From Hare to Heir
| From Hare to Heir | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | September 3, 1960 |
| Run time | 5:57 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | John W. Burton |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Friz Freleng |
| Animation | Art Davis Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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From Hare to Heir is the four hundred and sixty-first Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 3, 1960. It was written by Friz Freleng, produced by John W. Burton, and directed by Freleng.
Sam, the Duke of Yosemite, makes a deal with Bugs Bunny to inherit a total of £1 million on the condition that he would keep his temper controlled, but he is warned that for every lapse of his anger that he displays, will ultimately result in a severe deduction of a certain amount of money.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: Uh, Sam? Pass th' salt, please.
Sam: SALT?! Git it yerself!
Bugs: Uh-oh, that'll cost you about, um...
Sam: Salt? Why, didn't you say so? Here's you salt, bunny. I hope you like it! Ooh, that rackin' frackin'..
Bugs: Oh, um. The pepper, please?
Sam: PEPPER?! Ye... ye... Yeah! Th-the pepper! Coming right up! Ooh, that brackin' frack, flipper rip tip, puttem rollin'...
Bugs: Oh, Sam!
Sam: Oh no...
Bugs: How 'bout th' olives?
Sam: Oooo- (covers mouth before leaving to the closet) That dirty perka shorta, back flackin', porta Phillip, bunken barton, perkalooma, berton dirten, Boston atten, barton enatem! Oooooh!!!
(Sam leaves the closet)
Sam: Ha, ha, ha! Now, what was that you were saying? I like you, rabbit. Mwah!
Bugs: I heard you in there. That'll cost you 300 pounds.
Sam: 300 POUNDS?!
Bugs: 400...
Sam: OOO- (covers mouth before running out of the manor) Racka flats, slacks backin', flaten back, tarran that, cattaback rackalama!
Bugs: WHEW! Th' alps have nothin' on these stairs for climbin'.
Bugs: I haven't got the heart to tell 'em that he's used up all th' money.
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Book
- Salt
- Pepper
- Olives (mentioned)
- Piano
- Saw
- Carpet
- Pies
- Rolling pin
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
The song that Bugs sings on the piano is "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" by Stephen Foster.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Hawley Pratt
- Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
- Film editor: Treg Brown
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 3, 1960 in theaters
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on the phrase, "from here to there."
- This is one of the few shorts where Yosemite does not wear a hat throughout.
Errors
- When the short was Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire DVD, it was cropped to a widescreen format. However, it was later reverted to fullscreen in the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection Blu-ray set.
Legacy
- This cartoon was used as Pirate Sam's wish and the final cartoon for Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island.
Critical reception
Home availability
- In the United States:
