Rabbit Hood

1949
7.7| 0h8m| NR| en
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While trespassing in the royal gardens in search of carrots, Bugs runs afoul of the Sheriff of Nottingham, who tries to apprehend him for poaching. Of course Bugs sets out to endlessly turn the tables on the hapless sheriff.

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LastingAware The greatest movie ever!
SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.
WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
TheLittleSongbird This cartoon is a classic, just great fun from start to finish, with a perfect mix of slapstick and humorous wit, particularly when Bugs tricks the Sheriff into thinking he is the King. The animation is lovely and colourful, and the music is rousing like the sort of thing you would hear in a swashbuckler. The dialogue is truly funny, definitely some of the best dialogue in any Looney Tunes cartoon, and there are a great many like the Hunting Trilogy with terrific dialogue. The Sheriff is a great supporting character, and Bugs is still his rascally self with a touch of arrogance here too. Additionally adding to the enjoyment is the ending, the snippet from the 1938 classic The Adventures of Robin Hood was an inspired touch, while Mel Blanc as always is superb. All in all, I love this, for how clever and witty it is. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Robert Reynolds This is a very funny short and very dialog-centered, with visual gags relatively scarce. The verbal gags are beautiful, for the most part. Because I want to discuss some details, this is a spoiler warning: We see all kinds of signs in the beginning that strongly prohibit poaching anything (including eggs) on the King's property and then we see Bugs try and pick a carrot from the Royal Garden, only to trigger an alarm attached to the carrot itself. He's then caught, "crimson-fisted" by the Sheriff of Nottingham and manages to fool him and get away when we come up on the running gag-a gargantuan Little John showing up to declaim, "Don't you worry, never fear-Robin Hood will soon be here!", only no sight of Robin Hood is to be seen.The sheriff catches up to Bugs, only to be given a high-pressure sales pitch which has him buying a piece of royal ground (rather than lose it to "a couple from Kansas City". The sheriff starts building a house, until it dawns on him what he's doing. His slow burn is probably the best visual bit in the short.Bugs drops into Little John's arms for an installment of the running gag and escapes the sheriff by introducing the two men to one another over and over again and then sneaking off. It's a funny bit.The best gag in the short, hands down, is Bugs tricking the sheriff into thinking that Bugs is the King. Bugs announces that the sheriff is to be knighted for his service to the crown. With each "title" granted the sheriff, Bugs belts him on the head with an imposing scepter which progressively becomes more and more dented with each blow. The "titles" include Baron of Munchausen, Essence of Myrrh, Milk of Magnesia and Quarter of Ten. Bugs then observes of the sheriff that he's "Got lots of stamina!" and at the end, the sheriff thanks his "Majesty". While the sheriff is singing "London Bridge", Bugs elaborately (and rapidly) bakes and frosts a cake-so that the sheriff has something to fall face-first into when he finally collapses.Once again, we see the running gag, to which Bugs launches an inspired rant, about "helping the needy and the oppressed" and "skipping through Sherwood Forest", when Robin Hood finally shows in a beautiful close which I won't spoil here.This short is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4 and is well worth watching. Recommended.
rjeffb Great wiseacre comedy, like every Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny. One of the few that incorporated live-action cameos. Pay close attention when the Sheriff of Nottingham comes to an immense clearing and spies (to a rapid drumbeat) something red in the distance. He strains and squints to make it out, but all we can see is a red line moving slowly across the meadow straight for him. As it approaches it picks up speed and we can see it is a red carpet rapidly unrolling itself. It finishes unrolling directly at the Sheriff's feet, revealing Bugs dressed as the king of England...and no matter how many times you have seen it, Bugs' expression of serene tranquility and the Sheriff's reaction of utter astonishment and discombobulation will have you on the floor! "I knight you," King Bugs proclaims, "Sir Loin of Beef..."
didi-5 This clever cartoon has Bugs Bunny playing both Robin Hood and the king, as he plots to steal the carrots from the Royal garden. A one-joke film, perhaps, but it does have as its crowning glory a snippet from the 1938 'Adventures of Robin Hood'.Is it any good? Most of the early Bugs Bunny films (of which this is one) were sharp - relying on the genius of Mel Blanc and Chuck Jones to deliver the laughs and the situations their audience were looking for. 'Rabbit Hood' is no exception. Bugs is at his usual foolish and arrogant best, with his spluttering catchphrases and his withering looks at the hapless people he cons (the Sheriff of Nottingham, of course, here).