“The movie that leaves all other sequels behind!”
If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.
Chuck Jones
Friz Freleng
Friz Freleng
John W. Dunn
David Detiege
Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Yosemite Sam / Sylvester / Sylvester, Jr. / Speedy Gonzales / Tweety / Genie / Hassan / Big Bad Wolf / Beanstalk Giant / Elvis Gorilla / Stork (voice)
Bea Benaderet
Witch Hazel (voice)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Elmer Fudd (voice)
June Foray
Granny / Mother Gorilla / Goldimouse (voice)
Shepard Menken
Old Storyteller (voice)
Lennie Weinrib
Prince Abba-Dabba (voice)
William Roberts
Michigan J. Frog (archive footage) (singing voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) Official Trailer - Mel Blanc Looney Tunes Movie HD
Trailer • YouTube
Bugs Bunny's 1001 Rabbit Tales
Trailer • YouTube
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