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+ | |name = Fresh Hare |
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+ | |image = Fresh_Hare.jpg |
|Director = [[Friz Freleng|I. Freleng]] |
|Director = [[Friz Freleng|I. Freleng]] |
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|producer = [[Leon Schlesinger]] |
|producer = [[Leon Schlesinger]] |
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| − | |airdate |
+ | |airdate = August 22, 1942 |
| − | |series |
+ | |series = [[Merrie Melodies]] |
| − | |Voice |
+ | |Voice = [[Mel Blanc]] (uncredited)<br>[[Arthur Q. Bryan]] (uncredited)<br>[[The Sportsmen Quartet]] (uncredited) |
|Starring = [[Bugs Bunny]]<br>[[Elmer Fudd]] |
|Starring = [[Bugs Bunny]]<br>[[Elmer Fudd]] |
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|previous = [[Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner]] |
|previous = [[Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner]] |
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| − | |next |
+ | |next = [[The Impatient Patient]] |
| − | |video |
+ | |video = [[File:Fresh Hare|thumb|center|280px|USA Dubbed Version]] |
|Writer = [[Michael Maltese]] |
|Writer = [[Michael Maltese]] |
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|Animators = [[Manuel Perez]]<br>[[Phil Monroe]]<br>[[Richard Bickenbach]]<br>[[Gerry Chiniquy]]<br>[[Gil Turner]] |
|Animators = [[Manuel Perez]]<br>[[Phil Monroe]]<br>[[Richard Bickenbach]]<br>[[Gerry Chiniquy]]<br>[[Gil Turner]] |
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|Background-artist = [[Lenard Kester]] (uncredited) |
|Background-artist = [[Lenard Kester]] (uncredited) |
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|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited) |
|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited) |
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| − | |Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling]] |
+ | |Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling]] |
| + | }} |
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| − | '''Fresh Hare''' is a [[1942]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' |
+ | '''Fresh Hare''' is a [[1942]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Friz Freleng]]. |
| − | ==Title== |
+ | == Title == |
The title is a typical [[Warner Bros.]] pun (as in "fresh air") that has little or nothing to do with the plot, other than being set in the crisp, frigid air of a Canadian winter. |
The title is a typical [[Warner Bros.]] pun (as in "fresh air") that has little or nothing to do with the plot, other than being set in the crisp, frigid air of a Canadian winter. |
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| − | ==Plot== |
+ | == Plot == |
| − | Elmer Fudd is trying to catch the "wanted" Bugs Bunny. Bugs locks Elmer to the bomb that Elmer was trying to get Bugs in. It explodes while Bugs pretends to look for the keys. Elmer gets mad but Bugs fools him as being the guard, while Elmer's clothes then are removed, even his underwear |
+ | [[Elmer Fudd]] is trying to catch the "wanted" [[Bugs Bunny]]. Bugs locks Elmer to the bomb that Elmer was trying to get Bugs in. It explodes while Bugs pretends to look for the keys. Elmer gets mad, but Bugs fools him as being the guard, while Elmer's clothes then are removed, even his underwear. A chase through the snow then happens, including a part where Bugs' ears split around a tree, but Elmer hits it. |
| − | Bugs then talks to a snowman that is supposed to be Fudd, when he finishes making his fist, he turns around and strikes Elmer. The chase continues through the snow, forth and back, until Bugs makes a painting of himself on a rock, and Elmer hits the rock. |
+ | Bugs then talks to a snowman that is supposed to be Fudd, when he finishes making his fist, he turns around and strikes Elmer. Bugs then pretends to be Elmer's gun, making noises. The chase continues through the snow, forth and back, until Bugs makes a painting of himself on a rock, and Elmer hits the rock. |
| − | Elmer |
+ | Elmer gives up trying to catch the rabbit, but cries in tears, then says that he's a disgrace to the regiment for failing to catch Bugs. Bugs comforts Elmer and promises to give himself up and lets Elmer take him in. Just before Bugs is sentenced to death by a firing squad, Elmer tells Bugs that he can make one last wish before he dies, which prompts Bugs to break out into "Dixie", leading to a minstrel show, where a blackfaced Elmer, Bugs and the firing squad sing the chorus of "Camptown Races". |
| − | ==Transcript== |
+ | == Transcript == |
For a complete transcript, go [[Fresh Hare/Transcript|here]]. |
For a complete transcript, go [[Fresh Hare/Transcript|here]]. |
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| − | ==Availability== |
+ | == Availability == |
| − | *VHS - ''[[Cartoon Moviestars|Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs VS Elmer]]'' |
+ | * (1988) VHS - ''[[Cartoon Moviestars|Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs VS Elmer]]'' |
| − | *VHS - ''[[Bugs Bunny Collection|Here Comes Bugs]]'' |
+ | * (1990) VHS - ''[[Bugs Bunny Collection|Here Comes Bugs]]'' |
| − | *LaserDisc - ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]]'', Volume 2, Side 2 |
