Edgar Allan Pooh . . . Presidential Election Fiasco with this 1944 Looney Tune, THE OLD GREY HARE, explicitly set in the year 2000 AD. Eerily enough, Elmer Fudd does not need to change his appearance (other than aging 56 years) or vocal inflections at all in order to deliver a spot-on performance as Democratic popular vote winner (and, therefore, U.S. President-Elect) Al Gore. (There's also a scene in which Mr. Fudd doubles as the infamous squinting "hanging chads" inspector, the main meme the Rich People's Party used to filch the White House for its draft-dodging, alcoholic Cokehead silver-spoon contender--W--the sort of Cartoonish jerk one would expect to launch a "family-honor" vendetta based upon bogus "intelligence" about fabricated "Weapons of Mass Destruction"--drawn at the 3:00 mark of OLD GREY HARE--that produced 5,000 U.S. Service Heroes fatalities, one million-plus murdered Iraqis, wasted $2 trillion of American taxpayer funds, and created ISIS' World War 3, which still continues to haunt the world. Despite Bugs Bunny--as W--blowing up Elmer (7:30) at his finish line (uncannily foreshadowing the W-enabled Boston Marathon bombers), Warner's warning went unheeded, Americans did NOT riot in the streets when Election Loser W was bribed into the Oval Office--and the rest is Sad History.

Cihan "Sean Victorydawn" Vercan (CihanVercan) CONTAINS A SOURCE OF QUOTATION - This episode of Bugs and Elmer's running fight has been released as a Bugs Bunny Special in the Merrie Melodies Series on October 28, 1944. The Old Grey Hare legendarily extends Bugs and Elmer's endless conflict into a lifelong adventure. We're first introduced to Gran'Pappy Bugs and Old Man Fudd in the year 2000, then to Baby Bugs and Baby Elmer both crawling whilst wearing diapers in Gran'Pappy Bugs's memory. Neither Bugs nor Elmer ever once appears in their usual form.-(1)It's all part of Bob Clampett's general technique of piling absurdity atop absurdity, in what is one of his greatest Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's his ability to stretch the character, the extremity of the age range provided by this single cartoon being all Bugs really needs to give us a full perspective on his being, a sense of his living a total life. Even in old age, we learn, Bugs is more active and spry than most teenagers. It's also part of a general pattern of formula reversal that had been at work since 'The Hare-Brained Hypnotist' in 1942, providing turnabouts, parodies, off-the-wall interpolations, unlikely variations on any established theme; whatever it took to avoid staleness and redundancy(1). - When put in a logical time line, this episode can be considered as being the last of Elmer and Bugs Bunny series; though it was belong to the earlier episodes practically.Personally I find Old Grey Hare somewhat scary. From my childhood memory, I remember that one time in Disney's Duck Tales, the elderly Donald Duck 'Scrooge McDuck' was going forward to his future in a nightmare. Also, in Alvin's Future episode from 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' Alvin was having incubuses of himself becoming poor, becoming extremely fat and getting old. Those 3 were the scariest cartoons I ever watched. What makes Old Grey Hare scary is especially the final scene, in which Elmer buries himself alive into the grave Bugs has dug for him; and we go into the grave with him. The framing look of his grave when he's in it, and the aspect of the sky underground was beyond belief! For anybody from all ages The Old Grey Hare is a must-see.(1): Fifty Years and Only One Grey Hare(1990) by Joe Adamson, pg:132, Henry Holt and Company New York

ccthemovieman-1 Wow, this was a strange feeling to watch this cartoon near the end of 2007. The animated short was made almost 65 years ago and deals with Elmer Fudd being transported by God to the future: the year 2000, which probably seemed far, far away to audiences in the theater back then. Now, here we are almost another decade later.Anyway, Elmer suddenly finds himself "all winkled" and "gway," still in his hunter's outfit and sitting under a tree. He sees a newspaper headline that claims "Smellovision Replaces Television." Hey, I've seen today's programs and that prediction has pretty much come true!Even better is when Bugs pops out of his hole nearby and has a white goatee - hey, he's in style!!! Who knew back in 1944? "What's up, prune face?" he asks old-man Elmer.Bugs may need a cane to walk with his bad hip and limp, but he's still a wise-guy. Mel Blanc voicing Bugs as an old man is a hoot, too.Time is reversed in the second half of the cartoon when Bugs - supposedly on his death bed - relives old times with Elmer, beginning when the latter was baby crawling along the ground with diapers and a popgun, looking for "Bugsy."

bob the moo Frustrated at never getting the rabbit, Elmer Fudd cries out to his God, who responds (much to Elmer's reply). God takes Elmer far into the future, to 2018 where Elmer is an old man chasing an old Bugs. With the new weaponry available, Elmer fatally wounds Bugs, sparking a trip down memory lane to when they were both children and the chase began.Starting with the usual amusing play on words title, this short cartoon stutters a little early on. The focus on Fudd slows things down a little, an impact that is only slightly lessened by the arrival of an elderly Bugs Bunny. However when the short moves to the baby flashback, things pick up significantly and stay that way until the end. The baby stuff and the climax moves quicker and feels more enjoyable that the lengthy, flash-forward set up.The animation is good and shows real care (lacking in some later cartoons) and the voice work is as superb as always. Seeing the baby Bugs being just as scheming and resourceful as his adult self is very funny.Overall a good cartoon which suffers a little during the set-up scenes but then ends on a run of highs to leave a good impression.