Hurdy-Gurdy Hare
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| Hurdy-Gurdy Hare | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | January 21, 1950 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | J.C. Melendez Emery Hawkins Charles McKimson John Carey Phil DeLara |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Hurdy-Gurdy Hare is the three hundred and fifteenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 21, 1950. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Warren Foster, and directed by Robert McKimson.
Bugs Bunny decides to become a Hurdy-Gurdy musician. But when he fires off the little monkey for stealing money from him, he convinces a big gorilla to take care of the rabbit himself.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: I sure hope Petrillo doesn't hear about this!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- New York
- Manhattan
- Central Park
- City zoo
- Manhattan
- New York
- United States
Objects
- Street organ
- Little cup
- Cash register
Production
Filming
The film was copyrighted in 1948 (MCMXLVIII).
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Behind the scenes
- The working title for this cartoon was "Hare-dy Gurdy Hare."
- This is the first Bugs Bunny short to be released in the 1950s.
- In one scene, Bugs calls Gruesome Gorilla "King Kong," referencing the character from the 1933 romance monster film of the same name.
- The Petrillo line is a then-topical gag referencing the president of the American Federation of Musicians, which was on strike in 1948, the same year of which the short was copyrighted.
- This is the final Robert McKimson-directed Bugs Bunny cartoon to use the "plump Bugs" design, which McKimson previously used since Easter Yeggs. Beginning with What's Up Doc? later that year, McKimson would re-use the modern design which he previously did in 1943's Tortoise Wins By A Hare for the Bob Clampett unit, until the WB animation studio closed in 1964.
- This is Gruesome Gorilla's final appearance in a McKimson-directed cartoon. He would later be redesigned by Friz Freleng, be given the name of "Elvis," and would appear in the 1959 remake of McKimson's Gorilla My Dreams, Apes of Wrath.
Home availability
- In the United States:
