Beanstalk Bunny

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Beanstalk Bunny Merrie Melodies series
Directed by	Chuck Jones
Produced by	Edward Selzer
Story by	Michael Maltese
Voices by	Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Ken Harris Richard Thompson Abe Levitow Keith Darling
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	February 12, 1955
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7 mins
IMDb profile

Beanstalk Bunny, a 1954 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon was released on 12 February 1955. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones, and starred Mel Blanc as the voices of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Elmer Fudd, voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan, was also featured.

1 Plot
2 Availability
3 Censorship
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The cartoon begins with Daffy Duck as Jack who just sold his cow for some beans from a stranger, however he feels as if he has been fooled into buying these beans. Subsequently Daffy tosses out the beans and they land right into Bugs Bunny’s rabbit hole. A beanstalk erupts; Bugs and Daffy go up the beanstalk together where they find Elmer Fudd at the top as a giant. Elmer exclaims that he wants to “gwind your bones to make me bwead." Elmer then continues to chase the two around his castle as they are trying to escape. Elmer traps Bugs and Daffy under a glass cake cover. However, they escape because Bugs has a glass cutter with him. The chase continues until Bugs disables Elmer. Bugs wants to go home; however, the greedy Daffy decides to stay so that he can steal from the giant. As Bugs is running towards the beanstalk he comes across a forest of giant carrots ready to be eaten. The cartoon ends with a very full Bugs resting under a half eaten, giant carrot and Daffy acting like the minute and hour hands of the giant Elmer’s pocket watch.

[edit] Availability

This cartoon is now available on laserdisc and has been since its release in 1994. The cartoon itself runs seven minutes and can be seen on the disc, “Hare Beyond Compare.”

[edit] Censorship

The CBS version of this cartoon cut the scene of Bugs and Daffy stuck inside Elmer's head and Elmer using cigarettes and champagne corks (as earplugs) to smoke them out.
The Cartoon Network version aired both an uncensored version that had the scene CBS cut intact and an edited version that edited out the same scene as CBS did.