Elmer's Candid Camera

Elmer's Candid Camera is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones.[1] The short was released on March 2, 1940 and features Elmer Fudd.[2]

Elmer's Candid Camera
Lobby card
Directed byCharles Jones
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Story byRich Hogan
StarringMel Blanc
Arthur Q. Bryan (both uncredited)
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byRobert McKimson
(as Bob McKimson)
Uncredited Animators:
Ken Harris
Phil Monroe
Robert Cannon
Virgil Ross
Layouts byJohn McGrew (unc.)
Backgrounds byPaul Julian (unc.)
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • March 2, 1940 (1940-03-02)
Running time
7:49
LanguageEnglish

This is the first appearance of a redesigned Elmer Fudd (voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan), a character previously known as Egghead. It is also the fourth appearance of the prototype rabbit that would later evolve into Bugs Bunny. Apart from making a fool of Elmer Fudd, the usual characteristics are absent; the voice used by Mel Blanc is closer to Daffy Duck (without the lisp) than its mature form.

Plot
The title card of Elmer's Candid Camera.

Elmer is reading a book on how to photograph wildlife. He walks and whistles at the same time when holding the camera. He finds a rabbit and wants to take a picture of him. The rabbit finds himself a convenient victim to harass as Elmer tries to photograph him. Elmer points to where the rabbit was sleeping and tells him that he wants to take a picture of him. This tormenting eventually drives Elmer insane, causing him to jump into a lake and nearly drown. The rabbit saves him, ensures that Elmer is perfectly all right - and promptly kicks him straight back into the lake. Then, the rabbit throws Elmer's "How To Photograph Wildlife" book on his head, thus ending the cartoon as the screen irises-out.

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References
  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 99. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-09-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Preceded by
Hare-um Scare-um		 Bugs Bunny prototype Cartoons
1940		 Succeeded by
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