His Hare-Raising Tale
| His Hare-Raising Tale | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny) series | |
| Directed by |
I. Freleng Additional directors: Chuck Jones Robert Clampett (both uncredited) |
| Story by |
Warren Foster Additional story: The Staff (uncredited) |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by |
Virgil Ross Manuel Perez Ken Champin Arthur Davis Additional animation: Thomas McKimson Gerry Chiniquy etc. (all uncredited) |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Paul Julian |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 11, 1951 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | French Rarebit |
| Followed by | Ballot Box Bunny |
His Hare-Raising Tale is a 1951 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes (reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies) short, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster. This cartoon consists primarily of clips from five previous cartoons: Baseball Bugs (1946); Stage Door Cartoon (1944); Rabbit Punch (1948); Falling Hare (1943); and Haredevil Hare (1948).
Bugs Bunny and his nephew Clyde Rabbit are sitting on a couch looking at a scrap book depicting various photographs and newspaper clippings of Bugs. In this cartoon Clyde is unnamed.
Segment one has Clyde asking if Uncle Bugs was a baseball pitcher and Bugs replying that he was "the best". This segment uses clips from Baseball Bugs, though Bugs refers to the opposing team as "The Boston Argyle Socks" rather than The Gas-House Gorillas. Bugs does not reveal the conclusion of his baseball hit but when his nephew asks what happened, Bugs replies that he went into Vaudeville.
Segment two uses a clip from Stage Door Cartoon. Bugs' nephew then asks what happened with the act and Bugs says he broke it up because "my partner demanded equal billing" and then adds that "there was more money in boxing anyway".
Segment three has Bugs telling his nephew that he fought "The Champ" at "Madison Round Garden". Two clips from Rabbit Punch are used. By Round 110 Bugs says the fight ended because "along came the war".
In segment four, a brief clip from Falling Hare is shown as Bugs explains that he was a test pilot assigned to a supersonic aircraft (an anachronism since it wasn't until 1947 that genuinely supersonic aircraft were developed). He further explains that while flying the aircraft something went wrong and it heads toward the ground, nose first, then stops a few inches from impact because the plane "ran out of gas".
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