Difference between revisions of "His Hare Raising Tale"

His Hare Raising Tale
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	October 22, 1951
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Virgil Ross; Manuel Perez; Ken Champin; Arthur Davis
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Revision as of 18:59, 9 July 2024

His Hair Raising Tale is the two hundred and ninetieth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 22, 1951. It is a clip-show cartoon that uses clips from classic Bugs Bunny cartoons, while the main cartoon itself was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Friz Freleng.

Bugs shares classic memories of his adventures with his nephew Clyde.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Bugs: What's the matter, don'tcha believe me? Why, if everything I've told you isn't true, I uh... I hope I'm run over by a streetcar!
(a streetcar bursts through the wall and runs over Bugs)
Bugs: I suppose ya don't believe I was run over by a streetcar?

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Clyde Bunny	Mel Blanc

Locations

Earth
- United States
- Bugs' residence

Objects

Bugs' photo album

Vehicles

Streetcar

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: October 22, 1951 in theatres

Behind the scenes

Part of the title, "hare raising" is another hair/hare pun. It is the second title to use it since Hare-Raising Hare.
The following cartoons are used in this short:
- Baseball Bugs
- Stage Door Cartoon
- Rabbit Punch
- Falling Hare
- Haredevil Hare
Although animators Arthur Davis, Manuel Perez, and Ken Champin are given screen credit, it was Virgil Ross who animated the bridging material himself.
The punchline gag of Bugs being run over by a streetcar was reused from The Trial of Mr. Wolf.
This short and Ballot Box Bunny were the only two cartoons with orange color ring titles that did not have a fade in before Bugs Bunny's headshot on the opening titles.

Legacy

This short was used in the direct-to-video special Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes.

Home availability

In the United States:
- December 1, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray.

References

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 '''''His Hair Raising Tale''''' is the two hundred and ninetieth ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' theatrical short. It was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[The Vitaphone Corporation]] on [[October 22]], [[1951]]. It is a clip-show cartoon that uses clips from classic [[Bugs Bunny (character)|Bugs Bunny]] cartoons, while the main cartoon itself was written by [[Warren Foster]], produced by [[Edward Selzer]] and directed by [[Friz Freleng]].
-Bugs Bunny shares classic memories of his adventures with his nephew, Clyde Bunny.
+Bugs shares classic memories of his adventures with his nephew Clyde.
 ==Detailed summary==
-===Cartoons used in short===
-*''[[Baseball Bugs]]''
-*''[[Stage Door Cartoon]]'' (high diving act scene)
-*''[[Rabbit Punch]]''
-*''[[Falling Hare]]'' (the plane goes out of control and starts dive bombing)
-*''[[Haredevil Hare]]''
 ==Memorable quotes==
-'''Bugs:''' What's da matter, don'tcha believe me? Why, if everything I've told you isn't true, I uh... I hope I'm run ovah by a streetcar! (a streetcar bursts through the wall and runs over Bugs! From the rubble, he emerges.) I suppose ya don't believe I was run ovah by a streetcar?
+'''Bugs:''' What's the matter, don'tcha believe me? Why, if everything I've told you isn't true, I uh... I hope I'm run over by a streetcar!<br />
+(''a streetcar bursts through the wall and runs over Bugs'')<br />
+'''Bugs:''' I suppose ya don't believe I was run over by a streetcar?
 ==Characters==
@@ Line 41: / Line 36: @@
 ==Locations==
-*[[Earth]]
+* [[Earth]]
-**[[United States]]
+** [[United States]]
-**[[Bugs Bunny's home]]
+** [[Bugs' residence]]
 ==Objects==
-*Bugs' photo album
+* Bugs' photo album
+==Vehicles==
+* Streetcar
 ==Production==
@@ Line 60: / Line 58: @@
 ==Behind the scenes==
-* Part of the title, 'hare raising' is another hair/hare pun. It is the second title to use the same pun since ''[[Hare-Raising Hare]]''.
+* Part of the title, "hare raising" is another hair/hare pun. It is the second title to use it since ''[[Hare-Raising Hare]]''.
-* Although the following animators: [[Arthur Davis]], [[Manuel Perez]], and [[Ken Champin]] are given screen credit, it was [[Virgil Ross]] who animated all the new bridging material himself.
+* The following cartoons are used in this short:
+** ''[[Baseball Bugs]]''
+** ''[[Stage Door Cartoon]]''
+** ''[[Rabbit Punch]]''
+** ''[[Falling Hare]]''
+** ''[[Haredevil Hare]]''
+* Although animators [[Arthur Davis]], [[Manuel Perez]], and [[Ken Champin]] are given screen credit, it was [[Virgil Ross]] who animated the bridging material himself.
 * The punchline gag of Bugs being run over by a streetcar was reused from ''[[The Trial of Mr. Wolf]]''.
 * This short and ''[[Ballot Box Bunny]]'' were the only two cartoons with orange color ring titles that did not have a fade in before Bugs Bunny's headshot on the opening titles.
 ==Legacy==
-* This short was used in the final TV special, ''[[Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes]]''.
+* This short was used in the direct-to-video special ''[[Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes]]''.
 ==Home availability==
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 ==References==
 [[Category:1951]]
-[[Category:Written by Warren Foster]]
 [[Category:Directed by Friz Freleng]]
 [[Category:Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)]]
+[[Category:Bugs Bunny series]]
 [[Category:Bugs Bunny theatrical shorts]]
-[[Category:Bugs Bunny series]]
 [[Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons]]
+[[Category:Warner Bros. Pictures]]
+[[Category:Written by Warren Foster]]