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Hot Cross Bunny
Studio:
Warner Bros.
Release Date : August 21, 1948
Series: Merrie Melodies
General Info
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Cumulative rating:
(3 ratings submitted)
Synopsis
Bugs Bunny is a pampered laboratory rabbit who decides to humor a scientist and go along with an experiment. When told he is the main attraction, he performs until the scientist knocks him out. Bugs bails when the experiment turns out to be replacing Bugs' brain with that of a chicken's. After a long chase, Bugs is captured and put through the experiment--which instead swaps the brains of the scientist and the chicken!
Characters
Bugs Bunny
(Voice:
Mel Blanc
)
Credits
Note: "Unverified" credits may not be correct and should be taken with a grain of salt.
Director
Robert "Bob" McKimson
Animator
Manny Gould
Charles McKimson
Phil DeLara
Anatolle "Tolly" Kirsanoff
Isadore "Izzy" Ellis
Fred Abranz
John Carey
Story
Warren Foster
Music
Carl W. Stalling
Backgrounds
Richard H. "Dick" Thomas
Voices
Mel Blanc
Layout
Cornett Wood
Producer
Edward "Eddie" Selzer
(unverified)
Music Sources
Daly, Joseph Michael
: "
Chicken Reel
"
Donaldson, Walter and Gus Kahn
: "
Carolina in the Morning
"
Broadcasters
MeTV
MeTV Toons
Tooncast
Distributor(s)
Warner Bros.
Clips Used In:
Prom-ise Her Anything
Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars
50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 3½ Minutes
Included in:
Episode #16
Episode #23
Episode #11
Trivia
The working title for this short was "The Rabid Rabbit".
Television
Bugs 'n' Daffy
Season 1, Episode 42
Season 1, Episode 50
Bugs Bunny (YTV)
Season 1, Episode 67
Toon In With Me
Season 1, Episode 32
Season 1, Episode 114
Season 5, Episode 169
VHS
United States
Stars of Space Jam: Bugs Bunny
Laserdisc (CLV)
Japan
Looney Tunes: Stars of Space Jam
DVD
United States
Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection
Stars of Space Jam: Bugs Bunny
BluRay Disc
United States
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Technical Specifications
Production No.: 1053
MPAA No.: 11884
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Color Type: Technicolor
Negative Type: 35mm
Original Country: United States
Original Language: English
Print Type: 35mm
Sound Type: Mono
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