+ | * (1992) LaserDisc - ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]]'', Volume 2, Side 2 |
| + | * (2001) DVD - ''[[Cartoon Explosion]]'' Vol. 1 |
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| + | * (2005) DVD - ''[[Bugs Bunny! That Wacky Wabbit]]'' |
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| − | *Unauthorized public domain bootleg tapes and DVD of varying quality (mostly poor); some (particularly under the title "Cartoon Explosion") censor the minstrel show ending. |
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| + | * (2020) Streaming - HBO Max (restored) |
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| − | ==Censorship== |
+ | == Censorship == |
| − | *The end of this cartoon where Bugs proclaims his last wish in a chorus of "I Wish I Were in Dixie", which |
+ | * The end of this cartoon where Bugs proclaims his last wish in a chorus of "I Wish I Were in Dixie", which segues into [[Bugs Bunny|Bugs]], [[Elmer Fudd]] and the Mounties all in blackface singing "Camptown Races" has been edited on nearly every American airing, including versions shown on the Ted Turner-owned networks ([[Cartoon Network]], [[Boomerang]], TBS, and TNT).<ref>http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-e-f.aspx</ref> |
| − | * |
+ | ** The 1995 Turner "dubbed version" that has aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang (American feed) censors the scene using a fake fade-out to black to the altered circa 1937-1938 "That's all, Folks!" ending card.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uAspO-VNos</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/Toonheads_218_The_Year_Elmer_Fudd_Got_Fat</ref> This same edit also occurs on the Latin American Turner networks too.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C0AeiARj5U</ref> |
| + | ** The old a.a.p. prints that used to air on TNT censored this scene with a fake iris-out. This same edited version was also used on Cartoon Network's American channel prior to the debut of its 1995 Turner "dubbed version" print on television in the late-1990s.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uAspO-VNos</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/CartoonNetworkTapeComplete</ref> |
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| + | ** TBS replaced the actual scene of Bugs, Elmer, and the Mounties in blackface with looped footage of Bugs dancing to "I Wish I Were in Dixie" while the audio played as normal.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uAspO-VNos</ref> |
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| + | ** Some gray-market public domain home media releases, such as the one from the "Cartoon Explosion" video series, also cut this ending by dissolving to the original "That's All, Folks" ending card after Bugs starts singing "I Wish I Was in Dixie". |
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| ⚫ | * This cartoon marks the fifth and final appearance of the fat Elmer Fudd which previously appeared in "[[Wabbit Twouble]]" (1941), "[[The Wabbit Who Came to Supper]]" (1942), "[[The Wacky Wabbit]]" (1942) and the propaganda film "[[Any Bonds Today?|Any Bonds Today]]" (1942), as beginning with "[[The Hare-Brained Hypnotist]]" (1942), the original "slim Elmer" design first seen in "[[Good Night Elmer]]" (1940) had returned permanently, presumably due to theater audiences at the time disliking the "fat Elmer" design. |
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| + | == Goofs == |
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| + | * After the scene where the bomb, which is handcuffed to Elmer, explodes off-screen when Bugs pretends to look for the keys, Elmer re-appears in the next scene stopping Bugs with his rifle completely fine, not battered and burnt, as if the explosion didn't affected him at all. |
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| + | * As Bugs rips apart elements of Elmer's uniform bit-by-bit as fools Elmer by being the guard, in the next shot showing Elmer in full view of his girdle and underwear his uniform shirt which has been ripped apart by Bugs appears to be completely fine and intact in one piece on the ground, evident when Elmer picks up his shirt to put the uniform which Bugs stripped off him back on. |
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| ⚫ | * This cartoon marks the fifth and final appearance of the fat [[Elmer Fudd]] which previously appeared in "[[Wabbit Twouble]]" ([[1941]]), "[[The Wabbit Who Came to Supper]]" ([[1942]]), "[[The Wacky Wabbit]]" (1942) and the propaganda film "[[Any Bonds Today?|Any Bonds Today]]" (1942), as beginning with "[[The Hare-Brained Hypnotist]]" (1942), the original "slim Elmer" design first seen in "[[Good Night Elmer]]" ([[1940]]) had returned permanently, presumably due to theater audiences at the time disliking the "fat Elmer" design. |
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** Resisting an officer |
** Resisting an officer |
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** Assault and battery |
** Assault and battery |
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** Violating traffic regulations (repeat mention of crime #7) |
** Violating traffic regulations (repeat mention of crime #7) |
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*** These twelve crimes that Bugs did here, however, do not conform to any known Bugs Bunny cartoon produced before this one. |
