Oily Hare

Oily Hare is a 1952 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Title ==
The title is a pun on hair oil, as with the earlier cartoon "Slick Hare", along with the plotline actually having to do with oil.
== Plot ==
Along Highway $101.00, approximately 531 miles from "Dollar$, Texas," and near "Deepinahearta," Texas, Bugs' rabbit hole in "Deepinahola," Texas, upsets an oil tycoon because it isn't producing any oil.
The unnamed tycoon pulls up to the hole in a green stretch limousine that is so long that it requires a long-distance telephone operator in the middle of the car to connect the tycoon to his chauffeur, Maverick, so he can tell Maverick, who does not have a speaking role but communicates by nodding his head, to stop the car. On the back door of the limousine is a crest that carries the legend "Devil Rich Tycoon."
Maverick stops the car, pulls a motor scooter out from behind the driver's seat, a Western saddle, and rides the scooter back to the tycoon's back door.
The tycoon surveys the situation and confronts Bugs, who tells the tycoon that the hole is, in fact, his home.
The tycoon tries to evict Bugs, which gets Bugs' dander up. Bugs gives the tycoon a birthday cake with dynamite sticks for candles. "Now who could'a knowed it was my birthday, especially when it 'tain't?" asks the tycoon. Bugs then asks the tycoon to make a wish. The tycoon says, "Ah wish...Ah wish...nah, I've got too much of that filthy green stuff already!" The tycoon tries to blow out the candles, but the dynamite blows up in his face.
The tycoon has Maverick load Bugs' hole up with dynamite and says, "I'll blow the critter to the outskirts of Dallas!" The hole is so loaded with dynamite that the tycoon, who is in the hole, can't see his hand before his face. Bugs calls down and tells the tycoon to look in the top drawer of his dresser for his "cigareet" lighter, which the tycoon uses while still in the hole.
After the explosion, instead of oil, a gusher of carrots comes out of the hole, and Bugs exclaims, "Hey! Looks like I brought in a carrot gusher!" After chomping on one of them, he adds, "Yeah, I know, I know... but anything can happen in 'Te-ay-xus'!"
== Availability ==
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5.jpg|(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc One
Lt spotlight 5.jpg|(2007) DVD |(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 5, Disc 1
lt spotlight df2.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 4-5 Repack
Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection.png|(2020) DVD Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection, Disc 5
=== Streaming ===
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== Gallery ==
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Oily Hare (1952) - Hole.jpg
Oily Hare (1952) - Car.jpg
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=== TV Title Cards ===
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== References ==
Category:1952
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Bugs Bunny Robert McKimson
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Bea Benaderet
Category:Cartoons written by Tedd Pierce
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Peter Alvarado
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons that contain excerpts from "Powerhouse"