Bunny Hugged is a 1951-released Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short is essentially a re-working of Jones's 1948 short, Rabbit Punch, substituting wrestling for boxing.
A wrestling match pits professional wrestler Ravishing Ronald, "a de-natured boy" (a parody of Gorgeous George and "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers) against current champion The Crusher. Bugs, the mascot of Ravishing Ronald...
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Bunny Hugged is a 1951-released Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short is essentially a re-working of Jones's 1948 short, Rabbit Punch, substituting wrestling for boxing.
A wrestling match pits professional wrestler Ravishing Ronald, "a de-natured boy" (a parody of Gorgeous George and "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers) against current champion The Crusher. Bugs, the mascot of Ravishing Ronald ("it's a living"), watches from a corner as The Crusher uses Ronald, tied up in his own hairnet, as a punching bag. Worried that he's losing his "bread and butter", Bugs enters the match as "The Masked Terror", wearing a mask over his face. The Crusher sees the new opponent as "fresh meat", disposes Ronald (whose signs "HELP", "SOS" and "FOUL" go unanswered) and goes after Bugs.
Bugs tries to wrestle Crusher, but Crusher is able to knock him around and send Bugs flying into the audience. When he's quickly pinned between Crusher's legs, Bugs...
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