If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.

Directed by

Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson

Written by

Friz Freleng, David Detiege, Warren Foster, John W. Dunn

Genres

Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure, Music

Released

November 19, 1982

Runtime

1h 14m

Status

Released

Language

English

Countries

United States of America

Studios

Warner Bros. Pictures

Box office

$78,350