''Person to Bunny'' is a 1960 '' Merrie Melodies'' animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on April 1, 1960, and stars

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and Elmer Fudd.

Plot

In his Hollywood home, Bugs Bunny is being interviewed on the TV show ''People to People'' with Cedric R. Burrows (a spoof of the

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series, ''

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''). As Bugs is interviewed, Daffy Duck shows up. Seeing that Bugs is being interviewed, Daffy plans to get in on the action, but Bugs doesn't want any interference and puts Daffy out. Burrows then asks how Bugs has outsmarted Elmer Fudd over the years and Bugs answers that Fudd is far from clever and notoriously stupid. Elmer is watching the program at home and upon hearing Bugs' remarks about him ("his I.Q. is ''P.U.''!"), he gets furious and plans to come to the interview. Elmer comes over and Bugs stops the interview to settle with Elmer while Daffy sings a Ted Lewis song to Mr. Burrows. Elmer gives Bugs a chance to apologize for calling him stupid or get shot, but it backfires when Bugs puts a carrot in the gun. Elmer puts his rifle through a crack in the door and Bugs tricks Daffy into thinking it is a

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. Elmer shoots Daffy, leaving him with a bent beak and feathers missing. Daffy is now jealous of Bugs and thinking that being a rabbit was all Bugs did to be famous, starts mocking Bugs with a rabbit suit eating a carrot and says that anyone can do what he does. Then Elmer comes back and starts shooting and chasing Daffy, thinking that he is Bugs. Daffy points to Bugs and Elmer chases Bugs outside. In Bugs' absence, Daffy decides to do a song and dance number for Mr. Burrows, donning a pair of gloves, a hat and a bow tie. Outside, Bugs outsmarts Elmer by spinning him around in a log near a cliff so Elmer always comes out the cliff end of the log. Elmer gets confused and stays in the log panting while Bugs goes back to his interview. Back home, Bugs decides to get rid of Daffy by letting him be on TV. Bugs mentions to Daffy that there will be 40 million people watching the show. When Daffy hears this, he gets stage fright and faints. Bugs fans Daffy and tells Burrows, "Good night, Mr. Burrows" and Mr. Burrows tells Bugs "Good night, Bugs".

Cast

* Mel Blanc as

and

* Arthur Q. Bryan as Elmer Fudd (Archive) *

Daws Butler Charles Dawson Butler (November 16, 1916May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry H ...

as Cedric R. Burrows (uncredited)

Home media

"''Person to Bunny''" is available on the ''Looney Tunes Superstars'' DVD. However, it was cropped to widescreen. It was also included in the Stars of Space Jam: Daffy Duck DVD, this time in the ratio in which it was originally animated (fullscreen aspect ratio). In 2020 the cartoon was released on Blu-Ray as part of the '' Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection'' once again in its correct aspect ratio.

References

External links

* {{Friz Freleng , state=collapsed 1960 films 1960 short films 1960 comedy films 1960 animated films 1960s English-language films 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films Merrie Melodies short films Bugs Bunny films Daffy Duck films Elmer Fudd films Animated films set in Los Angeles Short films directed by Friz Freleng Films with screenplays by Michael Maltese Films scored by Milt Franklyn Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films