*** These twelve crimes that Bugs did here, however, do not conform to any known Bugs Bunny cartoon produced before this one. |
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| − | * Clips from the fully restored version of this cartoon (as pictured in the gallery below) appears in |
+ | * Clips from the fully restored version of this cartoon (as pictured in the gallery below) appears in the documentary ''King Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution'' as part of ''[[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2|Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 2]]'' Blu-ray release's bonus features, but the complete version of it has yet to be released on any home media format.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP9RMN0uSXg</ref> |
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| − | ==Gallery== |
+ | == Gallery == |
<gallery> |
<gallery> |
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| − | 156.jpg|Lobby Card |
+ | 156.jpg|[[Lobby Cards|Lobby Card]] |
Fresh Hare.JPG|Screen capture from the censored ending. |
Fresh Hare.JPG|Screen capture from the censored ending. |
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843aa776834dd0cfa0501c728588718b.jpg|A beautifully restored image! |
843aa776834dd0cfa0501c728588718b.jpg|A beautifully restored image! |
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</gallery> |
</gallery> |
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| − | ==External |
+ | == External Links == |
| − | *{{imdb title|id=0034756|title=Fresh Hare}} |
+ | * {{imdb title|id=0034756|title=Fresh Hare}} |
| − | *[http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=605&cartoon=Fresh%20Hare ''Fresh Hare'' in the Big Cartoon Database] |
+ | * [http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=605&cartoon=Fresh%20Hare ''Fresh Hare'' in the Big Cartoon Database] |
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| − | ==References== |
+ | == References == |
{{reflist}} |
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{{BugsBunnyShorts}} |
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{{ElmerFuddShorts}} |
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[[Category:1942]] |
[[Category:1942]] |
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[[Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts]] |
[[Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts]] |
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[[Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons]] |
[[Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese]] |
[[Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese]] |
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| − | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Manuel Perez]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]] |
[[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]] |
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| − | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Richard Bickenbach]] |
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| − | [[Category:Cartoons animated by Gil Turner]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Owen Fitzgerald]] |
[[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Owen Fitzgerald]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn]] |
[[Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger]] |
[[Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger]] |
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[[Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package]] |
[[Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package]] |
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Fresh Hare is a 1942 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
Title
The title is a typical Warner Bros. pun (as in "fresh air") that has little or nothing to do with the plot, other than being set in the crisp, frigid air of a Canadian winter.
Plot
Elmer Fudd is trying to catch the "wanted" Bugs Bunny. Bugs locks Elmer to the bomb that Elmer was trying to get Bugs in. It explodes while Bugs pretends to look for the keys. Elmer gets mad, but Bugs fools him as being the guard, while Elmer's clothes then are removed, even his underwear. A chase through the snow then happens, including a part where Bugs' ears split around a tree, but Elmer hits it.
Bugs then talks to a snowman that is supposed to be Fudd, when he finishes making his fist, he turns around and strikes Elmer. Bugs then pretends to be Elmer's gun, making noises. The chase continues through the snow, forth and back, until Bugs makes a painting of himself on a rock, and Elmer hits the rock.
Elmer gives up trying to catch the rabbit, but cries in tears, then says that he's a disgrace to the regiment for failing to catch Bugs. Bugs comforts Elmer and promises to give himself up and lets Elmer take him in. Just before Bugs is sentenced to death by a firing squad, Elmer tells Bugs that he can make one last wish before he dies, which prompts Bugs to break out into "Dixie", leading to a minstrel show, where a blackfaced Elmer, Bugs and the firing squad sing the chorus of "Camptown Races".
Transcript
For a complete transcript, go here.
