I was born in ‘79. Late 80’s Saturday morning cartoons had a good solid hour of looney tunes. I can pretty much recite verbatim the whole “What’s Opera Doc” and “Rabbit of Seville”. Made well before I was born but masterpieces.
When "What's Opera Doc?" was screened for the first time at Termite Terrace, fellow director Fritz Freleng's reaction was "WTF is this?" Shows just how far ahead if it's time was the cartoon.
4:48 Chuck Jones really was the master of the stare - but this might be his best, especially since you rarely see Bugs with this sort of "I am SO screwed" expression, before he shakes it off.
You're so right. The range of emotions that Bugs and Elmer go through in this short is very surprising. The extra time the artists put into it really paid off.
Also, the angry stare by Elmer at 5:36. That expression has Chuck Jones written all over it. It reminds me of the facial expressions from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" cartoon from 1966.
Absolutely the best animated cartoon ever! It sums up everything about Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Just the opening line of “Be vewy quiet, for I am hunting wabbits”. Can have you in stitches. It sure did for me the first time I saw it. Then Elmer saying later, “Oh Bwoom Hilda, you’re so lovely.” Bugs replies in the very Bugs Bunny way of, “Yes I know it, I can’t help it.” All perfect lines and put to music too. Chuck Jones is the master.
It shows that in 1957 the average viewer was sufficiently acquainted with opera to appreciate something like this parody. I don’t think it could be made today. I’ll have to see if you have a video about the Bugs Bunny cartoon set to music from Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Elmer carried bugs up the Bifrost bridge to Valhalla there to await that fateful day when Heimdall's horn sounds the arrival of Surtr and the final battle.....
As a kid I always hated Roadrunner cartoons because they were pointless and repetitive. Now I know they were the price we paid for What’s Opera, Doc? It was worth it.
I'll always remember this cartoon partially due to one time when I was a kid. It aired on TV one night during a blackout that happened in my hometown. My family almost went to my grandma's for the night but while we were heading out in the car, we noticed the power was back on in houses, so we turned back. Nevertheless, this cartoon is definitely Chuck Jones' magnum opus next to "One Froggy Evening". The music and art are still the greatest of any Looney Tune.
I had a couple Looney Tunes VHS tapes I watched all the time as a kid, and one of them ended with "What's Opera, Doc?" My family used to make references to this cartoon in our daily lives, which just shows how impactful it is.
I love this cartoon. It has always stood out to me as different from others in some indefinable way. To find out that is was sneaked into existence as a labor of love puts it in the same category as the duck piano duel in Roger Rabbit. Thanks for the insights!
So, this weird post comes up on my X feed of this random sheila (I assume) cosplaying a valkyrie, and I decide to reply by posting "What's Opera, Doc". I have to hunt for a clip (all too tragically brief)...and I find this! It turns out to be a great behind-the-scenes reveal of this classic and, all that to say: NEW SUB!!😊
Love this masterpiece (although the ending shocked me when I watched it for the first time as a kid, seeing Bugs seemingly dying), one of the biggest legacies of Chuck Jones and the whole franchise of the Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes. I’m just 27 and I love the Looney classic cartoons. I have recently got the idea for a theatrical act adaptation in theatres and auditoriums, including Broadway, based on “What’s Opera, Doc?”, starring the Bugs and Elmer themselves (the mascot costumes that are used at Six Flags and Warner Bros parks and wearing their opera outfits), and also with an orchestra and many special effects (VFX, sparks and smoke, fire, lights, and more), one opera adaptation that may overcome Fantasmic from Disney parks. And after the play, a small meet-and-greet of Bugs and Elmer costumes wearing their opera costumes (Bugs as Brunhilde and Elmer as Siegfried), dedicated to the kids and parents who will see the play to get a souvenir or memory of this magical experience. It’s just an idea and personal suggestion that would be worth. Imagine Bugs mascot costume wearing his Brunhilde attire.
Nice video, but one thing I have to say I don't agree with. And that's bugs frames seeming robotic. Unlike Elma bugs is actually being cocky and sarcastic in that frame. Elma is putting his whole heart into singing how he will kill the wabbit and bugs is responding with a sarcastic I'd like to see you try attitude, nothing robotic about it, it's perfectly in sink with the characters attitudes so it doesn't mean it was drawn by different people, it was just drawn to reflect the attitudes of the characters Elma is 100% in sink with the nature of the opera, so his farmer work is smooth, like he's dancing. Bugs is only in it to take the piss out of Operas so his frame work is cocky like his attitude, doing one motion pausing to take the piss, then into the next piss take line of his verse. Both attitudes reflected perfectly in the ending when Elma Weaps because he, finally succeeded in killing the wabbit, while bugs rises from the dead to say, 'What do you expect in an Opera, A happy ending? "Done perfectly to reflect both characters attitudes.
