Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk
Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	June 12, 1943
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Jack Bradbury
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk is the two hundred and twenty-third Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 12, 1943. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Friz Freleng.

While chopping away in the Giant's Victory Garden, Bugs must elude and escape from the Giant himself.

Memorable quotes

The Giant: Duhhhhhh... Watch out for dat foist step, it's a loo-loo!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
The Giant	Mel Blanc
Narrator	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Between Earth and Outer Space
  • The Giant's Realm

Objects

• Giant Carrots
• Glass Cutter
• Ear Drum

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 12, 1943 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is both a play on the fairy tale story, Jack and the Beanstalk. And the words, "jack-rabbit," which is a desert hare, is written like how Elmer Fudd would pronounce it.
• During the opening credit sequence, a staked sign identifies the garden vegetable as: Marvel Brand (Inc.) Early Climber Beans Julian & Co. Packers. Julian, which is a reference to the background artist Paul Julian.

Everlasting Influence

• Chuck Jones would later do another Bugs Bunny-themed Jack and the Beanstalk parody of his own in the 1955 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Beanstalk Bunny.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Bugs Bunny's 80th Anniversary Collection