TheLittleSongbird While not my favourite Bugs Bunny or Chuck Jones cartoon, Wackiki Rabbit is still a great cartoon with lots of colour, great humour and a wonderfully odd atmosphere. One does wish that Bugs had more to do here, despite being the star he does agreed play more of a secondary character to the castaways, albeit a very memorable and funny one at that.The cartoon does on the other hand some really colourful visuals with beautifully bold colours, impeccably detailed backgrounds, some inventive 'surreal' physical comedy and well-drawn characters (Bugs' design is in early stages but while different he's drawn well and moves easily). The music by Carl Stalling is typically outstanding, giving the cartoon so much energy while also being richly and cleverly orchestrated throughout, it's also a perfect match with the visuals, humour and action and even elevates them to a greater level. The writing is fresh, razor sharp and brilliantly funny, some of it is bizarre but in a hugely entertaining way, while the gags are oddly surreal but inventive and quite hilarious, especially when the castaways are first introduced to Bugs, with the cooked chicken and the ending.Story-wise, it's crisply paced, has a constantly colourful atmosphere and it's not too routine or predictable because the humour is so well done. Bugs is as always great fun though as said he should have had more to do, while the castaways (caricatures of Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce, who also voice the characters) are a hilarious and an oddly-but- well-matched double act. Mel Blanc, Maltese and Pierce all give fine vocal characterisations.Overall, colourful, hilarious and wonderfully odd. Definitely worth seeing at least once. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Lee Eisenberg If you thought that you'd seen every stranded-on-an-uncharted-island scenario, think again. When a pair of castaways (voiced by and resembling Tedd Pierce and Michael Maltese) wash up on an island and find Bugs Bunny, they quickly try to turn him into a meal, only to have him play every possible trick on them. As with many of the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons, not only do the cast members break character in one scene, but there's a twist at the end. Oh, and Bugs cross-dresses in one scene.One thing that's worth mentioning about the translation. I think that they implied that it was Hawaiian, but it couldn't have been, as some of the words featured F sounds, of which the Hawaiian language has none (to be certain, it only has about twelve sounds). I don't know whether or not any of the other Pacific island languages have F sounds.But let's not dwell on that. "Wackiki Wabbit" is truly a classic. It'll never be Aloha Oe as long as we have the classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons.

theowinthrop As fitting a Second World War cartoon we see two shipwreck survivors on a raft, presumably sunk in the war in the Pacific. The two men (who are caricatures of two of the Warners Cartoon artists) have not eaten in day. One is tall and thin, one is short and fat. They are beginning to think of each other as potential sources of food. They see an island and get onto it (almost sail through it due to the eagerness of the fat fellow), and they soon spot Bugs. He is quite a figure wearing Hawaiian costume and giving the men leis, and speaking to them in Hawaiian (although he does end a section of his speech with a popular American vulgarism). One of the best moments in this cartoon is that translations of his comments appear underneath his lines of dialog (oddly enough his longer messages are short in English, and vice versa). When the skinny castaway returns the friendly greeting he says something short and sweet, and two lines of translation into Hawaian appear underneath - the fat one points this out to him and says, "Did you say all that?".The remainder of the cartoon deals with their attempts to catch Bugs and eat him. There is the almost obligatory Bugs having a warm "bath" in a cooking pot sequence, and a great bit dealing with a cooked chicken getting hot under the collar with the two thunderstruck castaways. A final getaway from the island and a permanent chase end the cartoon - almost perfect in construction and humor.

movieman_kev Two castaways (based on Warner Brother's writers Micheal Maltese and Tedd Pierces, who also voice themselves) find themselves on a tropical island inhabited by one Bugs Bunny. Seeing as not too long ago these two guys were eyeing each other like they were both food, they naturally start salivating when they see Bugs and proceed to chase him down in order to make some much needed stew. This is another classic from the early years of Bugs and still remains as fresh and funny as it undoubtedly was when it was first released. This one is totally timeless. This animated short can be found on Disk 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3 and includes an optional commentary by John Kricfalusi and Eddie Fitzgerald.My Grade: A+