Broom-Stick Bunny

1956
7.7| 0h7m| NR| en
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On Halloween night, Bugs Bunny, masquerading as a witch, trick-or-treats at the creepy old mansion of Witch Hazel, who prides herself on being the ugliest witch of all.

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GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Edgar Allan Pooh . . . the vast majority of witches were, to quote Dorothy Gale of Kansas, "old and ugly." Glinda the Good Witch of Northern Oz notwithstanding, the tide of Witch Warts & Whiskers never really turned until BROOMSTICK BUNNY, which concludes with the classically ugly Witch Hazel transforming into a cartoon caricature of her Real Life voice artist, young redhead June Foray. It was just a tiny step from Hazel\June to Elizabeth Montgomery's TV Sit-Com role as that Chronic Nose-Twitcher, Samantha Stevens. The rest is History, right down to Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt glamorized to the nines as they duke it out in the current theatrical release, THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER'S WAR. Though Theron and Blunt may not play Quidditch on broomsticks, their Witchy powers far exceed anything that Hermione managed at Hogwarts. Their main bone of contention is the Man in the Mirror, a twin to Witch Hazel's own Looking Glass Guy. The tide of horrid hags with warts & whiskers is bound to sweep back in soon, as the current Reign of Beauty Queen Witches represents Hollywood Lookism at its worst. It's all but certain than President Hillary will issue an Executive Order during her First 100 Days mandating that all future witch roles will put food on the tables of only old and ugly actresses.
utgard14 Witch Hazel is having some insecurity issues about getting prettier as she grows older and asks her magic mirror if she is still the ugliest witch of them all. The mirror reassures her that she is. That is until a trick-or-treating Bugs Bunny (dressed as a witch) shows up at her house. The mirror then tells Hazel that Bugs is uglier, which just doesn't sit well with our favorite witch. Colorful animation, if a little sketchy for my tastes. Lively music from Milt Franklyn. Wonderful voice work from legends June Foray and Mel Blanc. It's a very funny short with great characters. Probably my favorite Witch Hazel cartoon.
Lee Eisenberg One of the great things about the Looney Tunes cartoons was how they put spins on the real world and popular culture. They do that in "Broom-Stick Bunny", as perpetually cackling Witch Hazel gets all vain about being the ugliest witch of all, and finds that another witch (actually Bugs Bunny in his Halloween costume) is uglier. So, she sets - or rather flies - about trying to get him. But Bugs has his own plans, natch. Most likely involving Hazel's mirror (hint: this mirror is supposed to say that Hazel is the ugliest of all).So, this might not be the best Looney Tunes cartoon ever, but it's a real pleasure to watch. Mel Blanc and June Foray are a great voice combo.
slymusic "Broom-Stick Bunny" is a memorable Warner Bros. cartoon not for the presence of Bugs Bunny but rather for the presence of Witch Hazel, wonderfully voiced by June Foray. Hazel manages to steal all the laughs away from Bugs, and her best moments occur with her hysterical laugh, matched with some wild gyrations and ubiquitous bobby pins. She also sings her own fractured version of "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You" at the opening of this short.As for that wabbit, it seems as if the Bugs Bunny of the mid-1950s, especially in films directed by Chuck Jones, is quite polished and refined compared to the more prankish 1940s Bugs. As a result, Bugs may at times not be quite as funny as he was a decade earlier, and such is the case with "Broom-Stick Bunny." This is not to say that Chuck Jones was an inferior director. Quite the contrary; Jones deserves a great deal of respect for all that he did for the Warner Bros. cartoon department.Check out "Broom-Stick Bunny" on Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2. And for an added treat, listen to June Foray's audio commentary about her experience as a Warner Bros. cartoon voice artist.