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Hare-Abian Nights
''Hare-abian Nights'' is a 1959 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Ken Harris of Chuck Jones' unit. The short was released on February 28, 1959, and stars Bugs Bunny. The cartoon was animated by Harris and Ben Washam and recycles footage from ''Bully for Bugs'', '' Water, Water Every Hare'', and ''Sahara Hare''. ''Hare-abian Nights'' is a pun on '' Arabian Nights''. ''Hare-abian Nights'' is the only short in the Golden Age of American animation starring Yosemite Sam not directed by Friz Freleng or a member of Freleng's unit, although sequences from a Freleng cartoon are used in this short. The plot of this cartoon inspired the 1982 feature '' Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales''. Plot In an Arabian palace (similar to the gong show in '' I Love to Singa''), the short opens with atheband Timbuk Two Plus 3 playing "Sweet Georgia Brown" trying to entertain the sultan, with the performance ending with the floor being dropped out from under them, sendin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Harris
Karyl Ross "Ken" Harris (July 31, 1898 – March 24, 1982) was an American animator best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons under the supervision of director Chuck Jones. Life and career Ken Harris was born in Tulare County, California. He finished his education at an unknown college in Stockton, New Jersey. Harris started as a race car builder and driver with his brother, who had a garage. Harris and his brother had to spend $4,000 dollars on a race track. He raced at Ascot three times in 1926. One time he went 113 miles. Around the time he was a racer, he started being an assistant service vice manager and selling cars at a Pontiac agency before the agency eventually closed down. His first job as an artist was for Sid Ziff, where he sold some cartoons to him here and there. Then he worked for the ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'', from 1927 to around 1930, when he joined the ill-fated Romer Grey studio. Harris finally ended up at Leon Schlesinger Productions unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |