Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . movie comedy bit during the Third Lincoln-Douglas Debate in the 1850s. Overwhelmed by the odoriferous "Old Family Recipe" pastry Ms. Spencer's ancestor had just plastered onto his visage, Douglas famously fell flat on his kisser as Abe quipped, "A pie divided against itself cannot stand." Though many cinema pioneers tried to top this "Who cut the cheesecake?" moment from the Sepia Age of Film, no one came close until 1942's animated short, CASE OF THE MISSING HARE. While the pie fillings involved in HARE may be more mannered than the Spencer Family Manure, the facials exchanged between magician Ala Bahma and Bugs Bunny up the ante considerably (or, as Bugs says, pie-faced to the hilt, "Of course you know, this means War!"). Warren Buffet has brought this American political tradition forward into its Third Century, with his posting of the $10 million Project Pie Prize for the first group to get Donald Trump this-faced in Cleveland this summer. Vegas odds-makers have made Black Lives Matter a 3-2 early favorite, though the last I heard the Occupy Movement was closing fast.
slymusic
Written by Tedd Pierce, animated by Ken Harris, and directed by Chuck Jones, "Case of the Missing Hare" is a very good Warner Bros. cartoon that pits Bugs Bunny against a world-renowned magician, who invades the sanctity of Bugs' home. This cartoon proves a very well-known point: If you pick on Bugs Bunny, you sure as hell better watch out, because he'll give it back to you a lot worse than you can imagine.One particular scene in "Case of the Missing Hare" I especially find funny: Assisting the magician with a swords-through-the-basket trick (in which the swords don't penetrate, as the magician explains), Bugs actually squeals in mock pain with each sword, causing the magician to sweat profusely. I also like how both the magician and the rabbit have difficulty pronouncing "prestidigitator".Director Chuck Jones was still in his experimental stages with "Case of the Missing Hare", and there ain't nothing wrong with that. One particular oddity, however, is that the onstage backgrounds keep changing color. Big deal.
phantom_tollbooth
Chuck Jones's 'Case of the Missing Hare' is a slow- moving and not particularly funny cartoon. An early Bugs Bunny short, 'Case of the Missing Hare' pits Bugs against a weak magician character who never proves to be much of a foil for the rabbit. Opening with a feeble pie-in-the-face routine which serves as a flimsy pretext for a "Of course you realise this means war" moment, 'Case of the Missing Hare' quickly segues into the magician's magic act and Bugs's inevitable sabotage of it. Ultimately, the script isn't all that funny and Jones has little to work with but he also seems to be having an off day, showing none of the sparkle which characterises his work. The result is a flat, dull cartoon with little to no laughs.
Mightyzebra
In this Bugs Bunny episode, we meet the rascally rabbit living happily in a tree. And why are some people not OK with this? It is perfectly fine - it is actually quite a good touch to the episode - funny in some aspects.Also, kissing can be quite funny, cartoon or real life. The way that the Looney Tunes characters used to do it can strike up a chuckle or two. In this day and age, I do not find it terribly funny, but it does not matter.Anyhow, this is a very funny episode, another one of those ones where Bugs Bunny earns revenge from a nasty stage person. The animation of Bugs Bunny is good, the jokes are good (especially where Bugs Bunny is imitating a dog with his fingers) and the theme of the episode is used well.In this short, a stage magician is putting up posters advertising his magic show. He so happens to pin a poster over the door of Bugs Bunny's home - a tree, funnily enough. Bugs Bunny starts to become annoyed with the stage magician, who in fact turns out to be an obnoxious meanie. Bugs Bunny will soon fight for revenge...I recommend this Bugs Bunny episode for anyone who likes stage magic (a lot of the jokes here are based on it), old Bugs animation and Looney Tunes. Enjoy "Case of the Missing Hare"! :-)
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