Hare Brush

Hare Brush
Bugs, wearing what would be Elmer's hunting outfit, hunts Elmer, dressed in a rabbit costume.
Directed byI. Freleng
Story byWarren Foster
StarringMel Blanc
Music byMilt Franklyn
Animation by
Layouts byHawley Pratt
Backgrounds byIrv Wyner
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • May 7, 1955 (1955-05-07)
Running time
7 minutes 1 second
LanguageEnglish

Hare Brush is a 1955 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The short was released on May 7, 1955, and stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.[2]

Hare Brush pokes fun at Freudian psychoanalysis, psychiatric medication, hypnosis, and the cliches of other Bugs Bunny shorts. Along with What's Opera, Doc? and Rabbit Rampage, it is one of the few cartoons where Elmer gets the upper hand on Bugs. It is also the first short in the Merrie Melodies series to open with Milt Franklyn's re-arranged version of "Merrily We Roll Along"; the new fanfare would stay in use until 1964.

  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. 273. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60-62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.