"Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare" in 1964 reused the idea of a stampede of animals, all fleeing the wrath of the ravenous Tasmanian Devil, and the setting this time is a jungle of unnamed location. Most of the gags in this cartoon transpire in a Medical hut, where Bugs pretends to be a doctor concerned for Taz's health and gives to him nitroglycerin medicine and a Freudian psychoanalysis ("Now, just relaxing und tell me about your id vhen you vas a kid, ya?").
The Tasmanian Devil approaches the Jungle. A woodpecker taps a warning on
a tree in Morse Code, alerting the animals of his presence. Bugs is bathing
in a nearby pond, unaware that Taz has spotted him.
Disliking the taste of Bugs' soap, Taz washes it off and pouts ketchup on
Bugs. Bugs thinks it is blood and freaks out, telling Taz to find a doctor.
Taz runs to an infirmary, only to find Bugs dressed as a doctor instead. After
a few checkup procedures Bugs puts spotted glasses on Taz and asks him if
he sees spots on his eyes and Taz says he does. Then Bugs gives him nitroglycerine
and puts an electric belly firmer vibrating belt on Taz and Taz explodes.
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Then Bugs dressed as Sigmund Freud makes Taz lie on a couch and talk about
his childhood. Taz talks about how he was a bad boy. Bugs declares closing time
and folds Taz and the couch into a suitcase and puts it in a mailbox, which
gets picked up by a mail truck. It comes back by a mail truck covered with stickers
from all the countries he's been to. Taz chases Bugs and then end up in a hospital
zone. Bugs rolls himself by on a gurney. Inside the hospital Bugs is a nurse
and congratulates Taz and gives Taz a bundle presumably a baby boy. Taz gives
Bugs a cigar and unwraps the baby, which is actually a bomb. As Bugs walks away,
the cigar that Taz gave him turns out to be an exploding cigar.
As Taz spins in, Bugs dressed as a surgeon calls Taz as his assistant. Bugs
leaves the room and Taz looks at the patient. It ends up being the robotic Frankenstein's
monster and he beats up Taz, then in a backfiring moment heads for Bugs as the
monster goes out of control. It ends with Bugs being beaten up by the monster
off stage and both the dazed Bugs and Taz staggering back onscreen, bruised
and bandaged.
| Title | Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964) | |
| Story | John Dunn | |
| Animation | Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder and George Grand Pré. | |
| Layouts and Backgrounds | Robert Gribbroek | |
| Filmeditor | Treg Brown | |
| Voice Characterization | Mel Blanc | |
| Music | Bill Lava | |
| Directed by | Robert Mc Kimson | |
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