TheLittleSongbird I am a huge fan of Looney Tunes, and I still enjoyed Knight-Mare Hare without being overly-enthusiastic with it. The only real problem with the cartoon was that I found it a little slow particularly at the start. Still the animation is terrific, not only with the characters but also the backgrounds and the castle, and the music is rousing and bombastic. The story is carefully constructed too, while the dialogue is irreverent and the sight gags and wisecracks very entertaining. I liked the ending too, it was a nice touch. Bugs is wonderful here, he has been better but he does make the most of the material he has and the supporting characters are fun particularly Merlin. And as always Mel Blanc is terrific with the vocals. Overall, entertaining, but not outstanding. 8/10 Bethany Cox

slymusic Written by Tedd Pierce and directed by Chuck Jones, "Knight-Mare Hare" is a weird Bugs Bunny cartoon. It seems that Bugs gets knocked unconscious while using an "ear dryer" (?) and ends up in medieval times. His nemeses: a knight, a dragon, and a sorcerer.My favorite scenes? There aren't very many. Bugs mentions his friends the Duke of Ellington, Count of Basie, Earl of Hines, Cab of Calloway, and Satchmo of Armstrong (this joke is quite dear to my heart because I am a jazz musician). During the knight's joust with Bugs, the knight's horse trips and falls, throwing the knight high into the air and inside a castle window, where he falls down a lengthy staircase with numerous crashing sounds.As I said, "Knight-Mare Hare" is a strange cartoon. If you miss it, you're probably not missing much.

phantom_tollbooth Chuck Jones's 'Knight-mare Hare' is an oddly slow-moving parody of Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'. Beaned on the head by a falling apple, Bugs Bunny dreams that he is in the time of knights in shining armour. This promising set up gives way to a series of laboured exchanges. First there's a pun-filled discussion with a knight, then a tame gag with a dragon and finally a go-nowhere sequence involving Merlin, which proves to be the set up for one of the lamest final gags in cartoon history. A big problem with 'Knight-mare Hare' is Tedd Pierce's curiously lacklustre script but Jones directs the whole thing with an uncharacteristic lack of flair, making for a truly feeble cartoon experience. While I've always thought it a little overrated, Friz Freleng's Oscar winning 'Knighty Knight Bugs', which appeared a few years later, is a far better take on the Medieval Bugs scenario.

ccthemovieman-1 Only in cartoons can you get a goofy set-up or premise like the following:Bugs Bunny is out in the country sitting under a big hairdryer, as they used to have (maybe they still do, for all I know) at women's beauty salons? "Hey," says Bugs, "I just washed my ears and can't do a thing with them!"Anyway, he's reading a big book called "Tales of Knighthood and Gallantry," when an acorn falls from the tree, clangs off the hairdryer and suddenly is transported back into the days of knights and castles. He wanders around in a daze when he's suddenly confronted with a huge knight on a horse with a lance stuck right into Bug's chest. "Uhhh, what's up, Duke?" asks our hero.With that, we get introductions which are very funny, full of puns guaranteed to make you wince (I am "Sir Oh Of Kay, Sir Osis of the Liver, etc., etc.) Bugs, as usual, is not impressed nor scared and fires back a few one-liners at him. He names some of his friends: "Duke Of Ellington, Count of Basie, Earl Of Hines," etc. You get picture: this cartoon is full of wise cracks as only Bugs Bunny could deliver them!There is nice artwork in here, too, not just silly gags. The drawings of the castle, surrounding area, the dragon, sorcerer and Merlin's wild house more are very colorful and look terrific on these "restored DVDs" put out by Warner Brothers.