ReFrederator Blog

ReFrederator is moving ahead full speed with “Planes, Trains and Automobiles Week.” Our airborne artifact today is “Falling Hare,” the 1943 Bob Clampett classic all about Bugs Bunny and an obnoxious gremlin — and yes, YES, Bugs is way out of character here, playing fall guy to a tiny twerp with ailerons where his earlobes should be. Then again, yes, yes, YES, this one’s about as funny as these things get — big laugh out loud moments all over the place!

WB animators like Rod Scribner and Bob McKimson had to knock themselves out to keep director Clampett fully supplied in new, never-used-before reaction shots. In fact, I’ve heard scholarly wabbitalogists suggest that Bugs is only pretending to be duped and frightened in this film, just so he can indulge in a magnificent series of comic takes late in the proceedings (my favorite is the one where the bunny “waterfalls” off his chair.) He certainly has snapped back into his old personality for the final gag!

We’re back on track with a train type toon tomorrow. ReFrederator
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Dave Kirwan