Bewitched Bunny
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | July 24, 1954 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Animation | Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Ben Washam |
| Director(s) | Charles M. Jones |
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Bewitched Bunny' is the three-hundredth and thirty-eighth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 24, 1954. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.
After saving Hansel and Gretel from being Witch Hazel's dinner, Bugs Bunny must now save himself from becoming Hazel's dinner!
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Gretel: (smiling) Mein name ist Gretel.
Hansel: Und mein name ist Hooonsel.
Bugs: Honsel? Hooonsel? Hon-sel? (gentle voice) Run for ya dear little lives! For she is a witch and means tah cook ya for her suppah!
Gretel: ACH!
Honsel: UND HEIMEL!
(Hansel and Gretel attempted to run away but not before stopping in front of Witch Hazel to say...)
Hansel and Gretel: AAAACH, ya muddah rides und vacuum cleanah!
Bugs: Ah, sure, I know. But aren't dey all witches inside?
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Fairy Tale Forest
- Witch Hazel's Candy Cottage
Objects
- Hansel and Gretel storybook
- Magic Powder Grenade
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.
Just like in the 1953 Looney Tunes cartoon, Robot Rabbit, this cartoon uses another different rendition of the What's Up Doc? theme.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: July 24, 1954 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- This cartoon marks the official debut of Witch Hazel.
- This cartoon updates the Bugs Bunny Introduction Card to have a different font and placing the words "Bugs Bunny" into one line instead of two to fit with the updated fade-in to the title card instead of the curtain sequence used before 1954. This would be used in all cartoons until the 1956 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Half-Fare Hare, where it would be updated again with a different Bugs design starting in Wideo Wabbit.
Everlasting influence
- Although they were edited for time, they were both used in Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales and the TV Special, Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special.
Critical reception
Home availability
- In the United States:
