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[1] |
| 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
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Porky's farm
- United States
Objects
- Porky's rifle
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
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
Everlasting Influence
- Hardaway's rabbit character would later appear in the 1939 Chuck Jones, Prest-O Change-O, albeit as a silent, more cooler personality than in Hare Hunt.
Critical reception
In other languages
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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.
