Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales is a 1982 American animated fantasy comedy film produced and directed by Friz Freleng. It combines classic Warner Bros. cartoon shorts with new animation, with Bugs Bunny serving as the story host. following The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.
Plot
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck assume roles as sales representatives for the Rambling House Publishing Company, competing for a prestigious grand prize awarded to the top-performing salesman. Each assigned to different locales — Bugs to Pismo Beach, California and Daffy to Thermopolis — the two embark on separate journeys characterized by a series of absurd and humorous encounters.Daffy's misadventures commence when he inadvertently crashes into Porky Pig's residence during a winter storm, seeking refuge after destroying a stuffed duck. Meanwhile, Bugs finds himself in a jungle and adopts the guise of a baby ape to evade danger. Their paths converge as they reunite and venture towards Pismo Beach, only to stumble upon a cave filled with treasure in a dry desert.
Bugs subsequently finds himself coerced into entertaining Sultan Yosemite Sam's spoiled son, Prince Abba-Dabba, with a series of parodied fairy tales. Despite attempts to escape, Bugs remains ensnared in the storytelling duties, while Daffy, in pursuit of riches, encounters a magic lamp in the cave. His attempt to exploit the lamp for profit backfires when a genie emerges, prompting Daffy's chaotic flight through the desert in search of water.
Bugs devises a clever escape plan involving a ruse with boiling oil, allowing him to elude Sam's clutches and reunite with Daffy. However, Daffy's eagerness to exploit the palace for book sales results in further misfortune. Bugs and Daffy ultimately depart into the sunset, with Daffy stripped of his feathers.
Featured shorts
The following films were featured in Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales:Cracked QuackApes of WrathWise QuackersAli Baba BunnyTweety and the BeanstalkBewitched BunnyGoldimouse and the Three CatsA Sheep in the DeepRed Riding HoodwinkedThe Pied Piper of GuadalupeMexican BoardersOne Froggy Evening- ''Aqua Duck''
Voice cast
- Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester the Cat, Sylvester Jr., Speedy Gonzales, Tweety, Rover, Hassan, Hansel, Prince Charming, Big Bad Wolf, Genie, Beanstalk Giant, Elvis Gorilla, Stork
- June Foray as Granny, Mother Gorilla, Goldimouse, Little Red Riding Hood
- Shepard Menken as Old Storyteller
- Lennie Weinrib as Prince Abba-Dabba
- Bea Benaderet as Witch Hazel, Gretel
- Arthur Q. Bryan as Elmer Fudd
- Tom Holland as Slowpoke Rodriguez
- William "Bill" Roberts as Michigan J. Frog
Production
- The main plot point, setting up Bugs and Daffy as Scheherazade-like figures, is in itself similar to the 1959 short Hare-Abian Nights, which itself used considerable stock footage and also featured Yosemite Sam as the sultan.
- Many voice artists that were not credited in the original shorts are billed as "additional classic voices". For the first time, 23 years after his death, Arthur Q. Bryan finally receives credit on a Warner Bros. production, even if it does not explicitly credit him as the voice of Elmer Fudd.
- The film marks the first time that a Warner cartoon compilation feature used classic cartoon footage from more than one director. One Froggy Evening, Bewitched Bunny and Ali Baba Bunny were directed by Chuck Jones, and Aqua Duck was directed by Robert McKimson, while all other classic shorts included were directed by Friz Freleng.