The Windblown Hare

The Windblown Hare
The Windblown Hare
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Story by	Warren Foster
Produced by	Edward Selzer (uncredited)
Starring	Mel Blanc; Bea Benaderet (uncredited); Jim Backus (uncredited)
Edited by	Treg Brown (uncredited)
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Charles McKimson; Phil DeLara; Manny Gould; John Carey
Layouts by	Cornett Wood
Backgrounds by	Richard H. Thomas
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 27, 1949;
Running time	7:09
Language	English

The Windblown Hare is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson.^[1] The short was released on August 27, 1949, and stars Bugs Bunny.^[2] The title, another pun on "hair", refers to Bugs being subjected to the Wolf's "blowing the houses down".

Plot

The Three Little Pigs, reading their story in a fairy tale book, decide to sell their straw and wooden houses to avoid the Wolf's wrath. Bugs Bunny falls for their scheme and buys the straw house, only for the Wolf to blow it down. Bugs then purchases the wooden house but faces the same fate. Seeking revenge, Bugs disguises himself as Little Red Riding Hood and tricks the Wolf into disrupting his own story.

As Bugs confronts the Wolf at Grandma's house, they engage in a battle of wits and physical comedy. Bugs eventually confronts the Wolf about blowing down his houses, upon which the Wolf says they belonged to the Pigs and he was just following the book. Realizing that they've both been tricked, Bugs and the Wolf arrive at the Pigs' brick house. Despite the Wolf thinking he can't blow it down, Bugs tells him to do so. While the Pigs mock the Wolf, he blows at the house, only for it to explode. Overjoyed, the Wolf exclaims he did it, much to the Pigs' shock. Nearby, Bugs takes the credit, having used TNT to destroy the house, and laughs mischievously.

Additional crew

Film Edited by: Treg Brown
Uncredited Orchestration by: Milt Franklyn

Home media

The Windblown Hare is available on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 DVD.

References

^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 202. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

External links

The Windblown Hare at IMDb

Preceded by The Grey Hounded Hare	*The Windblown Hare* 1949	Succeeded by Frigid Hare

[Beck-1] Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 202. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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