My Bunny Lies Over the Sea

1948
7.3| 0h7m| en| More Info
Released: 04 December 1948 Released
Producted By: Warner Bros. Pictures
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In Scotland, Bugs Bunny rescues a woman from a monster. The "woman" is a kilted Scotsman, and the "monster" is his bagpipe. The Scotsman then challenges Bugs to a game of golf.

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Mel Blanc

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ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
phantom_tollbooth Chuck Jones' 'My Bunny Lies Over the Sea' is an odd cartoon due to its setting and its premise. That easily missed left turn at Albuquerque somehow finds Bugs Bunny arriving in Scotland instead of Los Angeles. Here he encounters a fiery red haired Scotsman (a sort of Scottish Yosemite Sam but with bagpipes instead of shooting irons) who he accidentally offends in the best gag of the cartoon. From here, however, 'My Bunny…' slows down considerably as the unusual plot point of a golf tournament is introduced. The golf course is not an ideal setting for Bugs' heckling and the rest of the script attempts to find a way around this self imposed obstacle. The excellent and fast paced Tom and Jerry cartoon 'Tee for Two' showed that the golf course is a rich source of comedy material but sadly 'My Bunny…' struggles to tap into it, resorting to predictable jokes about digging bigger holes and deliberately misjudging your score. Another problem with the cartoon is the underdeveloped Scotsman character who is basically just a walking stereotype with a terrible accent (As you can probably imagine, I'm not a big Speedy Gonzales fan!). He's not fun to be with for the audience or Bugs, who has little to work with. 'My Bunny Lies Over the Sea' is an altogether weak effort, even robbed of the traditional cartoon brightness by its realistically dingy Scottish setting.
J. Spurlin Bugs Bunny takes the wrong turn at Albuquerque and ends up tunneling into Scotland (!). There he immediately attacks a horrible monster engulfing a defenseless old lady. Only it turns out the "monster" is a set of bagpipes and the "old lady" is a man in a kilt. Bugs thinks this is indecent (despite his own predilection for drag) and throws a barrel over the Scotsman. This is too much, and the angry Scot tries to blow out Bugs's brains. Soon the two opponents settle the matter more civilly - with a game of golf. Bugs's golfing strategy leaves most of his scruples buried under a divot. The infuriated Scotsman suggests one more contest, again underestimating the quick-witted bunny.A fine series of gags and strong characterizations make this another winner from Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese and company. "McGrory," as Bugs dubs him at one point, gives a series of priceless reactions to the befuddling Bugs. Love that final gag!This cartoon is available on the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume One," Disc 1.
Lee Eisenberg Maybe "My Bunny Lies Over the Sea" stereotypes the Scots as kilt-clad, bagpipe-playing grouches, but it is a hilarious cartoon. After Bugs Bunny forgets that left turn at Albuquerque, he ends up on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland, where he and a local settle a dispute by playing golf. Needless to say, Bugs turns the whole thing on its head.Among other things, this cartoon makes one nostalgic for the days - which may have been well over 100 years ago - when golf represented Scottish heritage and wasn't just something that rich snobs did to waste time (especially given that Jack Abramoff took Tom DeLay and Bob Ney on the golfing trip in Scotland a few years ago). But mostly, it's a classic cartoon plain and simple. Or, to say it like they would in Scotland: Ay, 'tis a wonderful wee cartoon, ya blasted Englishman! I wonder if that was the Wallace plaid during the opening credits. As a descendant of William Wallace (Scotland's greatest patriot and the subject of "Braveheart"), I hope that it was.
Shawn Watson As usual, Bugs Bunny gets hopelessly lost when tunneling to his latest vacation (the La Brea tar pits). This time he ends up in Scotland and mistakes a (stereo)typical 'Scotsman' playing the bagpipes for an old lady being mauled by a monster. Bugs promptly jumps to her rescue and smashes the pipes to tiny little bits. Naturally the Scotsman (named MacRory and a thinly disguised Yosemite Sam)gets very angry at the smashing of said beloved pipes and, instead of a duel, challenges Bugs to a rather unfunny game of golf. Bugs does his usual outsmarting and nasty tricks but none are really too imaginative or clever. We've seen Bugs to better than this.