Shrunken Cinema/Termite Terrace/The Hare Brained Hypnotist
From Eccentric Flower
The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
1942
Summary: Elmer tries to use hypnotism on Bugs. Hijinks ensue.
Director: Friz Freleng
Writer: Michael Maltese
Featuring: Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny.
Onreel
0:37 Sound cue: "A-Hunting We Will Go," as could be prophecied.
0:53 "Unbewievable!"
1:35 The noise as the bear (or later Elmer) goes into a trance is that of an engine sputtering, knocking, and dying.
1:48 Sound cue as the bear flies away: "Listen To the Mockingbird."
2:15 "Huh! Dracula."
2:54 Do people still say "bottoms up" as a toast when drinking anymore?
3:42 Sound cue ("Did I hurt your feelin's?"): "I'll Pray For You."
4:22 Sound cue: The music under this scene is "Hey, Doc," which Golden Collection viewers just heard in the previous cartoon. It is used again in the sequence where Bugs is eating multiple carrots at the same time.
6:42 Four famous notes of Beethoven after Bugs says "I'm overdue at the airport!" ("I'm the B-19!" was even funnier in 1942, when that boondoggle was still fresh in people's minds.)
Offreel
This is the rare cartoon that subverts the Bugs-Elmer interplay (especially unusual given its early date). The same sort of switchery was used in "Hare Brush," where Elmer actually wins! (Alas, the latter cartoon is not in the Golden Collection).
Wikipedia clames that the ominous opening music in this cartoon was reused for Hair-Raising Hare, The Super Snooper and Hyde and Hare - but since that "music" is basically three chords, I'm not sure this counts as much of a claim.
