Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
| Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Produced by | Hal Geer |
| Written by |
Tony Benedict John W. Dunn Friz Freleng |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Doug Goodwin |
| Edited by |
Richard S. Gannon Robert T. Gillis |
Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol is an eight-minute animated short film produced by Warner Bros. Television and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and released in 1979 by Warner Bros. as part of the Christmas special, Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales.
The cartoon is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, featuring Yosemite Sam as Ebenezer Scrooge and Porky Pig as Bob Cratchit. Bugs Bunny plays himself and Fred. Scrooge's dream-journey into his past, present, and future is omitted; instead, Bugs dresses up as a white-robed emissary of Hades to scare Scrooge straight.
Plot
Scrooge (played by Yosemite Sam) is counting money in the counting house of his firm when Bob Cratchit (Porky) comes in, wanting to borrow a lump of coal as he is freezing. Scrooge refuses, and just after this Bugs comes in with Christmas decorations and mistletoe. He is tossed out, and decides that "somebody oughta teach that little humbug some Christmas spirit". Bugs then borrows a piece of coal and places it in the office of Cratchit, who graciously thanks him.
However, Sylvester, Scrooge's cat, notices this and warns him, causing him to take back the coal and fire Cratchit, also throwing out some carolers (Elmer Fudd, Pepé Le Pew and Foghorn Leghorn) that Bugs let into his office. Cratchit invites Bugs to dinner introducing him to his youngest son Tiny Tim (Tweety Bird). "Kinda puny, isn't he?" Bugs notes. "If you had to live on birdseed, you'd be puny too!" Tim retorts. Scrooge sends the light company to take the last candle (as Cratchit is past due) and a notice that the house is being foreclosed, forcing Cratchit to move out by midnight. Bugs decides this is the last straw, remarking his catchphrase "Of course, you realise this means war."
First, Bugs annoys Scrooge with carolers, causing him to go out to deal with him and he slips into a pile of snow. Next, he puts snow into Scrooge's hot bath, turning it cold again as he jumps in. Bugs then acts like a ghost dragging around chains and beating a drum, which causes Scrooge to investigate. He accidentally slips down the stairs and into the cold along with Sylvester. They go back to bed, but Bugs appears acting like a ghost. Sylvester quickly flees, but Scrooge is stopped by the door closing. As the ghost, Bugs threatens to take Scrooge to see "the man in the red suit" (the Devil, though Scrooge first guesses Santa Claus). Scrooge quickly promises to change.
He immediately makes good on his promise, giving money to the poor and making Bob Cratchit a partner in his firm. Tweety raises a toast to him, and Bugs kisses him. Scrooge (now going by the name of Sam) still hates kissing, though.
This story is the first part of Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales. As the second one featuring Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner (Freeze Frame) begins, Sam asks Cratchit and his family to give all his money back to him.
See also
- List of A Christmas Carol adaptations
- List of Yosemite Sam cartoons
- List of Bugs Bunny cartoons
- List of Porky Pig cartoons
- List of cartoons featuring Sylvester
External links
| Preceded by False Hare |
Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1979 |
Succeeded by The Fright Before Christmas |