Hare-Abian Nights
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1959 animated short film by Ken Harris
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| Directed by | Ken Harris |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Produced by | John Burton |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | Ken Harris Ben Washam |
| Layouts by | Samuel Armstrong |
| Backgrounds by | Philip DeGuard |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
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Running time | 6:58 |
Hare-abian Nights is a 1959 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ken Harris of Chuck Jones' unit.[1] The short was released on February 28, 1959, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.[2] The cartoon was animated by Harris and Ben Washam.
Plot
[edit]In an Arabian palace, a band called Timbuk Two Plus 3 fails to impress the Sultan and ends up in a crocodile pit. An Elvis-like musician suffers the same fate. Bugs Bunny, having gotten lost on his way to Perth Amboy, is ordered to entertain the Sultan. Bugs recounts his adventures, including outsmarting a bull, a monster named Rudolph, and Yosemite Sam. It is later revealed that the Sultan is actually Yosemite Sam himself. Bugs tricks Sam into falling into the crocodile pit and escapes, mocking Sam's misfortune.
Production notes
[edit]Hare-Abian Nights recycles footage from Bully for Bugs (1953), Water, Water Every Hare (1952) and Sahara Hare (1955).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 314. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60-62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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Categories:
- 1959 films
- 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films
- 1959 animated short films
- Animated films set in deserts
- Animated films set in palaces
- Animated films set in the Middle East
- Bugs Bunny films
- Clip shows
- Films directed by Ken Harris
- Films scored by Milt Franklyn
- Films with screenplays by Michael Maltese
- Merrie Melodies short films
- Yosemite Sam films