Person to Bunny

Person to Bunny is a 1960 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
== Plot ==
In his Hollywood home, Bugs is being interviewed on the TV show People to People with Cedric R. Burrows (a spoof of the Edward R. Murrow series, Person to Person). As Bugs is interviewed, he is greeted with a knock on the door and it is Daffy Duck. Knowing that Bugs is being interviewed, Daffy decides to get in on the action, but Bugs doesn't want Daffy in on it, making Daffy mad. Burrows asks how Bugs has outsmarted Elmer Fudd over the years and Bugs says questionably "Elmer Fudd smart?" and says that he is stupid and his I.Q. was P.U.
Unbeknownst to Bugs, however, Elmer is watching People to People at home, and when he hears Bugs calling him stupid, he gets so angry that he literally blows his top and decides to come over to settle the score with Bugs. So Elmer comes over, and Bugs stops the interview and decides to settle with Elmer. Elmer tells Bugs that he has five seconds to apologize to him for publicly calling him stupid or he will shoot, but when Elmer begins to shoot, Bugs puts a carrot in the gun so that it backfires on him. Meanwhile, Daffy is singing an Al Jolson song as Bugs is watching. Bugs decides to show Daffy a TV camera but it is actually rifle which Elmer sticks out through the door and shoots Daffy, leaving him with a bent beak. Daffy is now jealous of Bugs and starts imitating him with a rabbit suit eating a carrot and mocking Bugs and says that anyone can do what he does.
Elmer then comes back. When Daffy starts to walk out, he is shot by Elmer thinking that it was Bugs and then Daffy points to Bugs and Elmer chases Bugs outside. Back at Bugs' home and noticing that Bugs is gone, Daffy decides to go all out for Mr. Burrows, puts on a pair of gloves, a bow tie and a hat, and does a song and dance number. Outside, Bugs outsmarts Elmer by spinning him around in a log near a cliff and Elmer has no way out. Bugs leaves Elmer there and returns to his interview, only to find Daffy still dancing on the spot. Fed up with Daffy's interference, Bugs decides to drive him away by letting him be on TV, much to the delight of Daffy, who has now taken off the gloves, bow tie and hat. However, Bugs mentions to Daffy that there will be forty million people watching the show. When Daffy hears this, he gets stage fright and faints. Bugs fans Daffy and tells Burrows, "Good night, Mr. Burrows," and Mr. Burrows says, "Good night, Bugs."
== Caricatures ==
* Edward R. Murrow
* Al Jolson
== Availability ==
Lt oceans vhs.jpg|(1983) VHS Ocean's 11
Lt oceans beta.jpg|(1983) Beta Ocean's 11
StarsOfSpaceJam Daffy.jpg|(1996) VHS Stars of Space Jam: Daffy Duck
Bumper05.jpg|(1997) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 5)
Spacedaffy.jpg|(1997) LaserDisc Japanese Looney Tunes LaserDiscs Daffy Duck
400px-Looney Tunes Super Stars - Daffy Duck - Frustrated Fowl.jpg|(2010) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl (cropped to widescreen)
Lt ssfm2.jpg|(2017) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars Family Multi-Feature Vol. 2, Disc 1
Lt sosj dd dvd.jpg|(2018) DVD Stars of Space Jam: Daffy Duck
Lt sosj cv1.jpg|(2018) DVD Stars of Space Jam Collection Volume 1
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection.jpg|(2020) Blu-ray Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection, Disc 3
== Censorship ==
* On ABC's The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show and the Teletoon Retro rebroadcast, two scenes were edited out of this cartoon:
** Bugs plugging Elmer's gun, causing it to backfire on Elmer was cut to remove the aftermath of Elmer getting shot.
** Bugs convincing Daffy that Elmer's rifle is a camera, and Daffy getting shot.
* On the syndicated version of The Merrie Melodies Show, the second scene cut entirely on ABC was shown, but replaced the actual scene of Daffy getting shot with a still shot of Bugs (the first scene was shown uncut on the syndicated Merrie Melodies Show).
== Notes ==
* This is the final cartoon to have Arthur Q. Bryan as the voice of Elmer Fudd, as well as his final role in acting (not counting archival footage) before his possible retirement and death.Arthur Q. Bryan - Credits (text only) - IMDb Bryan died in the last day of November 1959.
* Burrows was voiced by Daws Butler.
* This cartoon lacks a MPAA number on the credits card.
* Due to the long production time for theatrical cartoons, the cartoon's pop culture reference had become out of date in 1960. In real life, Edward R. Murrow had left Person to Person and was replaced by Charles Collingwood. A similar "outdated reference" problem previously occurred with "Wild Wild World" earlier that year. At the time that cartoon was released in theaters, Wide Wide World got cancelled.
== Gallery ==
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Person_to_Bunny_Lobby_Card.png|Lobby card
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=== TV Title Cards ===
Screenshot 20190906-200858.jpg|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (Final Season)
File:Screenshot 2020-12-27 at 7.11.54 PM.png|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
==References==
== External links ==
* "Person to Bunny" at the SFX Resource
 
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Elmer Fudd Cartoons
Category:Hollywood in Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:1960
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Daws Butler
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by John W. Burton
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