Hair-Raising Hare is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, released in 1946. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce. It stars Bugs Bunny and features the first appearance of Chuck Jones’ imposing orange monster character, unnamed here, but in later cartoons named “Rudolph” and then “Gossamer”.
I know, right? I thought that was weird , too, when I learned that. The original pre-YouTube YouTube short. They were ahead of their time without even realizing it.
It’s funny to think of these cartoons now, like how this one’s a little over 7 minutes long, but when I was a kid they seemed longer. I love Bugs Bunny. I hope I’m more like him in my next life. 🙂
It had something to do with Warner bros. They would only allow six minute slots in programming for looney tunes to produce cartoons. So actually at seven minutes, this was a long one.
Interesting.
They FELT like they were at least 15 or 20 minutes long, lol !!
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I know, right? I thought that was weird , too, when I learned that. The original pre-YouTube YouTube short. They were ahead of their time without even realizing it.
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It’s funny to think of these cartoons now, like how this one’s a little over 7 minutes long, but when I was a kid they seemed longer. I love Bugs Bunny. I hope I’m more like him in my next life. 🙂
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It had something to do with Warner bros. They would only allow six minute slots in programming for looney tunes to produce cartoons. So actually at seven minutes, this was a long one.
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