Looney Tunes and other classics

**Mike the Metal Ed** · 07-24-2011, 05:11 PM

I was watching some of the original Tom and Jerrys recently including The Cat Concerto, which is a masterpiece of music-led animation:

But then I read about a very similar Bugs Bunny cartoon from the same year called Rhapsody Rabbit, which caused MGM and WB to accuse each other of plagiarism. I'd never seen this one, so I decided to check it out (I can't find an English version, sorry, but it's got practically no speech in it).

It was never actually revealed who copied who, where the leak came from, or if it was just a weird coincidence. The Cat Concerto got much more acclaim though, winning an Academy Award, while Rhapsody Rabbit wasn't even nominated.

Also notice that The Cat Concerto was rushed to completion, there are a LOT of re-used scenes when Jerry is being knocked around the piano interior.

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07-24-2011, 05:11 PM	#29
Mike the Metal Ed VALENT�A Posts: 11,988	I was watching some of the original Tom and Jerrys recently including The Cat Concerto, which is a masterpiece of music-led animation: But then I read about a very similar Bugs Bunny cartoon from the same year called Rhapsody Rabbit, which caused MGM and WB to accuse each other of plagiarism. I'd never seen this one, so I decided to check it out (I can't find an English version, sorry, but it's got practically no speech in it). It was never actually revealed who copied who, where the leak came from, or if it was just a weird coincidence. The Cat Concerto got much more acclaim though, winning an Academy Award, while Rhapsody Rabbit wasn't even nominated. Also notice that The Cat Concerto was rushed to completion, there are a LOT of re-used scenes when Jerry is being knocked around the piano interior.