Rabbit's Feat

Rabbit's Feat is an animated 1960 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese.[1] The short was released on June 4, 1960, and stars Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote.[2] As Maltese had left for Hanna-Barbera, his name was removed from the credits (although his name remained on the credits for The Mouse on 57th Street a year later).

Rabbit's Feat
Title card
Directed byChuck Jones
StarringMel Blanc
Edited byTreg Brown
Music byMilt Franklyn
Animation byKen Harris
Richard Thompson
Layouts byPhilip DeGuard
Backgrounds byPhilip DeGuard
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
June 4, 1960 (USA)
Running time
6:07
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The scene opens with Wile E Coyote saying to the audience, "How do you do? Oh. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Coyote – Wile E. Coyote. Uh, I am a genius by trade." He then explains that he is hunting for the common western rabbit – i.e., Bugs Bunny. Right next to Bugs' rabbit hole, The Coyote sets out a picnic blanket with cutlery and dishes, in an attempt to lure Bugs. The rabbit does indeed come out, sits across from Wile E. and, from the thermos the Coyote has brought, pours some coffee into a cup, dips a carrot into it and proceeds to eat. When Bugs asks Wile E., "What's cookin'?", Wile E. responds, "What's cooking, little friend? Why, you are!" and succeeds in capturing Bugs by wrapping him up in the picnic blanket.

Next, Wile E. prepares to dip the sack (presumably with Bugs inside) into a cauldron. However, Bugs is hiding behind a rock and pretends to cry out in agony. Wile E. shortly realizes he's been tricked and goes to the rock to confront Bugs. Bugs kisses him and says, "Daddy! You're back from Peru! Oh Papa, we thought you'd been run over by an elevator!" Wile E. spits away the kisses and while sad violin music is playing, Bugs laments, "Boo-hoo! Oh boo-the-hoo! I've been rejected by my onliest father!" The Coyote tries to grab Bugs, but only succeeds in flying headfirst into the cauldron, causing Bugs to remark, "Oh, Father! You're stewed again!"

The next scene shows Wile E. reclining against a rock, talking to himself about how he's going to kill Bugs. Bugs sneaks over, reclines on the opposite side of the rock and joins in the conversation, rejecting the first two ideas, which respectively involve a rock-crusher and a Burmese tiger trap. Soon, Wile E. is actually discussing his plans with Bugs (not realizing it is him). When he mentions putting dynamite into a carrot, Bugs lets out a huge yell that sends Wile E. flying into the sky, before landing on his head when he comes back down. "That'd hurt", Bugs tells him before kissing him again.

Wile E's next attempt is to shoot Bugs with a rifle fails. But it fails as the rabbit keeps turning the barrel in different directions and then replaces the end-sight so that Wile E. ends up (repeatedly) shooting himself. Then, the Coyote's final effort, which involves a hand grenade being thrown down Bugs' hole, likewise ends up with him exploding from the grenade, so that he finally emerges from the hole bruised and dazed, says to Bugs, "How do you do? I am a vegetarian; my name is Mud," and then asks the audience, "Is there a doctor in the house?", before falling back down.

Bugs ends the cartoon declaring, "Well, like the man says: Don't take life too seriously – you'll never get out of it alive!"

References
  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 325. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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