Hare-Abian Nights

Hare-abian Nights is a 1959 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ken Harris of Chuck Jones' unit, and animated by Harris and Ben Washam. The short was released on February 28, 1959, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.

Plot

In an Arabian palace, a band called Timbuk Two Plus 3 fails to impress the Sultan and ends up in a crocodile pit. An Elvis-like musician suffers the same fate. Bugs Bunny, having gotten lost on his way to Perth Amboy, is ordered to entertain the Sultan. Bugs recounts his adventures, including outsmarting a bull, a monster named Rudolph, and Yosemite Sam. It is later revealed that the Sultan is actually Yosemite Sam himself. Bugs tricks Sam into falling into the crocodile pit and escapes, mocking Sam's misfortune.

Production notes

Hare-Abian Nights recycles footage from Bully for Bugs, Water, Water Every Hare and Sahara Hare.
The title of the short is a pun on "Arabian Nights" and spoofs the One Thousand and One Nights series of folk tales.