The world’s favorite wascally wabbit rounded off a big screen trifecta in 1982’s feature-length film, Bugs Bunny’s Third Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales - a collection of beloved Loony Tunes shorts compiled into a memorable film starring Bugs and all his pals.

Amidst a competition to see who can sell the most storybooks, Bugs and perpetual rival, Daffy Duck, the dueling duo manage to burrow their way to Arabia, setting up the classic short, “Ali Baba Bunny” where Daffy finds and hordes an enormous treasure. From there, the story follows Bugs as he arrives at a palace, finding a sheik Yosemite Sam and his spoiled brat of a son, Prince Abadaba. Sam demands that Bugs read to the tyke, who has a never-ending thirst for stories. When Bugs tries to back out of the agreement, he is threatened with a bath of boiling oil. Bugs relents and is ordered to read the lad 1,001 stories.

One such story is Tweety and the Beanstalk, an obvious parody of the famous tale, with Jack being played by Sylvester the Cat, trying to steal a giant canary from under the nose of a giant. In "Red Riding Hoodwinked," a play on Hansel and Gretel, Bugs must contend with the wicked witch of the woods. And in the often fondly remembered "One Froggy Night," an unlucky man finds a fabulous singing amphibian (Hello, my baby…) named Michigan J. Frog. Unfortunately, the poor sap’s dreams of fame and fortune are thwarted by the frog’s frustrating stage fright. All of these shorts are timeless comedy classics, and all served to make this a memorable film. Each worked nicely into the plot and made this certainly the most cohesive of all the Bugs Bunny films.

Others would follow, such as Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fantastic Island, as well as Space Jam and Loony Tunes: Back in Action, each with featured a combination of live action and animation. But Bugs Bunny’s Third Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales is a wonderful and often hilarious trip down memory lane - a journey sure to bring a smile to all fans, old and new alike.