Rabbit Every Monday
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Rabbit Every Monday is a 1950-produced, 1951-released Warner Bros.
cartoon starring Bugs Bunny
and Yosemite Sam
, and would be the last short which had Yosemite Sam's mouth below his mustache; his design changes midway through the film.
and singing about his love of carrots to the tune of "It's Magic". Yosemite Sam is hunting and smells carrots cooking and says "When I smell carrots, I smell rabbits." In a "breaking the fourth wall" moment, a patron in the movie theater comes across and then Sam tells him if he plans on telling Bugs about him he would be shot, so the person goes back to his seat. He tells the people if any of the others tell Bugs about him, they would be shot as well. As Sam comes closer to the hole, he is by Bugs' rotisserie and Bugs thinks that Sam's nose is a carrot and starts basting and cooking it and yanks Sam into his hole and bites his nose. Sam comes out with a hurt nose and is now mad and asks Bugs to come out. Bugs comes out in Sam's gun and says "Eh, what's up Doc?" and Sam tells him to get out of his gun or he'll blow him up to smithereenies. Bugs replies that he likes the smell of gun powder and refuses to get out. When Sam tries shooting to get him out, Bugs comes out as a caricature of a bullet. Sam reloads his gun and then Bugs puts bubble gum on the shooter and then when Sam shoots, instead of killing Bugs, he is trapped inside the bubble gum in a circle and Bugs blows him through the woods. Sam is in the air and is blowing his way back up but Bugs is there at a cliff with a pin in hand and pops Sam's bubble gum leaving him with a mess of bubble gum all over as he chases Bugs back to his hole. First he tries to throw a huge rock into Bugs' hole but Sam still has bubble gum on him and it counteracts and the rock falls on him. He then digs around the hole with Bugs in it and puts him in a sieve to get the rocks and dirt and gets Bugs out. Then, Sam takes Bugs by gunpoint and takes him to his cabin.
At Sam's cabin, Bugs is seen hanging by a rope and Sam is putting wood in the stove. Bugs decides to have a little fun himself and throws Sam's hat in the fire, missing at first, but then throws it again and it is in the stove. Sam mistakes a piece of wood as his hat and it is on fire. This makes Sam even madder and he tells Bugs to get in the stove, which Bugs obliges in doing. Bugs comes out several times and does a few things like bringing a fan and a pitcher of water, chairs, party favors, emptying ashtrays in Sam's hat. Sam gets mad and Bugs pops out of the stove (covered with lipsticks) and says that a party is going on and the girls are waiting for them, so Sam decides to go inside the stove. Bugs comes out and starts putting more wood in the fire, but Bugs has regrets. Little does Bugs know that the party is real when he looks in the stove and sees dancing girls and a bunch of people partying and having a good time. Bugs goes back in and comes out in the end with party favors and wearing a hat and says "I don't ask questions, I just have fun."
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
cartoon starring Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
and Yosemite Sam
Yosemite Sam
Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park...
, and would be the last short which had Yosemite Sam's mouth below his mustache; his design changes midway through the film.
Plot
The story opens when Bugs is seen cooking carrots on a rotisserieRotisserie
Rotisserie is a style of roasting where meat is skewered on a spit - a long solid rod used to hold food while it is being cooked over a fire in a fireplace or over a campfire, or roasted in an oven. This method is generally used for cooking large joints of meat or entire animals, such as pigs,...
and singing about his love of carrots to the tune of "It's Magic". Yosemite Sam is hunting and smells carrots cooking and says "When I smell carrots, I smell rabbits." In a "breaking the fourth wall" moment, a patron in the movie theater comes across and then Sam tells him if he plans on telling Bugs about him he would be shot, so the person goes back to his seat. He tells the people if any of the others tell Bugs about him, they would be shot as well. As Sam comes closer to the hole, he is by Bugs' rotisserie and Bugs thinks that Sam's nose is a carrot and starts basting and cooking it and yanks Sam into his hole and bites his nose. Sam comes out with a hurt nose and is now mad and asks Bugs to come out. Bugs comes out in Sam's gun and says "Eh, what's up Doc?" and Sam tells him to get out of his gun or he'll blow him up to smithereenies. Bugs replies that he likes the smell of gun powder and refuses to get out. When Sam tries shooting to get him out, Bugs comes out as a caricature of a bullet. Sam reloads his gun and then Bugs puts bubble gum on the shooter and then when Sam shoots, instead of killing Bugs, he is trapped inside the bubble gum in a circle and Bugs blows him through the woods. Sam is in the air and is blowing his way back up but Bugs is there at a cliff with a pin in hand and pops Sam's bubble gum leaving him with a mess of bubble gum all over as he chases Bugs back to his hole. First he tries to throw a huge rock into Bugs' hole but Sam still has bubble gum on him and it counteracts and the rock falls on him. He then digs around the hole with Bugs in it and puts him in a sieve to get the rocks and dirt and gets Bugs out. Then, Sam takes Bugs by gunpoint and takes him to his cabin.
At Sam's cabin, Bugs is seen hanging by a rope and Sam is putting wood in the stove. Bugs decides to have a little fun himself and throws Sam's hat in the fire, missing at first, but then throws it again and it is in the stove. Sam mistakes a piece of wood as his hat and it is on fire. This makes Sam even madder and he tells Bugs to get in the stove, which Bugs obliges in doing. Bugs comes out several times and does a few things like bringing a fan and a pitcher of water, chairs, party favors, emptying ashtrays in Sam's hat. Sam gets mad and Bugs pops out of the stove (covered with lipsticks) and says that a party is going on and the girls are waiting for them, so Sam decides to go inside the stove. Bugs comes out and starts putting more wood in the fire, but Bugs has regrets. Little does Bugs know that the party is real when he looks in the stove and sees dancing girls and a bunch of people partying and having a good time. Bugs goes back in and comes out in the end with party favors and wearing a hat and says "I don't ask questions, I just have fun."
Alternate Versions
- When the short is used in the 1979 "Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet" special, the "dancing girls" clip seen by Bugs is replaced with a scene of people dancing in a disco-themed setting. Also, the original music playing when Bugs walks out is replaced with music contemporary to the late 1970s. Also the dialog was redone for the segements in which the disco music is played.