Rabbit Hood Rabbit Hood Rabbit Hood is a 1949 Bugs Bunny cartoon which parodies the "Robin Hood" story. Originally released on December 24, 1949, the short was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. As usual, Mel Blanc picked up all the voice characterizations. The layouts were done by Robert Gribbroek and the backgrounds by Peter Alvarado. This cartoon is the origin of the infamous "knighting" exchange, where Bugs Bunny is dressed up like a king, and proceeds to pound the Sheriff's head with his sceptre while dispensing an oddball title with each strike: There is a wall covered with
The Tale of Peter Rabbit relation to Beatrix Potter's original story, most notably the Rabbit family surname is changed to "Cottontail" and Peter having two brothers and a sister rather than 3 sisters. In 1971, Peter Rabbit appeared as a character in the ballet film "The Tales of Beatrix Potter". In late 1991, HBO aired an animated musical adaptation of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", narrated by Carol Burnett, as part of the network's "Storybook Musicals" series, which was later released to VHS by Family Home Entertainment under HBO licence. In 1992, the tale was adapted to animation again for the BBC anthology series, "The