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1959 animated short film by Ken Harris

Hare-abian Nights

Directed by	Ken Harris
Story by	Michael Maltese
Produced by	John Burton
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Milt Franklyn
Animation by	Ken Harris Ben Washam
Layouts by	Samuel Armstrong
Backgrounds by	Philip DeGuard
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	February 28, 1959 (1959-02-28)
Running time	6:58

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.

Plot

In an Arabian palace, a band called Timbuk Two Plus 3 fails to impress the Sultan and ends up in a crocodile pit. An Elvis-like musician suffers the same fate. Bugs Bunny, intending to go to Perth Amboy but getting lost, is ordered to entertain the Sultan. Bugs recounts his adventures, including outsmarting a bull, a monster named Rudolph, and Yosemite Sam. It is later revealed that the Sultan is actually Yosemite Sam himself. Bugs tricks Sam into falling into the crocodile pit and escapes, mocking Sam's misfortune.

Production notes

Hare-Abian Nights recycles footage from Bully for Bugs (1953), Water, Water Every Hare (1952) and Sahara Hare (1955).

References

Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 314. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60-62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

External links

Hare-Abian Nights at IMDb

Preceded byBaton Bunny

Bugs Bunny Cartoons
1959

Succeeded byApes of Wrath

Bugs Bunny in animation

List of Bugs Bunny cartoons

Looney Tunes
short films

1930s	Porky's Hare Hunt (1938)
1940s	Patient Porky (1940; cameo) Porky Pig's Feat (1943; cameo) Buckaroo Bugs (1944) Hare Conditioned (1945) Hare Tonic (1945) Baseball Bugs (1946) Acrobatty Bunny (1946) Racketeer Rabbit (1946) The Big Snooze (1946) Rabbit Transit (1947) Easter Yeggs (1947) Gorilla My Dreams (1948) A Feather in His Hare (1948) Buccaneer Bunny (1948) Haredevil Hare (1948) A-Lad-In His Lamp (1948) Mississippi Hare (1949) High Diving Hare (1949) Long-Haired Hare (1949) The Grey Hounded Hare (1949) The Windblown Hare (1949) Rabbit Hood (1949)
1950s	Mutiny on the Bunny (1950) Big House Bunny (1950) What's Up, Doc? (1950) 8 Ball Bunny (1950) Bushy Hare (1950) Rabbit of Seville (1950) Rabbit Every Monday (1951) The Fair-Haired Hare (1951) Rabbit Fire (1951) His Hare-Raising Tale (1951) Operation: Rabbit (1952) 14 Carrot Rabbit (1952) Water, Water Every Hare (1952) The Hasty Hare (1952) Hare Lift (1952) Forward March Hare (1953) Southern Fried Rabbit (1953) Bully for Bugs (1953) Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1953) Robot Rabbit (1953) Bugs and Thugs (1954) No Parking Hare (1954) Devil May Hare (1954) Bewitched Bunny (1954) Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954) Sahara Hare (1955) Rabbit Rampage (1955) Hyde and Hare (1955) Roman Legion-Hare (1955) Broom-Stick Bunny (1956) Rabbitson Crusoe (1956) Barbary Coast Bunny (1956) A Star Is Bored (1956) Piker's Peak (1957) Bugsy and Mugsy (1957) Show Biz Bugs (1957) Hare-Way to the Stars (1958) Now Hare This (1958) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) Pre-Hysterical Hare (1958) Baton Bunny (1959) Wild and Woolly Hare (1959) A Witch's Tangled Hare (1959)
1960s	Horse Hare (1960) Rabbit's Feat (1960) The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961) Prince Violent (1961) Wet Hare (1962) Shishkabugs (1962) The Million Hare (1963) Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963) Dumb Patrol (1964) The Iceman Ducketh (1964) False Hare (1964)
1990s	Box-Office Bunny (1991) Carrotblanca (1995) From Hare to Eternity (1997)

