Gorilla My Dreams (1948)

Directed by

Robert McKimson

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Bugs Bunny finds himself in a jungle where a gorilla mistakes him for a lost baby ape. The cartoon pokes fun at old Tarzan-style movies.

playfulcomedicfast-pacedparodicslapsticklighthearted

What happens

Gorilla My Dreams is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical animated short directed by Robert McKimson and written by Warren Foster. The short was released on January 3, 1948, and stars Bugs Bunny. The story is a parody of the many jungle films that were prominent in the 1930s and 1940s which often featured gorillas extensively (though not always behaviorally accurately), most notably the Tarzan films. The title is a play on the expression "Girl o' My Dreams". The short featured Gruesome Gorilla, who reappeared in Hurdy-Gurdy Hare and as a boss in Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters. The cartoon was remade in 1959 as Apes of Wrath. The Gorillas later make their appearance in Looney Tunes Cartoons Valentine’s Extwavaganza!, only this time in their most substantial role to date where they are voiced by Fred Tatasciore while still being anthropomorphic as usual. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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