From Hare to Eternity

From Hare to Eternity is a 1997 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the 1951 novel From Here to Eternity, adapted into a film in 1953.
== Plot ==
Sam is the captain and only occupant of a sailing ship, 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. Bugs opens his treasure chest, which is literally a chest of eighteen carrots.
== Availability ==
FROM HARE TO ETERNITY.jpg|(1997) VHS From Hare to Eternity
Bumper2000.jpg|(2000) VHS Mil-Looney-Um 2000 - Bumper Collection
Lt lllbbm dvd.jpg|(2009) DVD Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, (1998 dubbed version)
51LA0AzTVqL. SL500 AA300 .jpg|(2011) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Three, (1998 dubbed version)
Lt df stf lll.jpg|(2017) DVD Looney Tunes Double Feature Stranger Than Fiction Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Looney Tunes Parodies Collection.jpeg|(2020) DVD Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection, (1998 dubbed version)
JoesApartmentBluRay.jpg|(2024) Blu-ray Joe's Apartment (restored)
=== Streaming ===
Lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022) (restored)
== Notes ==
* Since this cartoon was produced after the death of Mel Blanc, Bugs is voiced by Greg Burson, while Yosemite Sam is voiced by Frank Gorshin.
* The cartoon is mainly a parody of H.M.S. Pinafore, with Sam and Bugs performing many of the songs.
* Michigan J. Frog's voice singing "Hello, My Ragtime Gal" is briefly heard when Yosemite Sam digs up for treasure, but is not physically seen, unless one counts the box labelled "M.J. FROG" containing him. 
**Jeff McCarthy provides Michigan's singing voice in this scene, but is uncredited.
*This was issued as a tribute to Sam's creator, Friz Freleng, who had died about two years before the cartoon's release.
*This is the final cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, ending a career that began in 1938.
**This is also the first and only Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.
* The Chuck Jones website claimed it was released in 1996.https://web.archive.org/web/19981207052226/http://www.chuckjones.com/film.html
*The blue shark from this cartoon physically resembles Porpoise the shark from the Chuck Jones era of Tom and Jerry about 30 years prior. It also has a rather similar ending to the another Jones-produced Tom and Jerry cartoon "Puss 'n' Boats".
==Gallery==
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==References==
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Yosemite Sam Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Chuck Jones Film Production Looney Tunes
Category:1997