History YMMV / AWildHare

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When WesternAnimation/BugsBunny first said, "What's up, Doc?" here, it was a shock in ways modern audiences simply can't imagine or appreciate. In 1940, audiences saw the hunter (Elmer Fudd, of course), heard the hunter say he was hunting [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome wabbits]] (er, rabbits), and then they saw the rabbit. 1940 audiences were expecting that rabbit to scream, run, pick a fight, play dead, ''anything'' except strike up a casual conversation with the guy trying to kill him. So, when Bugs did that, he brought the house down - a response that led to it becoming his CatchPhrase. Now, not only does barely anyone find, "What's up, Doc?" funny, most people don't even realize it was ever supposed to be funny in the first place. It's just that thing Bugs always says in ''[[OnceAnEpisode nearly every cartoon he's in]].''
** That particular setup is a ShoutOut to no less than Creator/ClarkGable (maybe the greatest male Hollywood star at the time) in ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'', in which the iconic actor appears in a scene casually talking while eating a carrot. While it goes unnoticed for many contemporary viewers, it must have started a big and loud laugh from the audience back then. The "Doc" part also would've reminded them of ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'', since calling people "Doc" was the VerbalTic of one of its more memorable supporting characters.
** According to the book ''Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age'', [[CreatorBacklash Tex Avery himself]], after having re-watched the short sometime in the 1970's, stated he didn't understand why the short was so popular or why audiences found the cartoon so hilarious. Even saying that he didn't find a single moment of the cartoon funny, and that the pacing is quite slow and boring.

** According to the book ''Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in It's Golden Age'', [[CreatorBacklash Tex Avery himself]], after having re-watched the short sometime in the 1970's, stated he didn't understand why the short was so popular or why audiences found the cartoon so hilarious. Even saying that he didn't find a single moment of the cartoon funny, and that the pacing is quite slow and boring.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When WesternAnimation/BugsBunny first said, "What's up, Doc?" here, it was a shock in ways modern audiences simply can't imagine or appreciate. In 1940, audiences saw the hunter (Elmer Fudd, of course), heard the hunter say he was hunting [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome wabbits]] (er, rabbits), and then they saw the rabbit. 1940 audiences were expecting that rabbit to scream, run, pick a fight, play dead, ''anything'' except strike up a casual conversation with the guy trying to kill him. So, when Bugs did that, he brought the house down - a response that led to it becoming his CatchPhrase. Now, not only does barely anyone find, "What's up, Doc?" funny, most people don't even realize it was ever supposed to be funny in the first place. It's just that thing Bugs always says in ''[[OnceAnEpisode every freakin cartoon he's in]].''

* AwardSnub: The short was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, but it and the debut WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short "WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot" lost out to a Creator/HarmanAndIsing Creator/{{MGM}} short "The Milky Way". Decades later, "Wild Hare" was snubbed ''again'' when it failed to get onto The50GreatestCartoons list, instead winding up on the runner-up list.

** That particular setup is a ShoutOut to no less than Creator/ClarkGable (maybe the greatest male Hollywood star at the time) in ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'', in which the iconic actor appears in a scene casually talking while eating a carrot. While it goes unnoticed for many contemporary viewers, but it must have started a big and loud laugh from the audience back then. Another character in ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'' had a VerbalTic of calling people "Doc", strengthening the connection with this short.

** That particular setup is a ShoutOut to no less than Creator/ClarkGable (maybe the greatest male Hollywood star at the time) in ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'', in which the iconic actor appears in a scene casually talking while eating a carrot, goes unnoticed for many contemporary viewers, but it must have started a big and loud laugh from the audience back then. Another character in ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'' had a VerbalTic of calling people "Doc", strengthening the connection with this short.

** That catchphrase, a shoutout to no less than Creator/ClarkGable (maybe the greatest male Hollywood star at the time) in ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'', in which the iconic actor appears in a scene casually talking while eating a carrot, goes unnoticed for many contemporary viewers, but it must have started a big and loud laugh from the audience back then.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When WesternAnimation/BugsBunny first said, "What's up, Doc?" here, it was a shock in ways modern audiences simply can't imagine or appreciate. In 1940, audiences saw the hunter (Elmer Fudd, of course), heard the hunter say he was hunting [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome wabbits]] (er, rabbits), and then they saw the rabbit. 1940 audiences were expecting that rabbit to scream, run, pick a fight, play dead, ''anything'' except strike up a casual conversation with the guy trying to kill him. So, when Bugs did that, he brought the house down - a response that led to it becoming his CatchPhrase. Now, not only does nobody find, "What's up, Doc?" funny, most people don't even realize it was ever supposed to be funny in the first place. It's just that thing Bugs always says in ''[[OnceAnEpisode every freakin cartoon he's in]].''

