"The Windblown Hare" is a good Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Bob McKimson. Supplying a fair number of funny gags, this cartoon is a bungled adaptation of two well-known fairy tales: "The Three Little Pigs" and "Little Red Riding Hood." The basic idea is this: the Three Little Pigs, knowing that the Big Bad Wolf is going to blow down their respective houses of straw and sticks, search for a sucker to purchase these two houses. The sucker they find is none other than that famous carrot-chomping wabbit: Bugs Bunny!
My favorite highlights from "The Windblown Hare" include the following (watch the cartoon first before you read on). The overly self-conscious Wolf wants to make certain he adheres to the two stories, so he constantly carries the book with him and humorously rehearses his famous line "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!" With Bugs disguised as Red Riding Hood and the Wolf disguised as Grandma, they both hilariously accentuate the other's unique features. (Listen to the Wolf's yell when Bugs gives him a poke in the eyes!) Bugs and the Wolf continuously chase each other up & down a staircase wielding baseball bats and playing with the light switches; as usual, Carl Stalling's musical accompaniment makes this scene a lot funnier. And speaking of music, "Trade Winds" can be heard during the opening credits, and Bugs sings "Lady (Rabbit) in Red" as he skips down the road in his Red Riding Hood outfit.
I don't think any Bugs Bunny fans will have much difficulty enjoying "The Windblown Hare." It is, however, difficult to believe that Bugs would allow himself to be deceived by the Three Pigs. But, as we've all come to expect, Bugs eventually gives it back to the Pigs, and how!
My favorite highlights from "The Windblown Hare" include the following (watch the cartoon first before you read on). The overly self-conscious Wolf wants to make certain he adheres to the two stories, so he constantly carries the book with him and humorously rehearses his famous line "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!" With Bugs disguised as Red Riding Hood and the Wolf disguised as Grandma, they both hilariously accentuate the other's unique features. (Listen to the Wolf's yell when Bugs gives him a poke in the eyes!) Bugs and the Wolf continuously chase each other up & down a staircase wielding baseball bats and playing with the light switches; as usual, Carl Stalling's musical accompaniment makes this scene a lot funnier. And speaking of music, "Trade Winds" can be heard during the opening credits, and Bugs sings "Lady (Rabbit) in Red" as he skips down the road in his Red Riding Hood outfit.
I don't think any Bugs Bunny fans will have much difficulty enjoying "The Windblown Hare." It is, however, difficult to believe that Bugs would allow himself to be deceived by the Three Pigs. But, as we've all come to expect, Bugs eventually gives it back to the Pigs, and how!