Prest-O Change-O

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Prest-O Change-O
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Production company Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date March 25, 1939
Run time 7:10
Starring Mel Blanc
Producer(s) Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by Carl Stalling
Animation Virgil Ross
Director(s) Charles Jones
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Prest-O Change-O is the one hundred and seventeenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 25, 1939. It was produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Chuck Jones.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Big dog N/A
Little dog N/A
Dog catcher N/A
Sham-Fu
Rabbit Mel Blanc


Locations

Objects

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: March 11, 1939 in theatres

Behind the scenes

  • The MPAA number of this short is 5035.
  • This short fell into the public domain, due to United Artists failing to renew the copyright in 1968.
  • The rabbit is mostly silent in this short, save for his manic laugh.
  • This is the first appearance of the rabbit in a color short.

Errors

Everlasting influence

  • This was the last short to feature the prototypical Bugs Bunny's first visual design. In his next appearance in Hare-um Scare-um, he was redesigned to have grey fur.
  • A clip of this short was seen on the television in the 2022 film Skinamarink.

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