Half-Fare Hare
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | August 18, 1956 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Daws Butler |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | George Grandpré Russ Dyson Keith Darling Ted Bonnicksen |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Half-Fare Hare is the four hundred and fourteenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 18, 1956. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.
When Bugs learns that the upcoming winter will be leading to failing carrot crops, he boards a train heading to Chattanooga, where all the other rabbits have moved to. However, two starving tramps — one fat and the other skinny — decide to have Bugs for dinner.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: Well, I didn't make it to Chattanooga, but I sure did get a bumper crop! Yeeugh!
Characters
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Location
Objects
- Newspaper
- Cauldron pot
- Clubs
Vehicles
- Chattanooga Express Train
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.
The cartoon features the song "Carolina in the Morning", as opposed to the obvious choice of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"; this is due to "Carolina in the Morning" having a faster melodic rhythm and emphatic downbeats, which fit the timing of the action scenes.[1]
Behind the scenes
- It is one of the few times in a theatrical short where Bugs and his enemies both lose.
- Ralph and Ed are characters originating from the 1950s television sitcom The Honeymooners.
- This is the last theatrical short to use the original Bugs Bunny introduction card, which first originated from Hare Trigger. It would be reanimated starting with Wideo Wabbit.
- One scene was recycled from the cartoon All A Bir-r-r-d. Coincidentally, both shorts are written by Tedd Pierce.
- Robert Gribbroek's initials appear on a boxcar for the "R.C. & G" railway, claiming it "serves outer space." and his name appears on a boxcar for the "Gribbroek Pacific Lines."
- Animator Russ Dyson's name appears on a boxcar.
- Title card artist Don Foster's name appears on a boxcar for the "Don Foster Fruit Express." The initials "D.E.F.E." also appear on the same boxcar, and "D.E.F." on another one.
- The car ahead of the R.C.&.G. boxcar is labeled "1414", which is the same number as the production number of this cartoon.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- December 1, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray.
