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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[last lines]
Bugs: Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?


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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According to Chuck Jones, there are 104 cuts in this cartoon, an unusually high number for a Warner Bros. cartoon.
When Elmer is summoning the various forces of nature ("North Wind bwow! South Wind bwow!" etc.), Mel Blanc does the summoning on the final incantation ("Smog!") because Arthur Q. Bryan's reading was not strong enough. Bryan's reading of the line can be heard on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 DVD vocal only audio track.
The first cartoon selected for the National Film Registry.
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National Film Registry

What's Opera, Doc?

Released 1957
Inducted 1992
(Short, Sound)




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