Rabbit Punch

Rabbit Punch
Merrie Melodies/Bugs Bunny series
Directed by	Chuck Jones
Produced by	Edward Selzer
Story by	Tedd Pierce Michael Maltese
Voices by	Mel Blanc Billy Bletcher (The Crusher) (uncredited)
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Phil Monroe Ken Harris Lloyd Vaughan Ben Washam
Layouts by	Peter Alvarado
Backgrounds by	Philip De Guard
Studio	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	April 10, 1948
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7:40
Language	English
Preceded by	A Feather in His Hare
Followed by	Buccaneer Bunny

Rabbit Punch is a Warner Bros. cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny, released in 1948. The work features a boxing match between "Battling McGook" (identified as "The Crusher" in subsequent cartoons) and Bugs Bunny.

Plot

A boxing match begins between the Champ "Battling McGook" and the Challenger "Dyspectic McBlaster". The Champ immediately knocks out the Challenger with a few punches. The Champ, instead of letting the match end, picks the Challenger back up and continues punching him in various ways. Bugs Bunny, displeased with this, heckles the Champ. The Champ, after hearing Bugs, throws him into the ring for a boxing match. At first, Bugs, having no experience, is punched back to his corner by the Champ. After this happens three times, Bugs begins using strategy to win. Afterward, the two begin cheating and the match changes from boxing to wrestling. The match ends at round 110 when the Champ ties Bugs to a railroad and tries to run him over with a train. The film breaks just as Bugs is about to be run over. Bugs walks onto a white screen and tells the audience that the film didn't break, revealing a pair of scissors.

External links

• Rabbit Punch at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Rabbit Punch at the Internet Movie Database
• Rabbit Punch on the Internet Archive