TheLittleSongbird Rabbit Romeo may drag in spots and Elmer does look rather odd, but it is still enormous fun. The animation is colourful and bouncy with a lot of evidence of fluidity and vibrancy. Bugs and Millicent are very well and deliberately drawn. Milt Franklyn's music is dynamic and characterful with appealing orchestration that blends with the gags adeptly. The dialogue is witty with delicious and really quite hilarious interplay between Bugs and Millicent, the line in the review summary is a scream and you can't have a Bugs Bunny cartoon without his great final lines, "Ain't I the little matchmaker though?" is not one of his best but it's still a good one. The visual gags are really imaginative and just as funny as the dialogue, the one with the electric fan and Bugs turning blue when being hugged are the standouts. The story may be a little thin, but the quality of the humour and the character of Millicent keeps things afloat and it doesn't matter as a result. Elmer has some nice moments like his "Well wooks aren't evewything you know" line when Millicent steps out the crate but he is in the shadow of Bugs, still as arrogant and likable as ever(always was the funnier character too) and especially Millicent, while one of Bugs' uglier foils she is also one of the best and most memorable ones of the late 50s. The voice acting is stellar, Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan do not disappoint but June Foray steals the show, if talking about the best thing about Rabbit Romeo a contender would be Foray's voice-over. Overall, very good. 8/10 Bethany Cox

slymusic A good goofy romance is the subject of "Rabbit Romeo", starring the voices of Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny and Arthur Q. Bryan as Elmer Fudd. But the voice artist who really steals the show in this picture is June Foray with her rich, oily portrayal of Millicent, an overstuffed Slobovian rabbit who only wishes for a mate.My favorite moments from "Rabbit Romeo": After Elmer catches Bugs in a net, Bugs slyly asks Elmer for some salt for his carrot, and then a napkin. When Millicent kisses a goldfish, the fish shoots himself in the head. And Millicent's little Russian kick dance is hilarious.Catch "Rabbit Romeo", or shall I say "Wabbit Womeo", on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 Disc 1.

Lee Eisenberg One might assume that Bugs Bunny's resistance to Slavic rabbit Millicent is based on a previous negative experience that he had with a Slav (the Eastern European bear in "Big Top Bunny"). Anyway, the plot of Robert McKimson's "Rabbit Romeo" has Elmer Fudd receiving from his uncle Judd a an overweight Slobovian rabbit who gets violent when lonely. So, he captures Bugs and tries to give him to Millicent.If I may interject something. Clearly this Slavic character didn't please Bugs. However, if Uncle Judd had sent a Russian female rabbit, then Bugs's hormones would have gone through the roof! I know this, because while I was staying with a family in St. Petersburg, Russia - I spent the Fall 2005 college semester there - I developed a total crush on my host sister Marina (OK, I'll be totally candid: I still fantasize about her; it arouses me just to think about her as I write this). I like to describe her physically as a cross between Barbara Eden and Julie Christie. My point is that any female Russian rabbit/hare/bunny would have sent Bugs's sex drive into full throttle! Anyway, worth seeing. June Foray does a pretty good Eastern European accent, and the Slobovian clothes actually looked Greek.

Robert Reynolds This short has a few laughs, though it really drags in spots, which, when you consider that the short is about seven minutes long, is a dubious accomplishment. Because I want to discuss some of the details, this is a spoiler warning: Elmer Fudd receives a crate (from his uncle (Judd Fudd) containing a female rabbit named Millicent, from Slobovia. Elmer's first words on catching a good look at Millicent in strong sunlight are, "Wooks aren't evewything, you know!", because Uncle Judd has promised in an accompanying note that he will pay Elmer $500.00 for looking after Millicent until he gets back to the US. For $500.00, Elmer is willing to overlook the fact that Millicent looks like she could have played linebacker for the Chicago Bears! Her manners and her attitude are a matched set, as she's rude, arrogant and obnoxious. She starts wrecking her room and Elmer discovers she wants a date. Since Millicent could pick Elmer up and bench-press him 57 times without breaking a sweat, Elmer wisely goes out looking for a male rabbit. Guess who he finds? That's right, Bugs.Elmer baits a fishing pole with a carrot and catches Bugs like a trout. Ever the gentleman, Bugs first finishes his meal and the tidies up before agreeing to go home with Elmer, unaware of what fate (and Elmer) have waiting for him.Bugs meets Millicent and is a less than enthusiastic swain. When she insists on a kiss, Bugs grabs a poor fish and Millicent kisses it instead. On his return to the fishbowl, the fish pulls out an old-fashioned pistol, marches into his house, you see a large bubble which, after it surfaces, bursts and gives out a large "POP!".Bugs tries repeatedly to escape, but between Millicent and Elmer, his attempts at self-preservation fail. He's almost "bunny hugged" into a coma. Then Millicent declares that "Courtship is over! Name the day and we will be marriaged!", which is about as welcome a statement to Bugs as a declaration that he's been exposed to diphtheria. Thinking quickly, he suggests that they elope and he begins lowering her out the window on a sheet which "slips" out of his grasp. As she is pounding on the door, Bugs goes in and wakes up Elmer and tells him Uncle Judd's at the door. He slips a rabbit suit on Elmer in the dark and Millicent sees Elmer dressed as a rabbit and immediately switches her affections to him and soon, Elmer is doing his best Jesse Owens impression, sprinting off over the snow, with Millicent in hot pursuit.This short is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4 and is well worth seeing at least once. The set is highly recommended.