Transylvania 6-5000
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| 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.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bloodcount: Hocus... Pocus! NOW, I CRUSH YOU!
Bugs: Abacadaba!
Bloodcount: Hocus... Pocus...
Bugs: Abacadaba!
Bloodcount: Hocus... Pocus...
Bugs: Abacadaba!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Romania
- Transylvania
- Pittsburghe
- Transylvania
- United States (indirectly mentioned)
- Pennsylvania (mentioned)
- Pittsburgh (mentioned)
- California (indirectly mentioned)
- Cucomonga (mentioned)
- Pennsylvania (mentioned)
- Romania
Objects
- Magic Words & Phrases
- Baseball bat
- Large brick
- Telephone booth
Production
Development
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:
