Baton Bunny

Baton Bunny
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	January 10, 1959
Run time	6:30
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ken Harris Richard Thompson Ben Washam
Director(s)	Chuck Jones Abe Levitow
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Baton Bunny is the three hundred and ninety-fourth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 10, 1959. It was written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones and Abe Levitow.

Bugs is the guest conductor for the Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra and tries to conduct a classical piece by Franz von Suppé.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	N/A
Man in audience	Mel Blanc
Fly	N/A

Organizations

• Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Hollywood
      • Hollywood Bowl

Objects

• Reading glasses
• Music sheet for "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna"
• Cue ball polisher
• Small harp
• Trumpet
• Large harp
• Custard's Last Stand flag
• Tuba

Music

While the music was orchestrated by Milt Franklyn, Bugs Bunny took on the role of guest conductor in this short, for the Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra.

The music piece used for this short is "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna" by Franz von Suppé.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 10, 1959 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• Bugs is a silent character in this short, save for when he holds a written sign that says "Throw the bum out!"

Errors

• On the "music only" track of this cartoon that can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 DVD set, there was unused outro sting that was left untouched on the "music only" track.
• Although the short was restored and left untouched on DVDs like the Looney Tunes Golden Collection and I Love Tweety, a later remaster used for later home media releases would have its pitch lowered.

Everlasting influence

• The plot of this cartoon would be centered for the TV Special, Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster.
• This short would be used as the first cartoon in George Daughtery's Bugs Bunny on Broadway and Bugs Bunny at the Symphony concerts.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 28, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.
• In Japan:
  • July 6, 2001: Warner Home Video releases I Love Tweety: Volume 1 on DVD.