Rabbit Transit (film) Rabbit Transit (film) Rabbit Transit is an 8-minute "Looney Tunes" cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, released in 1947, and starring Bugs Bunny and Cecil Turtle. The title is a play on "Rapid Transit". Cecil and Bugs had previously raced each other in 1941's "Tortoise Beats Hare" and 1943's "Tortoise Wins By a Hare". This cartoon was their final encounter. Unlike "Tortoise Wins by a Hare", this cartoon presumes that Bugs and Cecil have never met before now. While relaxing in a steam bath, Bugs reads about the original fable and, as he did reading the credits of "Tortoise Beats Hare",
All This and Rabbit Stew for portraying negative stereotypes, so too did this cartoon, eventually prompting its effective suppression. The hunter is dressed in a hat, a short-sleeved shirt, overalls and oversized shoes. A character with the same attire and demeanor would later be used in "Angel Puss" (1944). He is the Sambo of the film. The hunter's and Bugs' reaction from the bear's unexpected appearance from the rabbit hole (horn sound included) was somewhat reused in "Wabbit Twouble" (1941). The giant hollow log gag was reused in "The Big Snooze" (1946), "Foxy By Proxy" (1952), and "Person To Bunny" (1960). All This and Rabbit