Lumber Jack-Rabbit

Lumber Jack-Rabbit
Theatrical poster.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	September 26, 1953
Run time	6:50
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Richard Thompson Abe Levitow Ken Harris
Director(s)	Charles M. Jones
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Lumber Jack-Rabbit is the three hundred and twenty-first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 26, 1953. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

Bugs Bunny winds up in Paul Bunyan's country and discovers a giant carrot mine.

Memorable quotes

Bugs: HOLY EUREKA! I'VE DISCOVERED A CARROT MINE!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Smidgen	Mel Blanc
Paul Bunyan	Norman Nesbitt

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
  • Paul Bunyan's Country

Objects

• Dog license
• Moose call horn
• Pistol

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 26, 1953

Behind the scenes

• The title is a combination pun on the words "lumberjack" and "jackrabbit."
• This is the first Warner Bros. animated short to be produced in 3D.
• This cartoon uses unique opening and closing sequences; the WB shield at the opening pops out more, while the "That's all folks!" texts fades in instead of being written.
• For its release on the Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire DVD, it was cropped to a 16:9 widescreen presentation, as opposed to its original 4:3 aspect ratio. It was later restored to its full screen format on the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection Blu-Ray set.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 10, 2010: Warner Home Media releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire on DVD.
  • December 1, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray.