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Tortoise Beats Hare is a Merrie Melodies short film directed by Tex Avery and released on March 15, 1941. [2] [3] The short, loosely based on Aesop's fable The Tortoise and the Hare, stars Bugs Bunny and, in his first appearance, Cecil Turtle.
Tortoise Beats Hare: Directed by Tex Avery. With Mel Blanc. An upset Bugs challenges the slick Cecil Turtle to a race.
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Apr 24, 2023 · Tortoise Beats Hare premiered in New York on Broadway in The Rivoli and Hollywood Theater on March 12, 1941, billed with Frank Capra’s production of Meet John Doe. (Concurrent with Tortoise’s opening, Elmer’s Pet Rabbit played at the Strand Theater in the week beginning on March 8.)
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Bugs wanders onto the title card, absentmindedly reading the title card with gross mispronunciations. Once he finally reads the title of the cartoon, he becomes outraged, accusing the makers of not knowing what they are talking about. He tears apart the title card and rushes to find Cecil Turtle's house. When he confronts Cecil, he strongly insists...
Mel Blanc supplies Cecil's drowsy drawl, which is like a slowed-down version of Blanc's later characterization of Barney Rubble. "Tortoise Beats Hare" is a takeoff on the Aesop fable "The Tortoise and the Hare", but even more directly, it is Avery's parody of the 1934 Disney Silly Symphony, "The Tortoise and the Hare". Max Hare, from the earlier Di...
The working title was "Tortoise + Hare".When Bugs sees Cecil sitting at the finishing line, he calls him a "blankety, blank, blank turtle", which is meant to reference curse words, which is a violation of the 1934 Hays Code.This was Tex Avery's 54th cartoon and Bugs Bunny's third appearance.This is the first time Bugs Bunny loses in the end, proving that Bugs is not completely unbeatable; this is confirmed by animation historian Will Friedwald in the documentary King Size Comedy: Tex...In this classic Looney Tunes short, Bugs Bunny takes on a surprising opponent—Cecil Turtle—in a race. But can a turtle really outsmart the quick-witted Bugs ...
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Warner Bros. Publication date. 1941-03-15. Topics. Warner Bros., Turner Entertainment, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Bugs Bunny, 1941. *Restored HBO Max (Max) US print.
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Apr 5, 2014 · Tortoise Beats Hare (1941) Warner cartoon no. 319. Release date: March 15, 1941. Series: Merrie Melodies. Supervision: Tex Avery. Producer: Leon Schlesinger. Starring: Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny / Cecil Turtle / Other Turtles). Story: Dave Monahan. Animation: Charles McKimson.
