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
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Launch Site
- City
- Launch Site
- United States
- Martian space station
- Venus (mentioned)
Objects
- Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator
- Instant Martian pill dispenser
- Watering can
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.
Errors
Everlasting Influence
- The Instant Martians, who previously appeared as a seperate alien species in the 1955 short Jumpin' Jupiter, are established as servants to Marvin in this short.
- This short was later used in the compilation film The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
- Marvin's space station would use be reused as a setting in several video games:
Critical reception
Home availability
- United States
- November 15, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 on Blu-ray.
