Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

The movie that leaves all other sequels behind!

G 1982 · 74 min · ★ 7.2 · Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure, Music

If 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.

Directed by Chuck Jones · Written by Friz Freleng

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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)

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