Frigid Hare

Frigid Hare
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	October 7, 1949
Run time	7:34
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Mike Maltese
Animation	Philip Monroe Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris
Director(s)	Charles M. Jones
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Frigid Hare is the three hundred and tenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 7, 1949. It was written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.

While en route to Miami Beach, Bugs winds up in the Antarctic, where he must save a penguin from a hunter who's out to catch him.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Playboy Penguin	N/A
Indigenous hunter	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Florida (indirectly mentioned)
      • Miami Beach (mentioned)
  • Antarctica
    • South Pole

Objects

• Bottle of Sun-Tan Lotion
• Pair of sunglasses
• Fun on the Beach
• Folding chair
• Beach umbrella
• Bucket of ice-cold carrots

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 7, 1949 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is either a play on "frigid air" or the refrigerator brand Frigidaire.
• Some scenes from this short would later be reused in Sahara Hare.

Errors

• Although the short depicts the Indigenous hunter as a Eskimo-like local in the South Pole, there are no indigenous people who natively exist at Antarctica.

Everlasting influence

• Playboy Penguin would make his second appearance in 8 Ball Bunny.
• Bugs' tuxedo outfit and Playboy Penguin would both appear in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.

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.