Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | October 3, 1953 |
| Run time | 6:50 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Animation | Ken Harris Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Richard Thompson Abe Levitow |
| Director(s) | Charles M. Jones |
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Duck! Rabbit, Duck! is the three hundred and seventy-first Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 3, 1953. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones. It is the third and last part of Jones' "hunting trilogy."
During a snowy winter season, Bugs and Daffy trade wits in order to con Elmer into shooting the other.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: Look, Doc. Are you lookin' for trouble? I'm not a stewing rabbit. I'm a fricasseeing rabbit!
Elmer: Fwicasseeing wabbit?
Bugs: Have you got a fricasseeing rabbit license?
Elmer: Well, no. I...
Bugs: Do you happen to know what da penalty is for shootin' a fricasseeing rabbit without a fricasseeing rabbit license?
Daffy: Just a parboiled minute! What is this, a cooking class? Shoot him! Shoot him!
Elmer: But I haven't got a wicence to shoot a fwicasseeing wabbit.
(Daffy's eyes spin in his head out of agitation)
Daffy: Don’t go away, Daniel Boob. I’ll be back in a flash!
Daffy: You're a dirty dog.
Bugs: And you are a dirty skunk!
Daffy: I'm a dirty skunk? I'm a dirty skunk?!
Daffy: Shoot me again! I enjoy it! I love the smell of burnt feathers, and gunpowder, and cordite! I'm an elk! Shoot me, go on! It's elk season!! I'm a fiddler crab! Why don't you shoot me? It's fiddler crab season!!!
Elmer: Oh, mister game wawden, I hope you can help me. I am told that I can shoot wabbits, and goats, and pigeons, and mongooses, and dirty skunks, and ducks. Could you tell me what season it weally is?
"Game warden": Why certainly, my boy. It's baseball season!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Forest
- United States
Objects
- "Duck season" signs
- "Rabbit season" signs
- Elmer's rifle
- "Goat season open" sign
- "Dirty skunk season" sign
- "Pigeon season" sign
- "Mongoose season" sign
- Baseball
Vehicles
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Maurice Noble
- Backgrounds: Philip De Guard
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 3, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- This short is the final installment in what is considered Jones' "hunting trilogy." It serves as a follow-up to Rabbit Fire and Rabbit Seasoning.
- While last two shorts take place in the spring and summer seasons, respectively, this one takes place in the winter.
- Daffy refers to Elmer as "Daniel Boob," a play on American explorer and frontiersman Daniel Boone.
Errors
Legacy
- The gag where Daffy gets shot by multiple hunters would be replicated in A Star is Bored, People are Bunny and Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers.
Critical reception
In other languages
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