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{{Infobox Hollywood cartoon
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| image = Person to Bunny Lobby Card.PNG
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| caption = Lobby card.
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|series=[[Merrie Melodies]]/[[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]], [[Elmer Fudd]]
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| director = [[Friz Freleng]]
|image=Person to Bunny Lobby Card.PNG
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| story = [[Michael Maltese]]
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|caption=Lobby card.
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| animator = [[Arthur Davis (animator)|Arthur Davis]]<br />[[Gerry Chiniquy]]<br />[[Virgil Ross]]<br />[[Harry Love (animator)|Harry Love]] (effects, uncredited)
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|director=[[Friz Freleng]]
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| starring = [[Mel Blanc]]<br />[[Arthur Q. Bryan]] (uncredited)<br />[[Daws Butler]] (uncredited)
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|story_artist=[[Michael Maltese]]
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| layout_artist = [[Hawley Pratt]]
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|animator=[[Arthur Davis (animator)|Arthur Davis]]<br>[[Gerry Chiniquy]]<br>[[Virgil Walter Ross|Virgil Ross]]
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| background_artist = Tom O'Loughlin
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|voice_actor=[[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Arthur Q. Bryan]] (uncredited)<br> [[Daws Butler]] (uncredited)
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| editing = [[Treg Brown]]
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|layout_artist=[[Hawley Pratt]]
| music = [[Milt Franklyn]]<br />Friz Freleng (Gag compositions)<ref name="dailymotion.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk0sxw_irreverent-imagination-the-golden-age-of-looney-tunes_shortfilms |title=Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of Looney Tunes - Video Dailymotion |access-date=2016-08-01 |archive-date=2016-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522045427/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk0sxw_irreverent-imagination-the-golden-age-of-looney-tunes_shortfilms |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|background_artist=[[Tom O'Loughlin]]
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| producer = [[John W. Burton (film producer)|John W. Burton, Sr.]] (uncredited)
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|film_editing=[[Treg Brown]]
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| studio = [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]]
|musician=[[Milt Franklyn]]
| distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
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|producer=[[John W. Burton (animation)|John W. Burton, Sr.]]
| released = {{Film date|1960|4|1|ref1=<ref name="beck">{{cite book|last1=Beck|first1=Jerry|author-link1=Jerry Beck|last2=Friedwald|first2=Will|author-link2=Will Friedwald|title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons|year=1989|publisher=[[Henry Holt and Company]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|isbn=0-8050-0894-2|oclc=19671400|page=324}}</ref>}}
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|distributor=[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
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| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
|release_date=April 1, 1960<ref name="beck">{{cite book
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| runtime = {{Duration|m=7|s=00}}
| first1 = Jerry
| language = English
| authorlink1 = Jerry Beck
| last2 = Friedwald
| first2 = Will
| authorlink2 = Will Friedwald
| title = Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons
| year = 1989
| publisher = [[Henry Holt and Company]]
| location = [[New York City|New York]]
| language = English
| isbn = 0-8050-0894-2
| oclc = 19671400
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'''''Person to Bunny''''' is a 1959 ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon (released on April 1, 1960<ref name="beck"/>). It stars [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]], and [[Elmer Fudd]].
'''''Person to Bunny''''' is a 1960 ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' animated cartoon directed by [[Friz Freleng]].<ref name="beck"/> The short was released on April 1, 1960, and stars [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]] and [[Elmer Fudd]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/60/mode/2up |pages=60–62}}</ref> It is the last cartoon to feature [[Arthur Q. Bryan]] as the voice of Elmer, and was released shortly after Bryan's death.


==Plot==
==Plot==
In his Hollywood home Bugs Bunny is being interviewed on the TV show ''People to People'' with Cedric R. Burrows (a spoof of the [[Edward R. Murrow]] series, ''[[Person to Person]]''). As Bugs is interviewed, Daffy Duck shows up. Seeing that Bugs is being interviewed, Daffy decides to get in on the action, but Bugs doesn't want him to interfere and puts him out. Burrows asks how Bugs has outsmarted Elmer Fudd over the years and Bugs answers that Fudd is far from clever and notoriously stupid. Elmer is watching the program at home and upon hearing Bugs' remarks about him, he gets angry and decides to come to the interview.
Bugs Bunny is interviewed in his Hollywood home for the television show ''People to People'' by Cedric R. Burrows. Daffy Duck interrupts, wanting attention, but Bugs sends him away. During the interview, Bugs mocks Elmer Fudd, making Elmer angry. Elmer arrives to confront Bugs, but Bugs tricks him into shooting a carrot instead.


