Slick Hare

Slick Hare
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	November 1, 1947
Run time	7:43
Starring	Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan Dave Barry
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce Michael Maltese
Animation	Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Ken Champin
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Slick Hare is the two hundred and eighty-third Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on November 1, 1947. It was written by Tedd Pierce and Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

Elmer, who works as a chef of a Los Angeles nightclub, is given an order of fried rabbit for Humphery Bogart. But his search for a rabbit leads to an absurd chain of events set up by Bugs Bunny.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Elmer Fudd	Arthur Q. Bryan
Humphery Bogart	Dave Barry
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Calfornia
      • Los Angeles
        • Mocrumbo

Objects

• Fried rabbit (mentioned)
• Coconut custard cream pie

Vehicles

• Nothing of importance

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 1, 1947 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on "slick hair." You're welcome.
• The Mocrumbo is a parody of the real life Moccambo nightclub that existed in Los Angeles.