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Not the best Bugs Bunny ever, but well worth watching

Thoroughly enjoyable, even if Freleng and Bugs have done better

Friz Freleng directs Bugs Bunny for the first time

I'm gonna catch me a rabbit, and I'm a-gonna put him in this pot. This pot right here. Yeah-uh-yeah! Yeah-uh-yeah! That's JUST what I'm gonna do!

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Bugs reads &quot;Hiawatha&quot; and winds up being hunted by him.

Friz Freleng

Hiawatha&apos;s Rabbit Hunt

Great start from Friz Freleng!

&quot;Hiawatha&apos;s Rabbit Hunt&quot; is Bugs Bunny&apos;s first film directed by Friz Freleng, and it&apos;s a wonderful sample of what Freleng would have in store for Bugs for the next 23 years.

Freleng already starts throwing a curveball into the standard Bugs formula by inserting Bugs into the story of Little Hiawatha.  While there is not much difference in intelligence between Hiawatha and, say, Elmer Fudd, Freleng does a great job at making the new character look funny (particularly in Hiawatha&apos;s run, which causes him to trip over himself often).

Freleng also introduces a new traditional Bugs joke...having the wabbit climb into a boiling pot thinking it&apos;s a bathtub.  This little sequence alone is also fun to watch, including the little puff of relaxing steam that comes out of Bugs&apos; mouth once he gets both feet inside.

And although Bugs acts more confident in this picture than he has in the recent past, even he is not safe from foolish mistakes.  At the end of one scene Bugs leaps into the air, intending to land into a rabbit hole, but just misses and smacks his head on the ground.  He sheepishly crawls into the hole, looking apologetically at the audience.  How can you not like this character??

Sadly, this cartoon is not seen often because it deals with a Native American character.  But if you get the chance somehow, do sit down and watch this cartoon.  It&apos;s one of the early Bugs&apos; best.

"Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" is Bugs Bunny's first film directed by Friz Freleng, and it's a wonderful sample of what Freleng would have in store for Bugs for the next 23 years.

Freleng already starts throwing a curveball into the standard Bugs formula by inserting Bugs into the story of Little Hiawatha.  While there is not much difference in intelligence between Hiawatha and, say, Elmer Fudd, Freleng does a great job at making the new character look funny (particularly in Hiawatha's run, which causes him to trip over himself often).

Freleng also introduces a new traditional Bugs joke...having the wabbit climb into a boiling pot thinking it's a bathtub.  This little sequence alone is also fun to watch, including the little puff of relaxing steam that comes out of Bugs' mouth once he gets both feet inside.

And although Bugs acts more confident in this picture than he has in the recent past, even he is not safe from foolish mistakes.  At the end of one scene Bugs leaps into the air, intending to land into a rabbit hole, but just misses and smacks his head on the ground.  He sheepishly crawls into the hole, looking apologetically at the audience.  How can you not like this character??

Sadly, this cartoon is not seen often because it deals with a Native American character.  But if you get the chance somehow, do sit down and watch this cartoon.  It's one of the early Bugs' best.

Bugs reads "Hiawatha" and winds up being hunted by him.

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