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The Old Grey Hare

  • 1944
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The Old Grey Hare (1944)
AnimationShortComedy

Elmer Fudd asks God when he will finally be able to catch Bugs. God tells him to look far into the future so he imagines a little Elmer still trying to catch a baby Bugs years later.Elmer Fudd asks God when he will finally be able to catch Bugs. God tells him to look far into the future so he imagines a little Elmer still trying to catch a baby Bugs years later.Elmer Fudd asks God when he will finally be able to catch Bugs. God tells him to look far into the future so he imagines a little Elmer still trying to catch a baby Bugs years later.

  • Director
    • Robert Clampett
  • Writers
    • Michael Sasanoff
    • Warren Foster
  • Stars
    • Mel Blanc
    • Arthur Q. Bryan
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
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    • Director
      • Robert Clampett
    • Writers
      • Michael Sasanoff
      • Warren Foster
    • Stars
      • Mel Blanc
      • Arthur Q. Bryan
    • 13User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc
    • Bugs Bunny
    • (voice)
    • …
    Arthur Q. Bryan
    • Elmer J. Fudd
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert Clampett
    • Writers
      • Michael Sasanoff
      • Warren Foster(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Musical Director Carl W. Stalling's name appears in a newspaper article Elmer Fudd reads at the beginning of this cartoon. The headline reads, "Smellevision Replaces Television" followed by the byline, "Carl Stalling sez, 'It Will Never Work!'"
    • Goofs
      As Bugs digs "his" grave, he shovels the dirt to his left, but in the next shot, as he buries Elmer he shovels from the right.
    • Quotes

      Bugs Bunny: So long, Methuselah!

    • Crazy credits
      After Bugs hands Elmer the lit stick of dynamite, the cartoon ends, but you can still hear the fuse burning. As the dynamite explodes, the "That's All Folks!" card shakes wildly.
    • Alternate versions
      On The WB, this scene was removed: baby Elmer levels his cork gun at baby Bugs' face and baby Bugs then smashes his bottle of carrot juice over baby Elmer's head.
    • Connections
      Edited into Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975)
    • Soundtracks
      Memories
      (uncredited)

      Music by Egbert Van Alstyne

      Lyrics by Gus Kahn

    User reviews13

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    10/10
    When Clampett was good, he was vewy vewy good.
    I have gone on record as not being the biggest fan of Robert Clampett. He repeats a lot of corny gags that didn't really bear repeating, some of his animation had the tendency to become too rubbery, but what I most objected to was actually not a failing of his own, but a sort of tribute, as dozens of animators that followed trying to emulate him most often accentuated his bad traits at the expense of his genius. Ah, that's the rub! How can you copy genius?

    This cartoon was one of those masterpieces Clampett created while he was at Warner Bros. We've all seen a hundred cartoons (my exaggerate - he he) where they show characters in infancy to old age, but never has anyone captured the brilliance of this one. As Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd go to the year 2000, the chase is on with a space age type rifle, and when we see them as infants, the chase was on even then with a popgun.

    Like I said, I'm not a huge fan of Clampett's, but all animation lovers have to be indebted to those works he directed at WB that even today (especially today) are high water marks for anyone in this medium.
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    • Rikichi
    • Mar 24, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 28, 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bugs Bunny Specials #6 (1943-1944 Season): The Old Grey Hare
    • Production company
      • Leon Schlesinger Studios
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    • Runtime
      8 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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