What's Cookin' Doc?
Studio: Warner Bros. Release Date : January 8, 1944 Series: Merrie Melodies

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Synopsis

Bugs is outraged when the Oscar for Best Actor goes to James Cagney. So, in order to change the audience's mind, he shows them a piece from his first Acdemy Award nomination "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt".

Characters

Bugs Bunny
(Voice: Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc)

Caricatures

Katherine Hepburn
Edward G. Robinson
Jerry Colonna
Bing Crosby

Credits

Note: "Unverified" credits may not be correct and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Director

Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett

Animator

Robert "Bob" McKimson
Rod Scribner
Phil Monroe
Virgil Walter Ross

Story

Michael Sasanoff

Music

Carl W. Stalling

Voices

Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc
Robert C. Bruce (unverified)

Producer

Leon Schlesinger

Film Editor

Treg Brown (unverified)

Orchestration

Milton J. "Milt" Franklyn (unverified)

Music Sources

Strauss, Johann : "Tales from the Vienna Woods "

Broadcasters

Cartoon Network
MeTV Toons
Tooncast

Distributor(s)

Warner Bros.

Clips Used In:

50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 3½ Minutes ("Bugs Bunny" title only)

Contains Reused Animation from:

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt

Included in:

Bugs Bunny Superstar

Trivia

  • The live action footage in this cartoon is taken from the 1937 United Artists feature, "A Star is Born". The live action scene inside the Oscar ceremony was taken from the 20th Century Fox film library.

VHS

United States

The Best of Bugs Bunny & Friends
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes
Bugs Bunny: Superstar
The Very Best of Bugs Bunny

Laserdisc (CLV)

United States

The Golden Age of Looney Tunes
Bugs Bunny: Superstar

DVD

United States

15 Winners, 26 Nominees
Bugs Bunny Superstar
Captains of the Clouds
James Cagney - The Signature Collection

BluRay Disc

United States

Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Captains of the Clouds

Links

Animator Breakdown: "What's Cookin' Doc?" (1944) | Cartoon Research

Technical Specifications

Running Time: 8:10
Production No.: 22-12
MPAA No.: 9003
Animation Type: Combined Live-Action and Standard Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Color Type: Technicolor
Negative Type: 35mm
Original Country: United States
Original Language: English
Print Type: 35mm
Sound Type: Mono

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