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Rabbit Hood (1949, Chuck Jones)

on Jan 14, 2012 From The Stop Button

Rabbit Hood features some great voice work from Mel Blanc. Some of the responsibility falls on Jones and writer Michael Maltese, of course, since they put Bugs Bunny in Sherwood Forest with the Sheriff of Nottingham as an antagonist… but Blanc makes the cartoon memorable. Bugs has some great d... Read full article


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Little John: Don't you worry, never fear, Ro...
Bugs Bunny: Yeah, I know, Robin Hood will soon be here. He robs from the rich and he gives to the poor. Yo-ho, he goes skipping, tra-la, through Sherwood Forest, helping the needy and the oppressed. Ah, you've been saying that through the whole picture! Well, where is he?
Little John: Aw, you should not talk mean like that, because there he is!
Robin Hood: [Appears in live-action footage] Welcome to Sherwood.
Bugs Bunny: [Bugs stares in astonishment for a moment] Nah, that's silly. It couldn't be him.


Little John: Don't you worry, never fear. Robin Hood will soon be here.
[Blows fanfare on bugle and stands at attention]
Bugs Bunny: Yeah, Mr. Wise Guy. Now you're gonna get it. Robin Hood'll fix you, brother.
[after a long pause, Little John looks to the distance, shrugs his shoulders and leaves]
Bugs Bunny: Eh, where was we?


Bugs Bunny: Sheriff of Nottingham, in gratitude for your faithful service, I shall knight thee.
Sheriff of Nottingham: Your most gracious Majesty.
Bugs Bunny: In the name of my most royal Majesty, I knight thee.
Bugs Bunny: [Conks the Sheriff on the head with his scepter] Arise, Sir Loin of Beef.
Bugs Bunny: [Conks him again] Arise, Earl of Cloves.
Bugs Bunny: [Conk] Arise, Duke of Brittingham.
Bugs Bunny: [Conk] Arise, Baron of Munchausen.
Bugs Bunny: [Conk] Arise, Essence of Myrrh...
Bugs Bunny: [Conk] Milk of Magnesia...
Bugs Bunny: [Conk] Quarter of Ten.
Sheriff of Nottingham: [extremely dazed] You are too kind, Your Majesty.
Bugs Bunny: [aside to audience] Got lots of stamina!


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According to Eric Goldberg's commentary on the DVD, Bugs asks the Sherrif of Nottingham if he is a Veteran because many WW2 veterans had trouble obtaining housing loans.
Little John is a caricature of Chuck Jones. (He was somewhat fat during this period.)
This line: Bugs Bunny: Conk Arise, Duke of Brittingham.is an in-joke to the bar Briitingham's across the street from the Warner Brothers cartoon studio. According to writer Lloyd Turner in an interview with Mike Barrier fellow cartoon writer Tedd Pierce was such a frequent customer Turner said that he "lived there."
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