Today, it is one of the best known and most imitated of all classic Looney Tunes (“Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!”), but Chuck Jones’ 1957 short What’s Opera, Doc? was not initially recognized as a ...
Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
Character layout drawing, "What's Opera, Doc?" (1957, dir. Chuck Jones), showing Bugs Bunny. Drawing by Chuck Jones. (Image courtesy of Chuck Jones Center for Creativity) Character layout drawing, ...