In the forties the Warner Studios were still competing with Disney to produce the best looking animation around. But if you look closely you can actually see him sweating off those pounds during the wild chase scenes. Back in these days Elmer was so overweight he had to wear a girdle. Bugs Bunny, looking slightly less cute than he would in later years (and still having to be content with his name under the titles) evades and tricks Elmer the Mountie at every turn. You know the quality is going to be above average when a cartoon starts with an big orchestral intro and a still picture to complement the titles.
"Fresh Hare" is a funny cartoon, but the final scene (a minstrel show) is of such questionable taste nowadays that it was cut from certain television stations' prints of the film. Elmer and Bugs repeatedly mark their silhouettes into a snowbank, until Elmer spots the silhouette of a shapely woman in place of Bugs' silhouette.
Elmer chases Bugs underground and knocks into a tree snow dumps off of the tree to reveal Christmas decorations while "Jingle Bells" can be heard, and the snow on Elmer's face gives him the resemblance of Santa. Bugs is wanted dead or alive by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and who should be the Mountie tracking him down but the dopey Elmer Fudd! Highlights: When Elmer handcuffs Bugs, Bugs' other hand extends out of the hole in the ground and feels (in succession) the cuffs, Elmer's brass buttons, and Elmer's nose, all in rhythm to Carl Stalling's clever musical accompaniment. "Fresh Hare," directed by Friz Freleng, is a very good Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd cartoon.
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