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A Wild Hare is a 1940 American animated comedy short film directed by Tex Avery, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and distributed by Warner Bros. as part of the Merrie Melodies series. The film was released on July 27, 1940, and features Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, the latter making what is considered his first official appearance. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Plot.
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The title is a play on "a wild hair", the first of many puns between "hare" and "hair" that would appear in Bugs Bunnytitles. The pun is carried further by a bar of "I'm Just Wild About Harry" playing in the underscore of the opening credits.
Elmer approaches one of Bugs' holes, puts down a carrot, and hides behind a tree. Bugs' arm reaches out of the hole, feels around, and snatches the carrot. He reaches out again and finds the business end of Elmer's shotgun. His arm quickly pops back into the hole before returning to drop the eaten stub of Elmer's carrot before apologetically caress...
Bugs' nonchalant carrot-chewing stance, as explained many years later by Chuck Jones, and again by Friz Freleng and Bob Clampett, comes from the movie It Happened One Night, from a scene where Pete...The line "What's up, Doc?" was added by director Tex Averyfor this short. Avery explained later that it was a common expression in Texas where he was from, and he didn't think much of the phrase. B...In the original version, during Bugs' game of "Guess Who?" with Elmer, Elmer's second guess was "Carole Lombard." (Carole Lombard was a blond, comic actress of the 1930s and 1940s who died in a pla...
When Elmer is about to come out of Bugs' home, his eyes were not colored in a single frame.Throughout the cartoon, Elmer's nose is pink. When Elmer is hiding behind a tree waiting for Bugs to trigger the rabbit trap, his nose is the color of his skin.When this short was re-released as a Blue Ribbon, the title was changed to "The Wild Hare".Although the official release date of this short is listed as 27 July 1940, it was reportedly out in theaters as early as 23 July.After the cartoon was re-released, a 16mm Eastmancolor print of the original titles was later found in ownership by a private collector. It was present in Bugs Bunny: Superstar, What's Up Doc? A Sa..."A Wild Hare" is credited by many film historians to be the first "official" Bugs Bunny short. Various directors at the Warner Bros cartoon studio had been experimenting with cartoons focused on a...A wisecracking rabbit voiced by Mel Blanc had first appeared in 1938’s Porky’s Hare Hunt. However, it wasn’t until two years later that director Tex Avery as...
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Aug 6, 2017 · One of the oldest of the Looney Tunes characters, Bugs’ beginnings can be traced to 1940, when, in a cartoon directed by Tex Avery, A Wild Hare, he was introduced together with his archenemy, Elmer Fudd.
Jul 27, 2009 · Today marks the anniversary of Bugs Bunny's first starring role in "A Wild Hare." An early version of the "wascally wabbit" had appeared in 1938's " Porky's Hare Hunt," but it wasn't until...
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His first official appearance was in July 1940 "A Wild Hare,' co-starring Elmer Fudd as the hunter entrapped by Bugs Bunny's clever antics. The Merrie Melody cartoon, drawn by the wizard artists at Leon Schlesinger Productions, was part of Warner Brothers distribution arm.
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A Wild Hare (re-released as The Wild Hare) is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, directed by Tex Avery, and written by Rich Hogan.
