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Half-Fare Hare
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Wikipedia article
'Half-Fare Hare' is a 1956 Warner Bros. 'Merrie Melodies' cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on August 18, 1956, and stars Bugs Bunny.
Plot
Bugs Bunny boards the Chattanooga Choo Choo and finds two hoboes who look and act like Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton, from 'The Honeymooners' TV show, who want to eat Bugs after being hungry for days.
Summary
It was a snowy winter day, and a newspaper landed near a train station and at the same time, Bugs Bunny arrives and looks at the newspaper, saying that a local carrot crop freeze. And despite, that he doesn't have a drove, Bugs decided to hop on a train to Chattanooga and shouts, "C'mon, Chattanooga Choo-Choo!"
In a choo-choo train, two men named Ralph and Ed are in one of the cars.
Music
The cartoon features the song Carolina in the Morning, rather than the more obvious choice Chattanooga Choo Choo; 'Carolina in the Morning's faster melodic rhythm and emphatic downbeats complement the timing of the action in the cartoon.
Censorship
ABC censored the part where Norton offers to attend to Bugs' scarf and he hangs Bugs on a coat hanger with the scarf hanger and another scene where Norton is cooking Ralph in a pot, presumably because of the violent nature.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101202210720/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/h/ The CENSORED Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide]
References
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