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Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Oily Hare (1952)

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Oily Hare (1952)
Directed by Robert McKimson
Story by Tedd Pierce
Animation by Charles McKimson, Phil De Lara, Rod Scribner, Herman Cohen, Keith Darling
Music by Carl Stalling (uncredited)

“Oily Hare” takes place amid the Texas oil boom, along a stretch of road identified by a sign as “Hi-Way $101.00” just outside of “DOLLAR$ (FORMERLY DALLA$”) TEXA$.” A stretch limousine is cruising down the road, and it is quite a stretch – the vehicle is so long that its midsection is occupied by a switchboard operator connecting a long-distance call from the passenger to the driver.
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Every Bugs Bunny Ever: The Hasty Hare (1952)

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The Hasty Hare (1952)

Directed by Charles M. Jones
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation by Ken Harris, Lloyd Vaughan, Ben Washam
Music by Carl W. Stalling

In the early 1950s, flying saucers could be found in newspaper headlines and movie screens. The Termite Terrace gang tapped into that environment by bringing back the extra-terrestrial characters of 1948’s “Haredevil Hare” – but whereas Bugs Bunny went into the space to encounter those otherworldly characters for that film, the 1952 short “The Hasty Hare” has the beings from out there land their flying saucer on Earth to meet the rascally rabbit.
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Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Water, Water Every Hare (1952)

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Water, Water Every Hare (1952)
Directed by Chuck Jones
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation by Ben Washam, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe, Lloyd Vaughan, Richard Thompson, Harry Love
Music by Carl Stalling

Comedy horror movies rarely work, if only because they devolve into the obvious buffoonery of having the funnymen go into unamusing spasms of anxiety when confronted by ghouls, ghosts, creepy beings, and other unpleasant entities. The 1952 cartoon “Water, Water Every Hare” clicks because it doesn’t sink into the standard nonsense of the comic (in this case, Bugs Bunny) being endlessly frightened by the stock villains. Instead, it offers some brilliantly inventive segments that take the comedy horror genre to a new dimension.
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Every Bugs Bunny Ever – Operation: Rabbit (1952)

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Operation: Rabbit (1952)
Directed by Charles M. Jones
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation by Lloyd Vaughan, Ben Washam, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe
Music by Carl Stalling

Prior to the 1952 “Operation: Rabbit,” Bugs Bunny’s foes could be classified in one of four categories: the dimwitted hunter, the hotheaded loudmouth, the pompous authority figure, and the smart-ass who consistently played Bugs for a chump – Cecil Turtle and the gremlin in “Falling Hare” were among the rare detractors who kept getting the best of him.
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Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Ballot Box Bunny (1951)

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Ballot Box Bunny (1951)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Animation by Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis,Manuel Perez
Music by Carl Stalling

Yosemite Sam is running for mayor of an unnamed town, and part of his platform is the promise “to rid this country of every last rabbit.” Needless to say, this doesn’t sit well with Bugs Bunny, who starts a rival campaign. Sam repeatedly tries to sabotage Bugs’ electioneering, but his tricks inevitably backfire badly on him. However, neither candidate prevails as the race goes to a dark horse candidate, literally – a car carrying a sign that reads “Our New Mare” features a large horse as its passenger that is cheered as the election victor by off-screen crowds. Shocked by their respective loses, Bugs and Sam opt to extinguish their disappointment with a game of Russian roulette.
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Every Bugs Bunny Ever: French Rarebit (1951)

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French Rarebit (1951)
Directed by Robert McKimson
Story by Tedd Pierce
Animation by Phil DeLara, Emery Hawkins, Charles McKimson, Rod Scribner
Music by Eugene Poddany; orchestrations by Milt Franklyn

A flatbed truck emerges out of the Arc de Triomphe carrying a large crate marked “Carrots from U.S.A.” The vehicle hits a pothole, causing the crate to fall off and crack open in the street. Bugs Bunny emerges, unaware of his surroundings, though a quick glimpse of the Eiffel Tower and a street sign for the Champs Elysees alerts him to his Parisian location. While strolling the city’s streets, he attracts the attention of rival restaurateurs Louis and Francois – each wants to capture and cook Bugs. Not surprisingly, Bugs quickly outwits his new foes and winds up cooking them.
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