TheLittleSongbird
While the cartoon feels rather short and the story on the standard side, it is a interesting, memorable and handsomely mounted Bugs Bunny cartoon. Nothing here is remarkably funny, but there are some effective scenes like the scene in the park and the repeat of "What's Up Doc?" The cartoon also begins and ends in a very cute fashion, and throughout there is handsome animation, lovely vaudeville-like music and excellent voices from Mel Blanc and Arthur Q.Bryan as Bugs and Elmer who make a great double act if I must say so. Bugs is great here, he's been better, but I like his somewhat subdued side here, and Elmer is fine.Overall, memorable and interesting, not the best but a cartoon worth watching. 8/10 Bethany Cox
Mightyzebra
I saw hardly anything wrong with this short - apart from the fact that it felt too short. I thought it was sweet, funny and had a good storyline. I thought it good that after less than ten years of Bugs Bunny, the WB studios were ready to make a history episode of Bugs Bunny's life. That is what the plot-line is. It may not be how other people see it, but it's just a cartoon. "What's Up Doc" may not have the humour right for everybody, but it can appeal to a wide range of people, many who might even say they do not like Looney Tunes. This is one of my favourite Bugs Bunny shorts and there are many other people out there with similar tastes as me, who will enjoy it even more, or just as much.In this episode, Bugs Bunny, sunbathing beside his swimming pool, receives a call from a reporter who wants to know about his life. Bugs gives an account of his days from babyhood to the now and we see him performing in familiar and unfamiliar episodes and it is a delight to watch...I recommend this to anybody who is bored of the slapstick and farce in Looney Tunes and prefers different sorts of this WB cartoon series. Enjoy "What's Up Doc?" :-)
slymusic
"What's Up Doc?" is a very clever Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. In this film, Bugs is a full-fledged dancer, singer, and all-around entertainer who struggles for his big break in show business. He teams up with fellow vaudevillian Elmer Fudd and, after upstaging & infuriating him, stumbles upon the catchphrase "Eh, what's up, Doc?" and the crowd goes wild! Highlights: Bugs as a toddler is given a toy piano by his parents, so he immediately bangs away at one of Franz Liszt's famous Hungarian Rhapsodies! It's pure vaudeville when Bugs & Elmer swap one-liners, pies, seltzer bottles, mallets, and yuk-yuk-yuks. At a Warner Bros. screen test, Bugs & Elmer sing "What's Up Doc?" together on stage while Bugs pulls a few of his tricks on Elmer. Bugs as a hobo sits on a park bench next to fellow hoboes Al Jolson, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, and Bing Crosby (all very nicely caricatured). And finally, "Oh, we're the boys in the chorus, / We hope you like our show. / We know you're rootin' for us, / But now we have to gooooooo." "What's Up Doc?" is an enjoyable cartoon that I had never seen until I obtained the DVD (Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1), and I believe it is definitely worth seeing. Bugs Bunny goes through a fair amount of adventure (and misadventure) as he climbs up (and down) the hierarchal ladder of show business.
Robert Reynolds
Robert McKimson is one of the "other" Warner Brothers directors, after the Big Four-Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng and Bob Clampett. While nowhere near as innovative, with work that varied sometimes wildly in quality, he was probably the most solid of the other directors and this was one of his best efforts and an excellent addition to the Bugs Bunny efforts. The scene in the park is marvelously done! Wonderful short that deserves to be seen. Most highly recommended.
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