Bugs and Daffy (1pm) - 1/14/02

[Jon Cooke]

We got the rest of 1946 today:

"The Big Snooze"
"Fair and Worm-er"
"The Mouse-merized Cat" - edited
"Mouse Menace"
"Rhapsody Rabbit" - no WB opening titles
"Roughly Squeaking"


-Jon

[Thad Komorowski]

I hope this chronological thing keeps up. But I know that I won't get the cartoons that are on almost everyone's "WB Cartoons I Need" list ("Africa Squeaks", "Skyscraper Caper", "The Door", etc.).



-Thad

[Pietro]

I'd like to see "Africa Squeaks," UNCUT myself.

-Pietro:D

[DarthGonzo]

Originally posted by Pietro Shakarian
I'd like to see "Africa Squeaks," UNCUT myself.

-Pietro:D

Yeah well, at the very least The Big Snooze was left uncut!!

[Pilmedium]

Originally posted by Thad K
on almost everyone's "WB Cartoons I Need" list ("Africa Squeaks", "Skyscraper Caper", "The Door", etc.).

I don't think "Skyscraper Caper" is any rarer than most other Speedy cartoons.



Why does "Rhapsody Rabbit" have no WB opening titles? I guess it could be from a bad video.

[Thad Komorowski]

Well, I do have "Skyscraper Caper" on video, but it's edited. It seems no one has the original with Speedy trying to save Daffy from falling off of the construction site with a noose (almost hanging Daffy).



-Thad

[J Lee]

Why does "Rhapsody Rabbit" have no WB opening titles? I guess it could be from a bad video.

Depends on what you mean by "bad."

"Rhapsody Rabbit" is one of the last titles Cartoon Network still uses that were originally done for the MGM/UA series of Vidde-Oh! tapes that were released in 1987. Among the pre-1948 Bugs Bunnies in the series, several other cartoons, including "Super Rabbit," "Wabbit Twouble" and "The Big Snooze" also had their opening titles removed, while a few others, like "Hold the Lion, Please" and "Slick Hare" had their opening titles replaced with a Blue Ribbon title card with a 1940 copyright date and with the opening theme music from the 1939-40 season.

The results looked and sounded awful, and even with the improper end title cards, the dubbed versions that came out in 1995 are a vast improvement over those cartoons.

[lislebartman]

Originally posted by Pilmedium
Why does "Rhapsody Rabbit" have no WB opening titles? I guess it could be from a bad video.

My copy of "Rhapsody Rabbit" is on my copy of "Bugs Bunny: Superstar" and it has full opening/closing titles. It was also released with full opening/closing titles on the "Golden Age of Looney Tunes" laserdisc - volume #4.

[Pilmedium]

The Big Snooze (1946, Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd) (dubbed version)
The Mouse-merized Cat (1946, Babbitt/Catstello) (dubbed version)
Rhapsody Rabbit (1946, Bugs Bunny) (no opening WB titles)

[DarthGonzo]

Originally posted by Pilmedium
The Big Snooze (1946, Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd) (dubbed version)
The Mouse-merized Cat (1946, Babbitt/Catstello) (dubbed version)
Rhapsody Rabbit (1946, Bugs Bunny) (no opening WB titles)

It's funny...I had Rhapsody Rabbit on last night and my sister walked in the room and was like, "Oh, Tom and....huh?"