Merrie Melodies
short films

1930s	Prest-O Change-O (1939) Hare-um Scare-um (1939)
1940s	Elmer's Candid Camera (1940) A Wild Hare (1940) Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941) Tortoise Beats Hare (1941) Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941) The Heckling Hare (1941) All This and Rabbit Stew (1941) Wabbit Twouble (1941) The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942) The Wacky Wabbit (1942) Hold the Lion, Please (1942) Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942) Fresh Hare (1942) The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942) Case of the Missing Hare (1942) Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943) Super-Rabbit (1943) Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (1943) Wackiki Wabbit (1943) A Corny Concerto (1943) Falling Hare (1943) Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944) What's Cookin' Doc? (1944) Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944) Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944) Hare Ribbin' (1944) Hare Force (1944) The Old Grey Hare (1944) Stage Door Cartoon (1944) Herr Meets Hare (1945) The Unruly Hare (1945) Hare Trigger (1945) Hare Remover (1946) Hair-Raising Hare (1946) Rhapsody Rabbit (1946) A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947) Slick Hare (1947) Rabbit Punch (1948) Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948) Hot Cross Bunny (1948) Hare Splitter (1948) My Bunny Lies over the Sea (1948) Hare Do (1949) Rebel Rabbit (1949) Bowery Bugs (1949) Knights Must Fall (1949) Frigid Hare (1949) Rabbit Hood (1949)
1950s	Hurdy-Gurdy Hare (1950) Homeless Hare (1950) Hillbilly Hare (1950) Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) Hare We Go (1951) Bunny Hugged (1951) French Rarebit (1951) Ballot Box Bunny (1951) Big Top Bunny (1951) Foxy by Proxy (1952) Oily Hare (1952) Rabbit Seasoning (1952) Rabbit's Kin (1952) Duck Amuck (1953; cameo) Upswept Hare (1953) Hare Trimmed (1953) Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953) Captain Hareblower (1954) Baby Buggy Bunny (1954) Beanstalk Bunny (1955) Hare Brush (1955) This Is a Life? (1955) Knight-mare Hare (1955) Bugs' Bonnets (1956) Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956) Half-Fare Hare (1956) Wideo Wabbit (1956) To Hare Is Human (1956) Ali Baba Bunny (1957) Bedevilled Rabbit (1957) What's Opera, Doc? (1957) Rabbit Romeo (1957) Hare-Less Wolf (1958) Hare-Abian Nights (1959) Apes of Wrath (1959) Backwoods Bunny (1959) Bonanza Bunny (1959) People Are Bunny (1959)
1960s	Person to Bunny (1960) From Hare to Heir (1960) Lighter Than Hare (1960) Compressed Hare (1961) Bill of Hare (1962) Devil's Feud Cake (1963) The Unmentionables (1963) Mad as a Mars Hare (1963) Transylvania 6-5000 (1963) Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964)
1990s	(Blooper) Bunny (1997)

Other short films

Any Bonds Today? (1942)
A Political Cartoon (1974)
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979)
The Fright Before Christmas (1979)
Spaced Out Bunny (1980)
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1991)
Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas (2004)

Feature films

Theatrical	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; cameo) Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988) Space Jam (1996) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Direct-to-video	Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992; cameo) Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000; cameo) Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (2003) Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006) Justice League: The New Frontier (2008; cameo) Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015)

TV series

Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995)
Baby Looney Tunes (2002–2005)
The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present)
Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023–present)

TV specials

Carnival of the Animals (1976)
Easter Special (1977)
Bugs Bunny in Space (1977)
Howl-oween Special (1977)
King Arthur's Court (1978)
Thanksgiving Diet (1979)
Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
Bustin' Out All Over (1980)
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980)
Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988)
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
The Earth Day Special (1990; cameo)
Overtures to Disaster (1991)

Yosemite Sam in animation

List of Yosemite Sam cartoons

Short films

1940s	Hare Trigger (1945) Along Came Daffy (1947) Buccaneer Bunny (1948) Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948) High Diving Hare (1949)
1950s	Mutiny on the Bunny (1950) Big House Bunny (1950) Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) Rabbit Every Monday (1951) The Fair-Haired Hare (1951) Ballot Box Bunny (1951) 14 Carrot Rabbit (1952) Hare Lift (1952) Southern Fried Rabbit (1953) Hare Trimmed (1953) Captain Hareblower (1954) Sahara Hare (1955) This Is a Life? (1955) Roman Legion-Hare (1955) Rabbitson Crusoe (1956) A Star Is Bored (1956) Piker's Peak (1957) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) Wild and Woolly Hare (1959) Hare-Abian Nights (1959)
1960s	From Hare to Heir (1960) Lighter Than Hare (1960) Horse Hare (1960) Prince Violent (1961) Honey's Money (1962) Shishkabugs (1962) Devil's Feud Cake (1963) Dumb Patrol (1964) Pancho's Hideaway (1964)
1970s	Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979)
1990s	(Blooper) Bunny (1991) Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992) Carrotblanca (1995) From Hare to Eternity (1997)
2000s	Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas (2004)