Rabbit of Seville
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | December 16, 1950 |
| Run time | 7:30 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Mike Maltese |
| Animation | Philip Monroe Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Emery Hawkins |
| Director(s) | Charles M. Jones |
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Rabbit of Seville is the two hundred and seventy-ninth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on December 16, 1950. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.
While on the run from Elmer, Bugs winds up in a summer opera of The Barber of Seville and decides to use it to his advantage to heckle the hunter.
Detailed summary
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Memorable quotes
Bugs: (singing) How do? Welcome to my shop. Let me cut your mop. Let me shave your crop! Daintally, daintally... Hey you! Don't look so perplexed. Why must you be vexed? Can't you see you're next? Yes, you're next. you're so next!
Bugs: How about a nice, close shave? Teach your whiskers to behave. Lots of lather, lots of soap. Please hold still, don't be a dope. Now we're ready for the scraping There's no use to try escaping. Yell and scream and rant and rave. It's no use, you need a shave!
Elmer: Ooh! Ouch! Ouch! Ow! Ooh! Ooh! Ouch!
Bugs: There, you're nice and clean. Although your face looks like it might have gone through a ma-chine.
Elmer: Ooh, wait 'till I get that wabbit!
Bugs: What would you want with a wabbit? Can't you see that I'm much sweeter. I'm your little señoriter. You are my type of guy. Let me straighten your tie, and I shall dance for you.
Bugs: Eh, next?
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Outdoor theater
- United States
Objects
- Elmer's hunting rifle
- Brush
- Scissors
- Shaving cream
- Straight razor
- Electric razor
- Shoeshine box and towel
- Manicure kit
- Hair restorer bottle
- Miniature lawn mower
- Beauty clay
- Hair tonic
- Figaro Fertilizer
- Axe
- Bigger axe
- Pistol
- Bugs' rifle
- Cannons
- Bouquet of flowers
- Box of chocolates
- Wedding ring
- "Marriage of Figaro" wedding cake
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The score was composed by Carl W. Stalling. The opening and closing title, "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", was arranged by Stalling.
The majority of the score involves the overture from Gioachino Rossini's opera, The Barber of Seville. Stalling's rendition of the piece is kept intact with its basic structure, although some repeated passages are removed and the overall piece is conducted at a faster tempo to accommodate the short's runtime. Additionally, an excerpt of Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" briefly plays when Bugs proposes Elmer to a staged wedding.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: December 16, 1950
Behind the scenes
- The title is a play on The Barber of Seville. You're welcome.
- The MPAA certificate jumber is 13885.
- The short's premise is somewhat reminiscent of Stage Door Cartoon, with the central focus being the conflict of Bugs and Elmer at a stage show.
- On the concert sign, the names of several Warner Bros. staff members have been translated into Italian names:
- Eduardo Selzeri (Edward Selzer)
- Michele Maltese (Michael Maltese)
- Carlo Jonzi (Chuck Jones)
- When Bugs plays a piano solo on top of Elmer's forehead, his hands are briefly shown to have five fingers instead of four.
Errors
- Elmer's rifle changes from a single-barreled shotgun to a double-barrel, then back again.
- When this cartoon was released on DVD, the audio pitch is significantly lower. The low-pitched version of the cartoon is still prevalent in subsequent TV airings and on home media releases.
Legacy
- This cartoon would be used in George Daughtery's Bugs Bunny on Broadway and Bugs Bunny at the Symphony concerts.
- It would have two stages, one "regular" and one "remix," in the Nintendo DS game Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor.
- Bugs Bunny's barber persona would appear as a playable character in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
