The Night of the Lepus
Posted: May 7th, 2011, 2:25 pm
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I don't recall how we happened to get this movie to watch unless it was just on one of the cable channels but Mr. L, and three of my four kids were all there to see it. Right off the bat it struck us all as hilarious, from the semi documentary explanation of rabbits in Arizona, to the scientists who were trying to make a unisex bunny. Just the tight close-ups of regular sized rabbits, who were supposedly gigantic, and the little girl crying "I like bunnies Mommie" . then having nightmares from seeing them. My goofy son gets up off the floor and starts yelling, "Extra, Extra, Read all about it, Giant Bunnies attack Arizona mountains", remember, the movie is from the 50's where there is not a whole lot more in AZ yet. Finally, a line in the movie goes something like this "The killer rabbits are coming, yeah, they're coming" - we all went into hysterics at that one. I was afraid a neighbor would find us later in the week all passed out and gasping for breath.
I guess someone else might watch it without so much as a smile, but for some reason, we were all bitten by some funny bug that night and it turned out to be a fond memory for all of us.
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I don't recall how we happened to get this movie to watch unless it was just on one of the cable channels but Mr. L, and three of my four kids were all there to see it. Right off the bat it struck us all as hilarious, from the semi documentary explanation of rabbits in Arizona, to the scientists who were trying to make a unisex bunny. Just the tight close-ups of regular sized rabbits, who were supposedly gigantic, and the little girl crying "I like bunnies Mommie" . then having nightmares from seeing them. My goofy son gets up off the floor and starts yelling, "Extra, Extra, Read all about it, Giant Bunnies attack Arizona mountains", remember, the movie is from the 50's where there is not a whole lot more in AZ yet. Finally, a line in the movie goes something like this "The killer rabbits are coming, yeah, they're coming" - we all went into hysterics at that one. I was afraid a neighbor would find us later in the week all passed out and gasping for breath.
I guess someone else might watch it without so much as a smile, but for some reason, we were all bitten by some funny bug that night and it turned out to be a fond memory for all of us.
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