In this short film which came out briefly after World War II, Bugs goes against an evil scientist and his giant, furry, sneaker-wearing monster. Said scientist disappears quickly, however, very shortly after the monster gets out of his room for the first time, but it is implied early on anyway that the scientist does not really want Bugs for himself, but it is all about getting food for the monster, so makes sense and you can only do so much with two villains in under ten minutes. Even if we are in the middle of the story now almost, let's get back to the basics for a little longer here: The director is Chuck Jones as always and the voice acting is by Mel Blanc of course. Writer isn't Michael Maltese this time, it's Tedd Pierce. Al three of them were in their thirties when this film got made. Back to the essence of it all, the jokes in here include manicure, a rabbit hiding in a lamp, a mechanical female rabbit, a painting and a Peter Lorre reference I would not have recognized if I hadn't read it in the credits. You could surely wonder why Bugs was not able to spot the monster when he literally stepped on it with the excellent identification techniques he had before that. Pretty fast with his fingers the bunny is as well. What also stayed a bit in the mind was the breaking of the fourth wall in here on not one, but two occasions even: First is required for Bugs to get his catch phrase out, which admittedly I never found too funny, and the second then happens almost at the very end when Bugs gets back to his comment from the beginning about feeling watched. This showed us that the monster in here was actually quite a coward, even if he was a bit of a master in disguise. What actually had a much better shot at defeating the bunny was the mechanical bunny.
Finally, I kinda liked the inclusions of words to be read on the screen here like "monster", "evil scientist" and "canned monster". Also, a bit funny how Bugs was so crazy for the mechanical bunny that he totally ignored the words written on the cast. You could probably make a connection there between this cartoon and the German film "Ich bin dein Mensch" from not too long ago. But before we drift even further away, let's find some closure with this cartoon: All in all, I enjoyed this short film from the Merrie Melodies series and also liked the two antagonists. The monster in terms of color reminded me a bit of a furrier, almost Yeti- or Sasquatch-resembling version of Sam is the name I think, a more frequent antagonist from the Looney Tunes universe. In the end, he even gets to talk a bit, which was nice to hear some other character's voice for once as Bugs is rambling a lot here again for sure. Quite a shame this antagonist duo does not appear in more of these seven-minute cartoons. Or almost eight in fact. Still, I wouldn't say it is one of the best Warner Bros. Cartoons. Nonetheless, recommended.
Finally, I kinda liked the inclusions of words to be read on the screen here like "monster", "evil scientist" and "canned monster". Also, a bit funny how Bugs was so crazy for the mechanical bunny that he totally ignored the words written on the cast. You could probably make a connection there between this cartoon and the German film "Ich bin dein Mensch" from not too long ago. But before we drift even further away, let's find some closure with this cartoon: All in all, I enjoyed this short film from the Merrie Melodies series and also liked the two antagonists. The monster in terms of color reminded me a bit of a furrier, almost Yeti- or Sasquatch-resembling version of Sam is the name I think, a more frequent antagonist from the Looney Tunes universe. In the end, he even gets to talk a bit, which was nice to hear some other character's voice for once as Bugs is rambling a lot here again for sure. Quite a shame this antagonist duo does not appear in more of these seven-minute cartoons. Or almost eight in fact. Still, I wouldn't say it is one of the best Warner Bros. Cartoons. Nonetheless, recommended.