| Compressed Hare | |
| Director: | Chuck Jones Maurice Noble |
| Story: | Dave Detiege |
| Animator: | Bob Bransford Ken Harris Richard Thompson Tom Ray Effects Animation: Harry Love |
| Layout Artist: | Corny Cole Maurice Noble (uncredited) |
| Background Artist: | Philip DeGuard William Butler |
| Starring: | Mel Blanc (all voices) |
| Music: | Milt Franklyn |
| Producer: | William Orcutt David H. DePatie |
| Studio: | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Country: | United States |
| Color Process: | Technicolor[1] |
| Runtime: | 7 minutes |
| Language: | English |
Compressed Hare is a 1961 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble.[2] The short was released on July 29, 1961, and stars Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote.[3] This is the final first-run Golden Age short in which Wile E. Coyote speaks, although he speaks again in the Adventures of the Road Runner featurette a year later.
In the narrative involving Wile E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny, a sequence of comedic encounters unfolds as Coyote endeavors to capture and prepare Bugs Bunny as a meal. The plot initiates with Coyote's subtle ploy, leaving a telephone in Bugs Bunny's hole and soliciting a cup of diced carrots. Bugs, perceptive to Coyote's intentions, engages in a playful exchange before finding himself ensnared by Coyote's attempts to capture him.
Coyote's subsequent endeavors to ensnare Bugs Bunny involve a series of contrived traps, each met with humorous misfortune. From vacuum cleaners mistaken for prey to quick-drying cement mishaps, the comedic tension escalates as Coyote's schemes backfire, culminating in his unwitting entrapment beneath a concrete block. Bugs Bunny, ever resourceful, capitalizes on Coyote's misfortune with witty quips, asserting his prowess as a neighbor.