The Grey Hounded Hare
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The Grey Hounded Hare is a 1948
-produced, 1949
-released Looney Tunes
short film made by Warner Bros. Pictures and starring the voice talent of Mel Blanc
. It was directed by Robert McKimson, and animated by John Carey, Phil DeLara, Manny Gould and Charles McKimson, with music scored by Carl Stalling. The title refers to the greyhound
s of the plot as well as "hounded" meaning pestered or pursued relentlessly. This cartoon is found on Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
Along with Tugboat Granny
and Guided Muscle
, The Grey Hounded Hare was featured on the final episode of The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show, which aired on ABC on September 2, 2000.
pops out of a hole, wondering what all the 'racket' is. He quickly finds out that he is at a greyhound track. Bugs decides to check out the dogs, commenting positively on #7, a large grey greyhound
named Gnawbone, then angering him.
After this, Bugs goes outside to see the race from the sides. The announcer announces some of the dogs racing in the race, including "Bill's Bunion", "Pneumatic Tire", "Father's Moustache", "Motorman's Glove", "Bride's Biscuit" and "Grandpa's Folly", the latter of which has been "scratched" from the race (as in uncontrolable itching).
Bugs watches as a rabbit lure is led out. Not realizing the rabbit is a mechanical fake, Bugs instantly falls in love with it. Upon seeing the dogs being released from their starting boxes, declaring that "chivalry is not dead!", Bugs decides to "rescue" the lure and jumps into the track, taking down some of the dogs one at a time. During this sequence, the announcer, shocked at what he sees, kills himself off-screen. Bugs eventually teases the dogs enough that they start chasing him out of the track and into a taxi, which speeds off towards the Dog Pound. However, Gnawbone #7 was not fooled and is waiting for Bugs.
Bugs then faces off with #7 through trickery, first using a balloon decoy, then using a dynamite stick. Finally, #7 has done it and starts to charge at Bugs "like a bull", but Bugs plays matador and causes #7 to charge into a fire hydrant, putting the dog out of commission.
After defeating #7, now free to pursue "Dreamboat" unhindered, Bugs gives the lure a kiss, getting a large shock, just before the lure goes back into its starting box. He goes for another kiss and gets electrocuted again.
1948 in film
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :...
-produced, 1949
1949 in film
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...
-released Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
short film made by Warner Bros. Pictures and starring the voice talent of Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
. It was directed by Robert McKimson, and animated by John Carey, Phil DeLara, Manny Gould and Charles McKimson, with music scored by Carl Stalling. The title refers to the greyhound
Greyhound
The Greyhound is a breed of sighthound that has been primarily bred for coursing game and racing, and the breed has also recently seen a resurgence in its popularity as a pedigree show dog and family pet. It is a gentle and intelligent breed...
s of the plot as well as "hounded" meaning pestered or pursued relentlessly. This cartoon is found on Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006...
Along with Tugboat Granny
Tugboat Granny
Tugboat Granny is a "Merrie Melodies" cartoon animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. Released June 23, 1956, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and June Foray....
and Guided Muscle
Guided Muscle
Guided Muscle is a 1955 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series featuring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner.- Plot :Introduction: Wile E. Coyote is cooking some food in a tin bucket over a fire. He adds pepper and a drop of a brown liquid, and Wile stirs the bucket and fishes out what is...
, The Grey Hounded Hare was featured on the final episode of The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show, which aired on ABC on September 2, 2000.
Plot
Bugs BunnyBugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
pops out of a hole, wondering what all the 'racket' is. He quickly finds out that he is at a greyhound track. Bugs decides to check out the dogs, commenting positively on #7, a large grey greyhound
Greyhound
The Greyhound is a breed of sighthound that has been primarily bred for coursing game and racing, and the breed has also recently seen a resurgence in its popularity as a pedigree show dog and family pet. It is a gentle and intelligent breed...
named Gnawbone, then angering him.
After this, Bugs goes outside to see the race from the sides. The announcer announces some of the dogs racing in the race, including "Bill's Bunion", "Pneumatic Tire", "Father's Moustache", "Motorman's Glove", "Bride's Biscuit" and "Grandpa's Folly", the latter of which has been "scratched" from the race (as in uncontrolable itching).
Bugs watches as a rabbit lure is led out. Not realizing the rabbit is a mechanical fake, Bugs instantly falls in love with it. Upon seeing the dogs being released from their starting boxes, declaring that "chivalry is not dead!", Bugs decides to "rescue" the lure and jumps into the track, taking down some of the dogs one at a time. During this sequence, the announcer, shocked at what he sees, kills himself off-screen. Bugs eventually teases the dogs enough that they start chasing him out of the track and into a taxi, which speeds off towards the Dog Pound. However, Gnawbone #7 was not fooled and is waiting for Bugs.
Bugs then faces off with #7 through trickery, first using a balloon decoy, then using a dynamite stick. Finally, #7 has done it and starts to charge at Bugs "like a bull", but Bugs plays matador and causes #7 to charge into a fire hydrant, putting the dog out of commission.
After defeating #7, now free to pursue "Dreamboat" unhindered, Bugs gives the lure a kiss, getting a large shock, just before the lure goes back into its starting box. He goes for another kiss and gets electrocuted again.
Censorship
On the ABC airing of this cartoon, the part after the dog falls from the sky after chasing the balloon rabbit, where the greyhound goes to punch Bugs, but gets distracted by the electric rabbit on the track and Bugs sidetracking the dog by using a dynamite stick to play fetch with him (resulting in the dog getting blown up), was cut, making the cut seem like the dog blew up after he fell from the sky.External links
- The Grey Hounded Hare at The Big Cartoon Database