Hare-Abian Nights

Hare-abian Nights
Hare-abian Nights
Directed by	Ken Harris
Story by	Michael Maltese
Produced by	John Burton
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Milt Franklyn
Animation by	Ken Harris; Ben Washam
Layouts by	Samuel Armstrong
Backgrounds by	Philip DeGuard
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	February 28, 1959;
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

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, having gotten lost on his way to Perth Amboy, 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).

References

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