Prest-O Change-O

Prest-O Change-O is a 1939 Merrie Melodies short directed by Charles Jones.
== Plot ==
Two dogs being hunted by a dog catcher seek shelter at Sham-Fu's house, and are tossed inside. A strange bird in the clock comes in to tell them its midnight, and the dogs decide to explore. They are quickly separated when the puppy gets through a door that vanishes!
The bigger dog comes by a strange white rabbit, which shows him a few magic tricks with a vase before making it vanish. Both he and the dog curiously look for it, and the magical rabbit makes the vase fall on the dogs head. He peeks into the pocket the rabbit vanished inside of, only to pull back in pain when a lobster snags his nose!
The little white puppy meanwhile finds a strange rope and trails behind it after it hits him. After the brown dog gets the lobster off his nose, the rabbit appears again and shoots him with a pop gun. The dog peeks into the big vase to see a strange plant burst from it. Small flowers appear on the plant, and one tickles the dog, causing him to grab the entire plant and shake it about, revealing it as the rabbit. He kisses the dog and watches as it reacts in disgust. He prepares to attack the rabbit, but the rabbit makes him wait a moment and vanishes.
The little puppy continues to follow the rope, trying to get it, but the rope manages to trick him with each try and drops a vase on him, pours cold water on him, then drops the water pitcher onto his head. It gets stuck on the puppy's head, but he manages to break it. The rope turns the pieces of the yellow pitcher into small birds and summons a ball/balloon that pops when the puppy pokes it. He angrily grabs onto the wand and tries to pull it away from the rope, but accidentally swallows it.
The brown dog resumes waiting for the rabbit, who reappears, then turns invisible except for his hands. He performs more tricks and goes through a door and proceeds to smack, pinch, and tickle the dog.
The little puppy keeps hiccupping balloons while the rabbit is busy laughing at the dog. The rabbit hides in the door again and watches as the dog pounds on it, trying to get inside. Just as the rabbit thinks his fun is over, the little puppy shoots by after releasing the wind from a balloon that inflated inside of him through his mouth and hits the rabbit and open the door. After both dogs get up, they see the rabbit all tied up in the rope, so the big brown dog puts the rabbit into a box, into a chest, and finally in a giant iron chest.
Both dogs curiously watch, and the little puppy hiccups again, sending out a small red balloon. When it pops, the rabbit is revealed to be inside of it, and he uses the pop gun on the brown dog again before vanishing. The big dog who has had enough of the rabbit's tricks is very angry now, and was able to stop it in its tracks and he punches the rabbit as hard as possible, sending it all the way into a lamp and fish tank, with its eye is blackened and covered with a lampshade and sitting in a goldfish bowl with his feet sticking out.
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-2-F.jpg|(1992) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2, Side 2: Early Wabbits
LTPC VOL 2 DVD.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc Two
LTPC VOL 2 Blu Ray.jpg|(2012) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc Two
== Notes ==
* The short subject fell into the public domain in 1968 due to United Artists (the successor to Associated Artists Productions) failing to renew the copyright in time. 
* This is the first appearance of the prototypical Bugs Bunny in the Merrie Melodies series.
** It is also the first cartoon in which he loses in the end.
* This is the last short with the first design of the prototypical Bugs Bunny before he is redesigned as a grey rabbit in "Hare-um Scare-um". This is also the rabbit's first color appearance.
* This is the only cartoon featuring The Two Curious Puppies to be in the public domain, and one of only two to be released on Blu-ray or DVD, along with "Stage Fright" (1940).
* The rabbit does not speak in this short.
* The lobby card for the cartoon erroneously titles it "Presto Chango".
* The rabbit frequently utters Mel Blanc's version of Woody Woodpecker's laugh.
* This cartoon was shown in theaters with Blackwell's Island during its original release.
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Presto.jpg|An ad for the cartoon appearing in the Altus Times-Democrat in Altus, Oklahoma, on 17 April 1949 at the time of the short's "Blue Ribbon" rerelease.
Bugsbunnyproto2.jpg|The Bugs Bunny prototype, as dusts his hands off after he finishes using his magic on the boxer.
Prest-O Change-O Lobby Card.jpg|Lobby card
39227115 2042881042398348 1354972206618116096 n.jpg|Lobby card
Prest-O Change-O Storyboard.jpeg|Storyboard
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