What's Opera, Doc? (1957)

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Directed by

Chuck Jones

Starring

Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny as Brunhilde / Elmer Fudd as Siegfried

Arthur Q. Bryan
Elmer Fudd as Siegfried

Written by

Michael Maltese
(story)

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Description: "What's Opera, Doc?" lampoons classic opera by using its elements to set up the latest chapter in Elmer Fudd's hapless pursuit of Bugs Bunny. We open with a silhouette of a mighty Viking arousing ferocious lightning storms ... only to find it's Elmer -- this time as the demigod Siegfried. Elmer admonishes the audience (in classical verse) to "be vewwy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits!" It's not long before Elmer comes upon Bugs' hole and sings out "Kill the wabbit!" not realizing that the hare has already climbed out and is viewing Elmer spearing fruitlessly in said hole. Bugs joins in the fun, querying h ... (more)

Release date: 6 July 1957

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"DIR: Chuck Jones SUMMARY: Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd replay their old rivalry as a Wagnerian opera. WHY IT'S HERE: 'What's Opera, Doc?' is undoubtedly one of the high points in animation history. An ingenious double parody of both Wagner's "Ring" cycle and the standard Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd cartoon as epitomized by Tex Avery's 'A Wild Hare'. It's instantly apparent from the opening moments that 'What's Opera, Doc?' is an extraordinarily beautiful cartoon. What also becomes quickly apparent i"