Elmer looks confused for a few seconds, but complies as Daffy sticks his tongue out at Bugs. Daffy immediately shouts for the first option and Bugs undermines him, 'You keep out of this! He doesn't have to shoot you now!' Daffy sharply asserts, 'He does so have to shoot me now!' and demands that Elmer do so.

When Elmer does not appear to notice that Bugs is a rabbit, Daffy is enraged by this and emerges from his hiding spot to point out that Bugs is a rabbit, which the latter confirms, asking if Elmer would like to shoot him now or wait until he gets home. Bugs Bunny, however, has been watching from a hole a few feet away and wanders over to Elmer to begin a conversation with him about rabbit season. He pokes his gun into the hole, threatens to blast Bugs if he does not come out, and then follows through on his threat. Daffy states that while he knows what he is doing is unfair, he has to have some fun 'and besides, it's really duck season.'Įlmer Fudd then appears and notices the rabbit tracks. It is revealed that Daffy Duck is the one putting them up, and he is shown stamping the ground with fake rabbit tracks leading to Bugs' hole. The cartoon opens showing several signs posted throughout the forest indicating that it is rabbit season. In Jerry Beck's 1994 book The 50 Greatest Cartoons, Rabbit Seasoning is listed at number 30. It is considered to be among Jones' best and most important films. Cartoons, Inc., and is the first WB cartoon on which layout artist Maurice Noble received credit. The short was produced by Edward Selzer for Warner Bros. The third cartoon, Duck! Rabbit, Duck!, takes place in the winter). It is the sequel to the previous year's Rabbit Fire, and the second in the 'hunting trilogy' directed by Jones and written by Michael Maltese (the only major difference in format between them is that Rabbit Fire takes place during the spring, while Rabbit Seasoning takes place in the autumn. Released on September 20, 1952, the short stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd.

Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.

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