03.29.23 The Elton John Act III: Violent, sadistic & utterly engaging - the Maid Scene from Elektra.04.08.23 The Elton John Act IV: Fiddly for the Fingers – The "Smugglers’ Quintet" from Carmen. 04.09.23 Brilliant: a compassionate Bluebeard and a comforting Castle The plot follows Siegfried Fudd as he attempts to (what else) kill innocent Bugs Bunny.Director Chuck Jones Writer Michael Maltese Stars Mel Blanc Arthur Q. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. 04.09.23 The Elton John Act V: Riding the Rollercoaster – The Act II Finale from Le nozze di Figaro Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. 04.09.23 The Elton John Act VI: Between the Sheets – The Opening of Der Rosenkavalier.04.09.23 The Elton John Act VII: Don't stop playing & never look back! The dreaded sight-reading.04.17.23 Tosca at Heartbeat Opera: art to the point of distraction. Our favourite line is when Bugs echoes Elmer’s line like it’s the saddest thing he’s ever heard: ”…kill the wabbit…?”įacebook Twitter Transparent Glass: the composer turns 80 In review: Tim Mead & James Baillieu in recital Related Content If you haven’t yet seen it, get comfy and prepare yourself for some genius. It’s one of the most epic face-offs between Bugs and Elmer, cloaked in a 7-minute version of the entirety of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. What’s Opera, Doc? has been preserved in the National Film Registry by the US Library of Congress, which deemed it as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” it also holds the #1 spot in Jerry Beck’s 1994 book, The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Bryan flexes his singing chops as Elmer Fudd (Siegfried), and Mel Blanc does his famous Bugs Bunny (Brünnhilde). where Elmer Fudd (dressed as a Viking) is trying to stab Bugs Bunny. What’s Opera, Doc?, the 1957 animated, musical short was part of the Merrie Melodies series that Chuck Jones directed for Warner Bros. KILL DA WABBIT MEDIUM: Limited Edition Cel IMAGE SIZE: 16 FieldEDITION SIZE: 250SKU. It tugged at our heartstrings, tickled our funny bones. It taught us some of Wagner’s best tunes, before we even realized what they were. It propelled the stereotype that opera singers are angry, horned ladies. The odd way of replacing Rs and Ls with Ws, the signature catchphrase ‘Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits’, and Elmer’s trademark laughter, ‘huh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh’ make the character a whimsical masterpiece.A true operatic classic: "Kill the wabbit!" Humour Jenna Simeonov Jan 29, 2017 It was voiced by the legendary American radio personality and comedian Arthur Q. The character was created by American animator and cartoonist Chuck Jones and officially debuted in the 1940 cartoon named Elmer’s Candid Camera. Fudd picked up as the poster hunter boy for the cartoon series Looney Tunes displaying an eternal vengeance for Bugs Bunny. In 1937, American animator and cartoonist Fred Avery introduced a new character having a bulb-shaped nose, freakish clothing and an egg-shaped head which earned it the famous moniker, ‘Egghead.’ Egghead later probably evolved into Elmer Fudd when it appeared in the cartoon A Feud There Was (1938) riding a motor-scooter with the words ‘Elmer Fudd, Peacemaker’ exhibited on the side.įrom there on, the mirthful character of Elmer J. It is one of the comic languages that the search engine Google can be translated to. You can set your Google language to Elmer Fudd (for ‘wabbit searching season’ and you wouldn’t have to be ‘vewy, vewy quiet’ while hunting for your results).
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