| Stage Door Cartoon | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Jack Bradbury |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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Running time | 8:04 |
| Language | English |
Stage Door Cartoon is a 1944Merrie Melodies cartoon directed byFriz Freleng.[1][2] The short was released on December 30, 1944, and featuresBugs Bunny andElmer Fudd.[3]
Elmer Fudd attempts to catchBugs Bunny with a carrot on a fish hook, but Bugs attaches the hook to Elmer's pants and reels Elmer in. Then Elmer chases Bugs into a theater; Bugs disguises himself as acan-can dancer, but Elmer recognizes Bugs, and prevents him from exiting the stage. Bugs dances, then plays the piano where Elmer hides and gets bounced around. Bugs tricks Elmer intohigh-diving into a glass of water. Elmer is tricked into wearing aShakesperean costume and, prompted by Bugs, acts, then does poses and silly faces; Bugs prompts the booing audience to throw atomato at Elmer.
Elmer is tricked into performing astriptease down to his shorts. Bugs disguises himself as a southern sheriff while the real sheriff arrests Elmer for "indecent southern exposure". But the sheriff stays for the Bugs Bunny cartoon on the movie screen. Elmer notices the scene with Bugs' disguise, thinks the sheriff is an impostor, and pulls off his pants—disrobing a real sheriff, who furiously escorts Elmer out of the theater with his rifle as Bugs conducts the orchestra in a finale.
| Preceded by | Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1944 | Succeeded by |