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directed by

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. The short was released on August 18, 1956, and stars

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Plot

Bugs Bunny boards the Chattanooga Choo Choo and finds two hoboes who look and act like Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton, from ''

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'' TV show, who want to eat Bugs after being hungry for days.

Summary

It was a snowy winter day, and a newspaper landed near a train station and at the same time, Bugs Bunny arrives and looks at the newspaper, saying that a local carrot crop freeze. And despite, that he doesn't have a drove, Bugs decided to hop on a train to Chattanooga and shouts, "C'mon, Chattanooga Choo-Choo!" In a choo-choo train, two men named Ralph and Ed are in one of the cars.

Music

The cartoon features the song

Carolina in the Morning "Carolina in the Morning" is a popular song with words by Gus Kahn and music by Walter Donaldson, first published in 1922 by Jerome H. Remick & Co. The song debuted on Broadway in the elaborate and risqué musical revue '' The Passing Show of ...

, rather than the more obvious choice

Chattanooga Choo Choo "Chattanooga Choo Choo" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and composed by Harry Warren. It was originally recorded as a big band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and featured in the 1941 movie '' Sun Valley Serenade''. It was ...

; ''Carolina in the Morning''s faster melodic rhythm and emphatic downbeats complement the timing of the action in the cartoon.

Censorship

ABC censored the part where Norton offers to attend to Bugs' scarf and he hangs Bugs on a coat hanger with the scarf hanger and another scene where Norton is cooking Ralph in a pot, presumably because of the violent nature. The CENSORED Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide
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* 1956 films 1956 animated films 1956 short films Merrie Melodies short films Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films Films directed by Robert McKimson Fictional hoboes Films scored by Carl Stalling Films set on trains Bugs Bunny films 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films Films produced by Edward Selzer 1950s English-language films The Honeymooners {{MerrieMelodies-stub