Frigid Hare

Frigid Hare
Merrie Melodies (Bugs Bunny) series
The title card of Frigid Hare.
Directed by Charles M. Jones
Produced by Edward Selzer
(uncredited)
Story by Michael Maltese
Voices by Mel Blanc
Music by Carl Stalling
Animation by Phil Monroe
Ben Washam
Lloyd Vaughan
Ken Harris
Layouts by Robert Gribbroek
Backgrounds by Peter Alvarado
Studio Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date(s) October 8, 1949 (USA)
Color process Technicolor
Running time 7 minutes
Language English

Frigid Hare is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short, released on October 8, 1949.[1]:203[2]:430 It is directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese.[3] The title can be seen as a simple play on "frigid air" and/or on the refrigerator brand called "Frigidaire".

Synopsis

While traveling to Miami Beach for an overdue vacation from Warner Brothers, Bugs Bunny yet again misses the left turn at Albuquerque and ends up at the South Pole. As Bugs studies a map, a young penguin fleeing an Eskimo hunter knocks him down, then disappears into the distance. The pursuing Eskimo does the same, but immediately returns to 'ask' Bugs which way the penguin went. Bugs sends the hunter in the opposite direction. He then finds that the penguin has grown attached to him. Wanting to get back to his vacation, Bugs fools the penguin into thinking they will spend part of it together, then distracts him and pushes him down a snowbank, only to see him slide into the hunter's bag. Bugs starts to resume his journey, suggesting to himself that he isn't responsible for what happens, but is quickly overcome by his better nature ("Oh, always somethin'! I'll never get to Miami!") and, through a clever ruse and followed by a chase and a close-call, he rescues the penguin. Bugs grumbles that he only has four days of vacation left. He learns from the penguin that, at the South Pole, the days are six months long. Figuring this means he can stretch his four-day vacation until July 1953, Bugs dons top hat and tails and accompanies the penguin on "a nice long formal vacation."

Availability

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References

  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice And Magic: A History Of American Animated Cartoons (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Plume. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.
  3. ↑ Frigid Hare at The Big Cartoon DataBase bcdb.com May 9, 2011
Preceded by
The Windblown Hare		 Bugs Bunny Cartoons
1949		 Succeeded by
Which Is Witch
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