MERRY MELODIES / "Tortoise Wins By A Hare" - 1943

Today we gots one of my favorite cartoons, and for good reason! It's directed by Bob Clampett and Tex Avery, written by Warren Foster with voices by Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers, Michael Maltese and even Tedd Pierce, how can you lose!

So, Bugs is reviewing footage from his last race where he lost to the turtle, and it's making him very angry! How in the heck does he lose to a turtle?!

Bugs decides to go to Cecil Turtle's home in disguise to try and get some information out of the little guy, to see what his secret to winning is...

Cecil shows Bugs his designs and it boils down to aerodynamics! You see, rabbit ears create wind resistance, and oh yeah, rabbits aren't very smart!!

Bugs goes to his workshop and is busy coming up with his solution to the problem.

And viola, Bugs has made himself a sleek racing shell, now he'll show that little so, and so!

And, the race is on!! Man, it's amazing what a small group of super talented artists can do with a measly 7 minutes!

Bugs has hidden his secret weapon down the road apiece in an old tree trunk, he's raced ahead of Cecil and put on his racing gear. And to solve the problem of wind resistance, Bugs simply uses a green swim cap, genius!!

After watching Cecil trot by, Bugs shoots on down the road so quickly it makes the turtle spin like a top!.. How can Bugs lose?!

Like Cecil said, rabbits aren't very smart. The gambling ring is out in force to make sure that the rabbit wins, as they put all their dough on Bugs!

It's reported, the turtle is on his way!! So, the boys cause a diversion!

Bugs plows into the wall and is then attacked by the gang. Bugs says... I'm a RABBIT!! And they hit him with a mallet and all yell... TOITLE!! It's a RABBIT.. TOITLE.. RABBIT.. TOITLE back and forth, hilarious!!

Cecil's there to affirm that Bugs is definitely a turtle.

As Bugs tries to escape, the gang shoot at him and even launch bombs to stop him.

The guys at the finish line have another special surprise for the turtle!

Bugs is so elated, he just can't believe that he's going to win the race!

The guys hold back the turtle from crossing the finish line, while...

Two other maroons grab Cecil and rush him across, ahead of Bugs!

All Hail Cecil!!..

Bugs reveals to them that.. HE'S THE RABBIT!!

In classic fashion, the guys say... Now he tells us!! That's it for today, now you can go out and play on your slide!