Hare Trimmed
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | January 15, 1953 |
| Run time | 6:54 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross Arthur Davis |
| Director(s) | I. Freleng |
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Hare Trimmed is the three hundred and sixty-sixth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 15, 1953. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Friz Freleng.
When Yosemite Sam reads an ad about an old widow who had inherited $50 million, Bugs overhears his plan to kick her out and take the money for himself.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Sam: When I get my hands on that money, I'll buy the old lady's home and kick the old ladies out! I'll have the orphan's home torn down and get rid of the police department! Mwahahahahahahahaha!
Bugs: Eh, what is up, monsieur le physician?
Bugs: Boo-hoo-hoo! Always a bridesmaid, but never a bride. Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Doughnut Center
- News center
- Granny's manor
- Wedding chapel
- Doughnut Center
- United States
Organizations
Objects
- Wood bin with "money to burn"
- Glove
- Brick-loaded glove
- Dueling pistol
- Bus Schedule
- Piano
- Coffee trolley
- Mallet
- Shotgun rifle
- Suitcase
- Trunk
- Chair
- Couch
- Bird Cage
- Television box set
- Table
- Refrigerator
- Dresser drawer
- Kitchen sink
- Acme Safe
Vehicles
- Bus
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 15, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- Like most hare/hair-themed puns, this title is a pun on "hair trimmed."
- This is the first of a few shorts where Granny is not paired with Tweety and Sylvester. Other shorts that features Granny in are This Is a Life? (1955) and Corn on the Cop (1963).
- This is the first cartoon to reveal Granny's first name as Emma, although this alias was rarely used outside of the short.
- Bugs, posing as a French suitor, adapts his usual catchphrase greeting "Eh, what’s up, Doc?" and rephrases into a French saying as seen above.
Errors
- The intro sequence lacks the Bugs Bunny mugshot on the opening sequence, unlike most Bugs Bunny cartoons at the time.
Legacy
- Some elements from this short would be reused for the 1962 short Honey's Money, including its premise.
- The short was used in the television special Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers.
- It was used for the first act of The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, and was used up until Yosemite Sam gets smashed by a safe, which sends him straight down to Hades.
- Granny's alias as Emma was used in The Looney Tunes Show episode "Eligible Bachelors," when her full name is revealed to be Emma Webster; the last name is derived from the 1965 short Corn on the Cop.
- Sam's formal attire when he was visiting Granny was used as the Mr. Sam persona in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- August 10, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire on DVD.
