Sahara Hare
Directed by	I. Freleng
Story by	Warren Foster
Produced by	Edward Selzer
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Milt Franklyn
Animation by	Gerry Chiniquy Ted Bonnicksen Arthur Davis
Layouts by	Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds by	Irv Wyner
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 26, 1955 (1955-03-26) (U.S.)
Running time	7:05
Language	English

Sahara Hare is a 1955Warner Bros.Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short directed byFriz Freleng.^[1] The short was released on March 26, 1955, and starsBugs Bunny andYosemite Sam.^[2]

Bugs Bunny mistakenly believes he has reachedMiami Beach in theSahara Desert. Equipped with beach gear, he encounters Yosemite Sam, who mistakes Bugs for a trespasser and gives chase. Bugs outwits Sam at every turn, leading to comical confrontations. Eventually, Bugs traps Sam in a fort, where Sam faces a series of humiliating defeats.

In the end, Bugs sets a trap for Sam, causing an explosion.Daffy Duck then emerges from a hole, similarly mistaken about his location. Bugs lets Daffy discover the truth on his own.

Scenes fromSahara Hare were recycled in laterMerrie Melodies cartoons likeHare-Abian Nights (1959) andDevil's Feud Cake (1963), as well as in "Act 1" ofThe Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981). Additionally, it introducedMilt Franklyn's rendition of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which remained in use until 1964.

• VHS –Yosemite Sam: The Good, The Bad and The Ornery
• Laserdisc –Longitude and Looneytude: Globe-trotting Looney Tunes Favorites
• DVD –Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4

• List of American films of 1955
• List of Bugs Bunny cartoons
• List of Yosemite Sam cartoons
• Rif, a mainly mountainous region of northern Morocco

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