{"id":45628,"date":"2024-12-04T07:30:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=45628"},"modified":"2024-12-01T13:38:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T18:38:02","slug":"every-bugs-bunny-ever-big-top-bunny-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/04\/every-bugs-bunny-ever-big-top-bunny-1951\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Big Top Bunny (1951)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Big Top Bunny<\/strong> (1951)<br \/>\nDirected by\tRobert McKimson<br \/>\nStory by\tTedd Pierce<br \/>\nAnimation by\tCharles McKimson, Rod Scribner, Phil DeLara, Bob Wickersham<br \/>\nMusic by\tCarl Stalling<\/p>\n<p>The reigning animal star of Col. Korny\u2019s Circus is Bruno the Slobokian Acrobatic Bear \u2013 the ursine star is a burly biped with a tan body, a chalk white face and a green and red derby, as well as a heavy accent that sounds like it comes from any country behind the Iron Curtain. Bruno\u2019s spotlight reign is threatened when he is given a new performing partner with Bugs Bunny. Bruno is furious at this arrangement and tries to sabotage Bugs during their premiere engagement. Bugs quickly realizes Bruno\u2019s intentions and deftly turns the tables on the arrogant acrobat, ultimately resulting in a big top ejection via a cannon.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig Top Bunny\u201d marked Bugs\u2019 return to a circus setting for the first time since \u201cAcrobatty Bunny\u201d in 1946 \u2013 and while it wasn\u2019t as consistently funny as the previous three-ring romp, this 1951 offering has some inventive gags. One of the best moments when Bruno allows Bugs to fall from their trapeze act \u2013 the resourceful rabbit pulls out a large pocket watch, dismantles it and takes two large springs that he attaches to his feet. Bugs hits the ground and the springs enable him to bounce back to the trapeze stand where Bruno is gloating over what he imagines as Bugs\u2019 demise.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting aspect of this short is Bugs\u2019 wardrobe \u2013 for most of his circus stunts he is wearing shorts and baggy stockings, a very rare occasion where his lower body is clothed. This also marked the first time that Bugs is being targeted for reasons related to professional jealousy \u2013 this would be plumbed at greater depth later in the decade in some of the show business-focused frenemy shorts featuring Daffy Duck.<\/p>\n<p>One minor problem with \u201cBig Top Bunny\u201d is the level of verbosity in the short. Both Bugs and Bruno break the fourth wall to confide their inner thoughts with the viewer and there feels to be a bit more talk in this cartoon compared the earlier 1951 releases. <\/p>\n<p>Bruno was a one-shot character in the classic short films, but he received an unlikely reprise when \u201cBig Top Bunny\u201d was re-released in a 3D disc edition of the GAF View-Master stereoscopic line that was popular in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Top Bunny (1951) Directed by Robert McKimson Story by Tedd Pierce Animation by Charles McKimson, Rod Scribner, Phil DeLara, Bob Wickersham Music by Carl Stalling The reigning animal star of Col. Korny\u2019s Circus is Bruno the Slobokian Acrobatic Bear \u2013 the ursine star is a burly biped with a tan body, a chalk white [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":45629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3068],"tags":[99,3547,167,1816,1175],"class_list":["post-45628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bugs-bunny-ever","tag-animation","tag-big-top-bunny","tag-bugs-bunny","tag-cartoons","tag-warner-bros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45628"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45635,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45628\/revisions\/45635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}