Bunker Hill Bunny
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| Bunker Hill Bunny
Merrie Melodies (Bugs Bunny) series |
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 The title card of Bunker Hill Bunny. |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Produced by | Eddie Selzer |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Gerry Chiniquy Ken Champin Virgil Ross Arthur Davis |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | September 23, 1950 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
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Bunker Hill Bunny is a 1949 Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short, released in 1950 and starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam as enemy combatants in the American Revolution.
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"Bunker Hill Bunny" was directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce. Hawley Pratt and Paul Julian did the layout and backgrounds, while Arthur Davis, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross and Gerry Chiniquoy headed the team of animators. Mel Blanc provided voice characterizations, and Carl W. Stalling created the musical score.
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Set in 1776 at the "Battle of Bagle Heights", the short pits Bugs, dressed as an American Minuteman defending a wooden fort against the red-coated Sam von Schamm (or Schmamm), the Hessian, defending a large stone fortress. Sam taunts Bugs with the boast that he has him "outnumbered, one to one" and, after a barrage of ineffective cannon fire, charges across the battleground rattling his saber. Several gags later it is clear that Bugs has no difficulty outwitting his opponent, who suffers repeated injury.
He charges at Bugs Bunny's Fort, only to get blown up. The second time, he charges, only for Bugs Bunny to charge back and yell "Yoo-hoo! Mr Enemy!"
He fires his artillery gun at Bugs Bunny, only for the gun to get choked and destroy him. He then throws a bomb at Bugs Bunny, for Bugs Bunny to don a baseball uniform and to throw the bomb back at him.
He then tries to dig his way to Bugs Bunny's fort, only for him to end up in a room full of explosives.
A last gambit, involving a powder keg, backfires on the ornery Sam, leading him to change his tune: "I'm a Hessian, without no-o-o-o aggression!". Defeated, he joins Bugs in a fife-and-drum march that closes the film.
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| Preceded by Hillbilly Hare |
Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1950 |
Succeeded by Bushy Hare |
