Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Friz Freleng and starring Bugs Bunny,[2] with all of the voices provided by Mel Blanc.[3] It is a parody of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk". It should not be confused with Beanstalk Bunny (1955), another parody of this story starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd.

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk
Directed byI. Freleng
Story byMichael Maltese
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc[1]
Narrated byMel Blanc[1]
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byJack Bradbury
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
June 12, 1943
Running time
7:28 (one reel)
LanguageEnglish

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, Gil Turner, Richard Bickenbach, Manuel Perez, Phil Monroe and Lloyd Turner.[4]

Plot

The film opens as if it is Jack and the Beanstalk, 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 "victory garden" 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!".

See also

Sources
  • Zipes, Jack (2011). "Filmography". The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135853952.

References
  1. Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 62.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 141. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  4. "Jack-Wabbit And The Beanstalk: Main". The Big Cartoon Database. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
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