Lighter Than Hare

Lighter Than Hare is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short that Friz Freleng wrote and directed. It was originally released on December 17, 1960. The title is a play on the phrase lighter than air. In the short, outer space invader Yosemite Sam wants to capture typical earth creature Bugs Bunny.

Title card.

Directed by Friz Freleng. Produced by John Burton, Sr.. (uncredited) Story by Friz Freleng.

Yosemite Sam

• [repeated line] Yosemite Sam of outer space!
• Ooh, I knew I shouldn't have sent ZX29B! He's the most stupidest robot I've got!

Dialogue

[Sam's robot ferret is sent to retrieve Bugs, but he has built a robot rabbit to take his place]

Robot rabbit: Eh, what's-up-doc?

Robot ferret: (Marvin the Martian-like voice) I'll-tell-you-what's-up. (pulls out a ray gun) Come-with-me-or-I'll-blast-you.

Robot rabbit: I'll-go-with-you-on-one-condition, that-you-don't-press-this-button.

Robot ferret: Oh-yeah? Well, no-Earth-robot-is-going-to-tell-me-what-button-to-press. I'm-a-pressing.

(a built-in mallet hits the ferret, and it falls apart, infuriating Sam)

[last lines, after the robot disguised as a rabbit explodes]

Yosemite Sam from Outer Space's Commander: Eww, those Earth creatures are always shooting off their mouths.

Bugs Bunny: [chuckles; on the radio] Gee, I wonder if Amos 'n' Andy is on yet? [chuckles]

[Then the closing credits' music begins]

Voice cast

• Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny / Yosemite Sam / Robot ZX29B / Robot Ferret / Bugs Robot / Alien King.

External links

• Lighter Than Hare quotes at the Internet Movie Database