Edgar Allan Pooh . . . and probably Bugs Bunny is no exception. The offish lout of a deep-voiced rabbit starring in ELMER'S CANDID CAMERA sports hideous, beaver-sized buck teeth and an overly Ginormous bushy white tail. As this gray rabbit torments Nature lover Elmer Fudd throughout this Warner Bros. animated short, he comes off as being more of a mean-spirited mischief maker than the suave hero of his later years. Elmer does not threaten the bunny with a firearm at any point here. To the contrary, it's this Bugs Bunny prototype who's consistently the aggressor, whether burying Elmer under a Treeful of apples with the recoil of Elmer's own telephoto lens, or booting the hapless rookie photographer into a pond to close out this sad tale. (Beta-bunny's maniacal cackling after this final humiliation is more consistent with a rude Heckle and Jeckle cartoon outing than something you'd expect from Bugs.) Speaking of Jekylls, this Warner sketch hare certainly has a lot more in common with the sadistic Mr. Hyde than an idealistic Dr. Jekyll.

aefrench This is an okay cartoon short from the Warner Bros. Studio, but it's not among its best.Elmer decides to take up photography, and goes out to take pictures of animals. When he gets there, he meets a rabbit, (who looks like Bugs, but there is no mention that it is actually him) who proceeds to make it difficult for Elmer to enjoy his new hobby.There are some funny parts in the cartoon, such as when Elmer is actually trying to photograph the rabbit. Simply put, the rabbit is not going to just allow Elmer to take his picture. However, there are some parts that were just a bit silly. This is really an average cartoon.

tavm This early cartoon directed by Charles M. Jones (better known as Chuck Jones) features the first appearance of the short's title character with the voice and facial features though he's a little heavier here and still has traces of his predecessor, Egghead. His nemesis is a rabbit who looks a little like Bugs Bunny except his face is pink and he sounds more like Goofy with a laugh like Woody Woodpeckeer (no surprise since Mel Blanc also did that bird during this time). Elmer's trying to take wildlife pictures but keeps getting pranked on by the rabbit. A pretty amusing dry run for the hunting pictures started by Tex Avery's A Wild Hare, this cartoon should be seen at least for historical value. It's on disc 3 of The Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1.

tday This cartoon is the first appearance of Arthur Q. Bryan, who, for 20 years, was the voice of Elmer Fudd.Arthur Q. Bryan was seldom credited, but he was the real McCoy (or Fudd!!) Bryan, an accomplished radio actor, actually looked very much like the original Elmer and his body shape was closer to the taller, heavier version, which was the first one.Mel Blanc was, indeed, Bugs' first "hunter" voice in "Hare-um Scare-um" (1939) and has voiced Elmer on occasion, but Elmer Fudd was traditionally done by someone else other than Blanc. Hal Smith took over the job for the majority of Elmer's roles after Bryan's passing. (He also did the same for Walt Disney's Goofy character after the original actor passed away).Most people just assume Elmer Fudd's voice, along with almost all the other voices, was done by Blanc. Amaze your friends with this interesting trivia tidbit! :)