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8.2/10   298 votes
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Director:
Tex Avery
Writer:
Rich Hogan (story)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 July 1940 (USA) more
Plot:
Elmer is a dim-witted hunter whose "wooking for wabbits." Bugs proceeds to confuse, bamboozle, and otherwise humiliate the poor simp. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Magnificent! more

Cast

  (in alphabetical order)

Mel Blanc ... Bugs Bunny / Skunk (voice) (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan ... Elmer Fudd (voice) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Tex Avery  (as Fred Avery)
 
Writing credits
Rich Hogan (story)

Produced by
Leon Schlesinger .... producer
 
Original Music by
Carl W. Stalling (uncredited)
 
Film Editing by
Treg Brown (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Treg Brown .... sound effects editor (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Virgil Ross .... animator
Robert Givens .... character designer (uncredited)
John Didrik Johnsen .... background artist (uncredited)
Robert McKimson .... animator (uncredited)
Rod Scribner .... animator (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Carl W. Stalling .... musical director
Milt Franklyn .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Wild Hare (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
8 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G | USA:Approved (certificate #3993)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
There are at least two conflicting stories as to who came up with the "What's up, Doc?" line. Tex Avery claimed that he based the line on an expression used by his friends in Texas. However, Mel Blanc claimed that it was an ad-lib that he came up with while recording the dialogue. more
Quotes:
Bugs Bunny: [with his hands over Elmer's eyes] Guess who?
Elmer Fudd: Heddy Wamarr?
Bugs Bunny: No.
Elmer Fudd: Bawbwa Stanwyck?
Bugs Bunny: Nope.
Elmer Fudd: Wosemawy Wane?
Bugs Bunny: Nope. Guess again.
Elmer Fudd: Owivia De Haviwand?
Bugs Bunny: Nope, but you're getting warmer.
Elmer Fudd: Say, you wouldn't be that scwewy wabbit, would you?
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Family Guy: Stewie B. Goode (#4.28)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
I'm Just Wild About Harry more

FAQ

Which series is this from: Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes?
List: Warner Bros. cartoons nominated for Academy Awards
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Magnificent!, 20 January 2003
Author: Daniel Dopierala from Australia

Not as good as Whats Opera Doc or Rabbit of Seville but A Wild Hare is still fun to watch. Tex Avery puts in Bugs Bunny as we know him today and "Ehhh What's Up Doc?" and becomes one of the most famous cartoon characters in the world. Of course Tex Avery was a good animation director but he was soon to bid farewell Warner Brothers to go to MGM so Chuck Jones went on to make Bugs Bunny's best know films.

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