Daffy, jealous of Bugs' fame, mocks Bugs with a rabbit suit. Mistaken for Bugs, Elmer chases Daffy, leading to chaos. Bugs outsmarts Elmer and returns to the interview. Later, Bugs tricks Daffy into fainting on live television to get rid of him.
Elmer comes over and Bugs stops the interview to settle with Elmer while Daffy sings a [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]] song to Mr. Burrows. Elmer gives Bugs a chance to apologize for calling him stupid or get shot, but it backfires when Bugs puts a carrot in the gun. Elmer puts his rifle through a crack in the door and Bugs tricks Daffy into thinking its a TV camera. Elmer shoots Daffy leaving him with a bent beak and feathers missing. Daffy is now jealous of Bugs and thinking that being a rabbit was what Bugs did to be famous, starts mocking Bugs with a rabbit suit eating a carrot and says that anyone can do what he does. Then Elmer comes back and starts shooting and chasing Daffy thinking he is Bugs. Daffy points to Bugs and Elmer chases Bugs outside. In Bugs' absence, Daffy decides to do a song and dance number for Mr. Burrows.


==Cast==
Outside, Bugs outsmarts Elmer by spinning him around in a log near a cliff so Elmer always comes out the cliff end of the log. Elmer gets confused and stays in the log panting while Bugs goes back to his interview. Back home, 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. Bugs fans Daffy and tells Burrows, "Good night, Mr. Burrows".
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*[[Mel Blanc]] as [[Bugs Bunny]] and [[Daffy Duck]]
*[[Arthur Q. Bryan]] as [[Elmer Fudd]]<ref name=scott>{{Cite book |title=Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70 |last=Scott |first=Keith |publisher=BearManor Media |year=2022 |isbn=979-8-88771-010-5 |page=101}}</ref>
*[[Daws Butler]] as Cedric R. Burrows<ref name=scott/>


==Production details==
==Home media==
"''Person to Bunny''" is available on the ''Looney Tunes Superstars'' DVD. However, it was cropped to widescreen. It was also included in the [[Stars of Space Jam|Stars of Space Jam: Daffy Duck]] DVD, this time in the ratio in which it was originally animated (fullscreen aspect ratio). In 2020 the cartoon was released on Blu-Ray as part of the ''[[Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection]]'' once again in its correct aspect ratio.
* This is the final cartoon where [[Arthur Q. Bryan]] voiced [[Elmer Fudd]]. Bryan died in November 1959, a number of months before ''Person to Bunny'''s original release in 1959.
* Burrows was voiced by [[Daws Butler]].
* Due to the long production time for theatrical cartoons, the cartoon was out of date by 1960 and originally cancelled put of theaters, as [[Edward R. Murrow]] had already left ''[[Person to Person]]'' and was replaced with [[Charles Collingwood]].


==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:27, 16 November 2024

Person to Bunny
Lobby card.
Directed byFriz Freleng
Story byMichael Maltese
Produced byJohn W. Burton, Sr. (uncredited)
StarringMel Blanc
Arthur Q. Bryan (uncredited)
Daws Butler (uncredited)
Edited byTreg Brown
Music byMilt Franklyn
Friz Freleng (Gag compositions)[2]
Animation byArthur Davis
Gerry Chiniquy
Virgil Ross
Harry Love (effects, uncredited)
Layouts byHawley Pratt
Backgrounds byTom O'Loughlin
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1960 (1960-04-01)[1]
Running time
7:00
LanguageEnglish

Person to Bunny is a 1960 Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The short was released on April 1, 1960, and stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd.[3] It is the last cartoon to feature Arthur Q. Bryan as the voice of Elmer, and was released shortly after Bryan's death.

Plot

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Bugs Bunny is interviewed in his Hollywood home for the television show People to People by Cedric R. Burrows. Daffy Duck interrupts, wanting attention, but Bugs sends him away. During the interview, Bugs mocks Elmer Fudd, making Elmer angry. Elmer arrives to confront Bugs, but Bugs tricks him into shooting a carrot instead.

Daffy, jealous of Bugs' fame, mocks Bugs with a rabbit suit. Mistaken for Bugs, Elmer chases Daffy, leading to chaos. Bugs outsmarts Elmer and returns to the interview. Later, Bugs tricks Daffy into fainting on live television to get rid of him.

Cast

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Home media

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"Person to Bunny" is available on the Looney Tunes Superstars DVD. However, it was cropped to widescreen. It was also included in the Stars of Space Jam: Daffy Duck DVD, this time in the ratio in which it was originally animated (fullscreen aspect ratio). In 2020 the cartoon was released on Blu-Ray as part of the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection once again in its correct aspect ratio.

References

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  1. ^ a b Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. New York: Henry Holt and Company. p. 324. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2. OCLC 19671400.
  2. ^ "Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of Looney Tunes - Video Dailymotion". Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 101. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
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