Hillbilly Hare (1950)

Director:

Robert McKimson

Writer:

Tedd Pierce (story)

Release Date:

12 August 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Animation | Comedy | Short

Plot:

While vacationing in the Ozark Mountains, Bugs Bunny encounters Curt and Pumpkinhead Martin, two dimwitted...

Plot Keywords:

Bugs Bunny | Hillbilly | Merrie Melodies | Shotgun | Transvestism

Cast

Mel Blanc

...

Bugs Bunny / Curt Martin (voice)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Quotes:

Curt Martin: Be y'all a Martin or be y'all a Coy, rabbit?
Bugs Bunny: Well, my friends say I'm *very* coy. Hee hee hee!
Curt Martin: A Coy! Square off, ya shoat. Me and you's a'feudin' on account of I'm a Martin!
[presses trigger of his oversized rifle]
Bugs Bunny: Boo hoo. Now I'll never see my wife and younguns again. Never, no more. Boo hoo hoo.
Curt Martin: [the bullet almost leaves the barrel, but Bugs ties a knot in the barrel] Hey, ye dern fool! What's the idear of tyin' knots in me rifle barrel?
[unties the barrel and gets blasted]
Curt Martin: Just call me Freckles.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Behind the Tunes: Merrie Melodies - Carl Stalling and Cartoon Music (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Jesse James

A nice musical number

'Hillbilly Hare' is a Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs is on vacation in the Ozarks. He meets two hillbillies, not that smart, with long beards. They are brothers and looking for some animals to shoot. Of course Bugs talks a lot before the two hillbillies will take a shot at him and of course he will not be the one who gets shot. It is the usual stuff here.

The second part though is terrific. Bugs dresses up as a lady and asks the two brothers for a dance. The lyrics tell the dancing characters what to do so at one moment Bugs pulls the plug from the juke-box and takes over the singing. Now the lyrics make the two hillbillies do some crazy stuff which is pretty funny. The song is very good too, I must admit!