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What’s Opera, Doc?
UNITED STATES · 1957

What’s Opera, Doc?

Chuck Jones
opera parody hunter vs rabbit Wagner adaptation slapstick comedy classic cartoon rivalry
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Synopsis

Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.

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