Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
| Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | |
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| Merrie Melodies (Bugs Bunny) series | |
The title card of Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears.
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| Directed by | Charles M. Jones |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Voices by |
Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet Kent Rogers |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Robert Cannon Uncredited Ken Harris Shamus Culhane |
| Layouts by | Earl Klein |
| Backgrounds by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | February 26, 1944 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7:22 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | What's Cookin' Doc? (1944) |
| Followed by | Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944) |
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears is a Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short released in 1944, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce. This short marks the first appearance of Jones' dysfunctional version of The Three Bears, and of course is a parody of the old fairy tale, Goldilocks and The Three Bears.
Mel Blanc provides the voices of Bugs and Papa Bear (for the latter using a raucous voice similar to Yosemite Sam only a little higher-pitched). Mama Bear is voiced by Bea Benaderet, while Kent Rogers voiced dim-witted Junior. Stan Freberg is often credited with voicing the character of Junyer Bear in this short, but Junyer was actually voiced by actor Kent Rogers. The cartoon was released four months before Rogers' death in the crash of a training flight at Pensacola, Florida, while he was in the military during World War II.
The Three Bears are hungry and want something to eat, and plan on luring Goldilocks to them with porridge. They find, however, that all they have is carrots, so they make carrot soup instead. The family then pretends to go on a walk through the woods, but quickly comes back to hide in the house and wait for Goldilocks to arrive. The aroma of the carrot soup literally brings Bugs Bunny out of his rabbit hole and into the Bears' home. A plot derived from that of the traditional Goldilocks and the Three Bears story unfolds, with Bugs Bunny as the unwitting guest in the home of the three bears.
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