utgard14 Classic Bugs Bunny short from the great Chuck Jones that gives us a Peter Lorre mad scientist, a female rabbit robot, and the first appearance of Gossamer, the big hairy orange monster that wears sneakers. A very funny cartoon with lots of clever gags and witty lines. Some really lovely animation with nicely-drawn characters and backgrounds. Rich Technicolor is always a plus in my book. Energetic score from Carl Stalling. Excellent voice work from the incomparable Mel Blanc. So many great moments but my favorite might be the "doctor in the house" gag. A truly wonderful cartoon that should bring a smile to even the most curmudgeonly of faces.

Lee Eisenberg The current NSA scandal makes the beginning of "Hair-Raising Hare" all the more eye-opening. Holding up a candle and looking around the area outside his rabbit hole, Bugs Bunny poses the question "Did ya ever get the feeling you was bein' watched?". Then, we see that he is being watched. Not by the FBI, CIA, KGB, or anything like that, but by a Peter Lorre-resembling scientist (whose name is later revealed to be Evil Scientist). Evil Scientist promises his pet monster that dinner will be served shortly, after which he sends a female rabbit robot to attract Bugs. Once Bugs enters the castle, much of the cartoon consists of Bugs fleeing the monster (at one point even taking on a seemingly gay persona as a manicurist).Obviously, the coolest aspect of this cartoon is how it brings out Bugs's tricks while also poking fun at the monster movies from that era. There's a scene where the monster looks in the mirror and scares his own reflection; maybe that brings up the issue of how we interpret horror, or whether reality is better/worse than its flip side. But I still like how Bugs talks about being watched. It should be a stark reminder to us all, and such a comment could only come from one of these cartoons. Really good. And remember: don't go up there; it's dark! PS: this cartoon was semi-remade in 1952 as "Water Water Every Hare".

bob the moo Bugs Bunny is enticed out of his home by a mechanical girl robot, which he then follows into the castle of a mad scientist. Trapped in the castle, the scientist lets his monster out to feed, leading to a chase around the castle.Just before I watched this short I had the pleasure of seeing `Birth of A Notion'. Both cartoons have a character based on actor Peter Lorre. `Birth' has great animation whereas here that character is awful and the voice work is poor too. This is one example of it, but the animation here is quite poor – Bugs looks basic and the monster itself is about as easy to draw a creation as you could imagine! Happily this doesn't feed through the whole cartoon in a bad way. The material is better than the animation and it is actually quite funny.Bugs may look average but he does his usual stuff well here. The scientist character is poor and is happily not used very well, but the monster needed to be good and, sadly, isn't at all. It's just like having a ginger haystack in the movie – and it's never given more personality than that either!Overall this cartoon lacks imagination and spark. It's lack of real quality can be best seen in the animation but happily it doesn't ruin the whole thing. It may only be average but it is still Bugs Bunny and it is still pretty amusing.

WendyOh! No need to tell you the plot, others have done that wonderfully, but I should mention that this was made at the beginning of the Cold War, and Bugs was (and is) the perfect realization of every American- saucy, inventive, alone, and a little bit selfish- so watching him deal with the Peter Lorre character is great fun. Animated with such pizazz and humor that you'll be astonished, Chuck Jones is indeed a treasure and a joy. One of the best Bugs Bunny's ever made!.