Elmer's Candid Camera

Elmer's Candid Camera
Elmer's Candid Camera
	Lobby card
Directed by	Charles Jones
Story by	Rich Hogan; Tedd Pierce (unc.)
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Mel Blanc; Arthur Q. Bryan (both unc.)
Edited by	Treg Brown (unc.)
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Bob McKimson; Uncredited animators:; Ken Harris; Phil Monroe; Robert Cannon; Rod Scribner
Layouts by	John McGrew (unc.)
Backgrounds by	Paul Julian (unc.)
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 2, 1940;
Running time	7:49
Language	English

Elmer's Candid Camera is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones.^[2] The short was released on March 2, 1940, and features Elmer Fudd.^[3]

This is the first appearance of a redesigned Elmer Fudd, a character previously known as Egghead (and now voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan). It is also the fourth appearance of the prototype rabbit that would later evolve into Bugs Bunny. Apart from making a fool of Elmer Fudd, the usual characteristics are absent; the voice used by Mel Blanc is closer to Daffy Duck (without the lisp) than its mature form.

Plot

Elmer is reading a book on how to photograph wildlife. He walks along whistling as he holds the camera. He finds a rabbit and wants to take a picture of him. The rabbit finds himself a convenient victim to harass as Elmer tries to photograph him. Elmer points to where the rabbit was sleeping and tells him that he wants to take a picture of him. This tormenting eventually drives Elmer insane, causing him to jump into a lake and nearly drown. The rabbit saves him, ensures that Elmer is perfectly all right – and promptly kicks him straight back into the lake. Then, the rabbit throws Elmer's "How To Photograph Wildlife" book on his head, thus ending the cartoon as the screen irises out.

Home media

VHS- Cartoon Moviestars: Elmer!
VHS- Looney Tunes Collectors Edition: Wabbit Tales
Laserdisc- Bugs! and Elmer!
Laserdisc- Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol 2
DVD- Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1
DVD- Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 1
DVD- The Essential Bugs Bunny
Blu-ray- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2^[4]

References

^ "The Rod Scribner Reel ( Remake)". 2 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 99. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Preceded by Hare-um Scare-um	Bugs Bunny prototype Cartoons 1940	Succeeded by None

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[1] "The Rod Scribner Reel ( Remake)". 2 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

[Beck-2] Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 99. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[3] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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