![]() ![]() Another plus to this nearly-perfect cartoon with non-stop action and laughs is Jim Backus doing an uncredited turn as the voice of the genie. Another McKimson gem is "A-Lad-in-His-Lamp", where Bugs Bunny happens across the famous lamp of Aladdin and finds himself caught between a ruthless potentate who wants the lamp (an early Saddam) and an increasingly unhelpful genie. "Hillbilly Hare" (where Bugs finds himself caught in the midst of a feud) "Hot Cross Bunny", where a doctor tries to change Bugs' brain with that of a chicken and "Easter Yeggs", where Bugs is conned by his good heart to help out the Easter Bunny, are three of Bugs' greatest hits. The GUARDS grab ALADDIN and put him in chains) JAFAR (to the GUARDS) Bring me the sultan (two GUARDS exit). (IAGO grabs the lamp from ALADDIN and gives it to JAFAR. Instead of the too-clever Bugs who is smarter than anyone else in the room, McKimson's Bugs got into real jams. (he rubs the lamp, and GENIE billows high into the air and reappears onstage in a plume of smoke) GENIE Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeres Genie Wow. ![]() McKimson's use of Bugs Bunny was sometimes disappointing ("Rabbit's Kin") but he more often used Bugs to good effect. Robert McKimson is an often overlooked Warner Brothers Cartoon director, but he created some of their funniest hits, such as "Ham in a Role", "A Fractured Leghorn" (easily the best of the Foghorn Leghorn series), "It's Hummer Time", and "Early to Bet".
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