The Wabbit Who Came to Supper

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The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
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Directed byI. Freleng
Story byMichael Maltese
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byRichard Bickenbach
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
March 28, 1942
Running time
8 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The Wabbit Who Came to Supper is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.[1] It was released on March 28, 1942 and directed by Friz Freleng.[2]

Plot[]

Elmer's hunting dogs have Bugs cornered when Elmer receives a telegram that says that his uncle, Louie, is dying and promises him $3 million in his will, but only if he never harms any animal, including rabbits. Elmer sets Bugs free and heads home. When Elmer arrives home, he hears Bugs singing in the shower and tries to kill him, but Bugs pokes out a sign that reminds Elmer of Uncle Louie. Elmer tries to get Bugs to leave the house and eventually tricks him out.

Bugs then pretends to die, causing Elmer to take him back in. Elmer rocks Bugs and sings him a lullaby when a letter comes which says that Uncle Louie died, but that a list of estate taxes, income taxes and legal fees have depleted the entire inheritance, leaving Elmer owing Uncle Louie's attorney $1.98. Enraged, Elmer chases Bugs around the house and Bugs eventually runs out. A few seconds later, a postman arrives and gives Elmer a giant Easter egg, which pops open and reveals many tiny Bugs Bunnies who jump out and run around the house.

Production[]

This short is one of several pre-August 1948[3] WB cartoon shorts that lapsed into the public domain due to United Artists failing to renew the copyright in time.

The title of the short is a reference to the 1942 Warner Brothers film version of the 1939 George S. Kaufman Broadway comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner, in which an overbearing house-guest threatens to take over the lives of a small-town family.

Home media[]

Being in the public domain, The Wabbit Who Came to Supper was featured on several low-budget VHS releases of public domain cartoons. (The use of "Angel in Disguise," which remains under copyright, has complicated the short's public domain status.)

On the 2005 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 DVD release, The Wabbit Who Came to Supper is presented in a restored unedited version with a commentary track provided by animation historian Jerry Beck and Warner Brothers' inker Martha Sigall, one of about 40 uncredited inkers and painters who labored on the Looney Tunes shorts.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 126. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ The latest released WB cartoon sold to a.a.p. was Haredevil Hare, released on July 24, 1948.

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Preceded by
Wabbit Twouble
 Bugs Bunny Cartoons
1942 		Succeeded by
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