Availability
- (1988) VHS - Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs VS Elmer
- (1990) VHS - Here Comes Bugs
- (1992) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 2, Side 2
- (2001) DVD - Cartoon Explosion Vol. 1
- (2005) DVD - Bugs Bunny! That Wacky Wabbit
- (2007) DVD - Captain of the Clouds (USA 1995 Turner print, uncensored)
- (2020) Streaming - HBO Max (restored)
Censorship
- The end of this cartoon where Bugs proclaims his last wish in a chorus of "I Wish I Were in Dixie", which segues into Bugs, Elmer Fudd and the Mounties all in blackface singing "Camptown Races" has been edited on nearly every American airing, including versions shown on the Ted Turner-owned networks (Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TBS, and TNT).[1]
- The 1995 Turner "dubbed version" that has aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang (American feed) censors the scene using a fake fade-out to black to the altered circa 1937-1938 "That's all, Folks!" ending card.[2][3] This same edit also occurs on the Latin American Turner networks too.[4]
- The old a.a.p. prints that used to air on TNT censored this scene with a fake iris-out. This same edited version was also used on Cartoon Network's American channel prior to the debut of its 1995 Turner "dubbed version" print on television in the late-1990s.[5][6]
- TBS replaced the actual scene of Bugs, Elmer, and the Mounties in blackface with looped footage of Bugs dancing to "I Wish I Were in Dixie" while the audio played as normal.[7]
- Some gray-market public domain home media releases, such as the one from the "Cartoon Explosion" video series, also cut this ending by dissolving to the original "That's All, Folks" ending card after Bugs starts singing "I Wish I Was in Dixie".
- Some edited versions of "Fresh Hare" even go as far as to delete the entire final scene and have the cartoon end with Bugs surrendering to Elmer to keep him from crying and saying, "Okay, Doc. Let's go" after Elmer lets Bugs handcuff him.
Goofs
- The display of "Wanted" signs near the beginning are out of order, and the music cues do not seem to match the display.
- After the scene where the bomb, which is handcuffed to Elmer, explodes off-screen when Bugs pretends to look for the keys, Elmer re-appears in the next scene stopping Bugs with his rifle completely fine, not battered and burnt, as if the explosion didn't affected him at all.
- As Bugs rips apart elements of Elmer's uniform bit-by-bit as fools Elmer by being the guard, in the next shot showing Elmer in full view of his girdle and underwear his uniform shirt which has been ripped apart by Bugs appears to be completely fine and intact in one piece on the ground, evident when Elmer picks up his shirt to put the uniform which Bugs stripped off him back on.
Notes
- A scene of Fresh Hare can be seen in the title sequence gag of the Futurama episode I Second That Emotion.
- This short fell into the public domain in 1970 when United Artists, the copyright owner to the Associated Artists Productions package at the time, failed to renew the copyright in time.
- This cartoon marks the fifth and final appearance of the fat Elmer Fudd which previously appeared in "Wabbit Twouble" (1941), "The Wabbit Who Came to Supper" (1942), "The Wacky Wabbit" (1942) and the propaganda film "Any Bonds Today" (1942), as beginning with "The Hare-Brained Hypnotist" (1942), the original "slim Elmer" design first seen in "Good Night Elmer" (1940) had returned permanently, presumably due to theater audiences at the time disliking the "fat Elmer" design.
- Bugs is wanted for a series of crimes he had committed in this cartoon (as corrected here for Elmer's rounded-l-and-r speech):
- Resisting an officer
- Assault and battery
- Trespassing
- Disturbing the peace
- Miscellaneous misdemeanors
- Public nuisance
- Traffic violations
- Going through a boulevard stop
- Jaywalking
- Triple parking
- Conduct unbecoming to a rabbit
- Violating traffic regulations (repeat mention of crime #7)
- These twelve crimes that Bugs did here, however, do not conform to any known Bugs Bunny cartoon produced before this one.
- Clips from the fully restored version of this cartoon (as pictured in the gallery below) appears in the documentary King Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution as part of Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 2 Blu-ray release's bonus features, but the complete version of it has yet to be released on any home media format.[8]
Gallery
External Links
| Preceded by Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid |
Fresh Hare 1942 |
Succeeded by The Hare-Brained Hypnotist |
References
- ↑ http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-e-f.aspx
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uAspO-VNos
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/Toonheads_218_The_Year_Elmer_Fudd_Got_Fat
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C0AeiARj5U
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uAspO-VNos
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/CartoonNetworkTapeComplete
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uAspO-VNos
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP9RMN0uSXg