talarisw One of the best and one of my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons of all-time. This cartoon stands out as being different from all other Bugs Bunny cartoons for two reasons, one is that Wile E. Coyote, who's known for being a mute character chasing the road-runner but speaks a lot here and is after Bugs. The second is that this might be the only time Bugs faces an enemy who was actually smart, so Bugs has to be a little bit more clever. Big looney tune's fans know every director at Warner Bros. had their own take on Bugs and this is one of the best examples of Chuck Jone's take on Bugs. Jone's Bugs was the most sophisticated Bugs. Jones also had more sophisticated humor, so to speak. He put a lot of humor in dialog but he's also great at gags. I love how Wile E. is shown here, he's an arrogant and bombastic science genies and even though he's a lot different here then in the iconic road-runner films, it still fits his overall character because even with the road-runner you get the sense that he's a genies. It's also surprising that there was only one road- runner/coyote cartoon before this one, you would assume Chuck made many road runners before teaming the coyote with Bugs. But I love the match up of Bugs and Wile E. because it's nice to see Bugs face a villain who was smart, not an idiot like Elmer and others. The writing, the dialog, the pace and timing is perfect here. The cartoon begins with the Coyote introducing himself to Bugs with a business card showing he's a genies. This is a perfect set-up for the rest of the cartoon, Wile E. is so sure of himself he dosen't even let Bugs respond but Bug's reaction was hilarious! When Wile E. tells that he plans to eat him, Bugs reacts with a mocking "oh no!" look, that is the funniest part in this cartoon and only Chuck would do that, I laugh out loud every time at that moment. Wile E.'s undoing is not that he's dumb but he's so pompous that he underestimate how smart Bugs is. It's even funnier seeing Wile E.'s plan back fire because you can tell his ego's bruise too. I love the part when Wile E. creates a girl rabbit robot to trick bugs because it has a bomb inside but Bugs counteracts by creating a female coyote robot that Wile E. falls for but she has a bomb and explodes but then Wile E. realizes that he still has the robot rabbit and that explodes. It's a battle of book smart vs street smart. Wile E.'s a scientific genies but Bugs is smarter when it comes to survival. I love the ending where Wile E. dubs himself "super genies" and then realizes Bug's has placed him in front of a train and then boom! And Bug's final line "remeber mud spelled backwards is dumb". I love Mel Blanc's voice as the extremely pompous Wile E. I love any cartoon with these two together, I think there's four other cartoons like this one. There's something so appealing about seeing Wile E. Coyote talk and being so pompous and that all of his inventions are still no match for Bugs Bunny. One of Chuck Jone's best!

Julia Arsenault (ja_kitty_71) I love the Bugs vs Wile E. Coyote cartoons, better than just the Coyote/Roadrunner cartoons, and I the Chuck Jones/Phil Monroe collaboration in it as well. I also love the "OH NO!" take Bugs does after Wile tells him "I am going to eat you." And the ending where Bugs gives the "moral" of the story: "M.U.D. spell backwards is D.U.M."Being an interest in folklore and hearing from the commentary for this cartoon, there are some parallels of South-Western Indian folktales of Coyote, the trickster and a very proud and smug character. And also parallels from the African-American folktales of Br'er Rabbit & Br'er Fox; post-modern take. Only instead of using snare traps and tar dummies, Wile E. uses high explosives.So overall, I really love this cartoon and it's one of my favorite Bugs Bunny/Wile E. Coyote cartoons.

ccthemovieman-1 Wile E. Coyote versus Bugs Bunny? Wow, this was a new one on me, when I first saw it, but it occurred a couple of times in Loony Tunes cartoons....and we, the viewer, are the winners for it.Also different for first-time viewers of this collaboration between two LT stars, is hearing Wile speak.. "Allow me to introduce myself," he says right off the bat to Bugs. He gives Bugs his card which reads "Wile E Coyote - Genius." He then proceeds to tell Bugs, in a muted British accent, no less, that he intends to eat him. He's gonna give Bugs "the customary two minutes to say your prayers." Bugs slams the portable door on him, says no thanks, and disappears back into his rabbit hole while Wile goes back to his cave muttering "Why do they always want to do it the hard way?"After that, it's standard "Roadrunner" material with Wile pulling out every plan he has under "Operation: Rabbit" in his arsenal....and the predictable result. The "smart" guys goes through a half dozen plans while the "dumb" thwarts him every time.I loved the ending to this cartoon as Wile humbly calls himself something else. This was a lot of fun to watch and a good lesson for those elitists who think they are smarter than most others. Surprise!!!

MartinHafer I am about to say something that may shock many of you, so hold on tight! I never particularly liked the Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons. I think most of this is because although I loved Wiley Coyote, I always felt that the Roadrunner had almost zero personality. After a while, I really wanted to see Wiley catch and kill the Roadrunner! In light of this, I was THRILLED the first time I saw this cartoon. Not only is Wiley Coyote at his best, but he finally has a worthy opponent in the form of Bugs Bunny--who has mountains of personality. Wiley is at his best because he talks and shows himself to be a supremely smug jerk who calls himself "Wile E. Coyote--Genius" and asks Bugs to surrender without a fight because he is clearly outmatched by Wiley's brain power! It's great to see Bugs knock him down a few pegs by destroying all of Wiley's attempts to capture him! Violent fun for all.