Mississippi Hare

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Mississippi Hare
Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date February 26, 1949
Starring Mel Blanc
Billy Bletcher
Producer(s) Edward Selzer
Music composed by Carl Stalling
Story by Tedd Pierce
Animation Ben Washam
Lloyd Vaughan
Ken Harris
Phil Monroe
Director(s) Charles M. Jones
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Mississippi Hare is the two hundred and fifty-first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on February 26, 1949. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Chuck Jones.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Shuffle: I'm Colonel Shuffle - the rip-roarin'-est, gold-diggin'-est, sharp-shootin'-est, poker-playin'-est riverboat gambler on the Mississippi! Yahoo! Is thar anyone man enough to sit in a poker game with Colonel Shuffle? Well, be thar!?
Bugs: There be...


Shuffle: I've got five aces. What'd you got, sir?
Bugs: I'd got six aces, sir.
Shuffle: If'n I had four feet and went "hee haw," what would I be?
Bugs: Why, you'd be a jackass.
Shuffle: Choose your weapon!
Bugs: Oh, for me? You shouldn't have, sir.
Shuffle: No! This is a duel sir.


Bugs: Eh. what's cookin', Doc?
Shuffle: I seem to be in a terrible quandary, sir! Could you change a ten spot, sir? I'd prefer a profusion of pennies.
Bugs: Are ya sure it's a good one? Lots of counterfeits around here, ya know. Oh well, You gotta trust somebody! Let's see now... A dollar ten... A dollar twenty... A dollar twenty one...
Shuffle: Thank you, sir! Keep the change!


Gentleman: Did he hurt you, honey child?
Bugs: No, I... I was just so terribly, terribly frightened. And you're so big and so strong! Why poor, helpless me was just lost 'til you...
Gentleman: Think nothing of it, Missy! It was a pleasure, I assure you.


Bugs: Oh, well. We almost have a romantic ending.

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Bugs Bunny Mel Blanc
Colonel Shuffle Billy Bletcher


Locations

Objects

  • Cards
  • Poker chips
  • Dueling pistols

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: February 26, 1949 in theatres

Behind the scenes

  • The MPAA certificate number is 12271.
  • The short received differing edited versions on television:
    • When the short aired on ABC, a scene involving Colonel Shuffle and Bugs performing "Camptown Races" was removed, due to Colonel's ashed face resembling blackface, but was included as a "Comedy Classics" clip for The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show during the 1989-90 season. Additionally, a scene of Shuffle exploding his face when checking his gun was excised, in addition to a portion of Bugs (as a Southern belle) hitting Shuffle with an umbrella.[1]
    • In its airing on The WB, the section of Black sharecroppers singing "Dixie" was removed, in addition to the removal of the aforementioned scene of Shuffle shooting his gun.[1]
  • Since the 1990s, the short has rarely seen on U.S. television due to its use of culturally insensitive topics.

Legacy

Legacy

Home availability

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide: M". The Internet Animation Database. Archived from original on March 29, 2024.
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