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"Cat Concerto" vs. "Rhapsody Rabbit"

Discussion in 'MGM' started by Dave Koch, Nov 3, 2013.

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    In the new T&J DVD set, Joe Barbera recounts his work on The Cat Concerto. He mentions at one point that when the cartoon was screened at the Academy Awards ceremony, it was followed by two other nominees from other studios--and then by Friz Freleng's Rhapsody Rabbit from Warner Bros. According to Barbera, the audience began roaring with laughter and Freleng reportedly began vehemently protesting that he had not stolen any story ideas from MGM.

    There is another story (I think it is given in detail in Steve Schneider's That's All, Folks) that the Technicolor Corporation, because they were heavily burdened with dalies coming from all the cartoon studios, accidentally delivered footage of Rhapsody Rabbit to MGM (!) When Hanna and Barbera and the members of their unit ran the footage, they were shocked to see Bugs Bunny up on the screen!

    While Barbera contends that a piece of music like the Liszt "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" might inspire similar visual ideas (and he knew Freleng's way of thinking because they had worked together at Warner Bros. in the early 30's), he nevertheless thought that pairing Bugs Bunny with an unnamed mouse was rather odd.

    Given Freleng's predilection for the Liszt piece (he used it in no fewer than 5 cartoons), it doesn't seem very far-fetched to simply chalk up the whole matter as a gigantic coincidence.

    IMHO, I think that Rhapsody Rabbit has funnier gags, but The Cat Concerto is more musically satisfying--especially the segue into the song "The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe" (from the MGM musical, The Harvey Girls); and has SLIGHTLY better animation--although I think it is a close call in that regard.

    Does anyone else want to voice their own thoughts on this?

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