14 Carrot Rabbit

14 Carrot Rabbit
Directed by	I. Freleng
Story by	Warren Foster
Produced by	Edward Selzer
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Virgil Ross Arthur Davis Manuel Perez Ken Champin
Layouts by	Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds by	Irv Wyner
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 15, 1952 (1952-03-15)
Running time	7:13
Country	United States
Language	English

14 Carrot Rabbit is a 1952 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. ^[1] The short was released on March 15, 1952, and features Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam ^[2] (here as Chilkoot Sam). The title is a play on "14 karat", as in a purity level for gold.

Plot

Screenshot from the cartoon

Set during the Klondike Gold Rush in Yukon, Canada, Yosemite Sam steals gold from an old prospector named Louie. Disappointed by his small haul, Sam encounters Bugs Bunny, who undergoes an involuntary convulsing spell in the presence of gold. Sam tries to trick Bugs into a partnership, but Bugs outsmarts him. Bugs claims to find gold, Same chases him away and dissolves the partnership. Despite this, Bugs still tries to save Sam when he realizes he's about to fall off a cliff in to a lake. Bugs later sets Sam up to dig in a spot that's in fact the back of a hidden dump truck, which he dumps off of a cliff. Angered, Sam vows revenge and chases Bugs across the United States until Bugs leads him to Fort Knox, where Sam is arrested for attempting to steal the fort's gold. Bugs suddenly finds himself challenged by another guard to explain his presence on the Fort grounds, and he escapes on a passing ocean liner that appeared out of nowhere.

See also

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
• List of Bugs Bunny cartoons
• List of Yosemite Sam cartoons

References

1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 232. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.

External links

• 14 Carrot Rabbit at IMDb

Preceded by Foxy by Proxy	Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1952	Succeeded by Water, Water Every Hare