Forward March Hare
| Forward March Hare | |
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| Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny) series | |
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| Directed by | Charles M. Jones |
| Produced by |
Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Voices by |
Mel Blanc John T. Smith (uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by |
Ken Harris Lloyd Vaughan Ben Washam |
| Layouts by | Maurice Noble |
| Backgrounds by | Philip De Guard |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | February 14, 1953 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7:10 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Hare Lift |
| Followed by | Upswept Hare |
Forward March Hare is an animated Looney Tunes cartoon released in 1953 featuring Bugs Bunny. Bugs, accidentally drafted into the Army, causes havoc with his sergeant at basic training. The title relates to the March Hare.
This cartoon was released during the final months of the Korean War.
The mailman has delivered a letter to "B. Bonny" (Bertram Bonny), but when the truck pulls out, the exhaust from the tailpipe causes the letter to drift out of the mailbox and accidentally drop into Bugs Bunny's hole. Bugs, in the middle of his morning workout (including a brief workout of his ears), eventually sees the letter and assumes it's for him (regardless of the slightly different surname). On reading the letter, he gets shocked: "Holy cats, I've been DRAFTED!!!"
Bugs's going through the Army induction center only causes some small reactions:
Once in the army, though, he quickly causes problems. His shoes are too big, so when his Sergeant calls for the men lined up to "about face," Bugs accidentally literally knocks the rest of the line over like bowling pins.
The Sergeant calls Bugs forward, where Bugs introduces himself as "Private Bugs Bunny reporting, your majesty!" The Sergeant does not believe it is really Bugs, and sarcastically refers to himself as "Sergeant Porky Pig." However, his Colonel, referring to himself as "Colonel Putty Tat," tells the Sergeant that "General Tweety Pie was asking about you, Sergeant." When the Colonel inspects Bugs and orders him to "about face," Bugs knocks the Colonel over with his large shoes, much to the Sergeant's horror.
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