1. How is there water dripping from the flower? There wasn't any rain, at least not that I noticed. 2. When the sunlight shines on Bugs, I'd always be like "Is that light what I think it is?" Know what I mean? LOL
Why do you play that depressing techno shit for a documentary that had great potential?Why does the sound quality rival 64+ digital pitch corrected compressed noise gated music production of today?
There is no techno in this video, just hip-hop tracks, and one with a classical undertone, which is my theme song (regardless, I play the music in my videos because I like the music I use in my videos). My channel is a hobby, a creative outlet not designed to be generic and please everyone. That said, I did the best I could with the sound quality. Do you have any constructive advice or you just plan to be mean?
@@betweenthekeyframes Seriously, It was not my goal to hurt your feelings.Make what you want ,any way you want. I would not have chose a hip hop cut as background music celebrating Bugs Bunny but I am not you
I was born in ‘79. Late 80’s Saturday morning cartoons had a good solid hour of looney tunes. I can pretty much recite verbatim the whole “What’s Opera Doc” and “Rabbit of Seville”. Made well before I was born but masterpieces.
When "What's Opera Doc?" was screened for the first time at Termite Terrace, fellow director Fritz Freleng's reaction was "WTF is this?" Shows just how far ahead if it's time was the cartoon.
Sounds about right because even if Fritz's really was okay it was nothing compared to Chuck's
I like bunnies. I like to hug them and pet them and squeeze them and call them George.
And keep them for your very own!
One of the best lines in cartoons of all time 🤣
Hahahaha - very good, Mr. Abominablablable !
For most of my life I knew "Ride of the Valkyres" as "kill the wabbit kill the wabbit". Don't forget your spear and magic helmet.
4:48 Chuck Jones really was the master of the stare - but this might be his best, especially since you rarely see Bugs with this sort of "I am SO screwed" expression, before he shakes it off.
You're so right. The range of emotions that Bugs and Elmer go through in this short is very surprising. The extra time the artists put into it really paid off.
That and his cynical smile. Love it~
Also, the angry stare by Elmer at 5:36. That expression has Chuck Jones written all over it. It reminds me of the facial expressions from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" cartoon from 1966.
This cartoon desereved an Oscar! It's so well animated with great classic music...and super hilarious of course!
Absolutely the best animated cartoon ever! It sums up everything about Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Just the opening line of “Be vewy quiet, for I am hunting wabbits”. Can have you in stitches. It sure did for me the first time I saw it. Then Elmer saying later, “Oh Bwoom Hilda, you’re so lovely.” Bugs replies in the very Bugs Bunny way of, “Yes I know it, I can’t help it.” All perfect lines and put to music too. Chuck Jones is the master.
Yes, that line “yes, I know it, I can’t help it” is forking priceless.
It shows that in 1957 the average viewer was sufficiently acquainted with opera to appreciate something like this parody. I don’t think it could be made today. I’ll have to see if you have a video about the Bugs Bunny cartoon set to music from Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
@silvertbird1 Yes, there is a Bugs Bunny "Barber of Seville".
Not quite that it COULDN'T be made today, just that no one would bother. How sad.
The Barber of Seville I found on Utube, breaks it up to 3-4 parts. If you find the full clip, pls let me know.
Elmer carried bugs up the Bifrost bridge to Valhalla there to await that fateful day when Heimdall's horn sounds the arrival of Surtr and the final battle.....
As a kid I always hated Roadrunner cartoons because they were pointless and repetitive. Now I know they were the price we paid for What’s Opera, Doc? It was worth it.
I'll always remember this cartoon partially due to one time when I was a kid. It aired on TV one night during a blackout that happened in my hometown. My family almost went to my grandma's for the night but while we were heading out in the car, we noticed the power was back on in houses, so we turned back.
Nevertheless, this cartoon is definitely Chuck Jones' magnum opus next to "One Froggy Evening". The music and art are still the greatest of any Looney Tune.
This is the greatest cartoon ever ❤😂
I had a couple Looney Tunes VHS tapes I watched all the time as a kid, and one of them ended with "What's Opera, Doc?" My family used to make references to this cartoon in our daily lives, which just shows how impactful it is.
The greatest cartoon ever
i’m making a reanimated collab on that cartoon
Bugs Bunny: "what do you expet in an opera a happy ending" 😵
I only started hearing of Wagner's Tannhauser specifically because of this short!
