| Prest-O Change-O | |
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 Blue Ribbon re-release lobby card, 1949 | |
| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Rudy Larriva |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corporation |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Prest-O Change-O is a1939Merrie Melodies cartoon directed byChuck Jones, and first released on March 25, 1939, byWarner Bros.[1] It is the second appearance of the manic white hare fromPorky's Hare Hunt, and its only appearance in a color film. The next hare-based short film,Hare-um Scare-um (1939), would feature a gray hare more closely resemblingthe character it would develop into,Bugs Bunny. (The white hare would make one final appearance in 1940'sPatient Porky.)
TheTwo Curious Puppies, one big and one little, are being pursued by adog catcher until they hide in an abandoned house. They soon discover the house is owned by Sham-Fu, amagician who isunseen over the course of the short. As a result, each puppy (both of whom are separated from each other shortly after entering the house) encounters all manner of magic tricks, including Sham-Fu's pet hare. The bigger puppy is left to defend himself against the hare, itself a more than competent illusionist capable of all sorts of acts ofcartoon physics, while the little one is engaged in a reckless battle with a Hindu rope and amagic wand, the latter of which he ends up accidentally swallowing, giving him bizarre hiccups throughout the rest of the cartoon.
The puppies and the hare all end up crashing into each other, at which point both puppies immediately attempt to pack everything back into Sham-Fu's trunk. Inexplicably, the little dog hiccups out a balloon containing the mischievous hare. However, this time, when the hare attempts another disappearing act, the bigger puppy who has had enough of the hare's tricks is able to stop it in its tracks and punches the hare as hard as possible. The scene irises out on the hare, whose eye is blackened and covered with alampshade and sitting in a goldfish bowl with his feet sticking out.
The short was released on Blu-ray on theLooney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 2.
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