TheLittleSongbird While not the best of the Looney Tunes canon, Gorilla My Dreams is still a very entertaining cartoon I think. I agree the ending is rather abrupt and lame, and I cannot say I was a fan of the female gorilla, she doesn't do that much that is interesting.However, the animation is solid and colourful, I especially loved how the jungle was animated. The music is lovely and has a lot of energy, Bugs's song at the beginning as he is sitting eating a carrot and reading a book in the boat is very amusing, especially for the lyrics. The dialogue is witty and funny, Bugs of course gets the best lines and does a lot with them, while the sight gags are good. Bugs of course is great fun, while the male gorilla was a decent foil, gruff he was but I think he was meant to be. Mel Blanc does a wonderful job yet again with the voices.Overall, an entertaining cartoon while not the best. 8/10 Bethany Cox

slymusic Directed by Robert McKimson, "Gorilla My Dreams" is a wonderful Bugs Bunny cartoon in which the wascawwy wabbit is forced to pose as a baby gorilla for the big, burly, brutal Gruesome Gorilla and his wife. Mel Blanc supplies the voices of all three characters, and he is especially hilarious as the mother gorilla.Highlights: When Bugs' barrel (in which he set sail) is snatched by the mama gorilla, Bugs sings "Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat". Bugs and Gruesome dance to a conga beat while Bugs repeatedly kicks a coconut palm tree. Aided by Carl Stalling's music score, Bugs does his best monkey imitation when he is first introduced to Gruesome."Gorilla My Dreams" is a pretty good cartoon for a laugh or two. Catch it on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 Disc 1, with an optional commentary by animation historian Jerry Beck.

phantom_tollbooth The best thing about Robert McKimson's 'Gorilla My Dreams' are the sumptuous jungle backgrounds against which the action is set. It's a lovely setting for a so-so cartoon. Bugs Bunny is washed ashore on a tropical island and immediately adopted against his will by a broody, childless mother gorilla. Her husband, Gruesome, is less than pleased by this development and sets out to render himself childless. It is from hereon in that the cartoon starts to falter with some clumsily timed sequences (the dance with the coconut tree being the prime example) and a less than satisfactory ending. It's a shame the script is so off during the main body of the cartoon because much of the animation is extremely nice, such as the beautiful chase sequence which culminates in a striking layout which charts the lengthiness of the pursuit by showing Bugs and Gruesome's silhouetted figures in several different places at once. Despite being serenaded by Bugs with several hit songs of the day, I still always think of 'Gorilla My Dreams' as a far nicer cartoon to look at than it is to listen to.

movieman_kev Bugs bunny is willing to play along when a female gorilla desperately wants to have a baby. But the husband of the gorilla, Mr. Gruesome hates Bugs and wants him out of the picture. This is YET another Robert McKimson directed short that fails when compared to the Bugs Bunny cartoons of other MUCH more competent directors. His name almost makes one weep when a TRUE Looney Tunes fan sees it in the credits. This animated short can be seen on Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2. It also features an optional commentary by Jerry Beck that needless to say is more interesting than the actual short.My Grade: C