| Hot Cross Bunny | |
|---|---|
 "That was me good deed for the day!" | |
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Manny Gould Charles McKimson Phil DeLara I. Ellis (unc.) Anatolle Kirsanoff (unc.) Fred Abranz (unc.) |
| Layouts by | Cornett Wood |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes 11 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hot Cross Bunny is a 1948Warner Bros.Merrie Melodies theatrical animated short directed byRobert McKimson.[1] The short was released on August 21, 1948, and featuresBugs Bunny.[2] The title is a play on the nursery rhymeHot Cross Buns as well as a punny allusion to the basic plot premise.
Bugs is "Experimental Rabbit #46" in the Eureka Hospital Experimental Laboratory,Paul Revere Foundation. Bugs lives a pampered life, oblivious to the fact that ascientist plans on switching hisbrain with that of achicken.
After giving Bugs an examination, the scientist brings him out to theoperating theater, in front of an audience of fellow doctors. Bugs thinks he's been brought out to perform. Upon finishing each act, he looks around to see the unimpressed, stern-faced doctors in exactly the same frame position each time. When he learns the scientist's intentions, Bugs runs and a chase ensues.
Finally, Bugs is rendered helpless withlaughing gas and placed on the table, with metallic mind-switching caps placed on him and the rather uninterested-looking chicken. At the last minute, he switches theelectrodes and the scientist ends up clucking like a chicken, while the chicken (with the scientist's mind) states in plain English he hopes that the experiment can be reversed.
| Preceded by | Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1948 | Succeeded by |