Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
1941 film directed by Friz Freleng
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt is a 1941 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. This film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (cartoons). The short makes several direct references to The Song of Hiawatha, an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- Directed by I. Freleng. Produced by Leon Schlesinger. Story by Michael Maltese.
Hiawatha edit
- I'm gonna catch me a rabbit, and I'm a-gonna put him in this pot. This pot right here. Yeah-uh-yeah! Yeah-uh-yeah! That's JUST what I'm gonna do!
Dialogue edit
- Bugs Bunny: Hey, what's cooking, chief? Mmm, something smells good. What's for dinner?
- Hiawatha: Rabbit stew.
- Bugs Bunny: Rabbit? Mmm-mmm. Boy, I sure do love rabbit... RABBIT?! [jumps out of the cauldron]
Voice cast edit
- Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny and Hiawatha. (uncredited)
External links edit
- Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt quotes at the Internet Movie Database