{"id":46535,"date":"2025-03-05T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=46535"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:03:04","slug":"every-bugs-bunny-ever-hare-trimmed-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/05\/every-bugs-bunny-ever-hare-trimmed-1953\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Hare Trimmed (1953)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hare Trimmed <\/strong>(1953)<br \/>\nDirected by\tFriz Freleng<br \/>\nStory by\tWarren Foster<br \/>\nAnimation by\tManuel Perez, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis<br \/>\nMusic by\tCarl Stalling<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHare Trimmed\u201d is notable as being the only Bugs Bunny cartoon where Granny plays a prominent role in the story. It is a shame that she wasn\u2019t a more frequent presence, since she was an endearing and lively character \u2013 Granny turned up briefly two years later in \u201cThis is a Life?\u201d, but that was more of a gag appearance.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this film, Granny is the recipient of a $50 million inheritance. Yosemite Sam learns of her new fortune and schemes to marry Granny and then separate her from her money. Bugs eavesdrops on his chicanery and vows to stop this from happening.<\/p>\n<p>Sam shows up at Granny\u2019s home to woo her, causing her to run off girlishly while exclaiming to the camera, \u201cLand sake! Nothing like this has happened to me since the boys got back from Gettysburg!\u201d Then Bugs shows up disguised as a French dandy to give his own chase to the giggling Granny. Sam displays his gentlemanly contempt for Bugs by slapping his face with a glove. Bugs returns the contempt with his own glove slap \u2013 except that he has a brick in his glove. The two engage in a duel that ends in an inspired sight gag (no spoiler here, sorry).<\/p>\n<p>Bugs then disguises himself as Granny, which confuses Sam when this version of Granny suddenly becomes violent \u2013 there is a reprise of the lumps of sugar gag that Bugs pulled a few cartoons back on Pete Puma. The real Granny is equally confused at Sam\u2019s sudden belligerence \u2013 he is unaware of the difference between Bugs in drag and Granny, but his belated attempts to pacify Granny ends with the elderly lady firing her rifle at him. Bugs-as-Granny then tricks Sam into an elopement, but during the wedding ceremony Bugs\u2019 wedding gown tears to reveal he is a rabbit. Sam revolts at the sight of Bugs\u2019 furry tail and runs from the service in a panic.<\/p>\n<p>Boasting a story packed with crossdressing, seduction and the potential for bestiality, \u201cHare Trimmed\u201d is fairly mature for a cartoon. One remark by Granny where she mistakenly believes a mallet-walloped Sam is \u201cloaded\u201d was frequently edited from television broadcasts \u2013 oddly, the censors had no problems rolling a piano down a staircase over Sam, but it was verboten to openly suggest his was inebriated. <\/p>\n<p>Warren Foster\u2019s story and Friz Freleng\u2019s direction are richly imaginative, while Mel Blanc\u2019s exuberant voice performances as the obstreperous Sam and Bugs (as himself, the Frenchman and the faux-Granny) were among his finest output. Uncredited Bea Benaderet voiced Granny, creating a spirited character who was the rare female icon in the Termite Terrace orbit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hare Trimmed (1953) Directed by Friz Freleng Story by Warren Foster Animation by Manuel Perez, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis Music by Carl Stalling \u201cHare Trimmed\u201d is notable as being the only Bugs Bunny cartoon where Granny plays a prominent role in the story. 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