Throwback Thursday: Remember That Small, Adorable Mario Batali Cameo In Fantastic Mr. Fox? (VIDEO)

Who you gonna call when you need a voice actor to play the rabbit chef of an underground woodland creature supper club in your quirky stop-motion animated flick if you’re indie scene darling Wes Anderson? Mario Batali, natch.

Remember this tiny, adorable cameo he had in Fantastic Mr. Fox? Neither did we, until he reminded us via Twitter. Check out a snippet of Mario’s performance in the role of “Rabbit” below. Wheeee!

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