oscaralbert Review of Wabbit Twouble

Wabbit Twouble (1941)

Not so long ago I lived in the Grand Canyon . . .

[7/10 · 6 January 2016]

. . . or at least in Grand Canyon Village, in the middle of the South Rim. Though my night shift job washing tour bus windows might have qualified me as a (Fred) Harvey Boy, I never met Judy Garland there, and neither do Elmer Fudd or Bugs Bunny during the Warner Bros. animated short, WABBIT TWOUBLE (set in a landscape very reminiscent of Grand Canyon National Park, but labeled here as 'Jellostone National Park"). While "Jellostone" sounds a lot like "Yellowstone" (and even closer to Hanna & Barbera's TV home for Yogi and BooBoo, "Jellystone"), it probably isn't meant to be that more northern recreational area. The landscape of WABBIT TWOUBLE is not as flat as Yellowstone, and totally lacks that park's iconic geysers. However, "Jellostone" DOES harbor at least one grizzly bear, which figures prominently in WABBIT TWOUBLE's story. I believe that the Grand Canyon's alpha predator ACTUALLY is the much smaller coyote (though perhaps it was home to mountain lions once upon a time). But, as they say, "All's fair in Love and Cartoons."