Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
NR | 03 October 1953 (USA)
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The final installment of the "Hunting Trilogy" once again has Elmer out hunting, while Bugs and Daffy try to con him into shooting the other.

Reviews
NipPierce Wow, this is a REALLY bad movie!
PodBill Just what I expected
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
FairlyAnonymous When I was younger I had both the Looney Tunes golden collections Vol.1 and Vol.2, and I would watch through all of them to a rather obsessive degree. That being said, I always loved "Rabbit Fire" and "Rabbit Seasoning" and the timing of the humour and the gags seemed to work the best in those two episodes. While the general theme of the two episodes was the same, the execution and the plot-points were significantly different so that it didn't feel like the same episode. However, "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" was one that I had never seen due to Golden Collection 3 not having been released at that time, so when I head that there was A THIRD hunting short I knew that I needed to see it.And unfortunately... it's mostly a rehash of the two.Almost all of the jokes and visual gags in this short were seen in the other two and it has almost nothing original to offer except for one joke involving Daffy Duck using common sayings such as, "Well I guess I'm the goat now" and then Bugs holds up a "Goat season" sign which then gets Daffy shot. This was... er... mildly humorous the first time, but it was more of a bad pun kind of joke and not an actual clever set-up. Unfortunately, this type of joke is reused on multiple occasions and it stops being funny by the second time. The vast majority of the episode is spent on this premise and it never feels like the plot physically goes anywhere, like the last two episodes which have some movement through the woods and to new locations while this one is isolated at Bugs' hole the entire time.All in all, not very funny or interesting; however, there was on interesting moment: When Elmer shoots Bugs' coffee cup, multiple holes are created. This confirms that Elmer is using "bird shot" for his gun and not using traditional bullets. I thought that was a nice little touch.
Mightyzebra This is the last episode of the "Hunting Trilogy" three Looney Tunes episodes with a similar theme. Like in the last two of the trilogy, "Rabbit Fire" and "Rabbit Seasoning", Elmer is hunting and Daffy "shows" him the way to Bugs Bunny so the rabbit can be killed. For some reason Bugs Bunny just about never is shot, but Daffy is (because these are cartoon he always survives, for which we should be grateful). In this particular episode it is winter and Daffy calls himself a lot of animals, then Bunny shows a "Season sign" for the animal, so Daffy is then shot by Elmer. Like the first one is:Daffy: Well, I guess I'm the goat. (Bugs shows "Goat season sign" and Elmer points his gun at Daffy.) Daffy: What? (Elmer shoots Daffy.)This is personally not my favourite of the trilogy. The animation is quite ugly (when Daffy is shot) and I prefer the theme of the jokes in "Rabbit Fire" and "Rabbit Seasoning". The Season sign theme is quite repetitive; funny the first few times, but it just becomes boring after a while. However, this episode is quite well worth watching, despite its slight flaws.I recommend this to anyone who likes the greedy, cynical Daffy Duck best and people who like to see Bugs Bunny have his own way. For people who do not like slapstick all that much and for people who prefer the older, crazier black duck, this episode I do not specifically recommend to you and if you do want to watch it, you may not want to rewatch it.Enjoy "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!"7 and a half out of ten.
slymusic "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" is a brilliant Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Elmer Fudd cartoon, the third in what became known as the "Hunter Trilogy" from director Chuck Jones & writer Michael Maltese (the first two cartoons being "Rabbit Fire" [1951] and "Rabbit Seasoning" [1952]). Once again, Daffy tries to manipulate Elmer into blasting Bugs with his shotgun. Once again, Daffy fails, and HOW he fails. Once again, Bugs is just way too smart for Daffy to outwit! The most memorable running gag in "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" involves Daffy unwittingly claiming to be certain kinds of animals, Bugs holding up a sign (to the musical accompaniment of "A-Hunting We Will Go") declaring open season for these animals, and Elmer blasting Daffy's bill off his face with the shotgun. (On one of these occasions, Daffy is absolutely hilarious as he looks back at Elmer and squeaks "What?" before getting blasted.) Another memorable scene involves Daffy spotting Bugs in a duck disguise, after which Daffy shouts to Elmer, "Shoot the duck! Shoot the duck!"; who do you suppose Elmer shoots? One other thing to watch for in "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" is the palette of facial expressions from Daffy and Bugs, particularly when Bugs feels the muzzle of Elmer's shotgun directly behind his head, when Daffy learns that Elmer cannot shoot "a fwicasseeing wabbit," and when Daffy spots Bugs dropping down from the sky in a lame angel disguise. Catch this marvelous cartoon on Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3, featuring a well-done additional commentary by contemporary animator Eric Goldberg.
Brett Walter One of the best Looney Tune Cartoons ever made! It is FUNNY! Daffy Duck is still trying to get Elmer Fudd to shoot Bugs Bunny, when it is really duck season! But as usual Daffy can't outwit Bugs and the two nearl drive Elmer Fudd insane!