The Unruly Hare

Elmer is a surveyor for a railroad company, and the path of the new railroad goes directly over Bugs' current residence.[6] Elmer disturbs Bugs' rest by singing "I've Been Working on the railroad". Bugs plays tricks on Elmer by making him see lovely ladies and a forest fire through his surveying telescope and in response Elmer gets riled and shoots at him excessively with his shotgun. In between shooting rounds Bugs pulls more annoying pranks on Elmer. When Elmer tries a stick of dynamite on Bugs, Bugs gets Elmer into a football game with the dynamite as the ball, until it sets off near a pile of railroad wood posts.

Bugs undermines his own efforts, since the explosion instantly lays the tracks and rails in their intended location.[6] The creation of the railroad is followed immediately by the passing of an engine in full steam, Bugs riding in the back and waving goodbye to the cowering Elmer. The film ends with a reference to travel conditions in the United States home front during World War II. Bugs jumps off the train, and while "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"[6] plays softly on the underscore, he tells the audience that "None of us civilians should be doing any unnecessary traveling these days." He decides to walk the tracks instead, to the tune of "Kingdom Coming" and seen in silhouette to iris-out.

• Direction: Frank Tashlin
• Story: Melvin Millar
• Animation: Cal Dalton, Art Davis, I. Ellis, Richard Bickenbach, George Cannata
• Effects Animation: A.C. Gamer
• Layout: David Hilberman
• Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas
• Film Editor: Treg Brown
• Voice Characterization: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, The Sportsmen Quartet
• Musical Direction: Carl W. Stalling
• Orchestrations: Milt Franklyn
• Production: Edward Selzer

• (1986) VHS - Viddy-Oh! For Kids Cartoon Festivals: Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd Cartoon Festival Featuring "Wabbit Twouble"
• (1988) VHS - Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs Vs. Elmer
• (1990) VHS - Bugs Bunny Collection: Here Comes Bugs
• (1992) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 1, Side 7: Bugs Bunny by Each Director
• (1992) VHS - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Vol. 7: Bugs Bunny by Each Director
• (2019) Boomerang Streaming Service - 1995 "NTSC" Dubbed Version print.
• 2020 HBO Max - Streaming [7]

• This was the only Bugs Bunny short in which Frank Tashlin is credited, and one of two Bugs Bunny shorts directed by Frank Tashlin.
• Although Bugs did appear in one previous cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin, "Porky Pig's Feat", he wasn't in a starring role in that short.
• This is the final Bugs Bunny cartoon to use the 1941-45 rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along".
• This is also the final Bugs Bunny cartoon not to have expanded credits, simply only crediting Supervision, Musical Direction, Story, and Voice Characterizations.
• While this short has appeared on at least one public domain DVD release, the copyright was renewed on October 25, 1972.[8]
• The engine on the train is a 4-4-0 (four leading wheels, four driving wheels, and no trailing wheels), commonly known as an American type steam locomotive, due to the great number of them produced in the United States.

• Shull, Michael S.; Wilt, David E. (2004), "Private Snafu Cartoons", Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939-1945, McFarland & Company, ISBN 978-0786481699

• List of Bugs Bunny cartoons
• 1945 in film

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