Rabbit Every Monday

Rabbit Every Monday
Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny) series
"What's Up? Your Time's Up!"
Directed by	I. Freleng
Produced by	Eddie Selzer (uncredited)
Voices by	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross Art Davis
Layouts by	Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds by	Paul Julian
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	February 10, 1951
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7:23
Language	English
Preceded by	Hare We Go
Followed by	Bunny Hugged

Rabbit Every Monday is a 1950-produced, 1951-released Warner Bros. cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam, and would be the last short which had Yosemite Sam's mouth below his mustache; his design changes midway through the film.

Plot

The story opens when Bugs is seen cooking carrots on a rotisserie and singing about his love of carrots to the tune of "It's Magic". Yosemite Sam is hunting and smells carrots cooking and says "When I smell carrots, I smell rabbits." In a "breaking the fourth wall" moment, a patron in the movie theater comes across and then Sam tells him if he plans on telling Bugs about him he would be shot, so the person goes back to his seat. He tells the people if any of the others tell Bugs about him, they would be shot as well. As Sam comes closer to the hole, he is by Bugs' rotisserie and Bugs thinks that Sam's nose is a carrot and starts basting and cooking it and yanks Sam into his hole and bites his nose. Sam comes out with a hurt nose and is now mad and asks Bugs to come out. Bugs comes out in Sam's gun and says "Eh, what's up Doc?" and Sam tells him to get out of his gun or he'll blow him up to smithereenies. Bugs replies that he likes the smell of gun powder and refuses to get out. When Sam tries shooting to get him out, Bugs comes out as a caricature of a bullet. Sam reloads his gun and then Bugs puts bubble gum on the shooter and then when Sam shoots, instead of killing Bugs, he is trapped inside the bubble gum in a circle and Bugs blows him through the woods. Sam is in the air and is blowing his way back up but Bugs is there at a cliff with a pin in hand and pops Sam's bubble gum leaving him with a mess of bubble gum all over as he chases Bugs back to his hole. First he tries to throw a huge rock into Bugs' hole but Sam still has bubble gum on him and it counteracts and the rock falls on him. He then digs around the hole with Bugs in it and puts him in a sieve to get the rocks and dirt and gets Bugs out. Then, Sam takes Bugs by gunpoint and takes him to his cabin.

At Sam's cabin, Bugs is seen hanging by a rope and Sam is putting wood in the stove. Bugs decides to have a little fun himself and throws Sam's hat in the fire, missing at first, but then throws it again and it is in the stove. Sam mistakes a piece of wood as his hat and it is on fire. This makes Sam even madder and he tells Bugs to get in the stove, which Bugs obliges in doing. Bugs comes out several times and does a few things like bringing a fan and a pitcher of water, chairs, party favors, emptying ashtrays in Sam's hat. Sam gets mad and Bugs pops out of the stove (covered with lipsticks) and says that a party is going on and the girls are waiting for them, so Sam decides to go inside the stove. Bugs comes out and starts putting more wood in the fire, but Bugs has regrets. Little does Bugs know that the party is real when he looks in the stove and sees dancing girls and a bunch of people partying and having a good time. Bugs goes back in and comes out in the end with party favors and wearing a hat and says "I don't ask questions, I just have fun."

Alternate Versions

• When the short is used in the 1979 "Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet" special, the "dancing girls" clip seen by Bugs is replaced with a scene of people dancing in a disco-themed setting. Also, the original music playing when Bugs walks out is replaced with music contemporary to the late 1970s. Also the dialog was redone for the segements in which the disco music is played.

Preceded by Hare We Go

Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1951

Succeeded by Bunny Hugged