Oily Hare
| Oily Hare | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | July 26, 1952 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Charles McKimson Herman Cohen Rod Scribner Phil DeLara |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Oily Hare is the three hundred and fifty-third Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 26, 1952. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Tedd Pierce, and directed by Robert McKimson.
A wealthy oil tycoon and his assistant head to Highway $101.00, where they believe an oil well is not producing oil. But when they try to set up a oil-drilling rig, they learn that Bugs Bunny has converted the oil well into his home.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: Eh. What's up, Doc?
Texan: What's up? I'm a-aiming to dynamite this oil-drilling hole, that's what's up!
Bugs: Hey. Looks like I brought in a carrot gusher! (takes a carrot and eats it) Yeah, I know, I know, but anything can happen in "Te-ay-xus!"
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Banjo
- Carrot juice jar
- Oil rigs
- Pistols
- Mechanical crane
- Dynamite box
- Birthday cake
- Birthday horn blowers
- Detonator
- Metal funnel and piping
- TNT crates
- Dynamite sticks
- Gunpowder canisters
- TNT canister
- Cigarette lighter
Vehicles
- Green limousine
- Motor scooter
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Crew Credits
- Layouts: Maurice Noble
- Backgrounds: Philip De Guard
- Effects animation: Harry Love
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: July 26, 1952 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on either "oily hair" or "hair oil."
- The plot of the short bears a resemblance to The Fair-Haired Hare, featuring a plot of Bugs going against an aggressive Southern-type antagonist, and released a year earlier.
- In this case, the rich Texan of the short shares some similarities with Yosemite Sam.
- The ending is also similar to the previous short, where Bugs' home is filled with explosives and blown up.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 30, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 on DVD.
