Hillbilly Hare
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
Bugs happily sings "I Like Mountain Music" while vacationing in the Ozarks until he meets Curt Martin pointing a rifle in his face. "Be ya' all a Martin or be ya' all a Coy rabbit?" Bugs replies, "My friends say I'm very coy!" Bugs gives the hillbilly a sob story, then ties his rifle barrel into a bow. He then meets brother Pumpkinhead, who also points his gun at him, mistaking him for one of the Coys. Bugs eventually gets out of the Martin-Coy feud by going in drag as a hillbilly gal and then calling a square dance which gets increasingly violent. The mountain men chase the rabbit into a powder house full of explosives. Bugs offers them a lighter to help them see. The shack is blown to bits!
Characters
Bugs Bunny, Curt Martin, Pumpkinhead Martin
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Robert McKimson
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Tedd Pierce
Animation
- Animator
- Rod Scribner, Phil DeLara, John Carey, Emery Hawkins, Charles McKimson
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Curt Martin), John T. Smith (Pumpkinhead Martin)
Music
- Music
- Carl Stalling
Crew
- Layouts
- Cornett Wood
- Backgrounds
- Richard H. Thomas
Production notes
Mel Blanc reportedly contributed to the writing of the square dance sequence.
Songs include:
Songs include:
- "Skip to My Lou" (Unknown-arr. Carl Stalling)
- "Turkey in the Straw" (Unknown-arr. Carl Stalling)
- "Square Dancin'" (Mel Blanc), Bugs Bunny
- "Skip to My Lou" (Unknown-arr. Carl Stalling)
Pictures
Reviews
Hillbilly Hare
This is one of my fav's of all time. My father and I used to just laugh and laugh with this toon. We would often extend the square dance song ourselves and keep going for hours :)
Hillbilly Hare
IMHO, this is the funniest cartoon ever released by any studio. Classic Bugs Bunny, outwitting two Hillbillies! The icing on the cake is Bugs calling a square dance, the hillbillies following fast-paced calls that get them into hilarious predicaments. This is a must-see!!
Hillbilly Hare
Definitely one of the top 10 Bugs cartoons.