The Fair Haired Hare
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | April 14, 1951 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Virgil Ross Ken Champin Arthur Davis Manuel Perez John Carey |
| Director(s) | I. Freleng |
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The Fair Haired Hare is the two hundred and eighty-sixth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on April 14, 1950. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.
When Yosemite Sam has his desert cabin built over Bugs' home, the rabbit takes it to the highest court to see who will keep the property of the land.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Sam: Playing possum for twenty years. That'll learn ya!
Sam: Well, whaddya know? I've got cabin in the sky!
Characters
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Orginizations
- Supreme Court of the United States (mentioned)
Locations
Objects
- Carrot juice
- Dynamite
- Sky rocket
- TNT canister
- Firecrackers
- Dynamite crates
- Gunpowder keg with long fuse
Vehicles
- Moving van
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: April 14, 1951 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title of this short was previously used as a working title for A-Lad-in His Lamp.
- This is the first short where Yosemite Sam is entirely drawn with his mouth in his red mustache, barring the scene in court, and the scene after Sam drinks the carrot juice, where his bottom lip can be seen.
- It is also one of the few cartoons where Sam refers to Bugs by name.
- Yosemite Sam's last line is a reference to the 1943 MGM film, Cabin in the Sky, itself based on the Broadway play of the same name.
- This, alongside Hare We Go and Rabbit Every Monday, are the only cartoons from 1951 to not get a Blue Ribbon reissue. Coincidentally, all of these cartoons star Bugs Bunny.
Legacy
- The scene where Sam fires several pistol shots at Bugs (when he was trapped in the bear skin rug), along with the "playing possum for twenty years" line, would later be partially referenced in the 1954 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Muzzle Tough.
- While this cartoon wasn't used in the TV special How Bugs Bunny Won the West, an audio clip of "Home on the Range" was used at the end of the special. * A music clip containing the song was also used in Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- December 1, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray.
