A Wild Hare
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Production company | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | July 27, 1940 |
Run time | 8:15 |
Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan |
Music composed by | Carl W. Stalling |
Story by | Rich Hogan |
Director(s) | Tex Avery |
Animation director(s) | Tex Avery |
Art director(s) | Tex Avery |
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A Wild Hare, also known as The Wild Hare, is the hundred and fifty-fourth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 27, 1940. It was written by Rich Hogan, animated by Virgil Ross, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Tex Avery.
Elmer encounters a mischievous rabbit while hunting.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Elmer: Shh... Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits!
Bugs: What's up, Doc?
Elmer: Shh! Thewe's a wabbit down thewe, and I'm twying to catch him.
Elmer: Pawdon me, but you wook just wike a wabbit!
Bugs: C'mere... Listen, Doc. Now, don't spread dis around, but, um... confidentially... I AM A RABBIT!!!
Bugs: Can ya imagine anybody actin' like dat? Y'know, I think da poor guy's screwy!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Forest
- United States
Objects
- Elmer's rifle
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
In instrumental form, "The Fountain in the Park" plays when a hidden Bugs uses his two fingers to search for the carrot.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: July 27, 1940 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- This marks as the first official appearance of Bugs Bunny, although a prototype of the character had appeared several times before, beginning with Porky's Hare Hunt.
- Bugs' catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?", makes its debut. It was written by Tex Avery, who later explained that it was a common expression used in his home state of Texas and did not think much of it.[1]
- Elmer's catchphrase, "Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits", makes a debut in this cartoon.
Errors
Legacy
- While Bugs is unnamed in this short, his name would officially be addressed in a title card for his next theatrical entry, Elmer's Pet Rabbit.
Critical reception
In other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Brazilian Portuguese | O Coelho Selvagem | The Wild Rabbit |
Finnish | Ovela Väiski | Cunning Bugs |
French | Un chasseur sachant chasser | A hunter who knows how to hunt |
Spanish | La liebre salvaje | The Wild Hare |
Home availability
- In the United States: