Transylvania 6-5000

Transylvania 6-5000
Lobby card.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	November 30, 1963
Starring	Mel Blanc Ben Frommer Julie Bennett
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie
Music composed by	Bill Lava
Story by	John Dunn
Animation	Bob Bransford Tom Ray Ken Harris Richard Thompson
Director(s)	Chuck Jones Maurice Noble (co-director)
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Transylvania 6-5000 is the four hundred and ninety-first Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 30, 1963. It was written by John Dunn, produced by David H. DePatie, and directed by Chuck Jones.

While en route to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bugs takes another wrong turn at Albuquerque and winds up in Transylvania, where he spends the night in a vampire's castle.

Memorable quotes

Bloodcount: Hocus... Pocus! NOW, I CRUSH YOU!
Bugs: Abacadaba!
Bloodcount: Hocus... Pocus...
Bugs: Abacadaba!
Bloodcount: Hocus... Pocus...
Bugs: Abacadaba!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Agatha and Emily	Julie Bennett
Count Bloodcount	Ben Frommer

Locations

• Earth
  • Romania
    • Transylvania
      • Pittsburghe
        • Count Bloodcount's castle
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Pennsylvania (mentioned)
      • Pittsburgh (mentioned)
    • California (indirectly mentioned)
      • Cucomonga (mentioned)

Objects

• Magic Words & Phrases
• Baseball bat
• Large brick
• Telephone booth

Production

Second lobby card.

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1963 (MCMLXIII).

Music

The music was scored by Bill Lava.

Crew credits

• Co-director: Maurice Noble
• Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
• Film editor: Treg Brown

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 30, 1963

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun of the song, "Pennsylvania 6-5000," which was written by Glenn Miller. The song refers to the old telephone exchange mnemonic of two letters plus a digit, instead of a three-digit exchange (for example PE6-5000 vs. 736–5000).
• This was the last Bugs Bunny theatrical cartoon released in the golden age of American animation to be directed by Chuck Jones.
  • However, Jones' unit would do one more short which Phil Monroe directed, the 1964 Looney Tunes cartoon The Iceman Ducketh.
• When Bugs mentions he has not eaten since he left "Cu-ca-monga," this is a reference to The Jack Benny Program.
• While this cartoon lacks the "Bugs Bunny introduction card", it would also be the final Bugs cartoon in the classic era that does not include the aformentioned card.

Legacy

• Most of this short would be used in the TV Special, Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special. In this variation, before the footage of the cartoon began, Witch Hazel is transformed into Count Bloodcount by some Hyde formula that Bugs brought with him, so when Bugs uses the phrase "Newport News," she switches back to Witch Hazel. Some of the dialog from the cartoon had also been edited for the special.
  • This cartoon would also be featured in the final compilation movie, Daffy Duck's Quackbusters. But some of the dialogue was redubbed in order to connect it to the film's main story. Also, the end was changed so that instead of Bugs sprouting bat wings and flying away, it leads into the link to The Abominable Snow Rabbit where he reports his findings to Daffy Duck (although he still sings "Abraca-pocus" to himself while in the coffin phone-booth), who is displeased to hear from him when Bugs specifically mentions "getting two couples together" ("What do you think we're running here, a matrimonial agency?"). Later, Bugs leaves the castle from the cartoon before he answers a nearby payphone as part of the same bridging sequence.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5