(Blooper) Bunny! (1997)
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "The Bugs Bunny 51st-and-a-Half Anniversary Spectacular," complete with shaky camera and a variety of outtakes from stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and Yosemite Sam.
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This short begins with Bugs and his "friends", Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and Yosemite Sam coming on stage, dancing, and wishing the wabbit a "Happy 51st and a 1/2 anniversary" cheerfully. Then, with intentionally scratched film, we see the behind the scenes footage with those same three characters as we usually know them: Daffy acting hostile toward Bugs, Elmer trying to really kill the wabbit, and Sam really roaring into the varmint. Then there are the "bloopers" that mostly involve the Duck with various "accidents" like the loose board that hits him. That was the funniest scene for me. Quite a throwback to the Bugs/Daffy/Elmer hunting shorts made by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese. Too bad the folks at Time Warner thought this was too "edgy" to be shown in theaters but it's good to know that the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD has permanently made this available in their extra features section. Kudos to Greg Ford, Terry Lennon, and new voice actor Jeff Bergman for continuing the Looney Tunes tradition.
After giving the go ahead for this film, Warner Bros. squelched it. Apparently in reaction to Daffy's comment that "Warner Bros. doesn't have single creative bone in it's body". This "short" was never shown theatrically. Only after Cartoon Network found it languishing in the library was it finally given the exposure it deserves.
Although he is no replacement for the late Mel Blanc, Rick Bergman does the voice recreations a lot of justice, and this short, Blooper Bunny, is the funniest and best cartoon since the Golden Age ended back in the mid-60s. Honestly funny and reminiscent of the wacky show-biz humor of the classic "Show Biz Bugs", Blooper Bunny displays the decades long good humored rivalry between Bugs and Daffy Duck.I liked it.
This was a very original short for the Looney Tunes gang. The actual short was shown in like the first minute. The rest of it shows out takes from the short and how much 'effort' went into filming 'The Bugs Bunny 51st and a Half Anniversary Spectacular'. It was a laugh riot.