| Easter Yeggs | |
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| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Charles McKimson Richard Bickenbach I. Ellis Anatolle Kirsanoff |
| Layouts by | Cornett Wood |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 7:16 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Easter Yeggs is a 1947Looney Tunes theatricalanimated short.[1] The cartoon was released on June 28, 1947, and featuresBugs Bunny andElmer Fudd.[2] The title is a play on "Easter eggs" and on "yegg", a slang term for a burglar or safecracker. The voice and characterization of theEaster Bunny in the short is a reference to a character thatMel Blanc performed on theBurns and Allen radio show, the morose Happy Postman, even including the character'scatch phrase, "Remember, keep smiling."[3]
While readingHow to Multiply, Bugs overhears moaning that turns out to be a depressed Easter Bunny, who tricks Bugs into filling in for him (a trick the Easter Bunny plays on unsuspecting rabbits every year). Initially, Bugs accepts the job with pleasure, which quickly evaporates when his encounter with aDead End Kid (and his gun-toting caretakers), who delights in demolishing Easter eggs, sours him on the task. The Easter Bunny sends a now-angry Bugs toward Elmer Fudd, who has set a trap hoping to cook the Easter Bunny for "Easter rabbit stew." Thus commences the classic chase and gags until Bugs is finally able to stop Elmer by painting Elmer's head like an Easter egg and unleashing the Dead End Kid on him.
A disappointed Easter Bunny picks up a large egg Bugs dropped, which is actually a bomb. Bugs lights the fuse and the bomb explodes, propelling the Easter Bunny into a tree. Bugs looks up and, with triumphantschadenfreude, reminds the Easter Bunny of his own instruction: "Remember, keep smiling!"`
Easter Yeggs is available on theLooney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 DVD box set and onLooney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 Blu-ray set.
| Preceded by | Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1947 | Succeeded by |