The Abominable Snow Rabbit
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| The Abominable Snow Rabbit | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | May 20, 1961 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | John W. Burton David H. DePatie |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Ken Harris Richard Thompson Bob Bransford Tom Ray |
| Director(s) | Chuck Jones Maurice Noble (co-director) |
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The Abominable Snow Rabbit is the four hundred and fourteenth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on May 20, 1961. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by John W. Burton and David H. DePatie, co-directed by Maurice Noble and directed by Chuck Jones.
While en route to Palm Springs, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck wind up in the Himalayan Mountains, where they must outwit an dimwitted abominable snowman.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: Hey... Whaddya know? He melted. He really was a snowman!
Daffy: ABOMINABLE, that is!
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Map to Palm Springs
- Fake rabbit head mask
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: May 20, 1961 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on the mythological creature and the 1957 horror film of the same name, The Abominable Snowman.
- Hugo is a parody of Lennie from the John Steinbeck novel Of Mice and Men, and his portrayal by Lon Chaney Jr. in the 1939 film adaptation.
- Beginning with this cartoon to 1964's War and Pieces, Maurice Noble (and at times Tom Ray and Abe Levitow) would work on the directional duties with Chuck Jones on his cartoons as co-directors.
- This is Jones' last collaboration with writer Tedd Pierce and the only one to be co-directed by Maurice Noble.
- On the ending card, the Looney Tunes, A Warner Bros. Cartoon and the A Vitagraph Release bylines immediately appear after the "That's all Folks!" script finishes writing, unlike the other shorts of the period.
Legacy
- Hugo would make another appearance in the 1980 short Spaced Out Bunny, which is also the second segment of the Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over television special.
- Although the opening scenes were reanimated so that Bugs and Daffy would go to their job site at the Himalayas, this cartoon would be used in the final compilation movie, Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.
Home availability
- In the United States:
