Baton Bunny
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| Baton Bunny
Looney Tunes, Bugs Bunny series |
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 The title card of Baton Bunny |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones Abe Levitow |
| Produced by | John Burton, Sr. |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Ken Harris Richard Thompson Ben Washam |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | 10 January 1959 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6 minutes, 22 seconds |
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Baton Bunny is a Bugs Bunny cartoon of the Looney Tunes series, produced in 1958 and released in 1959. It shows Bugs conducting an orchestra - with a fly bothering him. Bugs conducts, and in part, plays the overture to "Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien" (A Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna)", a composition by Franz von Suppé. Though Mel Blanc was credited for vocal characterizations, there is no dialogue in the short; the only vocal effect made was when an audience member is heard coughing.
[edit] Plot
Bugs is getting ready to conduct an orchestra fancily. When he finishes his elaborate preparation, he starts to conduct. However, several problems plague Bugs' conduction, notably a bothersome fly, and some awkward cuffs that keep falling off. Bugs attempts to kill the fly, crashing into the orchestra and the instruments as he does so. As the music comes to a stop, Bugs bows for the crowd, and instead of applause, hears only silence. Bugs looks around to see that the seats are empty, though he does hear some faint clapping - coming from the fly. Bugs bows to the fly and the episode ends.
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| Preceded by Pre-Hysterical Hare |
Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1959 |
Succeeded by Hare-abian Nights |
