''His Hare-Raising Tale'' is a 1951

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'' short, directed by

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' ...

and written by

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. The short was released on August 11, 1951, and stars

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and his nephew

Clyde Rabbit Clyde Bunny is a cartoon character who appears in three Looney Tunes shorts. He is the nephew of Bugs Bunny. Appearances Clyde made his first appearance in ''His Hare-Raising Tale''. Clyde visits his uncle Bugs who narrates about playing basebal ...

. This cartoon consists primarily of clips from five previous cartoons: ''

Baseball Bugs ''Baseball Bugs'' is a 1946 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on February 2, 1946, and stars Bugs Bunny. In the short, Bugs Bunny singlehandedly defeats the "Gas-House Go ...

'' (1946); ''

Stage Door Cartoon ''Stage Door Cartoon'' is a 1944 ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on December 30, 1944, and features Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Plot Elmer Fudd attempts to catch Bugs Bunny with a carrot on a fish hook ...

'' (1944); ''

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'' (1948); ''

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'' (1943); and ''

Haredevil Hare ''Haredevil Hare'' is a 1948 ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. It stars Bugs Bunny and it is the debut for Marvin the Martian — although he is unnamed in this film—along with his Martian dog, K-9. Marvin's nasal voice ...

'' (1948). Contrary to belief, Virgil Ross was the only animator to animate new material for the cartoon, meaning that the other animators listed are erroneous.

Plot

and his nephew

are sitting on a couch looking at a

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depicting various photographs and newspaper clippings of Bugs. In this cartoon Clyde is unnamed. Segment one has Clyde asking if Uncle Bugs was a baseball pitcher and Bugs replying that he was "the best". This segment uses clips from ''

'', though Bugs refers to the opposing team as "The Boston Argyle Socks" rather than The Gas-House Gorillas. Bugs does not reveal the conclusion of his baseball hit but when his nephew asks what happened, Bugs replies that he went into

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. Segment two uses a clip from ''

''. Bugs' nephew then asks what happened with the act and Bugs says he broke it up because "my partner demanded equal billing" and then adds that "there was more money in boxing anyway". Segment three has Bugs telling his nephew that he fought "The Champ" at " Madison Round Garden". Two clips from ''

'' are used. By Round 110 Bugs says the fight ended because "along came the war". In segment four, a brief clip from ''

'' is shown as Bugs explains that he was a test pilot assigned to a

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aircraft (an anachronism since it wasn't until 1947 that genuinely supersonic aircraft were developed). He further explains that while flying the aircraft something went wrong and it heads toward the ground, nose first, then stops a few inches from impact because the plane "ran out of gas". In the last segment, Bugs' nephew looks at him with admiration and says: "Gosh, Uncle Bugs, you've been everyplace, I guess...except the moon", when Bugs replies that he's been there too, and points to newspaper clipping in the scrapbook. Then a clip from ''

'' is shown. Bugs then begins to explain that he was lucky that he had plenty of carrots, because it took scientists 22 years to build a ladder to reach him. After the moon story Bugs' nephew looks at him with doubt, prompting Bugs to reply: "Don't you believe me? Why if every word I've said isn't true, I hope I'm run over by a

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", and suddenly a streetcar appears in the room and runs over Bugs. He then looks at his alarmed nephew and says: "I suppose you don't believe I was run over by a streetcar!"

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* * {{Friz Freleng , state=collapsed 1951 films 1951 animated films 1951 short films 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films Looney Tunes shorts Short films directed by Friz Freleng Films scored by Carl Stalling Animated films about rabbits and hares Films about families Clip shows Compilation films Bugs Bunny films 1950s English-language films