The Hasty Hare

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The Hasty Hare
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Directed by Charles M. Jones
Story by Michael Maltese
Produced by Edward Selzer
Starring Mel Blanc
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Animation by Ken Harris
Lloyd Vaughan
Ben Washam
Layouts by Robert Gribbroek
Backgrounds byPhilip DeGuard
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • June 7, 1952 (1952-06-07)(USA)
Running time
7:33
LanguageEnglish

The Hasty Hare is a 1952 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. [1] The short was released on June 7, 1952, and features Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian. [2] The title is a pun on the film title The Hasty Heart .

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Plot

Commander X2, aboard his interstellar vessel, embarks on a mission to Earth under the directive of General E=mc²: retrieve an Earth specimen for Mars. Accompanied by his canine assistant, K-9, Commander X2 locates the rabbit burrow of Bugs Bunny. While investigating, they are propelled back by Bugs’ discarded carrot stems. Mistaking them for Halloween trick-or-treaters, Bugs offers them treats. Commander X2, undeterred, resorts to his disintegration ray, obliterating the burrow.

Commander X2 demands Bugs accompany him to Mars. Bugs initially resists but capitulates after witnessing the disintegration of a nearby rock. In a ploy, Bugs dons a train conductor uniform, tricking the Martians into boarding their ship under false pretenses. Mid-flight, realizing the ruse, Commander X2 returns to Earth. Bugs then sows discord by suggesting K-9's mutiny. Commander X2 nearly disintegrates K-9, who protests his innocence. As Bugs attempts to leave, the Martians restrain him with an Acme straitjacket-ejecting bazooka. Aboard the ship, Bugs convinces K-9 to release him under the guise of changing attire. Once freed, Bugs restrains both Martians, taking control of the ship. After a turbulent flight, he anchors the vessel to stabilize it, inadvertently snagging the moon, Saturn’s rings, Jupiter, and other celestial bodies in a cosmic mishap.

Back on Earth, an astronomer observes the interplanetary chaos through his telescope. Bewildered, he resigns, signing off as I. Frisby, and leaves in a state of disarray. Bugs then asks Frisby if he is interested in a "used" flying saucer which still has a "couple hundred miles in it", which leaves the latter running off scared to Bugs' confusion, who then says "eh, what's bitin' him?"

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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. 236. 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 6 June 2020.
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