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| Directed by | Bob Clampett |
| Produced by | Eddie Selzer |
| Animation by | Rod Scribner I. Ellis Manny Gould J.C. Melendez |
| Layouts by | Thomas McKimson |
| Backgrounds by | Philip DeGuard |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Running time | 7' 22" |
The Big Snooze is a 1946 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, his final cartoon for Warner Brothers (his name does not appear in the credits because he left the studio before the film was released). Its title was inspired by the 1939 book The Big Sleep, and its 1946 film adaptation, also a Warner release. The Big Snooze features Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, voiced as usual by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan, respectively.
Plot
In this cartoon-within-a-cartoon, Bugs and Elmer are in the midst of their usual hunting-chasing antics. Elmer quits, angry because Bugs makes a fool of him in every cartoon. Elmer decides that he is just going to fish from now on. Bugs pleads with Elmer to stay but Elmer turns up his nose and walks away from Bugs. Elmer is asleep, dreaming while fishing when Bugs finds him.
Bugs worms his way into Elmer's dream with sleeping pills in order to torment the inept hunter with nightmare imagery; Elmer is pulled into his dream, wearing a loincloth of green flowers and derby hat. Bugs starts with 'zillions of red and yellow wabbits',supplied by an adding machine ("I'm multiplying,see? I'm multiplying!"). Later, Bugs ties Elmer to train tracks then runs him over with a "train" made of rabbits.
Elmer's anger at a failed pursuit of the "wabbit" through the surreal landscape, down connected rabbit holes, is promptly used against him as Bugs forces Elmer to wear a slinky, form fitting bustier gown fashioned from a length of green material Bugs pulls on screen from stage right.
As his body is entwined in the fabric; Elmer glances down and discovers he's transforming into a "woman" with a decidedly feminine hourglass figure. Concealed by the completed dress, Elmer's loincloth becomes a pair of women's panties to cover his female waistline and hips, while Elmer's equally dainty feet are clad in open toed high heels to compliment the outfit. Bugs wraps things up with a ringlet-styled wig and a poke to the abdomen, the latter ending the chain of events as Elmer purses his lips so Bugs can apply deep red lipstick. Elmer soon realizes his newly svelte body rivals the curvaceous form of Rita Hayworth.
With Elmer dazed & confused from the makeover, Bugs changes the scenery, transporting the pair to the corner of Hollywood and Vine, in full view of a trio of literal and lustful male wolves, lounging by the iconic signpost. Once the trio see Elmer, one wolf hollers "hooooow old is she?", right before another wolf begins flirting with Elmer (Bugs lingers long enough for the hunter to become the hunted). The "advances" of the wolves plunges Elmer into panic mode, demonstrated by a cry of "Gwacious!", fleeing from the wolves (who promptly chase Elmer), during which she pauses long enough to ask the audience, "Have any of you giwls evew had an expewience wike this?".
In an attempt to "help" (torment Elmer further), Bugs persuades Elmer to follow a mad dash towards stage right, as Bugs plays the old gag "run 'this way'!", putting Elmer through a bizarre series of steps which include running on her feet and on her hair (this action puts Elmer's unmentionables on display) , hopping like a frog, as well as Russian folk dancing (Hey!).
With escape at hand, Bugs and Elmer jump off the edge of the dreamscape. During the descent, Bugs drinks some "Hare Tonic - Stops Falling Hare" and screeches to a halt. The dream-Elmer lands roughly back in his own body and awakens. Elmer swiftly rejoins his job back at Warner Brothers; the episode closes with Bugs happily speaking the catchphrase from the "Beulah" character on the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly, Ah love dat man! ("Love dat man!").
Availability
The Big Snooze is available in a restored version on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 DVD set, and as part of the compilation What's Up, Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny on Volume 3. It can also be found in the itunes store. Another place where "The Big Snooze" is available is on the Xbox Live Zune marketplace.
References
- Billy Ingram. "The Beulah Show". Retrieved 2006-09-15.
External links
- The Big Snooze at IMDb
- The Big Snooze at the Big Cartoon Database
| Preceded byRacketeer Rabbit | Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1946 |
Succeeded byRhapsody Rabbit |