Rhapsody Rabbit

Rhapsody Rabbit 1946

7.18

When Bugs Bunny attempts to perform Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, he is troubled by a mouse.

1946

Fast and Furry-ous

Fast and Furry-ous 1949

7.00

This was the debut for Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. It was also their only cartoon made in the 1940s. It set the template for the series, in which Wile E. Coyote (here given the ersatz Latin name Carnivorous Vulgaris) tries to catch Roadrunner (Accelleratii Incredibus) through many traps, plans and products, although in this first cartoon not all of the products are yet made by the Acme Corporation.

1949

Duck Amuck

Duck Amuck 1953

8.14

The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

1953

Bewitched Bunny

Bewitched Bunny 1954

7.10

Bugs must rescue Hansel and Gretel from Witch Hazel's clutches.

1954

What's Opera, Doc?

What's Opera, Doc? 1957

7.60

Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.

1957

Baby Bottleneck

Baby Bottleneck 1946

6.92

As the baby boom commences, and with the delivery service overworked, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are placed in charge of a baby preparation factory, where they help the stork keep up.

1946

Scaredy Cat

Scaredy Cat 1948

7.55

Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat spend the night in an old dark house, whose horrors only Sylvester sees.

1948

A Pest in the House

A Pest in the House 1947

6.90

A very tired businessman needs some sleep and checks into a hotel run by Elmer Fudd, where Daffy Duck is the bellhop.

1947

One Froggy Evening

One Froggy Evening 1955

7.70

A workman finds a singing frog in the cornerstone of an old building being demolished. But when he tries to cash in on his discovery, he finds the frog will sing only for him, and just croak for the talent agent and the audience in the theater he's spent his life savings on.

1955

Barbary-Coast Bunny

Barbary-Coast Bunny 1956

6.70

After Bugs' giant gold nugget is stolen by Nasty Canasta, he tries to win it back at Canasta's San Francisco gambling hall.

1956

Ballot Box Bunny

Ballot Box Bunny 1951

6.90

When Yosemite Sam campaigns on a platform including rabbit genocide, Bugs Bunny runs against him.

1951

Tweety and the Beanstalk

Tweety and the Beanstalk 1957

6.80

Jack's mother throws Jack's magic beans outside under Sylvester Cat's sleeping box, and the cat is whisked to the world above, where he finds a huge Tweety Bird in the castle of the legendary Giant.

1957

Broom-Stick Bunny

Broom-Stick Bunny 1956

6.80

On Halloween night, Bugs Bunny, masquerading as a witch, trick-or-treats at the creepy old mansion of Witch Hazel, who prides herself on being the ugliest witch of all.

1956

A Broken Leghorn

A Broken Leghorn 1959

6.50

On Old MacDonald's farm, an egg hatches in slow-witted hen Miss Prissy's nest, and out of the shell comes a baby rooster. Fearing he will be replaced by the new arrival and sent to be slaughtered, Foghorn Leghorn plots to do away with the tyke.

1959

Rabbit Seasoning

Rabbit Seasoning 1952

7.40

Elmer is hunting both Daffy and Bugs again. Bugs talks Elmer into going after Daffy, who ends up getting the worst of all the pranks.

1952

8 Ball Bunny

8 Ball Bunny 1950

6.70

Bugs helps a penguin return home.

1950

Haredevil Hare

Haredevil Hare 1948

7.00

Bugs is the test rabbit shot to the moon. There, he meets Commander X-2, who is intent on destroying the Earth with his Aludium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.

1948

So Much for So Little

So Much for So Little 1949

6.10

Little Johnny Jones, to be born in the next year, is shown growing to a ripe, healthy old age, thanks to the efforts of his local public health officers. But without them, he might be one of the 5% or so that dies in the first year. The price for the public health service: about 3 cents a week. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

1949

High Note

High Note 1960

7.11

The sheet music for Johann Strauss' The Blue Danube is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical piece, but finds that one of the notes has become drunk.

1960

Baton Bunny

Baton Bunny 1959

6.70

Bugs conducts the Warner Brothers Symphony in Franz von Suppé's "Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna" while reacting to a bothersome fly.

1959