| Bedevilled Rabbit | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Produced by | Eddie Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | Ted Bonnicksen Keith Darling George Grandpré |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bedevilled Rabbit is a 1957Warner Bros.Merrie Melodies short directed byRobert McKimson.[1] The short was released on April 13, 1957, and starsBugs Bunny.[2] In this cartoon, Bugs is lost inTasmania, and has to deal with theTasmanian Devil.[3]
After a box of carrots is dropped into the middle of a jungle inTasmania,Bugs Bunny pops out, wondering how he went from sleeping in a carrot patch to the middle of Tasmania. Suddenly, a group of animals come running through the woods, scared for their lives. Acrocodile hands Bugs a booklet talking about the Tasmanian devil and the many things it eats.
TheTasmanian Devil comes roaring in and spots Bugs still reading the booklet. After Bugs says "What?! Norabbits?!", Taz turns to the page that says "...And Especially Rabbits" and eats the booklet. Bugs is able to temporarily fool Taz into thinking he is amonkey, which Tasmanian devils do not eat. However, Taz soon starts chasing Bugs. Taz grabs Bugs by his ears.
Bugs ends up on a spit, trussed like a roast pig, as Taz puts salt and pepper on Bugs, which results in Bugs sneezing the apple out of his mouth. Bugs is really nervous, because he is about to be eaten and has no escape plan, but he sees Taz making a large salad to go with him. Bugs compliments Taz on his "mean salad" but informs him that the best thing to have with a salad is "wild turkey surprise", not rabbit. Taz, wanting to try it, unties Bugs. Bugs throws some sticks of dynamite together, lights the fuses and dresses the 'legs' up to look like they are from a turkey. Taz gobbles the dish, but does not seem too harmed from the explosion in his stomach.
When Taz starts chasing Bugs again, Bugs runs into a store owned by a "Trader Mac" and pulls some items off the shelf to dress himself up as a Tasmanian she-devil, whom Taz goes gaga over. Bugs 'makes out' with Taz and, with a bear trap for lips, gives him a big kiss, driving Taz wild. This causes the real Tasmanian she-devil (whom Taz married at the end ofDevil May Hare in 1954) to come in and smack him across the head with herrolling pin. Bugs thensays to the audience, "she's a nice lady. UGH!"
Bedeviled Rabbit is available, uncensored and uncut, on theLooney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire DVD. However, it is cropped to widescreen. It is also shown uncensored, full screened and uncut, on theLooney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Blu-ray & DVD set.
| Preceded by | Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1957 | Succeeded by |