Fresh and Exciting

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I just recently saw this Bugs Bunny cartoon, and it was one I actually had not seen before. This was part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD, and it is one of my favorite cartoons in the collection so far.Bugs is the conductor for a concert, and while trying to lead the orchestra, he deals with a plethora of distractions. There are some excellent sight gags throughout the cartoon's duration. For example, Bugs's ears are used to conduct the orchestra, among other things. What's more, there are no voice characterizations in this cartoon. Bugs is completely silent, so there are no one-liners from him. However, the sight gags provide a lot of laughs. This is a good cartoon. Catch it.

I vaguely read the IMDb reviews for this cartoon before I watched it and there seemed to be quite a few negative comments, so I was not sure what I would think of it. However, I love it and it is one of my new favourites. The humour is nice and slow, very well done and you can still see quite a lot of Bugs Bunny's personality even though he does not say a single word, neither does anyone else. Usually I do not like the fact that certain Looney Tunes cartoons do not have enough speaking jokes, but in this episode it would have not been so good if there had been some. It is just funny the whole way through and the music is good. :-) The only negative thing I have to say about this gem is that the animation of Bugs was a bit scratchy, I prefer his smoother, more rounded style. Saying that - his collar was hilarious! :-) I recommend this episode to people who like classical music, Bugs Bunny and for people who do not mind flies too much. Enjoy "Baton Bunny"! :-)

Man, some might disagree with me, but in my opinion, compare this CJ's masterpiece with the so protected by fans "What's opera, Doc" is as possible as compare the sun with the moon. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! I don't care all other Bugs fans who love and lay on the floor venerating that overproduced, overmusical and underviolent cartoon, to me that ARToon is very, very, very annoying. In other hand, this one set my mind on fire every single time I watch it. Maestro Bugs Bunny tries to conduct an orchestra, but he's disturbed all the time by a persistent,annoying fly who tries at any cost give to Bugs his last waltz. The best parts of the toon is when Bugs puts his glasses( does he need one?) upside down and reads the overtures in upside down too, and that hilarious act of cavalry-and-Indian he does while he conducts the band(when he blows the trombone as a cannon and kills himself is priceless!). All of this without forget the manic ending, when he destroys all the instruments od the orchestra trying to squash the fly. This one can make a headbanger love classic music! WATCH IT!!!

Not every Bugs Bunny cartoon can be a classic, and this one isn't. Not bad, but a mediocre effort. The video (probably out of print as I write this) called "Overtures to Disaster" uses "Baton Bugs" as a framing device for 2 Bugs classics, "Rabbit of Seville" and "What's Opera, Doc", plus a few other good sequences, which highlights the difference in quality levels better than I could possibly describe in words.