My Bunny Lies over the Sea

My Bunny Lies over the Sea
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Airdate:	4 December 1948 Blue Ribbon reissue: 24 February 1959
Series:	Merrie Melodies
MPAA Number:	12135
Production Number:	1062
Vitaphone Number:	1667
Runtime:	7 minutes, 29 seconds
Copyright Renewed:	12 December 1975
Starring:	Bugs Bunny Angus MacRory
Crew
Voice Characterizations:	Mel Blanc
Director:	Charles M. Jones
Written By:	Michael Maltese
Producer:	Eddie Selzer (uncredited)
Animated By:	Ken Harris Phil Monroe Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan
Layout Artist:	Robert Gribbroek
Background Artist:	Peter Alvarado
Film Editor:	Treg Brown (uncredited)
Musician:	Carl Stalling

My Bunny Lies over the Sea is a 1948 Merrie Melodies short directed by Charles M. Jones.

Title

The title is a play on the second line of the traditional song "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean".

Plot

Bugs Bunny once again gets lost when he is tunneling to his vacation spot. He accidentally ends up in Scotland instead of the La Brea Tar Pits. Upon his arrival, he accidentally mistakes a Scotsman dressed in a traditional kilt and playing the bagpipes for a lady being attacked by a monster. Bugs Bunny jumps the Scotsman, trying to rescue the "woman", and in the process, he smashes the man's bagpipes into little pieces. The Scotsman, Angus MacRory, becomes enraged that his bagpipes have been absolutely ruined, and the angered MacRory challenges Bugs Bunny to a duel, a game of golf. Of course, throughout the game of golf, Bugs Bunny manages to outsmart MacRory and eventually wins, much to the Scotsman's wrath. MacRory accepts defeat after Bugs clears himself of cheating, but still claims that he can't be beaten when it comes to playing bagpipes. After playing, he dares Bugs to 'try and top that,' which the rabbit does by dressing like a Scot and playing not only bagpipes but also a trombone, saxophone, trumpet, two clarinets, cymbals on his feet, and a bass drum with his ears.

Caricatures

• Mel Blanc - Bugs briefly quotes the train announcer that Blanc played in The Jack Benny Program.

Availability

(1984) VHS
The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 17

(1993) LaserDisc
Bugs Bunny: Winner by a Hare: 14 of Bugs Bunny's Best

(1993) VHS
Bugs Bunny's Hare-Brained Hits

(1995) VHS
Classic Collection (WHSmith Exclusive Video)

(1998) VHS
From Hare to Eternity

(1998) VHS
Looney Tunes Presents Bugs Bunny: Big Top Bunny (1998 dubbed version)

(1999) VHS
Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 2: Running Amuck (1998 dubbed version, without notice)

(2003) DVD
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc One (restored with DVNR)

(2003) DVD
Looney Tunes Collection Best of Bugs Bunny

(2010) DVD
3 Spooky DVD Treats

(2011) DVD
Bugs Bunny

(2020) DVD
Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection, Disc 1 (restored with DVNR)

Streaming

Boomerang App (2017 - 2024) (restored with DVNR)

HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored without DVNR)

Max (2023 - ) (restored without DVNR)

Censorship

• The version of this cartoon shown on CBS in the 1970s/1980s cut the part where Angus MacRory shoots his rifle at Bugs and the bullet falls, and MacRory picks it up and asides to the audience that, "It's been in the family for years," because of gun violence and the stereotype of the "thrifty Scotsman".

Notes

• This was the first cartoon to air in the first airing of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show.

Gallery

Mac Rory model sheet

Production cel with a recreated background

Production cel with a production background from "14 Carrot Rabbit"

Production cels

Production cel with a production background from an unknown short

Production cel

Production cel

Production cel from altered late 1970s-'80s airings