Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Edgar Allan Pooh " . . . it's my hobby," Daffy Duck explains to Bugs Bunny, in asking the self-proclaimed "Me Genie. Light brown hare" to save him from a rich guy's security force for about the 11th time during Warner Bros.' seven-minute animated short, ALI BABA BUNNY. Some Warnologists probably will view Daffy as the always prophetic Warner Folks' effort to Warn us Americans-of-the-Far-Future about the Advent of The Trumpster. However, I feel that this slant may be a little unfair to the duck, who I do not remember being involved in a series of Charlie Sheen-like marriage scandals. (In other words, the American Voter would have little reason NOT to trust Daffy to pick out the USA's next First Lady, but I'm getting a sense that our American Electorate would be extremely hesitant to afford the same privilege to either Charlie or Donald.) Speaking of the latter, Disney Corp. has clearly copyrighted his moniker as a Duck's name. If, Texas Forbid, Mr. T. finagles his way into the White House--Foreign Wives and All--I'm thinking that the top U.S. litigating company might sue America's Number One litigating citizen for first dibs on "The Donald" first name.

MartinHafer Whether this is the best Daffy Duck cartoon or not, it's obvious to anyone seeing it that certainly is among the best featuring this character. In fact, Daffy is much like he was in the short RABBIT SEASONING--looking only out for himself and treating his friend(?) Bugs like dirt. The main difference in this one is that Bugs is a nicer Bugs--in RABBIT SEASONING he was pretty devious as well.The film begins with the audience assuming it's a Bugs Bunny film. That's because you see the typical trail of dirt as Bugs tunnels across the screen. However, in a twist, as he emerges, so does Daffy! It seem that they're headed for a vacation together and took a wrong turn--ending up in ancient Baghdad (or the like). Soon, they have to contend with genies, greedy sheiks and Hassan who's only ambition it to chop them to pieces! But, as Bugs is concerned with self-preservation, Daffy's greed has been ignited. It seems that Hassan is guarding a fortune in gold and jewels and NOTHING is going to stop Daffy from his one true love...money! The cartoon is brilliantly written, very engaging and fun from start to finish. While it was an audience favorite, back in 1958, this was exactly the sort of picture that didn't stand a chance Oscar time and wasn't even nominated. Time has shown that ALI BABA BUNNY and not BIRDS ANONYMOUS (the winner) was the better and more timeless film.

buddhadan-1 OK, I'll admit that I'm a big fan of animated shows, having grown up with them, they were part of my life for as far back as I can remember.My tastes have changed a little since that time, and I have added a sizable mental library of shows that I've seen, but overall I enjoy the animated shows quite a bit.Taking that into account, I can say that I was lucky enough to grow up with the Bugs Bunny line of cartoons, the Looney Toons cartoons if you will. While I believe that some of them are better than others, I would give all of them a higher rating than most other animated shows in existence, each having something to offer in the way of humor, animation skill, or just plain silliness.This specific one, with Bugs and Daffy, is one of my all time favorites, one that I've quoted (much to the chagrin of my family) often, especially the Daffy lines regarding how greedy he is when encountering the vast amount of wealth in the cave.This one isn't played often enough on television, so if you have an opportunity to see it on TV, or in some sort of DVD set, do so and I believe that from the beginning, you will laugh.

bob the moo Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are burrowing their way to a beach in South Florida they take a wrong turning and end up in a cave containing diamonds and riches. Daffy immediately reacts and greedily tries to claim all the treasure for himself. However as he carries it out of the cave he meets Hassan, the guard, who threatens to chop him in half. Daffy runs back to Bugs for help.Any short film staring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck is going to have potential no matter what the setting or plot, however it is no guarantee that the cartoon will work necessarily. This film is a case in point as I didn't feel it was very good. The material is reasonable enough and there is enough energy to be amusing but it is never really laugh-out-loud funny.Part of the problem for me were the characters. Bugs is OK but feels like he doesn't have enough material to really do his tricky stuff well, this is the downside of splitting the short with Daffy. As a fan of Daffy in his crazy period, his greedy side is not as funny to me but it is that that the film relies on here. As such this weakened the short a little for me but for fans of that side of the duck it shouldn't be too much of a problem.Overall this is an average cartoon despite the presence of two big stars. Neither Bugs nor Daffy are really used as well as they have been in other things on their own. However any short with these two is always going to be at least worth a look.