Director(s)Chuck Jones
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Top GenresAnimation, Comedy, Family, Musical, Short Films
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What's Opera, Doc? Overview:

What's Opera, Doc? (1957) was a Animation - Musical Film directed by Chuck Jones .

What's Opera, Doc? was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1992.

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Elmer Fudd: Oh, Bwunehiwda, you're so wuvwee.
Bugs Bunny: Yes I know it, I can't help it.


Bugs: O mighty warrior of great fighting stock / Might I inquire to ask, ehh, what's up Doc?


Elmer Fudd: I will do it with my spear and magic helmet!
Bugs Bunny: Your spear and magic helmet?
Elmer Fudd: Spear and magic helmet!
Bugs Bunny: Magic helmet?
Elmer Fudd: Magic helmet!
Bugs Bunny: [aside to audience, cynical] Magic helmet.


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The first cartoon selected for the National Film Registry.
According to Chuck Jones, there are 104 cuts in this cartoon, an unusually high number for a Warner Bros. cartoon.
In animation historian Jerry Beck's 1994 poll of animators, film historians and directors, this cartoon was selected as the #1 cartoon of all time.
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What's Opera, Doc?

Released 1957
Inducted 1992
(Short, Sound)




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