Baton Bunny

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Baton Bunny
series = Looney Tunes, Bugs Bunny

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caption = The title card of "Baton Bunny"
director = Chuck Jones Abe Levitow
story_artist = Michael Maltese
animator = Ken Harris Richard Thompson Ben Washam
voice_actor = Mel Blanc
musician = Carl Stalling
producer = John Burton, Sr.
distributor = Warner Bros.
release_date = 10 January, 1959
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 6 minutes, 22 seconds
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0052603
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Baton Bunny" is a Bugs Bunny cartoon of the "Looney Tunes" series, produced in 1958 and released in 1959. It shows Bugs conducting an orchestra - with a fly bothering him. Bugs conducts, and in part, plays the overture to "Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien" (A Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna)", a composition by Franz von Suppé. Though Mel Blanc was credited for vocal characterizations, there is no dialogue in the short; the only vocal effect made was when an audience member is heard coughing.

Plot

Bugs is getting ready to conduct an orchestra fancily. When he finishes his elaborate preparation, he starts to conduct. However, several problems plague Bugs' conduction, notably a bothersome fly, and some awkward cuffs that keep falling off. Bugs attempts to kill the fly, crashing into the orchestra and the instruments as he does so. As the music comes to a stop, Bugs bows for the crowd, and instead of applause, hears only silence. Bugs looks around to see that the seats are empty, though he does hear some faint clapping - coming from the fly. Bugs bows to the fly and the episode ends.

See also

*Bugs Bunny
*List of Bugs Bunny cartoons