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When WesternAnimation/BugsBunny first said, "What's up, Doc?" here, it was a shock in ways modern audiences simply can't imagine or appreciate. In 1940, audiences saw the hunter (Elmer Fudd, of course), heard the hunter say he was hunting [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome wabbits]] (er, rabbits), and then they saw the rabbit. 1940 audiences were expecting that rabbit to scream, run, pick a fight, play dead, ''anything'' except strike up a casual conversation with the guy trying to kill him. So, when Bugs did that, he brought the house down - a response that led to it becoming his CatchPhrase. Nowadays, not only does nobody find, "What's up, Doc?" funny, most people don't even realize it was ever supposed to be funny in the first place. It's just that thing Bugs always says in ''[[OnceAnEpisode every freakin cartoon he's in]].''

* AwardSnub: The short was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, but it and the debut WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short "WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot" lost out to a Creator/HarmanAndIsing {{MGM}} short "The Milky Way". Decades later, "Wild Hare" was snubbed ''again'' when it failed to get onto The50GreatestCartoons list, instead winding up on the runner-up list.

** That catchphrase, a shoutout to no less than Creator/ClarkGable (maybe the greatest male Hollywood star of the time) in ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'', in which the iconic actor appears in a scene casually talking while eating a carrot, goes unnoticed for many contemporary viewers, but it must have started a big and loud laugh from the audience back then.

* AwardSnub: The short was nominated for the AcademyAward, but it and the debut WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short "WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot" lost out to a Creator/HarmanAndIsing {{MGM}} short "The Milky Way". Decades later, "Wild Hare" was snubbed ''again'' when it failed to get onto The50GreatestCartoons list, instead winding up on the runner-up list.

* AwardSnub: The short was nominated for the AcademyAward, but it and the debut WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short "PussGetsTheBoot" lost out to a Creator/HarmanAndIsing {{MGM}} short "The Milky Way". Decades later, "Wild Hare" was snubbed ''again'' when it failed to get onto The50GreatestCartoons list, instead winding up on the runner-up list.

* AwardSnub: The short was nominated for the AcademyAward, but it and the debut WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short "PussGetsTheBoot" lost out to a HarmanAndIsing {{MGM}} short "The Milky Way". Decades later, "Wild Hare" was snubbed ''again'' when it failed to get onto The50GreatestCartoons list, instead winding up on the runner-up list.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When BugsBunny first said, "What's up, Doc?" here, it was a shock in ways modern audiences simply can't imagine or appreciate. In 1940, audiences saw the hunter (Elmer Fudd, of course), heard the hunter say he was hunting [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome wabbits]] (er, rabbits), and then they saw the rabbit. 1940 audiences were expecting that rabbit to scream, run, pick a fight, play dead, ''anything'' except strike up a casual conversation with the guy trying to kill him. So, when Bugs did that, he brought the house down - a response that led to it becoming his CatchPhrase. Nowadays, not only does nobody find, "What's up, Doc?" funny, most people don't even realize it was ever supposed to be funny in the first place. It's just that thing Bugs always says in ''[[OnceAnEpisode every freakin cartoon he's in]].''

* AwardSnub: The short was nominated for the AcademyAward, but it and the debut WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short "PussGetsTheBoot" lost out to a HarmanAndIsing {{MGM}} short "The Milky Way". Decades later, "Wild Hare" was snubbed ''again'' when it failed to get onto The50GreatestCartoons list, instead winding up on the runner-up list.

* AwardSnub: The short was nominated for the AcademyAward, but it and the debut TomAndJerry short "PussGetsTheBoot" lost out to a HarmanAndIsing {{MGM}} short "The Milky Way". Decades later, "Wild Hare" was snubbed ''again'' when it failed to get onto The50GreatestCartoons list, instead winding up on the runner-up list.