ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

MonsterPerfect Good idea lost in the noise

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . movie comedy bit during the Third Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the 1850s. Overwhelmed by the odoriferous "Old Family Recipe" pastry Ms. Spencer's ancestor had just plastered onto his visage, Douglas famously fell flat on his kisser as Abe quipped, "A pie divided against itself cannot stand." Though many cinema pioneers tried to top this "Who cut the cheesecake?" moment from the Sepia Age of Film, no one came close until 1942's animated short, CASE OF THE MISSING HARE. While the pie fillings involved in HARE may be more mannered than the Spencer Family Manure, the facials exchanged between magician Ala Bahma and Bugs Bunny up the ante considerably (or, as Bugs says, pie-faced to the hilt, "Of course you know, this means War!"). Warren Buffet has brought this American political tradition forward into its Third Century, with his posting of the $10 million Project Pie Prize for the first group to get Donald Trump this-faced in Cleveland this summer. Vegas odds-makers have made Black Lives Matter a 3-2 early favorite, though the last I heard the Occupy Movement was closing fast.

Michael_Elliott Case of the Missing Hare (1942) *** (out of 4)Magician Ala Bahma is in the forest hanging up posters for his upcoming show and he crosses paths with Bugs Bunny. After throwing a pie into his face, Bugs decides to go to the show and cause the magician some trouble.While this film is far from a classic it still contains enough good moments to where fans of Bugs will enjoy watching it. As you'd expect the animation quality is extremely high and that beautiful color is on full display throughout. Ala Bahma appeared in several shorts and I honestly never found him to be the greatest of villains. The entertainment factor certainly comes from Bugs with one of the highlights dealing with swords.

ccthemovieman-1 Ala Bahma, the world renown magician is performing at Bijou Theater, amidst a lot of fanfare. (Billboards announcing this event are everywhere.) It turns out the slob magician is the one posting all the notices. He makes the mistake of posting on on a tree in which Bugs is occupying. (That's the first time I've seen Bugs living in a tree. What's with that?)Anyway, Bugs gives the guy lip and the portly one throws a blackberry pie in the rabbit's face. It is then we hear the famous words, outside of "What's up, doc?" of a BB cartoon: "Of course, this means war!"Unfortunately, the war isn't much. It would have been 5-10 years later in the Looney Tunes cartoons but these early 1940s ones weren't very wild. They were very tame - too tame - compared to the 1950s editions. In other words, not a lot happens here. Also, what's with all the big kisses on the lips? It seems to be another trait of the period, along with the corny humor. I see it here several times and in other cartoons of the early '40s? Kissing your opponent on the lips.....was that supposed to be funny?

movieman_kev When a magician desecrates Bugs Bunny's tree home (yea I know Bugs doesn't usually live in a tree, but just go with it), the rabbit decides to go to the magician's show to heckle him unmercifully, making him look quite the fool in front of his audience. If you can get over the whole tree thing, you'll find that this IS a truly funny short, and worthy to be more widely known than it appears to be. This animated short can be found on Disk 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3 and includes an optional commentary by Greg Ford which is quite informative by itself and is worth at least one listen.My Grade: B+