aefrench
This is an okay cartoon short from the Warner Bros. Studio, but it's not among its best.Elmer decides to take up photography, and goes out to take pictures of animals. When he gets there, he meets a rabbit, (who looks like Bugs, but there is no mention that it is actually him) who proceeds to make it difficult for Elmer to enjoy his new hobby.There are some funny parts in the cartoon, such as when Elmer is actually trying to photograph the rabbit. Simply put, the rabbit is not going to just allow Elmer to take his picture. However, there are some parts that were just a bit silly. This is really an average cartoon.
phantom_tollbooth
Chuck Jones's 'Elmer's Candid Camera' is historically fascinating for several reasons. For one, it introduced the character of Elmer Fudd to the world. Secondly, it features one of several early Bugs Bunny prototypes which lead to the crystallisation of the character in Tex Avery's 'A Wild Hare'. While this early Elmer is not too far from the famous version of the character, this pseudo-Bugs is a dreadful character. A goony, deep-voiced clown with a Woody Woodpecker laugh, his antics are far too slow and the cartoon drags because of this. Also, the pseudo-Bugs tortures Elmer for no good reason, since he is only attempting to shoot him with a camera rather than a gun. This sadistic take on Bugs has worked wonders on many occasions (most notably in Bob Clampett's stone cold classic 'Wabbit Twouble') but it hinged on the character's ample charm, something which this proto-Bugs sorely lacks. The result is a grindingly slow, mean-spirited cartoon with virtually no laughs whatsoever.
mpearl429
The Name of Bugs Bunny's Prototype is Happy Rabbit. He appears in Four cartoons. They were Porky's Hare Hunt, Prest-O Change-O,Hare-um Scare-um and finally in Elmer's Candid Camera. He makes a cameo in Patient Porky. The Creator of Bugs Bunny is still apparently unknown and it could be Tex Avery. Bugs Hardaway has some credit so does Cal Dalton, Charlie Thorson, and Chuck Jones. In the late 1930's Tex Avery and his crew were working on A Wild Hare. Bugs Bunny was originally going to be called Jack O' Rabbit. Until the animators used the name used by Charlie Thorson. Tex decided that Bugs Bunny would come out of the Rabbit hole asking "What's Up Doc" to the Hunter (Elmer Fudd). In 1941 Bugs made his second appearance in Elmer's Pet Rabbit and thus his name would be introduced to the public. And I Have no choice but to Say That's All Folks.
movieman_kev
A fat Elmer Fudd plans to take picture of wildlife, and then he runs into a very crude early version of Bugs Bunny who torments him without end in this vaguely amusing short. Obviously the characters of both Bugs and Elmer aren't nearly fully realized in this earlier short, but you can tell that it's on it's way, even if it had a tad to go to get there. It's worth watching for it's historic value, but it's not particularly great either. And if eternally grateful that they did away with Bugs Bunny's jackass type laugh in later shorts. This cartoon is on Disk 3 of the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1"My Grade: C-
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