Hare Remover
Hare Remover is a Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, released in 1946.[1] The film was the second Bugs Bunny cartoon to be directed by Frank Tashlin at Warner Bros., the first being The Unruly Hare (1945).[2]
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| Directed by | Frank Tashlin (uncredited) Robert McKimson (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Story by | Warren Foster Melvin Millar (uncredited) |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Richard Bickenbach Art Davis Cal Dalton I. Ellis A.C. Gamer (effects animation) |
| Layouts by | Robert Givens (uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | March 23, 1946 (U.S. |
Running time | 7:27 |
| Language | English |
This is the last short Frank Tashlin directed before leaving Warner Bros. to direct live-action films. His animation unit was handed over to Robert McKimson upon his departure.
Synopsis
Mad scientist Elmer tries his best to make a "Jekyll and Hyde potion", but his experiments always end in failure, causing one of his test animals, a dog, to run out and eat grass. He decides to trap a rabbit (Bugs Bunny) as his next subject. After he traps him, Elmer gives Bugs the potion, but to no avail. Elmer has a crying fit until Bugs gives him one of the potions, giving Elmer the same initial looney side effects the other animals had experienced
When a bear enters the lab from the nearby forest, both Bugs and Elmer mistake the bear for one another, until Elmer becomes angry at the bear (still thinking that it is Bugs) after the bear refuses the potion that was going to cure him, which was the same potion Bugs gave to the bear earlier and of which made the bear disgusted. Elmer scolds the bear until he discovers that the bear isn't Bugs Bunny when the real Bugs is at the window. Elmer realizes his mistake, and the enraged bear chases Elmer and ends up on the warpath against him, while Elmer is sobbingly panickedly begging the bear not to literally kill him. Elmer, after heeding Bugs' option, plays dead to fool the bear, and is saved by his bad odor . Elmer thinks he's safe until he thinks he hears the bear again.. Meanwhile, the bear is standing on the side of the room watching them, convinced that both Elmer and Bugs are crazy, flashing rebus picture cards to the audience showing a screw with a ball, a cracked pot, a dripping faucet, bats in the belfry, etc.
Crew
- Story: Warren Foster, Melvin Millar
- Animation: Richard Bickenbach, Art Davis, Cal Dalton, I. Ellis
- Layouts: Robert Givens
- Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas
- Film Editor: Treg Brown
- Voice Characterization: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
- Effects Animation: A.C. Gamer
- Musical Direction: Carl W. Stalling
- Orchestrations: Milt Franklyn
- Production: Edward Selzer
- Direction: Frank Tashlin, Robert McKimson
Availability
This cartoon is found on Volume 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection.
Sources
- Sigall, Martha (2005). "The Boys of Termite Terrace". Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578067497.
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. 165. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- Sigall (2005), p. 73
External links
- Hare Remover on IMDb
| Preceded by Baseball Bugs |
Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1946 |
Succeeded by Hair-Raising Hare |