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.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) It would certainly have helped him if he knew how to writer or at least how to spell like Bugs does. This is a short cartoon movie from over 60 years ago and like most of these it runs for roughly 7 minutes. It is definitely one of the more famous Warner Bros. short films starring Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Both are voiced of course again by Mel Blanc and he and the writer Michael Maltese and director Chuck Jones are easily among the most prolific trios in terms of filmmaking.It's hunting season, but who gets hunted. Well.. Daffy does, but he does his best to make it look like everybody except ducks are hunted that time of the year. Unfortunately, Bugs is not willing to pose as a target for Elmer Fudd's shooting escapades and that's truly bad news for Daffy. In this short movie, unlike in most of the others, Fudd is really just an instrument for the two to go against each other, well really only for going against Daffy. And right when it looks like there is a happy ending even for the duck, things get really bad for him again. Solid short movie. Pretty entertaining, but not great by any means. Recommended.

movieman_kev The third and last film of the "Hunting trilogy" (the other two being on Volume 1 of the Golden Collection), features Elmer once again hunting, but not knowing what season it is. Bugs plays with that holding up signs telling Elmer that it's various animal seasons and getting him to shoot Daffy over and over. You know what? That plot doesn't even begin to tell you how genius, how utterly hilarious, and how classic this cartoon truly is. Just know this. The other two were amazing hilarious, yes..but THIS is the absolute best of the three. It's just THAT good. This animated short can be found on Disk 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3 and includes an optional commentary by Eric Goldberg, as well as a music only track and a Behind the scenes featurette.My Grade: A+++

carl170 My personal views on this is that I feel that this is what people remember Loony Tunes for.The gags are simple, and easy to understand.But its the quick wittiness of Bugs Bunny, and the clever, but unlucky Daffy Duck - who never seems to get the roll of the green that means that they work so well together as characters.I feel that this is the greatest Looney tune cartoon of them all. It has just one joke running through its theme. But the timing, the scheming, the naivety of Elemer Fudd, is done to perfection.I really believe that this would make anyone around the world laugh. If it was done in their own language. Its one of the funniest pieces of cinema history that you will see anywhere.Don't get me wrong there are other - great cartoon out there. (*Please look on the IMDb list - for other comments that I have made and you will see them!!)If you haven't see this. Please try and always look out for it. Or try and see if you can get this.If you have it, and you've had a hard day.Put this on, and have a laugh.Looney tunes cartoons are the best in the world.These are the characters I love from Lonney Tunes saga:Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Yoesemity Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Slyvester the Cat, W.E.Y Coyette, The Colonel and Beleverdere (* His faithful Hound!)Carl Brown carl@garage-music.com