A Witch's Tangled Hare
| A Witch's Tangled Hare | |
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The Vitaphone Corporation | |
Release date | October 31, 1959 (US) |
Running time | 6:23 |
| Language | English |
A Witch's Tangled Hare is a 1959 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short directed by Abe Levitow.[1] The short was released on Halloween 1959, and stars Bugs Bunny.[2] Mel Blanc plays voice roles for Bugs Bunny and Sam Crubish, while June Foray voices Witch Hazel. The cartoon makes many references to various plays by William Shakespeare (Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and As You Like It).
Plot
The cartoon opens with a writer, who looks similar to
At the castle, Witch Hazel and Bugs run into each other and they have a little laughing contest, then Bugs runs up a tall tower, saying "You hoo! Granny! Here I am!" and Witch Hazel says after that "And here I come!" while she is on her broomstick, but it goes backwards; Witch Hazel then says "Oh we women drivers! I had the silly thing in reverse!" Then she flies up to the tower, saying in baby talk "Hello", where Bugs gives her a
As Bugs runs out from the castle he runs into the poet, who is crying because he says that he will never be a writer. Bugs finds out that he is not William Shakespeare, but is actually called Sam Crubish. Witch Hazel hears this and it appears that the two know each other, but have not seen each other in a while because Crubish never showed up to meet her family at what Crubish incorrectly thought was Apartment 2B. Sam and Witch Hazel leave talking about who made the mistake of saying "2B" and the cartoon closes with Bugs Bunny quoting the famous line from Hamlet – "To be, or not to be, that is the question."
Additional crew members
- Layout Artist: Owen Fitzgerald
- Visual Backgrounds: Bob Singer
- Film Editor: Treg Brown
References
- ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
- A Witch's Tangled Hare at IMDb
