Porky's Hare Hunt
| Porky's Hare Hunt | |
 Porky Pig and Happy Rabbit |
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| Directed by | Ben Hardaway |
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| Story by | Howard Baldwin |
| Animation by | Volney White |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Studio | Leon Schlesinger Studios |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date | April 30, 1938 |
| Format | Black-and-white, 8 min. |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Prest-O Change-O |
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Porky's Hare Hunt is a 1938 animated short movie directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and Cal Dalton, which starred Porky Pig as a hunter whose prey is an unnamed rabbit - later to become known as Happy Rabbit who would later become Bugs Bunny. The rabbit's hyperactive personality and laughing voice provided by Mel Blanc predated the 1940 Walter Lantz/Universal release Knock Knock which starred Andy Panda and introduced cartoon audiences to Woody Woodpecker which was created for the Lantz studio by Hardaway after his departure from the Leon Schlesinger/Warner Brothers studio.
Plot
While Porky attempts to shoot down and procure the rabbit, he befalls to an inundation of quick-witted gags as the rabbit asks Porky: "Do you have a hunting license?" As Porky reaches for his pocket to obtain the document within sight of the hyper-hare,he suddenly snacthes it out of Pork's grasp,rips it in two and remarks:"...well you haven't got one now...hoohoohoohoohahahahah..hoo hoo hoo ha ha ha!" and makes a getaway by twisting his ears as though they were a helicopter propeller and flies away. Ultimately the rabbit wins in the end with Porky ending up in the hospital from injuries sustained in the ill-fated attempt to catch his game.
Trivia
- The first appearance of Happy Rabbit, the prototypical version of Bugs Bunny. He's barely recognizable compared to his more familiar later form. Bugs' first appearance will come two years later in A Wild Hare. The "Do you have a hunting license?" line was revived (but modified) in the 1953 short Duck! Rabbit! Duck! where Bugs Bunny asks Elmer Fudd Do you have a fricasseeing rabbit license?
- Happy Rabbit is seen chewing on a carrot the only time he does.
- Note:This was in color in 1943.
External links
| Preceded by ' |
Happy Rabbit
Cartoons 1938 |
Succeeded by Prest-O Change-O |
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