Rabbit's Feat

Rabbit's Feat
Lobby card.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	June 4, 1960
Run time	6:25
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	John W. Burton
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ken Harris Richard Thompson
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Rabbit's Feat is the four hundred and sixth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was published by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 4, 1960. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by John W. Burton, and directed by Chuck Jones.

Wile E. Coyote comes out short when it comes to catching Bugs, after setting up a picnic for him.

Memorable quotes

Wile E.: How do you do? Oh, uh... allow me to introduce myself. My name is Coyote. Wile E. Coyote. Uh, I am a genius by trade. These are the tracks of the common western rabbit. "Rabbitus idioticus delicius." Uh, I believe that-that's the scientific term, but my interest in this rabbit is hardly... (licks his chomps) scientific. Oh no, no, I attempt to persue, capture, and eat this rabbit. It's as simple as that.

Bugs: Eh... What's up, doc? What's the bit? What's cookin'?
Wile E.: What's cooking, little friend? Why, you are!
Bugs: Me?
Wile E.: Why, yeah! (chuckling)

Bugs: Daddy! You're back from Peru! Oh Papa, we thought you'd been run over by an elevator!

Wile E: Hmmm... I've got it!
Bugs: You have?
Wile E: Yes, listen. You know what a sucker he is for carrots?
Bugs: Yeah, yeah.
Wile E: So what I do is, I fill some carrots full of dynamite, he eats 'em.
Bugs: Yeah, yeah. Then what happens?
Wile E: He blows up.
Bugs: EEEYEAH!!!

Wile E: How do you do? I am a vegetarian. My name is Mud... Is there a doctor in the house?
Bugs: Well, like the man says, "Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive!"

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Wile E. Coyote	Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Desert

Objects

• Picnic items
• Hot cauldron pot
• Hunter's rifle
• Grenade

Production

Second lobby card.

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 4, 1960 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on "Rabbit's feet." You're welcome.
• Wile E. Coyote gives Bugs Bunny his own latin name in this short: Rabbitus-idioticus-delicious. This is a reference to the theatrical shorts starring Wile E. and the Road Runner, which also use a similar gag.
• When Wile E. calls himself "Mud," it resembles a similar ending scene from Operation: Rabbit, the first short where Bugs appeared alongside Wile E.

In popular culture

• In the 2019 film Doctor Sleep, footage of this short is used when young Danny and his mother Wendy watch it on TV, before Danny tells her that he would leave to the bathroom.

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In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • December 1, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray Disc.