Pre-Hysterical Hare
| Pre-Hysterical Hare | |
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| Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny) series | |
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| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Produced by | John Burton, Sr. |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Voices by |
Mel Blanc Additional voices: Dave Barry (uncredited) |
| Music by | John Seely (of Capitol Records) |
| Animation by | Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder Tom Ray George Grandpré |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | William Butler |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Pre-Hysterical Hare is a 1958 Looney Tunes cartoon by Warner Bros. featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd (also known in this cartoon as Elmer Fuddstone). These two are in their usual hunter-and-bunny antics, but with different items used in the Stone Age.
This cartoon marks one of the few instances where Elmer Fudd is voiced by somebody other than Arthur Q. Bryan in his lifetime, being voiced by Dave Barry instead; as well as the final time Elmer's shirt and hat are red.
The opening scene depicts Bugs and Elmer in the modern day, with Elmer's gun blasting at Bugs repeatedly. Bugs finally pauses long enough to tell the audience: "Someday, they'll outlaw this annual madness known as Rabbit Season." He hops over a stone dike, but either the ground on the other side is not firm enough to support him, or he lands with too much force. Elmer finally appears above ground and on the opposite side of the dike from Bugs wearing a frustrated expression ("Oh, dwat that bwasted wabbit! Where is he?")
At the same time, Bugs is asking himself the very same question. He assumes that he has fallen into a cave possibly belonging to giant Native Americans. This assumption comes from an item on the wall with odd writing on it which Bugs takes for a powder horn. He says: "Must be Indian writing, but it's Greek to me." (The writing briefly changes to English: reading "TIME CAPSULE — CIRCA 10,000 BC TO BE OPENED 1960 AD," then reverts to its original format as Bugs approaches it.) He pulls on a stoppering item on the wide end that is nearly his own size, whereupon, much to his surprise, a reel of film pops out. This he transports (off-camera) back to his hole and views through his own film projector. This film is described as "A Micronesian Film Documentary in Breathtaking Cro-Magnonscope. Color by Neanderthal Color." Then the narration begins.
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