February 5, 1949 (1949-02-05) (Blue Ribbon reissue)
Running time
7 minutes
Language
English
A video in the restored version for the short.
Prest-O Change-O is a 1939Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, and first released on March 25, 1939, by Warner Bros.[1] It is the second appearance of Bugs Bunny as a manic white hare who made his first appearance in Porky's Hare Hunt, a cartoon that was produced and copyrighted in 1937 and released in April 1938, featuring him in the same early design. This is also the character's first appearance in a Merrie Melodies color film. The prototype of Bugs Bunny the screwy rabbit makes his third appearance in the next hare-based short film, Hare-um Scare-um (1939).
Plot
The
magic wand
, the latter of which he ends up accidentally swallowing, giving him bizarre hiccups throughout the rest of the movie.
The puppies and the hare all end up crashing into each other, at which point both puppies immediately attempt to pack everything back into Sham-Fu's trunk. Inexplicably, the little dog hiccups out a balloon containing the mischievous hare. However, this time, when the hare attempts another disappearing act, the bigger puppy who has had enough of the hare's tricks is able to stop it in its tracks and punches the hare as hard as possible. The scene irises out on the hare, whose eye is blackened and covered with a lampshade and sitting in a goldfish bowl with his feet sticking out.
