The Windblown Hare
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | August 27, 1949 |
| Run time | 7:00 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Jim Backus Bea Benaderet |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Charles McKimson Phil DeLara Manny Gould John Carey |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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The Windblown Hare is the two hundred and fifty-eighth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 27, 1949. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Warren Foster, and directed by Robert McKimson.
When the Three Little Pigs scam Bugs into buying two of their three houses in an attempt to elude the Big Bad Wolf, Bugs decides to heckle the wolf via his own Red Riding Hood routine.
Detailed summary
Memorable Quotes
Big Bad Wolf: C'mon, Grandma! Get a move on! Get outta here! Hit the bricks! C'mon, beat it! Get going! Make it snappy, kid! Vamoose! Scram!
Grandma: Land's sakes, Wolfie. Ain't you going to eat me?
Big Bad Wolf: Ain't got time for that, Grandma. C'mon! Get moving! C'mon, c'mon! Shake a leg! Hit the road!
Grandma: Can't a body even get her shawl tied? Heavens to Betsy! Stop that, Wolf!
Big Bad Wolf: Beat it! Get out! And STAY OUT!
Big Bad Wolf: I DID IT!
Three Little Pigs: HE DID IT?!
Bugs Bunny: Eh... we did it. Eee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Straw house
- Stick house
- Brick house
- Grandma's residence
Objects
- The Three Little Pigs
- Red Riding Hood
- Plungers with dynamite
Vehicles
- Bicycle for two
Production
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
"The Jolly Robbers" by Franz von Suppe plays when the Wolf rushes to get inside of Grandma's house before Bugs arrives. It also plays when Bugs is chased by the Wolf on a tandem bicycle.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: August 27, 1949 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is another "hair/hare" pun. This time it's a pun of "windblown hair," and also an allusion to the Wolf "blowing the houses down."
Legacy
- The three little pigs from this cartoon would reappear with different voices in The Turn-Tale Wolf, once again as the aggressors.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
