A Wild Hare

A Wild Hare is a 1940 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery.
==Summary==
Be vewy, vewy qwiet, as Elmer's hunting rabbits. This short establishes many standards we expect in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, right from the start. Examples: pushing a gun down a rabbit hole, Bugs inquiring, "What's up, Doc?"
==Plot==
Elmer is a dimwitted hunter, "wooking for wabbits." Bugs is clever, smooth-talking character, who confuses Elmer with double-talk and misdirection. Elmer is no match for the wascally wabbit, even when he thinks Bugs is dead.
==Trivia==
This is the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon, although there are some very Bugs-like characters that precede this cartoon.
The Blue Ribbon reissue erroneously misspelled the title card as "The Wild Hare", and removes a Carole Lombard joke.
Ms. Lombard had died in a plane crash on January 16, 1942, and it was felt to be in poor taste to make a joke in her name after the accident. Her name was replaced with that of Barbara Stanwyck's.
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