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
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

References