When James Cagney wins the Oscar, Bugs shows a clip from "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941) and demands a recount of the voting.When James Cagney wins the Oscar, Bugs shows a clip from "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941) and demands a recount of the voting.When James Cagney wins the Oscar, Bugs shows a clip from "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941) and demands a recount of the voting.
- Directors
- Writers
- Stars
Mel Blanc
- Bugs Bunny
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Robert C. Bruce
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Robert Clampett
- Friz Freleng(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Writers
- Michael Sasanoff
- Michael Maltese(archive footage) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Bugs tosses the reels of his best scenes to the projectionist, he calls out "Okay, Smokey. Roll 'em." This is most likely a reference to Henry Garner, the cameraman and projectionist for the Leon Schlesinger studio, who was nicknamed Smokey.
- GoofsThe front page of The Hollywood Blah announcing the "Academy Award banquet to-night" is dated November 1, 1943. The Awards were actually held on March 4 in 1943. The next Awards, held on March 2, 1944, were the first not to feature a banquet.
- Quotes
Bugs Bunny: [hurls reels at the projectionist] Roll 'em, Smokey!
[a stag film appears]
Bugs Bunny: HEEYYY!
- ConnectionsEdited from A Star Is Born (1937)
- SoundtracksA Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You
(uncredited)
Music by Joseph Meyer
Played during the opening credits
Featured review
What idiot insisted on banning this fine cartoon?
I found this cartoon under the heading "banned cartoons" on Youtube. Now if it's true that Warner Brothers DID pull this from circulation because it might be seen as culturally insensitive, then the people responsible for this are total idiots. While SOME older cartoons are truly insulting and awful in how they depict minorities (particularly awful films featuring the character "Black Sambo"), this one can only be seen as insulting to someone so devoid of a sense of humor and so politically correct that practically nothing is funny to them and everything is offensive. Sure, this is an Indian (the American-type, not the Apu-type) in the cartoon, but he's the basic Bugs Bunny foil--nothing more and nothing less. Does this mean that ANY depiction of Indians is forbidden in cartoons unless they are Earth-loving and noble like the film POCAHONTAS--which, by the way, was highly inaccurate and silly in how it portrayed the natives.
As for the cartoon itself, I saw this one several times over the years and it's a darn clever one that features an obnoxious Bugs Bunny trying to convince the Oscar people (A.M.P.A.S., by the way) to give him the award for Best Actor. While I wasn't thrilled with its use of a clip from a previous film, the odd style where Bugs appears in the real world with real people is pretty interesting and worth a look.
Don't believe the hypersensitive. This is a good cartoon and it probably won't offend the average sane viewer.
As for the cartoon itself, I saw this one several times over the years and it's a darn clever one that features an obnoxious Bugs Bunny trying to convince the Oscar people (A.M.P.A.S., by the way) to give him the award for Best Actor. While I wasn't thrilled with its use of a clip from a previous film, the odd style where Bugs appears in the real world with real people is pretty interesting and worth a look.
Don't believe the hypersensitive. This is a good cartoon and it probably won't offend the average sane viewer.
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- planktonrules
- Jun 15, 2007
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- Language
- Also known as
- Merrie Melodies #26 (1942-1943 Season): What's Cookin' Doc?
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,753
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,285
- Feb 16, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $14,753
- Runtime9 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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