Edgar Allan Pooh . . . is a Wile E. Coyote who's a smug blabbermouth. It would make about as much sense for Wile to give up his roadrunner diet in favor of rabbit stew as it would for the losers of American Presidential Primaries to start naming fellow drop-outs as running mates. Yet for all their wisdom, this is exactly what the Looney Tunes people do in their animated short, OPERATION: RABBIT. Wile's I.Q. seems to drop here about 50 points every time that he proclaims himself to be a genius, so he's in the range of Absolute Zero Fahrentheit (that is, about minus 450) by the time this disappointing outing drags to its end. Since Bugs seems to play down to the level of his competition, this whole exercise is not much better than trying to tough out a DUMB AND DUMBER flick. America wants to see BATMAN VERSUS SUPERMAN, IRONMAN V. CAPTAIN AMER!CA, ALIEN V. PREDATOR, FREDDY V. JASON, or ELMER FUDD V. WILE COYOTE. Instead, Warner gives us Winkin' v. Nod!

talarisw One of the best and one of my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons of all-time. This cartoon stands out as being different from all other Bugs Bunny cartoons for two reasons, one is that Wile E. Coyote, who's known for being a mute character chasing the road-runner but speaks a lot here and is after Bugs. The second is that this might be the only time Bugs faces an enemy who was actually smart, so Bugs has to be a little bit more clever. Big looney tune's fans know every director at Warner Bros. had their own take on Bugs and this is one of the best examples of Chuck Jone's take on Bugs. Jone's Bugs was the most sophisticated Bugs. Jones also had more sophisticated humor, so to speak. He put a lot of humor in dialog but he's also great at gags. I love how Wile E. is shown here, he's an arrogant and bombastic science genies and even though he's a lot different here then in the iconic road-runner films, it still fits his overall character because even with the road-runner you get the sense that he's a genies. It's also surprising that there was only one road- runner/coyote cartoon before this one, you would assume Chuck made many road runners before teaming the coyote with Bugs. But I love the match up of Bugs and Wile E. because it's nice to see Bugs face a villain who was smart, not an idiot like Elmer and others. The writing, the dialog, the pace and timing is perfect here. The cartoon begins with the Coyote introducing himself to Bugs with a business card showing he's a genies. This is a perfect set-up for the rest of the cartoon, Wile E. is so sure of himself he dosen't even let Bugs respond but Bug's reaction was hilarious! When Wile E. tells that he plans to eat him, Bugs reacts with a mocking "oh no!" look, that is the funniest part in this cartoon and only Chuck would do that, I laugh out loud every time at that moment. Wile E.'s undoing is not that he's dumb but he's so pompous that he underestimate how smart Bugs is. It's even funnier seeing Wile E.'s plan back fire because you can tell his ego's bruise too. I love the part when Wile E. creates a girl rabbit robot to trick bugs because it has a bomb inside but Bugs counteracts by creating a female coyote robot that Wile E. falls for but she has a bomb and explodes but then Wile E. realizes that he still has the robot rabbit and that explodes. It's a battle of book smart vs street smart. Wile E.'s a scientific genies but Bugs is smarter when it comes to survival. I love the ending where Wile E. dubs himself "super genies" and then realizes Bug's has placed him in front of a train and then boom! And Bug's final line "remeber mud spelled backwards is dumb". I love Mel Blanc's voice as the extremely pompous Wile E. I love any cartoon with these two together, I think there's four other cartoons like this one. There's something so appealing about seeing Wile E. Coyote talk and being so pompous and that all of his inventions are still no match for Bugs Bunny. One of Chuck Jone's best!

DaniGirl1969 "Allow me to introduce myself: my name is Wile E Coyote, Genius!" With those words, Chuck Jones & Michael Maltese place their most hapless predator squarely in the cross-hairs of that most ruthless of all adversaries, Bugs Bunny! We all know it'll be a mismatch from the beginning, but that doesn't stop us from enjoying the rascally rabbit's systematic destruction of his opponent, who ends up collapsing at his feet, moaning "My name is Mud!!" . This is the coyote's second appearance on screen -- his first, of course, was against Road Runner in "Fast and Furry-ous". But Road Runner cartoons were done in the style of the old silent movies, and Coyote was pretty much a helpless victim of his own bad luck. But against Bugs Bunny, he gets a name (Wile E), he speaks -- and he's a much more arrogant (and less sympathetic) character -- and of course Bugs Bunny takes an active role in his disasters. Consequently, I think the Road Runner cartoons are funnier, and more clever. But "Operation Rabbit" still has some great moments (SPOILERS COMING -- BEWARE) -- my favorite is when Wile E designs an explosive mechanical lady rabbit to trick Bugs, only to fall victim to the same gag played on him by Bugsy -- and then get blasted by his own booby trap ("Ohhh No!!" cries the barbecued canine just before disaster strikes again). In all, Wile E is blown up six hilarious times in this short, finally ending up hanging, dazed and confused, from a tree branch, high up the side of a cliff. I always expect that branch to snap... and am actually kind of disappointed when it doesn't! A very funny cartoon, and the best of the Wile E vs Bugs match-ups.

Robert Reynolds Wile E. Coyote just can't catch a break. One of several encounters with Bugs Bunny goes as badly for him as his attempts at catching the Roadrunner do. I feel for his life and accident insurers! It's a pity they only made 5 or 6 of these, because it's a good combination. Wile E. is a good foil for Bugs and most of the shorts are hilarious and all of them are enjoyable. The animators could stretch the characters in ways they couldn't normally. Most recommended