Half-Fare Hare
Half-Fare Hare is a 1956 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.[1] The short was released on August 18, 1956, and stars Bugs Bunny.[2]
| Half-Fare Hare | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Daws Butler (uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | George Grandpre Russ Dyson Keith Darling Ted Bonnicksen |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | August 18, 1956 |
Running time | 6:37 |
| Language | English |
Plot
Bugs Bunny boards the Chattanooga Choo Choo and finds two hoboes who look and act like Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton, from The Honeymooners TV show, who want to eat Bugs after being hungry for days.
Summary
It was a snowy winter day, and a newspaper landed near a train station and at the same time, Bugs Bunny arrives and looks at the newspaper, saying that a local carrot crop freeze. And despite, that he doesn't have a drove, Bugs decided to hop on a train to Chattanooga and shouts, "C'mon, Chattanooga Choo-Choo!"
In a choo-choo train, two men named Ralph and Ed are in one of the cars.
Music
The cartoon features the song Carolina in the Morning, rather than the more obvious choice Chattanooga Choo Choo; Carolina in the Morning 's faster melodic rhythm and emphatic downbeats complement the timing of the action in the cartoon. [3]
Censorship
ABC censored the part where Norton offers to attend to Bugs' scarf and he hangs Bugs on a coat hanger with the scarf hanger and another scene where Norton is cooking Ralph in a pot, presumably because of the violent nature.[4]
References
- Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 287. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- Goldmark, Daniel; Taylor, Yuval, eds. (2002). The Cartoon Music Book. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781569764121.
- The CENSORED Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide
| Preceded by Barbary Coast Bunny |
Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1956 |
Succeeded by A Star is Bored |