The Windblown Hare

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The Windblown Hare
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Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date August 27, 1949
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 Red Riding Routine.

Detailed summary

Memorable Quotes

(after the brick house explodes)
The Big Bad Wolf: I DID IT!!!
The Three Little Pigs: HE DID IT?!?!?!?!?
Bugs Bunny: (with detonator) 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
The Three Little Pigs Mel Blanc
Jim Backus
The Big Bad Wolf Mel Blanc
Proto-Granny Bea Benaderet


Locations

  • Earth
    • Fairy Tale Forest
    • The Three Little Pigs' Houses
    • Grandma's House

Objects

  • The Three Little Pigs storybook
  • 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. This time picking on another Big Bad Wolf-like character.

Critical reception

In other languages

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