All this and rbbit stew title card. All This and Rabbit Stew is a 1941 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery. Wolf stew cartoon was released on September 13, 1941, and features Bugs Bunny.
Because of the cartoon’s racial stereotypes of African-Americans, United Artists decided to withhold it from television syndication in the United States beginning in 1968. Bugs is led to a trunk where he tricks the hunter into destroying the tree. Realizing that Bugs is on the hunter while walking, the hunter fires off a swarm of anthropomorphic birdshot bullets. In a madcap chase, the bullets chase Bugs into a series of holes, including a “fake” golf hole and the cave where the skunk is at. The film contains a reference to World War II, when the hunter threatens to Blitzkrieg Bugs.
The hunter is identified in his model sheet as “Tex’s Coon”. The hunter is dressed in a hat, a short-sleeved shirt, overalls and oversized shoes. The little colored Sambo decides to try his hand at capturing Bugs Bunny, but meets with the same success as his predecessors. Just as he has the screwy rabbit cornered, Bugs Bunny entices him into a craps game, and little Sambo winds up a sadder and wiser hunter.
That’s what this Technicolor cartoon is. It shows unmistakable signs of extra effort, preparation and ingenuity in all departments. The central character, a little bitty colored Sambo, is a cinch to capture fun-loving audiences. Here he decides to go gunning for some rabbits. He meets up with a nimble-witted adversary that has little Sambo in a constant dither.
Sambo, a little negro boy, goes rabbit hunting, meets cynical Bugs Bunny, the screwy rabbit This is a very funny reel in every respect — characters, situations, and story. If the feature is heavy or not so good, this will make the customers feel good anyhow. A Bugs Bunny Howl: Having eluded Hiawatha and other Leon Schlesinger characters, Bugs Bunny this time is pursued by Sambo in a riotous short that will make anyone laugh, and laugh hard. Trying to describe the action would be like trying to explain a maise but the Technicolor cartoon is about as mirth provoking as anything has any right to be.