Rebel Rabbit or Hillbilly Hare?

[houserunner]

Rebel Rabbit, Hillbilly Hare are two of my favorite Robert Mckimson directed Bugs cartoons. Actually, I'm not a big fan of Mckimson's cartoons, but some of his finest outings are really great.

I think many regarded Hillbilly Hare as Mckimson's best Bugs cartoon. I like this classic too, but my favorite Mckimson Bugs is Rebel Rabbit.

I don't know, Rebel Rabbit is somewhat unusual cartoon to me. Very different Bugs cartoon than other usual Bugs classics. It's like Freleng's Stage Door Cartoon to me. Both are personal favorites, maybe not many fans regarded Rebel Rabbit or Stage Door Cartoon as Mckimson's, Freleng's best Bugs outings. But, I do:)

Of course, Mckimson directed several other classic Bugs cartoons. But, in my opinion, Rebel Rabbit and Hillbilly Hare are two of his finest. Which one is your favorite Robert Mckimson directed Bugs bunny cartoons? Please let me know, thanks.

[kaseykockroach]

Hillbilly Hare most certiantly. While Rebel Rabbit is a great McKimson short, Hillbilly Hare is a masterpiece.

[Leviathan]

Rebel Rabbit, because it's presents a side of Bugs that Jones, Freleng, and even Clampett would never, ever dare to portray.

[Matt the Y]

Rebel Rabbit gets my vote hands down. Hillbilly Hare is great, don't get me wrong, but it's a fairly run-of-the-mill Bugs Bunny cartoon while Rebel Rabbit takes the wabbit's character into a completely opposite and heretofore unheard of direction, making Bugs the cartoon's antagonist.

Rebel Rabbit must be the most unusual Bugs Bunny cartoon ever made. Bugs causes all kinds of damage to the U.S. landmarks (he "ties up" the railway, saws off Florida, cuts off Niagara Falls, swipes the Panama Canal's "locks", etc.) which isn't entirely out of character because he's doing it all to defent his "rabbit" pride and species worth. In the end, he winds up in Alcatraz Prison but it's only a cartoon and he probably got out on bail in plenty of time for the next cartoon.

"Rebel Rabbit" is one of my all-time favorite WB cartoons and my favorite Robert McKimson-directed cartoon. So, naturally, it easily gets my vote.

[speedy fast]

I like Rebel Rabbit better. I don't really care for Hillbilly Hare at all. And it's not often that Bugs loses in a cartoon.

[Eugene the Jeep]

Hillbilly Hare is my favorite McKimson cartoon. Rebel Rabbit is fun.

[Treadwell]

Other than the fact that they're McKimson cartoons, I don't think the two are really similar enough to warrant this kind of comparison. Not as much as the other threads of this kind, anyway.

But I voted for Hillbilly Hare. Not that I dislike RR.

[oceansoul]

Rebel rabbit definately. Agreed with Leviathan, McKimson had the balls to make something different, and succeeded.

[Chow Hound]

These two are among my favorite Bugs cartoons, and are my top two favorite of McKimson's Bugs. Rebel Rabbit is definitely a departure from the norm, and quite interesting. Hilarious too. But Hillbilly Hare has the funniest sequence in a cartoon, ever. So I can't decide.

[lonesome-lenny]

REBEL RABBIT is an audacious cartoon--a real standout in both Bugs' and McKimson's careers. This, to me, is the summation of the early-stage Bugs Bunny. In the '50s, he settled down and became a confident, unfazed, reasonably well-adjusted fellow.

This cartoon is like his last fling before settling down in the '50s. Bugs remained appealing, but he kept this part of his personality in check after REBEL RABBIT. You know it's there, but he chooses not to use it.

[Cool Cat]

2 great cartoons, i like them both. But I prefer Rebel Rabbit, so I voted it!

[Stanislav]

I see my vote brought the poll to a dead heat currently...

"Rebel" is a very unconventional Bugs outing, with the wabbit probably at both his most manic and most unsympathetic. I do like it in the same way that you like a movie in which a favorite actor plays against type and does it really well. And the stock film footage at the ending, and Bugs' increasingly over the top reactions to each clip, are funny as hell.

But I have to give "Hillbilly" the nod because the square dance sequence is one of the funniest in any McKimson cartoon. And it is also a tour de force for Mel -- he could sing, excellently, in any musical style, in any character voice. As a former musician myself, I really appreciate that aspect of his talent.

[Fibber Fox]

I've never liked 'Rebel Rabbit.' I can't see Bugs Bunny giving a hoot about a bounty on rabbits.

FF

[oceansoul]

Btw. my fav. McKimson Bugs has to be Rabbit's Kin or What's Up Doc...

[Madison Carter]

Have to go with Rebel Rabbit. It's probably in my top 5 Bugs shorts.

[Marty26]

Btw. my fav. McKimson Bugs has to be Rabbit's Kin or What's Up Doc...

Strange, those (along with Unswept Hare) are also my favorite McKimson Bugs shorts. :bugs2:

Anyway, I can't really decide. Both are great cartoons. Rebel Rabbit, in particular, is interesting since takes the egotistical/pompous Bugs of the Cecil Turtle Trilogy and really puts it into overdrive.

[UncleLina]

Hillbilly Hare is great because of the song and the silly characters. Rebel Rabbit is just a collection of gags about the USA (the Spongebobesh live action footage is cool though).

[AcmeCoyote]

Without a doubt, "Hillbilly Hare." One of Bugs' more memorable moments, whereas "Rebel Rabbit" would most likely be found toward the bottom of my list.

[Mr. Jinks]

Was the live-action footage from a Warner movie during the time?

[Treadwell]

Hillbilly Hare is great because of the song and the silly characters. Rebel Rabbit is just a collection of gags about the USA.

Good point. One of them isn't particularly well executed, either: Bugs steals all the locks from somewhere (Alcatraz?) and there is no punchline, he just dances and says "I got 'em". Not strong.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

Good point. One of them isn't particularly well executed, either: Bugs steals all the locks from somewhere (Alcatraz?) and there is no punchline, he just dances and says "I got 'em". Not strong.
if I remember correctly, Bugs stole them from the Panama Canal.

[The Spectre]

Yep, it's a pun on "lock" - a canal lock is a system of gates which is used to determine how much water flows through, or something (kind of like a dam, I think) while Bugs is holding what people usually think of when they hear the word "locks" - padlocks.

[Jack G.]

"Rebel" is a very unconventional Bugs outing, with the wabbit probably at both his most manic and most unsympathetic. I do like it in the same way that you like a movie in which a favorite actor plays against type and does it really well.That's a interesting way to put it.
I definately like and prefer Rebel Rabbit.

I'm not sure if it's Bugs' most unsympathetic though, at least something happens to upset him.
Old Grey Hare and Buckaroo Bugs get my vote for most unsympathtic.

I went with other.

[frootloops]

I can't decide. The square dance lyrics in HH are freaking HILARIOUS! On the other hand, it's GAS watching Bugs squirt pen ink all over the game commisioner in RR and say "Huh, HUH!" Two of the most genuinely funny Bugs Bunny cartoons ever animated.

[Treadwell]

Yep, it's a pun on "lock" - a canal lock is a system of gates which is used to determine how much water flows through, or something (kind of like a dam, I think) while Bugs is holding what people usually think of when they hear the word "locks" - padlocks.

Good point.