Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk

{{Infobox film

|name=Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk

|image=Jack-Wabbit and the BeanstalkTC.png

|caption=

|starring=Mel Blanc{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Keith |title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 |date=3 October 2022 |publisher=BearManor Media |page=62 |language=en}}

|narrator=Mel Blanc

|music=Carl W. Stalling

|producer=Leon Schlesinger

|studio=Leon Schlesinger Productions

|distributor=Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation

|released={{Film date|1943|06|12}}

|color_process=Technicolor

|runtime=7:28

|language=English

}}

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Friz Freleng and starring Bugs Bunny,{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/60/mode/2up |pages=60–61}} with all of the voices provided by Mel Blanc.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=141}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/475-Jack-Wabbit-And-The-Beanstalk |title=Jack-Wabbit And The Beanstalk: Main |website=The Big Cartoon Database |access-date=August 22, 2021}}{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Plot

In a twist on Jack and the Beanstalk, Bugs Bunny finds himself in a giant's realm in the sky, where he angers the dim-witted giant by chopping down carrots in his victory garden. Bugs spends the movie evading the giant, even challenging him to a duel. In the end he tricks the giant into falling from the sky-land to earth, leaving a canyon-like hole in the ground from which he delivers the final line: "watch out for that first step, it's a lulu."

Production notes

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk is a parody of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk". It should not be confused with Beanstalk Bunny (1955), another parody of this story starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd.

Sources

{{Cite book| last1=Zipes | first1=Jack| title=The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films| chapter= Filmography| year=2011 | publisher=Routledge| isbn=978-1135853952|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RXSQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA402 }}

References

External links

[https://archive.org/download/ClassicRareAndCensoredCartoons/061243Jack-wabbitAndTheBeanstalkMm.mp4 Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk on the Internet Archive]
{{IMDb title|id= 0036052}}

{{Succession box

|before=Super-Rabbit

|title=Bugs Bunny Cartoons

|years=1943

|after=Wackiki Wabbit}}

Category:1943 films

Category:Animated films based on Jack and the Beanstalk

Category:Short films directed by Friz Freleng

Category:Merrie Melodies short films

Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films

Category:American parody films

Category:Fairy tale parody films