Bunker Hill Bunny

Bunker Hill Bunny
Lobby card.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	September 23, 1950
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Gerry Chiniquy Ken Champin Virgil Ross Arthur Davis
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Bunker Hill Bunny is the three hundred and twenty-fifth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 23, 1950. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

In 1776, during the American Revolution, another battle was taking place at Bagel Heights. American Minute-rabbit Bugs Bunny goes through many lenghths to protect his fort from the red-coated Hessian, Sam von Schmamm.

Memorable quotes

Sam: You better say your prayers, ya flea-bitten varmint. I'm-a gonna blow ya to smithereenies!
Bugs: Ah, your brother blows bubble gum!

Sam: I'm-a Hessian, without no aggression. If you can't beat 'em... join 'em.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Hessian Sam von Schmamm	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Boston
      • Bunker Hill
    • Virginia
      • Yorktown
    • Bagel Heights
      • Sam von Schamm's fortress
      • Bugs Bunny's fortress

Objects

• Cannons
• Speared rifles
• Cannon stopper cork
• Gunpowder barrel

Production

Second lobby card.

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

It also contains the following cues:

• "Hooray for the Red, White and Blue"
• "Yankee Doodle"

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 23, 1950 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The gag of Sam yelling "I got it, I got it, I got it!", then a sign reading 'He got it", was previously used in Baseball Bugs.
• This cartoon, alongside Big House Bunny, What's Up Doc?, Hillbilly Hare, and Bushy Hare are the only cartoons from 1950 to not get a Blue Ribbon reissue; they all incidentally star Bugs.

Errors

• When Bugs' switches forts, the green "WE" flag has a carrot under it every time they are switched.

Legacy

• A majority of this cartoon, involving its depiction of the Revolution, was used in the TV special Bugs Bunny: All American Hero.

In popular culture

• Sam's line, "...varmint, I'm-a gonna blow ya to smithereenies!", was used on a radio broadcast from December 2004 to Febuary 2005, in a New Mexico desert close to Albuquerque. The broadcast was later revealed to be run by the Mobility Assessment Test and Integration Center (MATIC), a radio test site.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 28, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.