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A Corny Concerto

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"A Corny Concerto"note Concerto is an Italian-derived term for a type of classical music composition and is pronounced "con-CHAIR-toe". is a Merrie Melodies short from 1943, directed by Bob Clampett, animated by Robert McKimson, and written by Frank Tashlin.The short is a parody of Walt Disney's Fantasia, keeping the musical aspect fully intact, but throws Fantasia's highbrow attitude right out the window in favor of slapstick, risqué humor, and hilarious sight gags (as well as throwing in sound effects and Voice Grunting). The short is split into two segments, both based on two classic waltzes by Johann Strauss Jr; "Tales from the Vienna Woods", which is centered on one of the very few times Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig have shared screen time, and "Blue Danube", which is a retelling of "The Ugly Duckling" with Daffy Duck (or a baby version of him at any rate).As for the host? It’s Elmer Fudd, in one of the equally few times he isn’t being antagonistic or being antagonized.This short is in the public domain (in fact, if you were a child of the 1980s and 1990s and had a VCR and a family who loved to watch videos, then you may have seen this short on a lot of gray market, public domain videos) and can be viewed here.
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Badass Adorable
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Badass Adorable: The black duckling, most likely a child version of Daffy Duck. An adorable little black feathered duck who blows a hawk out of the sky when it carries off some baby swans whose company he wanted to join.
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Stealth Pun
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Stealth Pun: Elmer's rising dickey. After the Mortal Wound Reveal, Bugs slaps his bra on a couple of boobs. ("Foolish person")
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Toothy Bird
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Toothy Bird: The duckling often gives the mother swan a big, toothy, sheepish grin.
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Wholesome Crossdresser
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Wholesome Crossdresser: Bugs, who is wearing a brassiere.
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Mortal Wound Reveal
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After the Mortal Wound Reveal, Bugs slaps his bra on a couple of boobs. ("Foolish person")
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Elmuh Fudd Syndwome
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Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: Elmer is probably the last person on Earth who should be trying to deliver erudite introductions to Classical Music pieces, but, naturally, Rule of Funny is in full effect.
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Character Development
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Character Development: The swans start out hating how Daffy interrupts their song and constantly try to force him away. After he saves the cygnets from the buzzard, they welcome him and alter the song to work with his voice.
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Children in Tow
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Children in Tow: A mother swan and her cygnets in the "Blue Danube" segment.
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Bait-and-Switch Silhouette
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Bait-and-Switch Silhouette: When the cartoon first begins, we see the silhouette of what looks like Leopold Stokowski (the conductor of Fantasia), but it just turns out the much less impressive looking Elmer Fudd. You can see Elmer's body type change on screen as he steps out of the shadows.
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Bullet Holes and Revelations
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Bullet Holes and Revelations: After a chipmunk fires Porky's rifle at them, Porky, his dog and Bugs clutch their chests as if they've been shot. Porky looks down at his chest - he's okay! The dog looks down next - he's okay too! Bugs then looks at his chest... gets a look of utter horror and faints. Porky pulls apart Bugs' hands to check... and it turns out Bugs is wearing a bra and was just faking it.
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Metaphoric Metamorphosis
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Metaphoric Metamorphosis: When going after the buzzard, the Ugly Duckling briefly crossfades into a WWII fighter plane — specifically a P-40 Warhawk with the distinctive shark's mouth nose art made famous by the Flying Tigers.
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Public Domain Soundtrack
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Public Domain Soundtrack: Two waltzes by Johann Strauss Jr, and the opening title is an excerpt from Tchaikovsky's "Piano Concerto No. 1".
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Through a Face Full of Fur
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Through a Face Full of Fur: Bugs' face turns green (pictured above) after he's been 'shot'. In the "Blue Danube" segment, rather through a feathery face, the frightened buzzard turns yellow when he realizes he's about to be done for and flees as the black duckling (possibly Daffy) comes chasing after him.
