Difference between revisions of "Hare Brush"

Hare Brush
	; Lobby card.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	May 7, 1955
Run time	7:25
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Gerry Chiniquy; Virgil Ross; Arthur Davis
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Latest revision as of 22:15, 9 May 2024

Hare Brush is a three hundred and ninety-first Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on May 7, 1955. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

Bugs ends up in the Fruit Cake Sanitarium and gets mistaken for Elmer, who thinks like a rabbit. Bugs ends up acting like Elmrr after taking a hypnotic capsule pill.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Elmer: I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Elmer Fudd	Arthur Q. Bryan
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Dr. Oro Myicin	Mel Blanc

Organizations

Elmer J. Fudd Mining
Almagamated Oil Company
E.J. Fudd Enterprises
E.J. Fudd Investment

Locations

Earth
- - United States
    - E.J. Fudd Building
    - Fruit Cake Sanitarium
    - Forest
    - California (indirectly mentioned)
      - San Francisco (indirectly mentioned)
        Alcatraz Island (mentioned)

Objects

Hypnotic capsule pill

Production

Second lobby card.

Development

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Starting with this cartoon, Milt Franklyn composes a new version of the "Merrily We Roll Along" theme tune for the series. While the next two Merrie Melodies shorts, Past Perfumance and Tweety's Circus, uses the older 1945-55 intro and outro themes, Jumpin' Jupiter would start using the newer versions of these. This is because their production codes are before Hare Brush.

Additionally, Milt would make another rendition of the Merrie Melodies intro theme for This Is A Life?, although he did use the outro theme used for this cartoon for that particular cartoon.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: May 7, 1955 in theatres

Behind the scenes

The title is another hair/hare pun. This time, the pun is based on "hairbrush."
This is one of three cartoons that ends with Elmer defeating Bugs, the other two being Rabbit Rampage and What's Opera, Doc?.

Errors

Everlasting Influence

Elmer's case of "rabbitschenia" is used for the persona of Elmer Bugs in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.

Home availability

In the United States:
- Bugs Bunny's 80th Anniversary Collection

References

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-'''Hare Brush''' is a three hundred and ninety-first [[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]] theatrical short. It was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[The Vitaphone Corporation]] on [[May 7]], [[1955]]. It was written by [[Warren Foster]], produced by [[Edward Selzer]], and directed by [[Friz Freleng]].
+'''''Hare Brush''''' is a three hundred and ninety-first ''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]]'' theatrical short. It was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[The Vitaphone Corporation]] on [[May 7]], [[1955]]. It was written by [[Warren Foster]], produced by [[Edward Selzer]], and directed by [[Friz Freleng]].
-It's case of role reversal when Elmer Fudd thinks he's a rabbit and when Bugs ends up in the the Fruit Cake Sanitarium, he gets mistaken for Elmer Fudd and ends up acting like him after taking a hypnotic capsule pill.
+Bugs ends up in the Fruit Cake Sanitarium and gets mistaken for Elmer, who thinks like a rabbit. Bugs ends up acting like Elmrr after taking a hypnotic capsule pill.
 ==Detailed summary==
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 ==Characters==
 {{CastTop}}
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Elmer Fudd]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Arthur Q. Bryan]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Bugs Bunny]]
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mel Blanc]]
-|-
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Elmer Fudd]]
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Arthur Q. Bryan]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Dr. Oro Myicin]]
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 |-
 {{CastBottom}}
+==Organizations==
+* Elmer J. Fudd Mining
+* Almagamated Oil Company
+* E.J. Fudd Enterprises
+* E.J. Fudd Investment
 ==Locations==
-*[[Earth]]
+* [[Earth]]
-**[[America]]
+*** [[United States]]
-**[[Fruit Cake Sanitarium]]
+**** [[E.J. Fudd Building]]
-**Forest
+**** [[Fruit Cake Sanitarium]]
-**Alcatraz (mentioned)
+**** Forest
+**** [[California]] (indirectly mentioned)
-==Organizations==
+***** [[San Francisco]] (indirectly mentioned)
+****** Alcatraz Island (mentioned)
 ==Objects==
-*Carrots
+* Hypnotic capsule pill
-*Bunny Suit
-*Hypnotic Capsule Pill
-*Elmer's hunting clothes
 ==Production==
-[[File:Hare Brush Lobby Card V2.png|thumb|Second Lobby Card|right|200px]]
+[[File:Hare Brush Lobby Card V2.png|thumb|Second lobby card.|right|200px]]
 ===Development===
 ==Music==
 The music was composed by [[Milt Franklyn]].
-Starting with this cartoon, Milt Franklyn composes a new version of the ''[[Merrily We Roll Along]]'' theme tune for the ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series. But while the next two ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts, ''[[Past Perfumance]]'' and ''[[Tweety's Circus]]'', uses the older 1945-55 intro and outro themes, ''[[Jumpin' Jupiter]]'' would start using the newer versions of the intro and outro themes. This is because their production codes are before "Hare Brush".
+Starting with this cartoon, Milt Franklyn composes a new version of the "[[Merrily We Roll Along]]" theme tune for the series. While the next two ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts, ''[[Past Perfumance]]'' and ''[[Tweety's Circus]]'', uses the older [[1945]]-55 intro and outro themes, ''[[Jumpin' Jupiter]]'' would start using the newer versions of these. This is because their production codes are before ''Hare Brush''.
-Also, Milt would make another rendition of the Merrie Melodies intro theme for ''[[This Is A Life?]]'', although he did use the outro theme used for this cartoon for that particular cartoon.
+Additionally, Milt would make another rendition of the ''Merrie Melodies'' intro theme for ''[[This Is A Life?]]'', although he did use the outro theme used for this cartoon for that particular cartoon.
 ==Release==
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 ==Behind the scenes==
-*The title is another hair/hare pun. This time, the pun is based on 'hairbrush'.
+* The title is another hair/hare pun. This time, the pun is based on "hairbrush."
-*This is one of three cartoons that ends with Elmer Fudd defeating Bugs Bunny, the other two being the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon, ''[[Rabbit Rampage]]'' and the [[1957]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon, ''[[What's Opera, Doc?]]''.
+* This is one of three cartoons that ends with Elmer defeating Bugs, the other two being ''[[Rabbit Rampage]]'' and ''[[What's Opera, Doc?]]''.
 ==Errors==
 ==Everlasting Influence==
-*Elmer's case of rabbitschenia is used persona of Elmer Bugs in ''[[Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem]]''.
+*Elmer's case of "rabbitschenia" is used for the persona of Elmer Bugs in ''[[Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem]]''.
 ==Home availability==
 * In the United States:
-**[[Bugs Bunny's 80th Anniversary Collection]]
+** ''[[Bugs Bunny's 80th Anniversary Collection]]''
 ==References==