Difference between revisions of "The Windblown Hare"

The Windblown Hare
	; Lobby card.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 27, 1949
Run time	7:00
Starring	Mel Blanc; Jim Backus; Bea Benaderet
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Charles McKimson; Phil DeLara; Manny Gould; John Carey
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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The Windblown Hare is the two hundred and sixtieth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 27, 1949. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Warren Foster, and directed by Robert McKimson.

When the Three Little Pigs scam Bugs into buying 2 of their 3 houses in an attempt to elude the Big Bad Wolf, Bugs decides to heckle the wolf via his own Red Riding Hood routone.

Detailed summary

Memorable Quotes

Big Bad Wolf: I DID IT!!!
Three Little Pigs: HE DID IT?!
Bugs Bunny: Eh... We... did it. Eee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Three Little Pigs	Mel Blanc Jim Backus
Big Bad Wolf	Mel Blanc
Little Red Riding Hood's grandma	Bea Benaderet

Locations

Earth
- Straw house
- Stick house
- Brick house
- Grandma's house

Objects

The Three Little Pigs
Plungers with dynamite

Vehicles

Bicycle for two

Production

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Cues

"The Jolly Robbers" by Franz von Suppe

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: August 27, 1949 in theatres

Behind the scenes

The title is another "hair/hare" pun. This time it's a pun of "windblown hair."

Everlasting Influence

The three little pigs from this cartoon would reappear with different voices in The Turn-Tale Wolf, once again as the aggressors.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3

References

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 |distributor= [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br />[[The Vitaphone Corporation]]
 |released= [[August 27]], [[1949]]
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 |starring= [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Jim Backus]]<br>[[Bea Benaderet]]
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 '''''The Windblown Hare''''' is the two hundred and sixtieth ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' theatrical short. It was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[The Vitaphone Corporation]] on [[August 27]], [[1949]]. It was produced by [[Edward Selzer]], written by [[Warren Foster]], and directed by [[Robert McKimson]].
-When the Three Little Pigs scam Bugs into buying 2 of their 3 houses in an attempt to elude the Big Bad Wolf, Bugs decides to heckle the wolf via Red Riding Routine.
+When the Three Little Pigs scam Bugs into buying 2 of their 3 houses in an attempt to elude the Big Bad Wolf, Bugs decides to heckle the wolf via his own Red Riding Hood routone.
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable Quotes==
-(after the brick house explodes)<br>
+'''Big Bad Wolf:''' I DID IT!!!<br>
-'''The Big Bad Wolf:''' I DID IT!!!<br>
+'''Three Little Pigs:''' HE DID IT?!<br>
-'''The Three Little Pigs:''' HE DID IT?!?!?!?!?<br>
+'''Bugs Bunny:''' Eh... ''We''... did it. Eee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!
-'''Bugs Bunny:''' (with detonator) Eh... ''We''... did it. Eee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!
 ==Characters==
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 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mel Blanc]]
 |-
-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[The Three Little Pigs]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Three Little Pigs]]
-|style="background-color:#green"| [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Jim Backus]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Jim Backus]]
 |-
-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[The Big Bad Wolf]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Big Bad Wolf]]
-|style="background-color:#green"| [[Mel Blanc]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mel Blanc]]
 |-
-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Proto-Granny]]
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Looney Tunes characters|Little Red Riding Hood's grandma]]
-|style="background-color:#green"| [[Bea Benaderet]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Bea Benaderet]]
 |-
 {{CastBottom}}
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 ==Locations==
 *[[Earth]]
-**Fairy Tale Forest
+** Straw house
-**The Three Little Pigs' Houses
+** Stick house
-**Grandma's House
+** Brick house
+** Grandma's house
 ==Objects==
-*''The Three Little Pigs'' storybook
+* ''The Three Little Pigs''
-*Plungers with Dynamite
+* Plungers with dynamite
 ==Vehicles==
-* Bicycle for Two
+* Bicycle for two
 ==Production==
 ===Filming===
 ==Music==
 The music was composed by [[Carl W. Stalling]].
 ===Cues===
-*The Jolly Robbers by Franz von Suppe
+* "The Jolly Robbers" by Franz von Suppe
 ==Release==
 Dates are in order of release:
@@ Line 71: / Line 72: @@
 ==Behind the scenes==
-* The title is another 'hair/hare' pun. This time it's a pun of 'windblown hair'.
+* The title is another "hair/hare" pun. This time it's a pun of "windblown hair."
 ==Everlasting Influence==
-* The three little pigs from this cartoon would reappear with different voices in ''[[The Turn-Tale Wolf]]'', once again as the aggressors. This time picking on another Big Bad Wolf-like character.
+* The three little pigs from this cartoon would reappear with different voices in ''[[The Turn-Tale Wolf]]'', once again as the aggressors.
 ==Critical reception==
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 ==Home availability==
 * In the United States:
-** [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3]]
+** ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3]]''
 ==References==
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