I love this cartoon. It has always stood out to me as different from others in some indefinable way. To find out that is was sneaked into existence as a labor of love puts it in the same category as the duck piano duel in Roger Rabbit. Thanks for the insights!
So, this weird post comes up on my X feed of this random sheila (I assume) cosplaying a valkyrie, and I decide to reply by posting "What's Opera, Doc". I have to hunt for a clip (all too tragically brief)...and I find this! It turns out to be a great behind-the-scenes reveal of this classic and, all that to say: NEW SUB!!😊
Awesome! So glad to hear how you found me, thank you!
Love this masterpiece (although the ending shocked me when I watched it for the first time as a kid, seeing Bugs seemingly dying), one of the biggest legacies of Chuck Jones and the whole franchise of the Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes.
I’m just 27 and I love the Looney classic cartoons. I have recently got the idea for a theatrical act adaptation in theatres and auditoriums, including Broadway, based on “What’s Opera, Doc?”, starring the Bugs and Elmer themselves (the mascot costumes that are used at Six Flags and Warner Bros parks and wearing their opera outfits), and also with an orchestra and many special effects (VFX, sparks and smoke, fire, lights, and more), one opera adaptation that may overcome Fantasmic from Disney parks. And after the play, a small meet-and-greet of Bugs and Elmer costumes wearing their opera costumes (Bugs as Brunhilde and Elmer as Siegfried), dedicated to the kids and parents who will see the play to get a souvenir or memory of this magical experience.
It’s just an idea and personal suggestion that would be worth. Imagine Bugs mascot costume wearing his Brunhilde attire.
Sounds like that would be a lot of fun!
The ending implies that Bugs and Elmer were actors and Bugs was breaking character to talk to the audience.
It was a goof homage to the opera nature I thought
nice job on this video dude, good stuff
I'm 64 and I still tell friends when I grow up I'm going to marry bugs bunny. My niece and nephew were never sure how serious I was. I was and I am!!
What's Opera Doc is dedicated to King Louis II of Bavaria Blessings and HUGS!👑💜
Thank you!
What was the name of the machine in the beginning of the video
It is a Bell and Howell 16mm film editor/viewer
@@betweenthekeyframes cool thanks 😊
Nice video, but one thing I have to say I don't agree with. And that's bugs frames seeming robotic. Unlike Elma bugs is actually being cocky and sarcastic in that frame. Elma is putting his whole heart into singing how he will kill the wabbit and bugs is responding with a sarcastic I'd like to see you try attitude, nothing robotic about it, it's perfectly in sink with the characters attitudes so it doesn't mean it was drawn by different people, it was just drawn to reflect the attitudes of the characters Elma is 100% in sink with the nature of the opera, so his farmer work is smooth, like he's dancing. Bugs is only in it to take the piss out of Operas so his frame work is cocky like his attitude, doing one motion pausing to take the piss, then into the next piss take line of his verse. Both attitudes reflected perfectly in the ending when Elma Weaps because he, finally succeeded in killing the wabbit, while bugs rises from the dead to say, 'What do you expect in an Opera, A happy ending? "Done perfectly to reflect both characters attitudes.
That’s another way to look at it. Thanks for watching and sharing your opinion.
1. How is there water dripping from the flower? There wasn't any rain, at least not that I noticed.
2. When the sunlight shines on Bugs, I'd always be like "Is that light what I think it is?" Know what I mean? LOL
Loved it
Still do
This is good unintentional asmr at first
Actually, it was quite intentional :)
you should do some classic tom and jerry or more loony tunes like rabbit of seville
They are on the list, but a bit further down. I'm working on a special Disney video right now :)
@@betweenthekeyframes nice, looking forward to it
Yes. Robin Hood Daffy and One Froggy Evening would be interesting as well.
No music credit for Wagner? 🙂
Good point
be vewy Quiet..
Why do you play that depressing techno shit for a documentary that had great potential?Why does the sound quality rival 64+ digital pitch corrected compressed noise gated music production of today?
There is no techno in this video, just hip-hop tracks, and one with a classical undertone, which is my theme song (regardless, I play the music in my videos because I like the music I use in my videos). My channel is a hobby, a creative outlet not designed to be generic and please everyone. That said, I did the best I could with the sound quality. Do you have any constructive advice or you just plan to be mean?
@@betweenthekeyframes Seriously, It was not my goal to hurt your feelings.Make what you want ,any way you want. I would not have chose a hip hop cut as background music celebrating Bugs Bunny but I am not you