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Hare-Abian Nights

1959 animated short film by Ken Harris

Hare-abian Nights is a 1959 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ken Harris of Chuck Jones' unit.[1] The short was released on February 28, 1959, and stars Bugs Bunny.[2] The cartoon was animated by Harris and Ben Washam.

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Plot

In an Arabian palace, a band called Timbuk Two Plus 3 fails to impress the Sultan and ends up in a crocodile pit. An Elvis-like musician suffers the same fate. Bugs Bunny, intending to go to Perth Amboy but getting lost, is ordered to entertain the Sultan. Bugs recounts his adventures, including outsmarting a bull, a monster named Rudolph, and Yosemite Sam. It is later revealed that the Sultan is actually Yosemite Sam himself. Bugs tricks Sam into falling into the crocodile pit and escapes, mocking Sam's misfortune.

Production notes

Hare-Abian Nights recycles footage from Bully for Bugs (1953), Water, Water Every Hare (1952) and Sahara Hare (1955).

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 314. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. [2]
    Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60-62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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