Big Top Bunny

Big Top Bunny is a Warner Bros. Pictures Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short released in 1951 and rereleased in 1961 as a Blue Ribbon and directed by Robert McKimson and written by Tedd Pierce. In the short, an acrobatic bear at Colonel Korny's World Famous Circus finds an unwanted partner in Bugs Bunny. Bugs Bunny Innocent as a newborn baby - baby rat, that is. Dialogue Bruno the Bear: Hey! What you think you're gonna do? Bugs Bunny: Who me? Oh, uh, I think I'm gonna dive 200 feet off of this platform into a tank of water. [Bugs kisses Bruno] Bugs Bunny: Goodbye! [Raises platform 200 feet; Bruno raises his platform also] Bruno the Bear: Nobody could outdo Bruno the Magnificent! I dive 300 feet into BUCKET of water! [Raises platform 300 feet, Bugs does same] Bugs Bunny: Oh, yeah? Well, I'll dive 500 feet into a damp sponge! [They raise the platforms to 500 feet, breaking over the tent] Bruno the Bear: And I, Bruno, will dive 1,000 feet into a block of cement. On my HEAD, yet! [They raise their platforms to 1,000 feet] Bugs Bunny: Say, that's a good stunt. I'll buy that. But the star goes first. Here I go! Bruno the Bear: Oh, no! Bruno is the star. I go first. Bugs Bunny: Uh-uh. I go first. Bruno the Bear: [grabbing Bugs by the neck] I GO FIRST! Bugs Bunny: [strained] Okay, pal. You win. You go first. [Bruno dives the 1,000 feet and lands head first into block of cement, squashing himself in the process] Voice cast Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny / Bruno the Bear / Colonel Korny External links 0043341 Category:1951 American animated films Category:American animated short films Category:Traditionally animated short films Category:Children's animated comedy short films Category:Animated drama short films Category:Circus films Category:Bugs Bunny cartoons Category:Animated films about bears Category:Films directed by Robert McKimson