Wideo Wabbit
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
A spoof on 1950s television. Bugs responds to an ad for a TV rabbit. He's a guest on "The Sportsman's Hour" on local station QTTV, only to find himself chased all over by host Elmer Fudd. Bugs keeps ducking into dressing rooms and onto sets. He takes on the guise of Groucho Marx on "You Beat Your Wife," asking an innocent Elmer, "Do you still beat your wife?" The rabbit also impersonates Art Carney and Liberace ("Liverace").
Characters
Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Television Station Manager
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Robert McKimson
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Tedd Pierce
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Television Station Manager, Elmer screaming after being zapped), Arthur Q. Bryan (Elmer Fudd), Daws Butler
Music
- Music
- Carl Stalling
Animation
- Animator
- George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen, Keith Darling, Russ Dyson
- Layouts
- Robert Gribbroek
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Richard H. Thomas
Editing
- Editor
- Irvin Jay
Production notes
Cartoon Network edits the scene of Bugs Bunny disguising himself as Groucho Marx and the sign on a podium that reads "You Beat Your Wife" and Bugs saying the words "You Beat Your Wife."
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Reviews
Wideo Wabbit
I also enjoy the "You Beat Your Wife" segment. However, other than that, it's not that stellar a cartoon. Definitely one of the worst in the Bugs vs. Elmer filmography.
Wideo Wabbit
My favorite part was when Bugs was disguised as Groucho doing "You Beat Your Wife". Of course, the WB (TV) censors butchered the whole scene up!
Wideo Wabbit
One of the most memorable of McKimson's mid-50's cartoons--this one's been permanently with me from childhood. As with "The Hole Idea" and many others from this era, McKimson and his unit are going full-throttle.
One of the only UN-dated McKimson TV parodies.