The Windblown Hare

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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 sixtieth 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

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Bugs Bunny Mel Blanc
Three Little Pigs Mel Blanc
Jim Backus
Big Bad Wolf Mel Blanc
Grandma Elvia Allman


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."

Everlasting Influence

  • The three little pigs from this cartoon would reappear with different voices in The Turn-Tale Wolf, once again as the aggressors.

Critical reception

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