Compressed Hare

Compressed Hare
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Directed byChuck Jones
Maurice Noble
Story byDave Detiege
Produced byWilliam Orcutt
David H. DePatie
StarringMel Blanc
(all voices)
Edited byTreg Brown
Music byMilt Franklyn
Animation byBob Bransford
Ken Harris
Richard Thompson
Tom Ray
Effects Animation:
Harry Love
Layouts byCorny Cole
Maurice Noble (uncredited)
Backgrounds byPhilip DeGuard
William Butler
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • July 29, 1961 (1961-07-29)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Compressed Hare, stylized as COMpressed Hare, is a 1961 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble. The short was released on July 29, 1961, and stars Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote. This is the final first-run Golden Age short in which Wile E. Coyote speaks, although he speaks again in the Adventures of the Road Runner featurette a year later. The title is a play on compressed air.

Plot

In the narrative involving Wile E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny, a sequence of comedic encounters unfolds as Coyote endeavors to capture and prepare Bugs Bunny as a meal. The plot initiates with Coyote's subtle ploy, leaving a telephone in Bugs Bunny's hole and soliciting a cup of diced carrots. Bugs, perceptive to Coyote's intentions, engages in a playful exchange before finding himself ensnared by Coyote, who is preparing rabbit stew.

Bugs escapes after causing a fold-out bed to fall on the Coyote's head. Coyote’s next attempts to ensnare Bugs Bunny involve an attempt to vacuum the rabbit out of his hole, shooting a cannon into the hole and pouring quick-drying cement into the hole. Finally, the Coyote throws a metal carrot into the hole. Once he hears the rabbit pretending to eat it, he turns on a giant electromagnet, which backfires as it pulls in metal objects from all over the world, including a rocket which causes a huge explosion. Bugs comments on Coyote's misfortune with witty quips, asserting his prowess as a neighbor.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
  2. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 333. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60-62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.