Hare Splitter (1948) User Reviews

Not much new but still worth seeing

[TheLittleSongbird · 7/10 · 31 October 2012]

Hare Splitter is not one of Freleng's or Bugs' best. The story isn't dull I give you and it does have that Freleng touch that but there is little that makes it stand out, you do feel as though you've seen it before and better. Casbah has his moments like with the mousetrap, but he is one of Bugs' stupidest foils and does feel bland compared to Bugs rather than matching him. The animation however is good, the colours are luscious and it looks fluid. The music has a lot of energy and lively orchestration, once again being a large part of the humour and the cartoon working. The dialogue has its wit, Bugs' "What an ignoramus!" is classic Bugs and did amuse me a great deal. The gags are not the most inspired but they are fun, the exploding carrots was the best part for me. Mel Blanc's vocals have the enthusiasm as one would expect. In conclusion, definitely worth watching but don't expect anything particularly innovative. 7/10 Bethany Cox

cross-dressing rabbit!

[planktonrules · 7/10 · 14 June 2006]

This is a cute little Bugs Bunny short where Bugs and Casbah both vie for the affections of a lady rabbit, Daisy Lou. Casbah is bigger and stronger, so Bugs decides to use his brain to outwit this bunny. He dresses up like Daisy Lou and pretends to be her--inviting Casbah to the house for some hanky-panky. Casbah is smitten and doesn't notice it's Bugs (he's apparently not too bright). During their time together, Bugs repeatedly knocks the stuffing out of Casbah until he eventually knocks him out of the running. A bit later, Daisy Lou returns and finds Bugs waiting. The accidentally eats one of the exploding carrots Bugs used on Casbah and then immediately kisses Bugs--at which point, they feel the explosion and think it must be true love.

The cartoon deserves credit for high production values and an unusual script. A very good but not great Bug Bunny effort.

there are more romantic rivalries than anyone realizes, especially if they involve cross-dressing

[lee_eisenberg · 7/10 · 29 May 2007]

This time, Bugs Bunny and a big doofus rabbit - apparently named Casbah, although I didn't catch his name while watching the cartoon - vie for sexy female rabbit Daisy. When Bugs discovers that she's gone shopping, he dresses up as her. If you ever had any doubt about how far Bugs's cross-dressing goes, just check out that gag with the stockings; I bet that no real-life actor would have dared do that on screen in 1948! True, there are lots of romantic rivalries portrayed in movies and cartoons. But you don't usually see one of the men using a mouse trap and dynamite (the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons loved mouse traps and dynamite, didn't they?). All in all, not a great cartoon, but fairly entertaining. And Daisy was REALLY HOT!

An ordinary cartoon which has its moments.

[rapt0r_claw-1 · 17 July 2004]

Friz Freleng directed this funny - but ordinary - cartoon, Hare Splitter. The animation is nothing special, the story is good, the gags are no better than the usual Friz cartoon. Generally it just blends in with the crowd. The best moments are those which show Freleng's directorial touches, for instance the scene in which Casbah's hand is inspecting a mousetrap he's not looking at. We see Casbah's face, not the mousetrap, and the triggering of the trap is delayed as we see Casbah's puzzled face, accompanied by Carl Stalling's illustrative music. Bugs and Casbah (a big, stupid lunk by the way) are rivals, battling for Daisy Lou's affections. When Bugs reaches her house, he finds her out shopping, so he dresses up as Daisy to fool his dense opponent. Funny, and worth a watch; not a terrible loss if you don't see it: there are a couple hundred others.

"Let's pitch some woo!"

[utgard14 · 7/10 · 27 February 2016]

Entertaining Bugs Bunny short that has Bugs competing with his neighbor Casbah for the affections of female rabbit Daisy. This is one of those cartoons where Bugs dresses up as a woman, which is fascinating for some today for reasons that are probably best left unexamined. Bugs is funny as usual. Dimwitted Casbah almost steals the show from him, however. Typically great voice work from Mel Blanc. Lively music from Carl Stalling. The animation is lovely, with rich colors and well-drawn characters and backgrounds. Some funny gags and lines. Just a solid cartoon that most Bugs fans will probably like. Nothing extraordinary but fun.

HARE SPLITTER explores this burning question:

[oscaralbert · 6/10 · 31 July 2015]

If straight bunnies "do it like rabbits," how do gay hares compare? Bugs Bunny finds out here, as he dresses like a "Daisy Lou" to put one over on his cell mate--Er, his rabbit hole neighbor, Casbah. This latter, much larger and darker-furred jack seems to have much hotter Hots for Bugs in drag than Daisy Lou in her shopping attire. Though Bugs frequently turns transvestite during his Warner Bros. cartoon appearances, he's seldom as flagrantly felt up as he is here, continually at the mercy of Casbah's wandering paws. At one point, Bugs even turns to the camera, plaintively wailing, "Do all you girls out there have to go through THIS?" I've seen lots of Bugs when he's feeling very Rex or Roy, but never so Randy as here in HARE SPLITTER. Some parents accused their kids of learning about sex "in the gutters" during the 1940s. It's nice to see that most kids actually were schooled in nymphomania, cross-dressing, promiscuity, Sado-Masochism, and bisexuality by Bugs Bunny in the comfort of their local movie house.

Explosive kisses mixed with carrots...typical Bugs Bunny cartoon...

[Doylenf · 5/10 · 14 February 2008]

This is your typical Bugs Bunny cartoon, complete with enemy antagonist (another bigger and more moronic bunny), explosive carrots and enough slapstick to keep Bugs' fans happy.

Daisy is out on a shopping spree while Bugs decides he has to get rid of his arch rival in a hurry. He dresses up like Daisy and has a little success at first, completely fooling the dummy and getting some shots at him that the foolish one thinks are merely a part of Daisy's explosive personality. He catches on--finally--and by the time the real Daisy returns, he decides to get even, thinking it's still Bugs in disguise.

Fun to watch but definitely not one of the top BB cartoons. Still, kids should love its slapstick moments that are frequent and a bit over the top even for a cartoon.