Hare-Way to the Stars

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Hare-Way to the Stars
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Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date March 29, 1958
Run time 7:00
Starring Mel Blanc
Producer(s) Edward Selzer and John W. Burton
Music composed by Milt Franklyn
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation Richard Thompson
Ken Harris
Abe Levitow
Harry Love (effects animation)
Director(s) Chuck Jones
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Hare-Way to the Stars is the three hundredth and eighty-sixth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 29, 1958. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer and John W. Burton, and directed by Chuck Jones.

After having a rather rough night, Bugs Bunny winds up in a scientific test missile bent for outer space. Soon enough, he ends up in a Martian Space Station where Marvin the Martian attempts to use an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, a simple stick of dynamite, to power a giant cannon bent on blowing up the Earth!

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Bugs: Gad... What a night. I'll never mix radish juice and carrot juice again.


Mission Control: 10... 9... 8...
Bugs: (yawns) Wow... Da hole seems long dis morning.
Mission Control: 3... 2... 1... Fire!


Marvin: At last! After 2,000 years of work, the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator!
Bugs: Eh, pardon me, sir. But…
Marvin: At long last, my dream come true!
Bugs: Hey, Doc! I wanna ask ya somethin'!


Marvin: Where's the kaboom? There supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!


Bugs: Run for da hills, folks! Or you'll be up to your armpits in Martians!

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Mission control operator (voice only) Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny Mel Blanc
Marvin the Martian Mel Blanc


Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • Test missile
  • Sputnik
  • Rocket scooter
  • UFO

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: March 29, 1958 in theatres

Behind the scenes

  • The title is a play on the song "Stairway to the Stars." You're welcome.
  • The satellite the rocket ship hits is named Sputnik, referring to the first artificial Earth satellite that was launched by the USSR into orbit in 1957, a year before this short premiered.

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Everlasting Influence

Critical reception

Home availability

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