talarisw One of the best and one of my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons of all-time. This cartoon stands out as being different from all other Bugs Bunny cartoons for two reasons, one is that Wile E. Coyote, who's known for being a mute character chasing the road-runner but speaks a lot here and is after Bugs. The second is that this might be the only time Bugs faces an enemy who was actually smart, so Bugs has to be a little bit more clever. Big looney tune's fans know every director at Warner Bros. had their own take on Bugs and this is one of the best examples of Chuck Jone's take on Bugs. Jone's Bugs was the most sophisticated Bugs. Jones also had more sophisticated humor, so to speak. He put a lot of humor in dialog but he's also great at gags. I love how Wile E. is shown here, he's an arrogant and bombastic science genies and even though he's a lot different here then in the iconic road-runner films, it still fits his overall character because even with the road-runner you get the sense that he's a genies. It's also surprising that there was only one road- runner/coyote cartoon before this one, you would assume Chuck made many road runners before teaming the coyote with Bugs. But I love the match up of Bugs and Wile E. because it's nice to see Bugs face a villain who was smart, not an idiot like Elmer and others. The writing, the dialog, the pace and timing is perfect here. The cartoon begins with the Coyote introducing himself to Bugs with a business card showing he's a genies. This is a perfect set-up for the rest of the cartoon, Wile E. is so sure of himself he dosen't even let Bugs respond but Bug's reaction was hilarious! When Wile E. tells that he plans to eat him, Bugs reacts with a mocking "oh no!" look, that is the funniest part in this cartoon and only Chuck would do that, I laugh out loud every time at that moment. Wile E.'s undoing is not that he's dumb but he's so pompous that he underestimate how smart Bugs is. It's even funnier seeing Wile E.'s plan back fire because you can tell his ego's bruise too. I love the part when Wile E. creates a girl rabbit robot to trick bugs because it has a bomb inside but Bugs counteracts by creating a female coyote robot that Wile E. falls for but she has a bomb and explodes but then Wile E. realizes that he still has the robot rabbit and that explodes. It's a battle of book smart vs street smart. Wile E.'s a scientific genies but Bugs is smarter when it comes to survival. I love the ending where Wile E. dubs himself "super genies" and then realizes Bug's has placed him in front of a train and then boom! And Bug's final line "remeber mud spelled backwards is dumb". I love Mel Blanc's voice as the extremely pompous Wile E. I love any cartoon with these two together, I think there's four other cartoons like this one. There's something so appealing about seeing Wile E. Coyote talk and being so pompous and that all of his inventions are still no match for Bugs Bunny. One of Chuck Jone's best!

phantom_tollbooth Chuck Jones's 'Operation: Rabbit' is something of an oddity in the Warner Bros. canon. Part of a very short lived series in which Wile. E. Coyote pursues Bugs Bunny instead of the Road Runner, 'Operation: Rabbit' offers a different take on the Coyote by giving him a voice. A posh, self-obsessed egotist, this version of the Coyote sits strangely with the mute wretch we all know and love. At the time 'Operation: Rabbit' was released, however, the Coyote was a brand new character who had only appeared in one Road Runner cartoon previously. I truly believe that, had Jones worked on more Road Runner cartoons prior to this cartoon, he would have rejected the idea of giving the Coyote a voice. This would have been wise. 'Operation: Rabbit' takes a similar spot-gag approach to the Road Runners but the dialogue slows down a series of gags which you can see coming a mile off and therefore would be better dispensed with in a more timely manner. I've never been partial to this vocal version of the Coyote but, thankfully, I am able to divorce this character from the character in the Road Runner cartoons, just as I am able to accept the almost identical Ralph Wolf as a different character. While it passes the time pleasantly enough, 'Operation: Rabbit' is mainly notable for being a failed character experiment.

MartinHafer I am about to say something that may shock many of you, so hold on tight! I never particularly liked the Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons. I think most of this is because although I loved Wiley Coyote, I always felt that the Roadrunner had almost zero personality. After a while, I really wanted to see Wiley catch and kill the Roadrunner! In light of this, I was THRILLED the first time I saw this cartoon. Not only is Wiley Coyote at his best, but he finally has a worthy opponent in the form of Bugs Bunny--who has mountains of personality. Wiley is at his best because he talks and shows himself to be a supremely smug jerk who calls himself "Wile E. Coyote--Genius" and asks Bugs to surrender without a fight because he is clearly outmatched by Wiley's brain power! It's great to see Bugs knock him down a few pegs by destroying all of Wiley's attempts to capture him! Violent fun for all.

TheOtherFool Early Wile E. Coyote isn't chasing the Roadrunner, but Bugs Bunny! He's pulling these schemes we know so well from his later adventures with the miep-miep character, and obviously each time is losing out, getting blown up no less than 5 times.The schemes he pulls are pretty funny, although to me it doesn't match up to the episodes with the Roadrunner. In particular the overuse of his (annoying) voice doesn't work well. We hear him blabbing he's a genious about 10 times. Alright, we get it.Still, I had some good laughs from this decent cartoon. Interesting for those into the Coyote character I suppose. 6/10.