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Pepper Sneeze
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Pepper Sneeze: The cygnet in the back in the "Blue Danube" segment has one of these after the buzzard seasons her with pepper.
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Disney Death
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Disney Death: Bugs in "Vienna Woods".
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Green Around the Gills
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Green Around the Gills: Bugs after he's supposedly shot.
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Cute, but Cacophonic
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Cute, but Cacophonic: The titular Ugly Duckling.
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Voice Grunting
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Voice Grunting: The segments don't exactly follow Fantasia's presentation, y'know...
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Laser-Guided Karma
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Laser-Guided Karma: Twofold example in the "Blue Danube" segment. After treating Baby Daffy poorly just for trying to join their song, the mother swan has her cygnets stolen by a buzzard to be his dinner. Said buzzard then finds himself attacked and beaten by Baby Daffy and arguably deserves his fate more than the swans (The swans were just put out at Daffy interrupting their song while the buzzard goes out his way to insult Daffy). Baby Daffy gets a good version of this in the end. After the mother swan continually attacks Daffy for what she sees as him ruining their song, he doesn't hesitate to go and save her cygnets from the buzzard, which results in him finally being welcome among the swans.
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My God, What Have I Done?
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My God, What Have I Done?: Porky, in the usual role of Elmer Fudd, mourns Bugs after Bugs has apparently been shot by an angry chipmunk. (Though Porky didn't actually fire the bullet, he'd been hunting Bugs to begin with.)
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Digital Destruction
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Digital Destruction: The print used on Golden Collection Vol. 2 used digital interlacing, which caused a lot of frame ghosting on it. The print used in Vol. 4 via the "Bugs Bunny Superstar" documentary uses a much better print, however.
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Take That!
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Take That!: One of the Warner crew's most direct shots at Walt Disney, taking specific aim at Fantasia, which was Disney's crown jewel at that point.
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Winged Soul Flies Off at Death
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Winged Soul Flies Off at Death: The buzzard. Though due to Rule of Funny, he flies not with his wings (which are busy playing a harp), but with a balloon attached to his rear end.
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Wartime Cartoon
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Wartime Cartoon: The buzzard refuses to steal the the black duckling, and marks him with a "Rejected 4-F" sign. 4-F meant that a potential draftee had failed their physical exam and was unfit for service.
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Talking with Signs
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Talking with Signs: Porky holds up a sign to the audience telling them that he's "hunting that @!#! rabbit", and his dog holds up a sign reading "ditto". Bugs also holds up a book on etiquette telling the dog it "ain't polite to point".
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"Oh, Crap!" Smile
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"Oh, Crap!" Smile: The duckling whenever the mother swan is about to hit him.
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Waxing Lyrical
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Waxing Lyrical: Elmer quotes the 1935 song "The Music Goes Round and Round" ("and comes out here").
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Something Else Also Rises
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Something Else Also Rises: Elmer's dickey.
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The Flapping Dickey
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The Flapping Dickey: Elmer is wearing an ill-fitting tuxedo. He keeps trying to hold the dickey in place while introducing the first segment, and when it finally hits him in the face, he just tears it off.
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Foul Waterfowl: Zigzagged. The mother swan is a fairly typical example with the way she abuses the duckling, but the duckling himself is just looking for a family and even rescues the baby swans when the buzzard grabs them.
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Comedic Underwear Exposure: Elmer's pants fall down after introducing Blue Danube, exposing his striped boxers.
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Batty Lip Burbling: Porky's dog after hitting his head on a tree.
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Anti-Sneeze Finger
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Anti-Sneeze Finger: In the "Blue Danube" segment, the buzzard provides one to the cygnet he was shaking salt and pepper over to stop her Pepper Sneeze. The results zigzag from how things typically go, as while she sneezes anyway, her family pays it no mind.
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Faking the Dead
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Faking the Dead: Bugs does this.
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Impact Silhouette
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Impact Silhouette: At one point the mother swan hits the duckling so hard he leaves one of these in the water.
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