Beanstalk Bunny
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Beanstalk Bunny, a 1954 Warner Bros.
Merrie Melodies
cartoon was released on 12 February 1955. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones
, and starred Mel Blanc
as the voices of Bugs Bunny
and Daffy Duck
. Elmer Fudd
, voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan
, was also featured.
summing up resent events leading up to the start of the story:
"Now there goes ah salesman - he trades me out of ah perfectly good, grade A homogenized holstein cow, and for what? Three stupid beans. Jack, yer ah jerk."
Subsequently he tosses out the beans and they land right into Bugs Bunny’s
rabbit hole. A beanstalk erupts shortly after, and Jack decides to climb it for the cartoon's sake. During his climb, he meets Bugs who is in bed, and kicks him away, not wanting him to interfere. Realizing his situation, Bugs decides to tag along for the sake of having a rabbit in the story.
Meanwhile, Jack reaches the top of beanstalk, excited about stealing the fortune that the giant's castle holds, until he meets the giant himself
. Jack's excitement turns into fear and he runs from the giant just as Bugs reaches the top. As the giant closes in on the duo, Bugs tells the giant to get Jack instead, because in the source material the giant wasn't after a "wabbit", to which the giant agrees with. Jack frantically tries to pass this off as a lie, declaring his name to be Aloysius, and that Bugs is Jack (Jack-rabbit). As the two start to argue of who the real Jack is, the giant decides to capture both of them and takes them to his castle, where he traps Bugs and Jack under a glass cake dome to prepare to grind their bones to make some bread. However, they manage to escape because Bugs has a ACME
glass cutter in his possession. Elmer then continues to chase the two around his castle as they are trying to escape.
The chase continues until Bugs manages to trip the giant, knocking him unconscious. Bugs wants to go home; however, the greedy Jack decides to stay so that he can steal from the giant. As Bugs is running towards the beanstalk, he comes across the giant's equally large carrot garden ready to be eaten. Later that night, as a very full Bugs rests under one of the giant carrots he has been eating, he wonders what has become of Jack, who is shown inside the giant's pocket watch, acting like the minute and hour hands, while constantly making tick tock sounds.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...
cartoon was released on 12 February 1955. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
, and starred Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
as the voices of Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
and Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
. Elmer Fudd
Elmer Fudd
Elmer J. Fudd/Egghead is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon . His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring...
, voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan
Arthur Q. Bryan
Arthur Quirk Bryan was a United States comedian and voice actor, remembered best for his longtime recurring role as well-spoken, wisecracking Dr...
, was also featured.
Plot
The story begins with JackDaffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
summing up resent events leading up to the start of the story:
"Now there goes ah salesman - he trades me out of ah perfectly good, grade A homogenized holstein cow, and for what? Three stupid beans. Jack, yer ah jerk."
Subsequently he tosses out the beans and they land right into Bugs Bunny’s
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
rabbit hole. A beanstalk erupts shortly after, and Jack decides to climb it for the cartoon's sake. During his climb, he meets Bugs who is in bed, and kicks him away, not wanting him to interfere. Realizing his situation, Bugs decides to tag along for the sake of having a rabbit in the story.
Meanwhile, Jack reaches the top of beanstalk, excited about stealing the fortune that the giant's castle holds, until he meets the giant himself
Elmer Fudd
Elmer J. Fudd/Egghead is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon . His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring...
. Jack's excitement turns into fear and he runs from the giant just as Bugs reaches the top. As the giant closes in on the duo, Bugs tells the giant to get Jack instead, because in the source material the giant wasn't after a "wabbit", to which the giant agrees with. Jack frantically tries to pass this off as a lie, declaring his name to be Aloysius, and that Bugs is Jack (Jack-rabbit). As the two start to argue of who the real Jack is, the giant decides to capture both of them and takes them to his castle, where he traps Bugs and Jack under a glass cake dome to prepare to grind their bones to make some bread. However, they manage to escape because Bugs has a ACME
Acme Corporation
The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that features prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons as a running gag featuring outlandish products that fail catastrophically at the worst possible times...
glass cutter in his possession. Elmer then continues to chase the two around his castle as they are trying to escape.
The chase continues until Bugs manages to trip the giant, knocking him unconscious. Bugs wants to go home; however, the greedy Jack decides to stay so that he can steal from the giant. As Bugs is running towards the beanstalk, he comes across the giant's equally large carrot garden ready to be eaten. Later that night, as a very full Bugs rests under one of the giant carrots he has been eating, he wonders what has become of Jack, who is shown inside the giant's pocket watch, acting like the minute and hour hands, while constantly making tick tock sounds.