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Hare-abian Nights
Directed byKen Harris
Story byMichael Maltese
Produced byJohn Burton
StarringMel Blanc
Music byMilt Franklyn
Animation byKen Harris
Ben Washam
Layouts bySamuel Armstrong
Backgrounds byPhilip DeGuard
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • February 28, 1959 (1959-02-28)
Running time
6:58

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.

Plot

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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

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

See also

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References

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  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. ^ 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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