His Hare Raising Tale

His Hare Raising Tale
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 11, 1951
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Virgil Ross Manuel Perez Ken Champin Arthur Davis
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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His Hair Raising Tale is the two hundred and ninetieth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 11, 1951. It is a clip-show cartoon that uses clips from classic Bugs Bunny cartoons, while the main cartoon itself was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Friz Freleng.

Bugs shares classic memories of his adventures with his nephew Clyde.

Memorable quotes

Bugs: What's the matter, don'tcha believe me? Why, if everything I've told you isn't true, I uh... I hope I'm run over by a streetcar!
(a streetcar bursts through the wall and runs over Bugs)
Bugs: I suppose ya don't believe I was run over by a streetcar?

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Clyde Bunny	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
  • Bugs' residence

Objects

• Bugs' photo album

Vehicles

• Streetcar

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 11, 1951 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• Part of the title, "hare raising" is another hair/hare pun. It is the second title to use it since Hare-Raising Hare.
• The following cartoons are used in this short:
  • Baseball Bugs
  • Stage Door Cartoon
  • Rabbit Punch
  • Falling Hare
  • Haredevil Hare
• Although animators Arthur Davis, Manuel Perez, and Ken Champin are given screen credit, it was Virgil Ross who animated the bridging material himself.
• The punchline gag of Bugs being run over by a streetcar was reused from The Trial of Mr. Wolf.
• This short and Ballot Box Bunny were the only two cartoons with orange color ring titles that did not have a fade in before Bugs Bunny's headshot on the opening titles.

Legacy

• This short was used in the direct-to-video special Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • December 1, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray.