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Knight-Mare Hare picture

Trivia: The book that Bugs is reading at the start of the cartoon is authored by "Burton" - a reference the Warner Brothers production manager, John Burton.

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Trivia: When Droopy puts a needle into Spike's rear whilst playing "Pin The Tale On The Donkey", Spike lets out "Tom's Scream."

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Trivia: When Butch is looking at the "Lost and Found" ads in the newspaper, some of the ads have names of Warner Brothers staff: "Vaughan" (Lloyd Vaughan), "K. Harris" (Ken Harris) and "C.M. Jones" (Chuck Jones).

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Trivia: Voice artist Mel Blanc said that this was his personal favourite of all the cartoons he worked on.

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High Diving Hare picture

Trivia: When we see Bugs telling the other cowboys about the acts for the vaudeville show, you can see behind him there is a poster for an act entitled "Frizby the Magician." This is a reference to the Warner Brothers director Friz Freleng.

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Trivia: In the cartoon's opening title credits, there is no "Layout" next to Robert Gribbroek's name, which makes him appear to be an animator.

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Trivia: When Elmer finds himself in the year 2000, he picks up a newspaper with a headline saying "Smellevision replaces Television!" Underneath this there is a caption saying "Carl Stalling sez, "It will never work!" Carl Stalling was the music composer and arranger for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Brothers.

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Trivia: In the cartoon's opening title card, there is a tin of cat food with "Farren's Finest" on the label. This is a reference to the assistant animator, Jack Farren.

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Lost and Foundling picture

Trivia: On Sniffles' shelf, there are two bottles with the labels "Grib" and "Broek" on them - a reference to the Warner Brothers layout artist Robert Gribbroek.

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Trivia: When Cecil Turtle shows Bugs Bunny a blueprint of his turtle shell, look at the bottom right and you can see the name "Michael Sasanoff." Sasanoff was Robert Clampett's layout artist.

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Trivia: Look at the flag on the tail of the bizarre animal which the animator re-draws Daffy as - it reads "screwball."

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Trivia: This is the first Warner Brothers cartoon in which Mel Blanc receives a voice credit.

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Trivia: The opening credits on this cartoon are the artists' actual signatures.

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By Word of Mouse picture

Trivia: When Hans arrives in America, he gives his cousin Willie some cheese. Hans then looks around and sees some traffic coming past. The traffic includes a pink lorry saying "Foster's Eggs" and a yellow lorry saying "Fritz Transfer Co." - a reference to the writer Warren Foster and director Friz Freleng, respectively.

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Trivia: Various members of the Warner Brothers animation staff appear in the short. Michael Maltese plays a studio cop, Gerry Chiniquy plays a director and Henry Binder appears as a stagehand who throws Porky off a soundstage after his sneezing interrupts the shooting of a ballet film. But Mel Blanc dubbed all their voices, as the footage was shot silent.

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Trivia: At the end of the cartoon, traditional Bavarian music is played over the "That's All Folks!" title card instead of the normal closing theme.

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