Frigid Hare

Frigid Hare is a Merrie Melodies short, released on October 8, 1949. It is directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The title can be seen as a simple play on "frigid air" and/or on the refrigerator brand called "Frigidaire".

Dialogue

Bugs Bunny: [first lines] Miami Beach at last! Last one in is a rotten egg! Make way! Yahoo! [splashes into the water causing the splash to turn frozen] Owwwww! [turns blue and shivers] Jumping ice cubes! It’s freezin'! Brrrr! Wait a minute, this don't look like Miami Beach to me. Hmm...this looks more like California. Now, let's see, [checks the map] uh...hmm. South Pole? Oh, I get it. I shoulda turned left at Albuquerque! [the penguin knocks Bugs over] Hey, watch it, you little runt! What's the hurry? Where's the fi... [an Inuit hunter knocks him over] Hey, you big palooka! Watch were you're going!

Inuit hunter: [returns] Huh?

Bugs Bunny: Eh, what's up, Doc?

Inuit hunter: Um grola gooch ump.

Bugs Bunny: Huh? Oh, the little guy. He went that way, Nanook. [points the opposite way; hunter exits] A lot of traffic along here. Let's see now, where was I...

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[Last lines; Bugs hits the Inuit hunter with a fish. Bugs takes off the suit and flees. the Inuit hunter chases him. They slide down a slope jump over a cliff. To avoid a wide gap in the way, they widen their legs across the gap. Unfortunately, little gaps appear, tying Bugs’ legs up in a knot. Bugs unties them and later gets squashed by the Inuit hunter]

Bugs Bunny: Shall we dance? [pause] Get off of me, you big baboon! [the ice cracks] I said get off!

[The ice cracks again]

Inuit hunter: Uh-oh.

[The ice continues to crack]

Bugs Bunny: Stop Breathing so hard!

[The ice cracks one more time, causing the pair to slide; the Inuit hunter starts to sneeze, but Bugs covers the Inuit hunter's nose]

Inuit hunter: Ahhhhh...

Bugs Bunny: ACHOO! [the ice cracks completely, but gets ready to fall. Playboy Penguin arrives, and the ice falls. He runs to get a bucket of water, which stops the cracked ice from falling] [laughs] What a dope! What an Eskimo Pie-Head! [the Inuit hunter lets go of the ice, causing him to fall into the water on a whale]

Bugs Bunny: Well, that’s that! Huh? [Playboy Penguin appears] Oh, you again! Well, scram! You've already ruined my vacation! Why, I ought to bang you one on your little kisser. [Playboy Penguin starts crying, his tears turn into ice cubes] Oh, all right, all right! Turn off the ice factory. There, that's better. I'm sorry, but what am I gonna do with only four days vacation left? Huh? Well, now what? [Playboy Penguin whispers something into his ear] What? You mean the days are six months long up here? Wow! If I stay up here, I won't have to be back to work 'till July, 1953. [puts on top hat and tails] I always wanted a nice, long formal vacation. Let's go, kid!

[They both walk off as the cartoon ends]

Voice cast

• Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny / The Inuit Hunter