Porky's Hare Hunt

Porky's Hare Hunt
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Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	April 30, 1938
Run time	8:00
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Howard Baldwin
Director(s)	Ben Hardaway; Cal Dalton (uncredited)
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Porky's Hare Hunt is the hundred and third Looney Tunes theatrical short, starring Porky Pig in the lead. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on April 30, 1938.^[1] It was written by Howard Baldwin, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and Cal Dalton.^[2]

Hunter Porky goes out to hunt a hyperactive, screwball rabbit, who seems to outwit him in every turn.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Rabbit: Heh-heh-heh HA ha! huh-huh-huh-huh! Don't let me worry it, Chief. I'm just a trifle pixilated!

Rabbit: Got a huntin' license?
(Porky hands the rabbit his hunting license, only to have it torn by the rabbit in shreds)
Rabbit: Well, you haven't got one now. huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh! Heh-heh-heh HA ha-ha-ha! Heh-heh-heh HA ha-ha-ha! Heh-heh-heh HA ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Rabbit	Mel Blanc
Porky Pig	Mel Blanc
Zero	Mel Blanc

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Porky's farm

Objects

Porky's rifle

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: April 30, 1938 in theatres

Behind the scenes

It is notable for having the first appearance of the rabbit that would evolve into Bugs Bunny. who at this stage was barely recognizable from his more familiar form.
The rabbit's guttural laugh, provided by Mel Blanc, would later be used for when Blanc portrayed Woody Woodpecker from 1940 to 1941, of which Hardaway created for Walter Lantz's animation studio after his departure from Warner Bros.

Errors

Legacy

Hardaway's rabbit character would later appear as a silent figure in the 1939 Chuck Jones-directed short, Prest-O Change-O, albeit with more laid-back personality than in Hare Hunt.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
↑ Jones, Chuck (1989). Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 195. ISBN 0-374-52620-6.

[Lenburg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.

[2] Jones, Chuck (1989). Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 195. ISBN 0-374-52620-6.

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