september 21, 2003 attribution

warner brothers symphony>> bugs bunny on broadway >> "what's opera doc?"

Elmer: Rabbit tracks!
Elmer: Kill the rabbit, kill the rabbit, kill the rabbit!
Elmer: Yo ho to oh! Yo ho to oh! Yo ho!

Siegfried's Horn Call from the Ring Cycle:

[Enter Bugs Bunny]

Bugs: O mighty warrior of great fighting stock
Bugs: Might I enquire to ask, eh, what's up doc?

Ride of the Valkyries:

Elmer: I'm going to kill the rabbit!

Bugs: O mighty warrior, t'will be quite a task

Siegfried's Horn Call:

Bugs: How will you do it, might I enquire to ask?

General recitative music:

Elmer: I will do it with my spear and magic helmet!
Bugs: Your spear and magic helmet?
Elmer: Spear and magic helmet!
Bugs: Magic helmet?
Elmer: Magic helmet!
Bugs: [Dismissively] Magic helmet...
Elmer: Yes, 'magic helmet,' and I'll give you a sample...

Flying Dutchman overture:

[Elmer demonstrates his power]

Bugs: Bye

[Bugs runs away]

Elmer: [to himself] That was the rabbit!

General chase music:

[Chase scene]

Overture to Tannhauser:

WARNER BROTHERS SYMPHONY

Bugs Bunny on Broadway

"What's Opera Doc?"

The Flying Dutchman overture:

[Elmer Fudd directs a violent storm]

General opera recitative-style music:

Elmer: Be very quiet... I'm hunting rabbits

Ride of the Valkyries from The Valkyries:

[Bugs appears, dressed as Brunhilde, riding

a zophtic white mare. Elmer is lovestruck.]

Elmer: Oh Brunhilde, you're so lovely
Bugs: Yes I know it... I can't help it
Elmer: Oh Brunhilde, be my love

Bacchanal from Tannhauser:

Elmer: Return my love, a longing burns deep inside me
Bugs: Return my love, I want you always beside me
Elmer: A love like ours must be
Bugs: Made for you and for me
Bugs & Elmer: Return, won't you return my love, for my love is yours

[Bugs' hat and golden braids fall

off, revealing his true identity]

Ride of the Valkyries:

Elmer: I'll kill the rabbit!

[Elmer Fudd directs a violent storm]

Elmer: Arise storms
Elmer: North winds blow, south winds blow
Elmer: Typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes... SMOG!
Elmer: Flash lightning! Strike the rabbit!

[Bugs lies dead]

Tannhauser overture:

Elmer: What have I done? I've killed the rabbit...
Elmer: Poor little bunny, poor little rabbit...

[Elmer walks away carrying Bugs in his arms]

Bugs: [spoken word - aside to audience]

Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?

[Elmer and Bugs Pas de Deux]

Tannhauser Overture: