''Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk'' is a 1943

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cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Friz Freleng and starring

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, with all of the voices provided by Mel Blanc. It is a parody of the fairy tale "

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". It should not be confused with ''

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'' (1955), another parody of this story starring Bugs Bunny,

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, and Elmer Fudd. Mel Blanc is uncredited in the voicing of Bugs Bunny and the Giant. Jack Bradbury is credited as the animator, but other animators on the film were Gerry Chiniquy,

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, Richard Bickenbach, Manuel Perez,

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and Lloyd Turner.

Plot

The film opens as if it is ''

'', and finds Warner's famous "jackrabbit" (Bugs), already in the giant's lofty realm, chopping down gigantic carrots. It turns out they belong to a dim-witted giant. The giant is incensed at Bugs invading his "

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" and Bugs spends most of the rest of the film trying to elude the giant. At one point he challenges him to a duel and the giant starts pacing off into the distance and is soon over the horizon. Bugs' self-congratulations ("You know, I'm so smart, sometimes it almost frightens me") is short-lived, as the giant comes toward him from the ''other'' horizon. Finally, the giant accidentally falls from his sky-borne realm and crashes into the ground, making a huge giant-shaped hole. Instead of being dead, the hard-headed giant simply sits up, dizzy, and invokes a well-known comic catchphrase, "Duh, watch out for dat foist step - it's a lulu!".

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''Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk'' on the Internet Archive
* 1943 films 1943 short films 1943 animated films 1940s animated short films Films based on Jack and the Beanstalk Short films directed by Friz Freleng Merrie Melodies short films Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films American parody films Fairy tale parody films Films scored by Carl Stalling Films produced by Leon Schlesinger Bugs Bunny films Films with screenplays by Michael Maltese 1940s Warner Bros. animated short films {{MerrieMelodies-stub

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