From Hare to Eternity (1997)

From Hare to Eternity

“1997 brought about the final Chuck Jones Looney Tunes cartoon, and I couldn’t think of a better star than Bugs Bunny for that honor. Jones created many of Bugs Bunny’s greatest moments, from the reveal that he’s the artist torturing Daffy in “Duck Amuck” to the greatest animated short of all time, “What’s Opera, Doc?” Even sweeter is how the whole thing is dedicated to Friz Freleng, one of the greats of Termite Terrace and the creator of Yosemite Sam, the foil for Bugs here.   “From Hare to Eternity” does several things that Jones excels in: combines a piece of high art (here H.M.S. Pinafore is the building blocks of the story’s satire), a hotheaded villain for Bugs to play cool prankster against, machine-gun quick gags, a couple quick cameos (listen for Michigan J” read more