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Hillbilly Hare is a 1950 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.

Plot[]

After having several of their hunting attempts foiled, hillbilly brothers Curt and Punkinhead Martin are determined to get revenge on Bugs Bunny for their humiliation. However, Bugs easily outsmarts them and eventually leads them into a violent square dance involving repeated slapstick comedy gags.

Television[]

  • The Bugs Bunny Show (1960-1968; 1971-1975)
  • The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (1968-1971; 1975-1976)
  • The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (1976-1985)
  • The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour (1985-1986)
  • The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986-1990; 1997-2000)
  • Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends [Syndication] (1990-1992)
  • Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon (1992-1997)
  • The Bugs and Daffy Show [Cartoon Network] (1999-2004)
  • The Looney Tunes Show [Cartoon Network] (2001-2004)
  • Looney Tunes on Boomerang (2003-2005; 2013-present)
  • Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network (2009-2015)
  • Bugs Bunny and Friends [MeTV] (2021-present)
  • Sunday Night Cartoons [MeTV+] (2021-present)
  • Toon In with Me [MeTV] (2021-present)

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Censorship[]

This cartoon saw major editing when it aired on ABC due to its violent content. The following scenes were edited:[3]

  • The scene where Bugs mistakes Curt's gun for a camera and has his carrot shot full of holes.
  • The scene where Curt unties his rifle barrel and gets blasted in the face. The scene prior to that, where Bugs sarcastically sobs that he'll never see his wife and kids again before getting shot, was initially cut but was reinstated after 1992.
  • The scene where Bugs meets up with Punkinhead and Bugs reverses the gun barrel so that Punkinhead is blown up.
  • The aftermath of the explosion in the dynamite shack sequence where Curt comes out with Bugs' lit lighter and says, "I think y'all are usin' too strong a fluid."
  • The line during the square-dance ending that goes: Grab a fence post/Hold it tight/Whomp yer partner/Wit' all yer might/Hit 'im in the shin/Hit 'im in the head/Hit 'im again/The critter ain't dead/Whomp 'im low and whomp 'im high/Stick yer finger in his eye/Pretty l'il rhythm/Pretty l'il sound/Bang yer head against the ground (and the ensuing comic violence that follows) was also cut.

Notes[]

  • Bugs Bunny, as usual, is voiced by Mel Blanc, as is Curt Martin; an uncredited John T. Smith voiced Punkinhead Martin; Smith also voices the square dance caller before Bugs unplugs the machine.
  • This is one of only three Warner Bros. cartoons released in 1950 not to bear the "all-green" Color Rings scheme, the others being "Dog Collared" and "Two's a Crowd".
  • The hillbillies have gone on to enter pop culture among animation fans. They have made occasional cameos in the DC Looney Tunes comic book series, and they also make a brief cameo along with Bugs in the Histeria! episode "Great Heroes of France". They also make a brief cameo in Space Jam (with the other Looney Tunes characters watching the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Monstars).
  • A test reel of this cartoon was screened in January 1950.[4]
  • This is the only cartoon where Bill Melendez never animated while he was in Robert McKimson's unit, or it was possibly developed while he was not yet in that unit.
  • This is the first Robert McKimson-directed cartoon with written credits by Tedd Pierce.

