The Unmentionables
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Vitaphone Releases
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
An obvious lampoon of The Untouchables (ABC, 1959-63), wherein Washington calls upon Bugs Bunny as a special agent (calling him "Elegant Mess"), and hires him to rout Rocky and Mugsy and bring them to justice.
Characters
Bugs Bunny, Rocky, Mugsy, Snitch, Agency Director, Jack "Legs" Rhinestone, "Baby Face" Half-Nelson, "Pizza-Puss" Lasagne, "Pistol-Nose" Pringle, "Teeth" Malloy
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Isadore Freleng (as Friz Freleng)
Producing
- Producer
- David H. DePatie
Writing
- Writer
- John Dunn
Animation
- Animator
- Gerry Chiniquy, Virgil Ross, Bob Matz, Art Leonardi, Lee Halpern
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Rocky, Mugsy, Snitch, Agency Director), Ralph James (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Bill Lava
Editing
- Editor
- Treg Brown
Crew
- Layouts
- Hawley Pratt
- Backgrounds
- Tom O'Loughlin
Production notes
Final appearance of Rocky and Mugsy.
Bugs does not say "What's up, Doc" in this cartoon.
Bugs does not say "What's up, Doc" in this cartoon.
Pictures
Reviews
The Unmentionables
If this rating had a six, I'd use it now. Absolutley fantastic.
The music, the quips (Bugs's "The way I'm working this thing you'd think I knew something about it" is perfect), the music score (Lava) is faultless, the animation and backgrounds, though simple at times (think of the switching on lights and 'letting him have it' scene) are great. I can't think of anything wrong with it...it doesn't have Daffy duck in, perhaps? No. Even the ending (sometimes a stumbling block in Freleng's work) is fantastic.
Kudos to the person who was the narrator too.
The Unmentionables
I was just thinking about this cartoon today. Some cartoons just get forever etched into our memories. I was born in 1963 when this cartoon was produced, so ironic. This one is at the top of my list so I can't wait to see it again, its been a long time since I saw Bugs spanking Baby Face with guns, grenades and knives falling out of Half-Nelson. Great stuff...
Mr. Todd