Upswept Hare
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Upswept Hare | |
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Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | March 14, 1953 |
Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan (uncredited) |
Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
Story by | Tedd Pierce |
Animation | Charles McKimson Herman Cohen Rod Scribner Phil DeLara |
Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Upswept Hare is the three-hundredth and sixty-second Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 14, 1953. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.
When Elmer Fudd spots a rare desert flower home with him, he doesn't realize that the flower is near Bugs Bunny's hole. After digging up the flower, he also digs up Bugs' hideaway hole and takes it home to his penthouse, where the rabbit makes himself at home.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Desert valley
- City
- United States
Objects
- Desert flower
- Elmer's shotgun
- Apple
- Popcorn cart
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The score was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Robert Givens
- Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: March 14, 1953
Behind the scenes
- The title is a play on "upswept hair."
- The MPAA certificate number is 15625.
Errors
- In the remastered print used on HBO Max, about a second of audio is cut in the opening titles. This was later rectified when it was released on the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection Blu-ray.
Legacy
- This cartoon would be used in the television special Bugs Bunny's Wide World of Sports.
Home availability
- In the United States: