Rabbit Romeo

Today I'm posting one of my all time favorite's in "Rabbit Romeo". The thing I like the most about this one is that they put a different take on the Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny battle. Usually Elmer is trying to shoot Bugs. This time however all he wants to do is set Bugs up with a fat Slobovian female rabbit.

So what your seeing here is one of the few times Bugs isn't hunted by Elmer and one of the few times he has a romantic encounter. Like many of the other looney tunes this one was censored too. On CBS and the syndicated Merrie Melodies show, the part where Bugs uses a goldfish to shield himself from Millicent's kisses was cut to remove the part where the goldfish is put back in the fishbowl, the goldfish takes out a pistol, returns inside his toy castle, and shoots himself (implied by the bubbles surfacing and making a gunshot sound when popped). On The WB!, the part where Bugs uses an electric fan to protect himself from Millicent's kisses, but her mouth destroys the fan, and then Millicent says, "Mmm, not bad for a beginner!" was cut.

Those of you who are Rocky and Bullwinkle fans should recognize the voice of Millicent as the same voice actress who voiced Natasha. That would be June Foray who was also the voice of Rocky. I have many favorite scenes in this cartoon but the one I like the most is where Millicent says Come snuggle my little bunny boo. Elmer with a shotgun in Bugs' back says Go on bunny boo... snuggle.