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Preceded by
8 Ball Bunny
Bugs Bunny Cartoons
1950
Succeeded by
Bunker Hill Bunny
Bugs Bunny Shorts
1938 Porky's Hare Hunt
1939 Prest-O Change-OHare-um Scare-um
1940 Elmer's Candid CameraA Wild Hare
1941 Elmer's Pet RabbitTortoise Beats HareHiawatha's Rabbit HuntThe Heckling HareAll This and Rabbit StewWabbit Twouble
1942 The Wabbit Who Came to SupperAny Bonds Today?The Wacky WabbitHold the Lion, PleaseBugs Bunny Gets the BoidFresh HareThe Hare-Brained HypnotistCase of the Missing Hare
1943 Tortoise Wins by a HareSuper-RabbitJack-Wabbit and the BeanstalkWackiki WabbitFalling Hare
1944 Little Red Riding RabbitWhat's Cookin' Doc?Bugs Bunny and the Three BearsBugs Bunny Nips the NipsHare Ribbin'Hare ForceBuckaroo BugsThe Old Grey HareStage Door Cartoon
1945 Herr Meets HareThe Unruly HareHare TriggerHare ConditionedHare Tonic
1946 Baseball BugsHare RemoverHair-Raising HareAcrobatty BunnyRacketeer RabbitThe Big SnoozeRhapsody Rabbit
1947 Rabbit TransitA Hare Grows in ManhattanEaster YeggsSlick Hare
1948 Gorilla My DreamsA Feather in His HareRabbit PunchBuccaneer BunnyBugs Bunny Rides AgainHaredevil HareHot Cross BunnyHare SplitterA-Lad-In His LampMy Bunny Lies over the Sea
1949 Hare DoMississippi HareRebel RabbitHigh Diving HareBowery BugsLong-Haired HareKnights Must FallThe Grey Hounded HareThe Windblown HareFrigid HareWhich Is WitchRabbit Hood
1950 Hurdy-Gurdy HareMutiny on the BunnyHomeless HareBig House BunnyWhat's Up Doc?8 Ball BunnyHillbilly HareBunker Hill BunnyBushy HareRabbit of Seville
1951 Hare We GoRabbit Every MondayBunny HuggedThe Fair Haired HareRabbit FireFrench RarebitHis Hare Raising TaleBallot Box BunnyBig Top Bunny
1952 Operation: RabbitFoxy by Proxy14 Carrot RabbitWater, Water Every HareThe Hasty HareOily HareRabbit SeasoningRabbit's KinHare Lift
1953 Forward March HareUpswept HareSouthern Fried RabbitHare TrimmedBully for BugsLumber Jack-RabbitDuck! Rabbit, Duck!Robot Rabbit
1954 Captain HareblowerBugs and ThugsNo Parking HareDevil May HareBewitched BunnyYankee Doodle BugsBaby Buggy Bunny
1955 Beanstalk BunnySahara HareHare BrushRabbit RampageThis Is a Life?Hyde and HareKnight-Mare HareRoman Legion-Hare
1956 Bugs' BonnetsBroom-Stick BunnyRabbitson CrusoeNapoleon Bunny-PartBarbary-Coast BunnyHalf-Fare HareA Star Is BoredWideo WabbitTo Hare Is Human
1957 Ali Baba BunnyBedevilled RabbitPiker's PeakWhat's Opera, Doc?Bugsy and MugsyShow Biz BugsRabbit Romeo
1958 Hare-Less WolfHare-Way to the StarsNow, Hare ThisKnighty Knight BugsPre-Hysterical Hare
1959 Baton BunnyHare-abian NightsApes of WrathBackwoods BunnyWild and Woolly HareBonanza BunnyA Witch's Tangled HarePeople Are Bunny
1960 Horse HarePerson to BunnyRabbit's FeatFrom Hare to HeirLighter Than Hare
1961 The Abominable Snow RabbitCompressed HarePrince Violent
1962 Wet HareBill of HareShishkabugs
1963 Devil's Feud CakeThe Million HareHare-Breadth HurryThe UnmentionablesMad as a Mars HareTransylvania 6-5000
1964 Dumb PatrolDr. Devil and Mr. HareThe Iceman DuckethFalse Hare
1979 Bugs Bunny's Christmas CarolFright Before Christmas
1980 Portrait of the Artist as a Young BunnySpaced Out Bunny
1990 Box Office Bunny
1991 (Blooper) Bunny
1992 Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
1995 Carrotblanca
1997 From Hare to Eternity
2004 Hare and Loathing in Las VegasDaffy Duck for President
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