just watch it!

Good concept, poorly executed.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

I am about to say something that may shock many of you, so hold on tight! I never particularly liked the Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons. I think most of this is because although I loved Wiley Coyote, I always felt that the Roadrunner had almost zero personality. After a while, I really wanted to see Wiley catch and kill the Roadrunner! In light of this, I was THRILLED the first time I saw this cartoon. Not only is Wiley Coyote at his best, but he finally has a worthy opponent in the form of Bugs Bunny--who has mountains of personality. Wiley is at his best because he talks and shows himself to be a supremely smug jerk who calls himself "Wile E. Coyote--Genius" and asks Bugs to surrender without a fight because he is clearly outmatched by Wiley's brain power! It's great to see Bugs knock him down a few pegs by destroying all of Wiley's attempts to capture him! Violent fun for all.

In a slight break from protocol, Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese, and Mel Blanc pit Wile E. Coyote - aka Supergenius - against Bugs Bunny. But, sure enough, Bugs has ways of avoiding capture...most of which involve Wile E. getting maimed somehow.The point is that no matter how hard he tries, Wile E. has no success in any field, whether going after the Road Runner or Bugs Bunny. And they play it to great effect. "Operation: Rabbit" is a classic just like the rest of the Looney Tunes cartoons from that era. Having Wile E. talk doesn't diminish the quality at all.Mud spelled backwards is dum. Exactly!

Early Wile E. Coyote isn't chasing the Roadrunner, but Bugs Bunny! He's pulling these schemes we know so well from his later adventures with the miep-miep character, and obviously each time is losing out, getting blown up no less than 5 times.The schemes he pulls are pretty funny, although to me it doesn't match up to the episodes with the Roadrunner. In particular the overuse of his (annoying) voice doesn't work well. We hear him blabbing he's a genious about 10 times. Alright, we get it.Still, I had some good laughs from this decent cartoon. Interesting for those into the Coyote character I suppose. 6/10.

'Operation: Rabbit' is a Merrie Melodies cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote, both voiced by Mel Blanc. It is the first cartoon where the coyote tells us his real name. He thinks he is a genius and in the first scene he puts a door in front of a rabbit hole, knocks the door and waits for Bugs to open. He then explains how smart and fast he is and that it is better for Bugs to surrender himself to the coyote. It is a great start for a great cartoon.Of course Bugs will not surrender and so the coyote has to come up with a couple of plans to catch the rabbit. And although we know he will fail with every attempt the gags are not really predictable. Directed by Chuck Jones, who makes almost everything work, this cartoon is definitely worth watching.