, the second scene cut entirely on ABC was shown, but replaced the actual scene of Daffy getting shot with a still shot of Bugs (the first scene was shown uncut on the syndicated Merrie Melodies Show).
Availability
- DVD - Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl (cropped to widescreen)
- VHS - Stars of Space Jam: Daffy Duck
- VHS - Ocean's 11 (1960) (part of Warner Night at the Movies)
Gallery
External Links
Person To Bunny at SuperCartoons.net
Person To Bunny at B99.TV
Start a Discussion Discussions about Person to Bunny
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Out of date cartoon possibly cancelled.
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I have very good reasons to believe that Person To Bunny (1960) was cancelled out of theaters. Jerry Beck might be a cartoon historian but to... -
Okay yeah...we already have a thread for this. If you want to continue discussion on this, please go to the old thread.
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Was Person To Bunny (1960) Cancelled Out of theaters?
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well this cartoon was slightly out of date and past dued over 1959 so I also think it's been cancelled out of theaters
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person to bunny was actually a 1959 cartoon that was supposed to be released in the year but the production had several confusion and delays ...
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