It Can Happen Here
Anything created by the man responsible for a loud-mouthed rooster, designing the ideal Bugs Bunny and teaching Americans about marsupials.
“Now I’ll show you the back.”
Since I am talking about war time cartoons, I figure I better talk about this as well.
We see our hero, Hook, telling his shipmates about his post war plans. They laugh and ask about them. He goes to say he plans to woo and marry a girl. (In my opinion she is ugly. And her name is Choo-choo? Does she have a brother named Chugga?) Coming to the end of his plans, he sees all of them buying bonds. “Any bonds today” plays as it ends.
Personal Rating: 1
“That’s my lake.”
Porky and Daffy worked great together, but to me they were at their best when Daffy was a screwball. Don’t get me wrong though, I still love it when Daffy was more serious, but for me this is comedy genius.
So we got Porky just out trying to paint a picture when Daffy gets in his way. What follows is our favorite duck getting the best of our porcine friend. As we all know, Daffy usually wins, but in this one (which I think is Daffy’s last crazy cartoon) Porky wins.
Personal Rating: 4
“Am I not magnificent?”
Don’t worry. I know I am. However, this quote is said by Bruno, an acrobatic circus bear at colonel Kornys’ circus, who is angered to find that he will be sharing the spotlight with a rabbit. can you guess who?
Did you say Bugs? Good for you! If it weren’t for Bruno then I would say that this would just be a generic cartoon. Bruno has a great accent and he makes a great antagonist. “Innocent as a newborn baby. Baby rat that is!” says Bugs.
Personal Rating: 3
“How many lumps do you want”?
This is a real pity. This is the only cartoon to feature Pete Puma. It begins with a little rabbit (who is 50% cute, 50% annoying) running from him and running into Bugs, who decides to help him. Pete is a great character; half smart and half dumb. He tries tricks that would fool anyone except Bugs, who just goes along with it. Stan Freberg did a good job voicing Pete and it would have been great if he ever came back.
Personal Rating: 4
“Oh we’re the boys of the chorus, we hope you like our show, we know you’re rooting for us, but now we have to gooooooooo!”
This is one of the shorts where Bugs tells us of his past. I however find the other one (“A hare grows in Manhattan”) to be the superior one. That aside, this is still worth a watch. This cartoon is great for many reasons, but my favorite is when Bugs (who is out of work) is asked by Elmer to be part of his slapstick comedy after Fudd passes by Al Jolson, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, and Bing Crosby. “They’ll never amount to anything”, Fudd says. As always, I hope you are enjoying this place.
Personal Rating: 3