From Hare to Eternity
From Hare to Eternity is a 1997 Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon in the Looney Tunes series, directed by Chuck Jones (in his last role as director and his only role as director of a Bugs Bunny short since Transylvania 6-5000 in 1963, as well as the second of two times when he or a member of his unit at WB directed a short featuring Yosemite Sam, the other being Hare-Abian Nights). It was originally set to theatrically be released in 1996 after Another Froggy Evening in 1995, but it never did, however it did receive a VHS release.[1][2] The voice of Bugs is performed by Greg Burson and the voice of Yosemite Sam is performed by Frank Gorshin.[2]
| From Hare to Eternity | |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
| Story by | Stephen Fossati |
| Produced by | Chuck Jones Linda Jones Clough |
| Starring | Frank Gorshin Greg Burson |
| Music by | Cameron Patrick George Daugherty |
| Animation by | Tom Decker Claude Raynes Patrick Gleeson |
| Backgrounds by | Jill Petrilak |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
The cartoon is mainly a parody of H.M.S. Pinafore with Sam and Bugs performing many of the songs. It was issued as a tribute to Yosemite Sam's character creator and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises's co-founder, Friz Freleng, who had died two years earlier. It is both the final Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and the final Chuck Jones-directed Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short, ending a career that began on November 19, 1938 with The Night Watchman and less than five years before his death on February 22, 2002. It is included as a special feature on the DVD for The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie as well as the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Blu-ray box-set on the third disc. The character Michigan J. Frog also has a brief cameo in the cartoon. Because Yosemite Sam was created by Freleng, this is the only Chuck Jones cartoon to feature Yosemite Sam.
Plot
Yosemite Sam is the captain and only occupant of a sailing ship, H.M.S. Friz Freleng with home port in Kansas City (an on-screen reference to the late animator and his hometown), and he's heading on a voyage for buried treasure with the means to get it for himself. He reaches the island, immediately finding the dig site, and uncovers both a treasure chest and Bugs Bunny on it. Before Sam can deal with Bugs, the rabbit shoves the chest and Sam onto the ship and sets the ship in motion. Bugs avoids walking the plank and tricks Sam into thinking he's a charming mermaid, which gets him into a swimming chase with a shark. In the end, Bugs Bunny opens his treasure chest, which is revealed to be full of carrots.
Before the cartoon ends, the short dedicates Friz Freleng in memory of him.
Voice cast
- Frank Gorshin as Yosemite Sam
- Greg Burson as Bugs Bunny
- Jeff McCarthy as Michigan J. Frog (uncredited)
Home media
- VHS - From Hare to Eternity
- DVD - The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (Special feature)
- Blu-ray - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc 3 (1998 "dubbed" version)
See also
References
- ^ Sandler, Kevin (1998). Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation. p. 224. ISBN 9780813525389.
- ^ a b Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
External links
- From Hare to Eternity at IMDb
- From Hare to Eternity at The Big Cartoon DataBase