

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
1982 Directed by Chuck JonesIf Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.

Mel Blanc
....................................................Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Yosemite Sam / Sylvester / Sylvester, Jr. / Speedy Gonzales / Tweety / Genie / Hassan / Big Bad Wolf / Beanstalk Giant / Elvis Gorilla / Stork (voice)

Bea Benaderet
....................................................Witch Hazel (voice)

Arthur Q. Bryan
....................................................Elmer Fudd (voice)

June Foray
....................................................Granny / Mother Gorilla / Goldimouse (voice)
Shepard Menken
....................................................Old Storyteller (voice)

Lennie Weinrib
....................................................Prince Abba-Dabba (voice)
William Roberts
....................................................Michigan J. Frog (archive footage) (singing voice) (uncredited)
Director
...........................................................Chuck Jones
Friz Freleng
Robert McKimson
Producer
...........................................................Friz Freleng
Writer
...........................................................Friz Freleng
David Detiege
Warren Foster
Production Companies
...................................................Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Animation
Comedy
Family
Adventure
Music
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