Backwoods Bunny

Backwoods Bunny
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	June 13, 1959
Starring	Mel Blanc Daws Butler
Producer(s)	John W. Burton
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Warren Batchelder Tom Ray George Grandpré Ted Bonnicksen
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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Backwoods Bunny is the four hundred and forty-eighth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 13, 1959. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by John W. Burton, and directed by Robert McKimson.

Bugs Bunny winds up in the Ozark Mountains, where he must outwit the hillbilly buzzard Elvis, who was by his pappy's side to fetch him over for dinner.

Memorable quotes

Bugs: Nah. Why should I get th' act? I'm lookin' over a FOUR... leaf clover, that I overlooked be-four-... Be-four-... Be-four-... Be-four-...

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
B.O. Buzzard	Daws Butler
Elvis	Daws Butler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Ozarks
    • B.O. and Elvis's treehouse

Objects

• Carrot
• Rubber hose
• Hunter's rifle
• Metal piping
• Golf club

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Robert Gribbroek
• Backgrounds: William Butler
• Film editor: Treg Brown

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 13, 1959

Legacy

• Pappy and Elvis would make one more appearance in the 1960 Merrie Melodies cartoon The Dixie Fryer.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • December 1, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray Disc.