Rabbit's Kin

It was all becoming old hat for the bunny, and this cartoon shows it more than any others. Elmer, Sam, Taz. They were no challenges anymore for Bugs, and here he is up against Pete Puma, some worthless flea bitten mountain lion who Bugs doesn't blink at. Taking the young hyper active bunny that Pete was after under his protective wing, Bugs shows the little guy how to handle and take care of the Puma. The little bunny would return in a later cartoon, paired up with a scrawny fox that was seen after chickens in a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon, I think, or a different chicken character. But observing Bugs, as we have done in all the rabbit cartoons, the little bunny is amused and eager to learn. How many lumps do you want? And there ya go. I did enjoy Pete's drag performance as the bunny's mother, especially when the little bunny got even more hyperactive insisting it wasn't really his mom. Oh, no ya don't! I'll do it myself. Yea, Bugs gave him a hobby. I guess Bugs always had one too, namely doing in all these predators. HeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I like the fact that Bugs just walks through this cartoon.

One of those "laugh-till-you-cry" cartoons....you might as well consider it a comedy classic, except for this: It was at this time that McKimson began letting his cartoons take their own sweet time, letting the dialogue dictate the pace of the gags. I think the turning point might have been between the two 1951 McKimson shorts, "Hare We Go" and "Oily Hare." But here, at least, the delicious violence makes up for it.

It's cartoons like this that make you wanna ask, "How many lumps to you want?" Stan Freberg is the perfect voice for Pete Puma (and what a great laugh!). A great choice for any Bugs Bunny fan!