A Star is Bored

A Star is Bored
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	September 15, 1956
Starring	Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan June Foray
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Art Davis
Director(s)	Friz Freleng
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A Star is Bored is the three hundred and sixty-ninth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 15, 1956. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

WB Janitor Daffy Duck, jealous of Bugs Bunny's fame of stardom, decides to get even with that rabbit by proving that he can be a better star than a rabbit. However, he decides to apply for that job, the casting director secretly decides to make him Bugs Bunny's stunt double. How long can Daffy last as a stunt double?

Memorable quotes

Daffy: I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO WROTE THIS SCRIPT?!?!?!?!
Bugs: I'd love to tell him, but, eh... (chuckles) modesty forbids.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Daffy Duck	Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Elmer Fudd	Arthur Q. Bryan
Yosemite Sam	Mel Blanc
Lolly	June Foray
Casting Director	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Hollywood, California
    • Warner Bros. Studios

Objects

• Hunter's rifle

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 15, 1956 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The is a pun of the 1954 film musical, A Star is Born.
• This cartoon expands the rivalry depicted between Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck since the first short of the hunting trilogy, Rabbit Fire, and in the 1955 Merrie Melodies short, This is a Life?. This time, this cartoon is set in a movie studio.
• The scene where Daffy is swallowed by a tuna is similar to another scene from the 1955 Looney Tunes Tweety and Sylvester cartoon, Sandy Claws.
• This cartoon lacks a "Bugs Bunny" introductionary card, as the original title card used from Bewitched Bunny to Half-Fare Hare was being redesigned and was not completed by the time this short completed production. Wideo Wabbit would use a much different design for the introductionary card.

Everlasting Influence

• The plot of this cartoon would be reused during the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts era. Entitled as, Rodent to Stardom, this cartoon would pit Daffy against Speedy Gonzales.
• The rivalry between Bugs and Daffy would continue in more shorts such as the 1957 Looney Tunes cartoons, Show Biz Bugs, the 1959 Merrie Melodies cartoon, People are Bunny, the 1960 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Person to Bunny, the 1962 Looney Tunes cartoon, The Million Hare and the 1964 cartoon, The Iceman Ducketh.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5