Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
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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.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson.
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Mel Blanc as 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) |
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Bea Benaderet as Witch Hazel (voice) |
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Arthur Q. Bryan as Elmer Fudd (voice) |
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June Foray as Granny / Mother Gorilla / Goldimouse (voice) |
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Shepard Menken as Old Storyteller (voice) |
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Lennie Weinrib as Prince Abba-Dabba (voice) |
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William Roberts as Michigan J. Frog (archive footage) (singing voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Chuck Jones | Director |
| Art | Robert Givens | Production Design |
| Directing | Friz Freleng | Director |
| Production | Tom Yakutis | Production Designer |
| Writing | Friz Freleng | Writer |
| Production | Friz Freleng | Producer |
| Editing | Jim Champin | Editor |
| Writing | John W. Dunn | Writer |
| Directing | Robert McKimson | Director |
| Writing | David Detiege | Writer |
| Writing | Warren Foster | Writer |
