Edgar Allan Pooh . . . gets Bugs Bunny every time, including in this animated short, SPACED OUT BUNNY. When Marvin the Martian beams up Bugs via his rack and pinion gizmo, Bugs finds himself as Exhibit B among Marvin's Noah's Ark on the half shell (that is, one of everything, NOT two; Sex Education on Mars seems almost as woefully lacking as in Texas). Exhibit A, of course, is Hugo, an Abominable Snowman. "I picked him up in the Himalayas," Marvin informs Bugs. This, of course, raises an interesting possibility. WHAT IF all of these aliens you hear are running about Willy Nilly across America in their various saucer, cigar, and Japanese Lantern-shaped spacecraft regard us People as "a dime a dozen?" What if these Visitors are attracted more to unicorns, yeti, leviathans, trolls, werewolves, ogres, centaurs, mermaids, cyclops, giants, fairies, leprechauns, and such? That would certainly explain the relative scarcity of the aforementioned. Thank goodness the Looney Tuners are alerting us to the fact that Earth's creatures are being cherry-picked, and that our zoos are competing with the fly-by-night crowd.

Lee Eisenberg Once again, Marvin the Martian kidnaps Bugs Bunny. Only this time, Marvin wants to give Bugs to the abominable snowman - named Hugo - as a pet. Much of "Spaced Out Bunny" seems like shot-for-shot remakes of "The Abominable Snow Rabbit", so that weakens it. But still, Mel Blanc's voices always make these cartoons entertaining, even the lesser cartoons. So, for the most part, I think that the Looney Tunes cartoons had run their course by this point (although the compilation feature films weren't bad), and they shouldn't have produced anything after Mel Blanc died. This one is OK in a pinch. And if I may say so, if you look at things existentially...well, we're all UFOs in a way.

fayremead Bugs walks on terra firma to start this film and tries to converse with a flower, a rock, a dogwood tree, and a butterfly. All of these attempts fail miserably and groaner jokes ("its bark is worse than its bite," etc.) are the best that Bugs can manage. The early animation of Bugs is awkward and stiff -- not what one expects from Chuck Jones. Once the Martian arrives, the film improves. Bugs' reaction to the lure ("Wow! Super carrot!") produces the first lively animation. The carrot is laced with a sedative which wears off once Bugs is on Mars. There, he is reunited with the Snowman from "The Abominable Snow Rabbit." More importantly, animator Virgil Ross takes over, providing grace and subtlety to the rabbit-yeti struggle. Watching Bugs turn the Snowman to an ally brings more pleasure than the bunny's earlier standoff with a pugilistic, verbose insect. Overall, this is a fairly entertaining short for viewers who can be patient over the first minute or two.-Tony

Robert Reynolds This is a good, if somewhat weak, short made as part of a television special. As these cartons go, it's not nearly as good, say, Portrait of the Artist As a Young Bunny or The Duxorcist, but entertaining enough and not without its own charms, even if the jokes are a bit shopworn by now. Worth watching. Recommended for fans of Marvin the Martian especially.