My Bunny Lies over the Sea
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| My Bunny Lies over the Sea
Merrie Melodies/Bugs Bunny series |
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 Title card for My Bunny Lies over the Sea |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
| Produced by | Eddie Selzer |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Ken Harris Phil Monroe Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) |  December 4, 1948 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes (one reel) |
| Preceded by | A-Lad-In His Lamp |
| Followed by | Which Is Witch |
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My Bunny Lies over the Sea, a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, was released on December 4, 1948. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Mel Blanc played both Bugs Bunny and the Scotsman. Some of the animators included Ken Harris, Lloyd Vaughan, and Phil Monroe.
The title is an obvious play on the second line of the old song, "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean". The seven minute short has been released on DVD multiple times in different compilation discs, and as of 2003 is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1. And, though this cartoon was the Scotsman's only theatrical appearance, he also later appeared(named Angus McCroy) in "It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World" episode (released on February 3, 1996) in The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries.
[edit] Plot synopsis
This cartoon begins as Bugs Bunny once again gets lost when he is tunnelling to his vacation spot. He accidentally ends up in Scotland, instead of the La Brea tar pits. Upon his arrival he accidentally mistakes a Scotsman dressed in traditional clothes and playing the bagpipes for a lady being attacked by a monster. He thinks the kilted man is a woman and that his bagpipes are a monster. Bugs Bunny jumps the Scotsman trying to rescue the "woman", and in the process he smashes the man’s bagpipes into little pieces. The Scotsman becomes enraged that his bagpipes have been absolutely ruined and the angered Scotsman challenges Bugs Bunny to a duel—a game of golf. Of course, throughout the game of golf Bugs Bunny manages to outsmart the Scotsman and eventually wins, much to the Scotsman's wrath.
[edit] Censorship
- The version of this cartoon shown on CBS in the 1970s/1980s cut the part after the Scotsman McCrory shoots his rifle at Bugs where the bullet falls, McCrory picks it up and asides to the audience that "It's been in the family for years", alluding to the standard stereotype of Scots being excessively thrifty (but edited because of fear of being imitated).
| Preceded by A-Lad-In His Lamp |
Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1948 |
Succeeded by Which Is Witch |
