Hare-Way to the Stars

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Hare-Way to the Stars is a 1958 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the popular song "Stairway to the Stars".
== Plot ==
A rocketship is wheeled over Bugs Bunny's hole. Hungover, he climbs out of his hole and right into the ship. Unbeknownst to the still climbing Bugs, the ship launches. When he climbs to the top and screws open the tip of the ship, he realizes he is in space. He is hit from behind by a satellite, which carries him to what appears to be a space station.
Bugs meets Marvin the Martian who is trying to blow up earth with the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. Bugs steals the modulator and Marvin uses some Instant Martians that grow when watered to try to catch him. Playing follow the leader, Bugs tricks the Instant Martians into flying off the road and falling through a trapdoor. Bugs then steals a flying saucer, and while passing Marvin, trades the modulator for the bottle of Instant Martians. The lit modulator soon explodes while Bugs is flying back to Earth. When Bugs arrives back at Earth he crash lands into the sewer. Bugs climbs out of the sewer, frantically replaces the manhole cover, and warns the audience to flee as the ground shakes and Instant Martian antennas begin to sprout from every crack in the road.
== Availability ==
lt vs13.jpg|(1984) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 13
BUGS BUNNY TRUTH OR HARE.jpg|(1992) VHS Bugs Bunny Truth or Hare
LOONEY TUNES AFTER DARK.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc Looney Tunes After Dark
ClassicCollection.jpg|(1995) VHS Classic Collection (WHSmith Exclusive Video)
Bumper06.jpg|(1996) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 6)
Original Space Tunes VHS.jpg|(1998) VHS Space Tunes
Space Tunes.jpg|(1999) VHS Looney Tunes Presents Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes [reissued version]
515P04M6R6L. AC .jpg|(2003) VHS Bugs Bunny (2003)
Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970s Volume 2.jpg|(2009) DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Volume 2, Disc 2 (part of The Bugs Bunny/ Road Runner Hour)
51LA0AzTVqL. SL500 AA300 .jpg|(2011) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Two
LTPC VOL 1 DVD.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Two
Lt double.jpg|(2020) DVD Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes Marvin the Martian Space Tunes Double Feature
=== Streaming ===
lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App (2017 - )
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022) (restored)
Lt max.jpg|Max (2024 - ) (restored)
== Censorship ==
* Versions of this cartoon that aired on CBS' The Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Show cut the scene of Marvin finding his explosive in the Instant Martians glass and the explosion that follows.http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-h.aspx
== Notes ==
* The working title was "Up in the Hare".
* This short was used as the first featured cartoon of The Bugs Bunny Road-Runner Movie. When introducing this cartoon there, Bugs remarked how "Old Chuck seemed detoimened to get poor little old me into outer space, too!"
* This short was used in the special Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes.
* A clip from the cartoon was used in a Cartoon Network bumper, where the CN logo appears to be plastered on planet Earth.
* The Instant Martians in this cartoon are the same ones as shown in "Jumpin' Jupiter" (1955). In this cartoon, it is revealed that these aliens were born from seeds that grow when come into contact with water.
* This is the first cartoon where Marvin the Martian wears green tights, as opposed to red tights in his previous three appearances. The other cartoon where Marvin wears green is "Mad as a Mars Hare" (1963), before permanently switching back to red in "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 241/2 Century" (1980).
* When broadcast on Turner network channels like Cartoon Network, this cartoon plays in PAL audio.
* The short was given a Blue Ribbon reissue in 1968.
** This is only Marvin the Martian cartoon to be given a Blue Ribbon reissue.
== In Other Languages ==
Language	Name 	Meaning
Japanese	マーヴィン・アタック 	Marvin Attack
Spanish 	Escalera A Las Estrellas	Stairway To The Stars
== Gallery ==
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Tumblr 1464aw47pO1sc13nono1 1280.jpg|Background Drawing Piece of Sc. 13
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=== TV Title Cards ===
Hare-Way to the Stars-BBRR title.png|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
Screenshot 2020-10-16 at 8.48.08 PM.png|The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
== References ==
== External links ==
* "Hare-Way to the Stars" at the SFX Resource Wiki
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:1958
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons animated by Richard Thompson
Category:Cartoons animated by Abe Levitow
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with effects animated by Harry Love
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by John W. Burton
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist