Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!

Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! is a 1969 Looney Tunes short film directed by Robert McKimson. It is often considered one of the best cartoons released during the dark age of the Looney Tunes franchise.

Plot
Quick Brown Fox wants to make rabbit stew, with the elusive Rapid Rabbit as the main ingredient.

To this end, he tries several different traps — simple ones at first, but they gradually become ridiculously elaborate — and all of them fail to ensnare Rapid, and some of them end up hurting Quick - some including a spring-loaded hammer set to whack Rapid when he grabs a carrot tied to the trap (Rapid struggles to grab the carrot, resulting in an impatient Quick unintentionally setting the trap off), and a "Free Trip to the Moon" via a cannon, that is also unintentionally set off by Quick - which results in him getting shot into the air and then hit on the head with a cannonball.

Ultimately, Quick sets up the most elaborate trap of them all, a large Rube Goldberg-style contraption that will land Rapid into a heated frying pan, positioned next to a dining table for convenience.

However, Rapid uses his horn to startle Quick, who takes a short leap backwards in surprise, lands into the contraption's trigger, and ends up suffering everything his trap has to offer, finally landing flat onto the table, breaking it apart!

Rapid finishes the job by bundling Quick in the tablecloth and tying a helium balloon to the cloth’s corners, lifting Quick into the sky.

Why It’s Gonna Catch Some Rabbit Stew!

 * 1) Even though the Seven Arts-era is known for having very poor animation, this short has notably better animation than most of the Seven Arts shorts.
 * 2) Quick Brown Fox and Rapid Rabbit are both extremely enjoyable characters and the chemistry with each other, despite being similar to the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, is unique for what the cartoons were at the time. Their designs are also on standard with something from late in the studio's heyday, unlike Cool Cat and Merlin the Magic Mouse who designs rather look more like rejected Hanna-Barbera cartoon knock-offs than typical classic Looney Tunes characters.
 * 3) *On that topic, their character designs also are nice throwbacks to some of the studio's most well-known characters from the studio's heyday, like how Rapid Rabbit has facial expressions very reminiscent to that of Looney Tunes' top star Bugs Bunny, and Quick Brown Fox's design, while still original in it's own right, has some nice Wile E. Coyote-like facial expressions to it.
 * 4) Lots of hilarious gags, such as the Rube Goldberg contraption at the end that can put the previous Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote shorts in the DePatie-Freleng-era to shame.
 * 5) Colorful and rich backgrounds, especially in comparison to anything else from the Seven Arts-era.
 * 6) Excellent timing and very fast pacing, countering a major problem with the late Looney Tunes cartoons.
 * 7) Catchy music from William Lava, marking one of his highest points of composing music for the series. It also doesn't sound stock-like and creepy, and perfectly fits the theme of the short.
 * 8) Although the short provides a twist from the regular Road Runner formula by allowing Rapid Rabbit to attack Quick Brown without honking the airhorn, it is used sparingly to the point where it is still passable at following the Road Runner rules.
 * 9) Due to the lack of dialogue and the large amount of visual gags, it makes the cartoon stand out from the other shorts at the time, making it seem less of a rejected Hanna-Barbera cartoon and more of an attempt to capture the cartoons of studio heyday.
 * 10) Although there are still Hanna-Barbera sound effects, their usage is more tolerable than the previous Seven Arts cartoons.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) As mentioned in WIR#9, The short still suffers from rather obnoxious uses of Hanna-Barbera sound effects, much like every other short in the Seven Arts-era of Looney Tunes, although the usage in this short isn't as annoying as the previous Seven Arts shorts.

Reception
The cartoon currently has a 6/10 on IMDb, making it (along with "Skyscraper Caper" and, surprisingly, "Go Away Stowaway") the highest-rated Looney Tunes cartoon of the infamous and notoriously-panned Seven Arts-era.

The cartoon has three reviews on IMDb, all of which are positive.