Sahara Hare

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Sahara Hare Looney Tunes series
Directed by	Friz Freleng
Produced by	Edward Selzer
Story by	Warren Foster
Voices by	Mel Blanc
Music by	Milt Franklyn
Animation by	Gerry Chiniquy Ted Bonnicksen Arthur Davis
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	March 26, 1955
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7 mins
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Sahara Hare is a Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released on March 26, 1955. It was directed by Isadore “Friz” Freleng, the most prolific of all Bugs Bunny directors. The voices were done by Mel Blanc, also know as “The Man of a Thousand Voices.” The story was written by Warren Foster and the animation was done by Gerry Chiniquy, Ted Bonnicksen, and Arthur Davis. The layouts were designed by Hawley Pratt and the background created by Irv Wynter. The music is under the direction of Milt Franklyn.

1 Plot Summary
2 Quotes
3 Availability
4 Trivia
5 Censorship
6 External links

[edit] Plot Summary

This is another classic battle between Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam (Riff Raff Sam). Bugs pops up out from underground, thinking he has reached Miami Beach, when in reality he is in the Sahara Desert. He comes prepared with a beach chair, sunscreen, sunglasses and even a bucket of carrots...on ice! Bugs thinks he has found a nice park when he stumbles upon a water hole and a palm tree. Meanwhile, Sam, riding on a camel, suddenly comes upon Bugs’ tracks and exclaims, "Great horny toads! A trespasser! Gettin' footy-prints all over my desert!" The battle begins after Bugs asks Sam if he “is with the sideshow around here” and then proceeds to rip a piece of Sam’s turban off to dry himself. (When Bugs says his catch phrase "What's up, doc?", Sam vehemently states "I'm no ‘doc,’ ya flea-bitten varmint! I'm Riff Raff Sam, the riffiest riff that ever riffed the raff!") He chases after Bugs, who goes into a French Foreign Legion post. Sam tries many tricks to get Bugs, including the use of stilts, human sling-shots and even an elephant. After driving Sam to near insanity, Bugs decides to pull one last trick. He builds a series of doors leading into the post but keeps nailing on new doors so Sam opens door after door until he reaches the TNT and gasoline waiting for him at the end. This is the final straw; Sam gives up and Bugs goes back to relax in the Sahara sand. ("I wonder if he's stubborn enough to open ALL those doors," Bugs comments while waiting for Sam to finish. After the immense explosion that causes him to quit chasing Bugs, the rabbit says, "Yep, he's stubborn enough!") At the very end, Daffy Duck makes a cameo appearance as he too thinks he is in Miami Beach.

[edit] Quotes

Bugs Bunny: “Eh, what's up Doc? You with the sideshow around here?”
Bugs Bunny: “Yoo hoo, Mr. A-rab!”
Yosemite Sam: “Great horny toads! A trespasser! Gettin' footy-prints all over my desert!”
Yosemite Sam: “I'm no doc, ya flea-bitten varmint! I'm Riff-Raff Sam; the riffiest riff that ever riffed a raff!”

[edit] Availability

Sahara Hare can be found on VHS in Yosemite Sam: The Good, the Bad, and the Ornery, and on DVD in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4.

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This short is Freleng's version of Frigid Hare. It even has the same exact opening scene of Bugs throwing his beach stuff out of a hole and then running out of the hole in a bathing suit and shouting, "MIAMI BEACH AT LAST!"
First Looney Tunes cartoon with a new version of The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down.