Habit Rabbit

Habit Rabbit
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Release date	December 31, 1963
Starring	Daws Butler Howard Morris Janet Waldo
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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Habit Rabbit is the thirty-ninth animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on December 31, 1963. It was written by Michael Maltese and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Raymond has a serious carrot addiction, and it's up to Loopy to cure him from it.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Rhonda	Janet Waldo
Raymond	Howard Morris
Esmerelda	Janet Waldo
Farmer	Daws Butler
Loopy De Loop	Daws Butler
Rabbits	Daws Butler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Raymond and Rhonda's residence

Vehicles

• Farmer's truck

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story sketch: Lew Marshall and Charles A. Nichols
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animation: Bill Keil and George Goepper
• Layout: Bill Perez
• Backgrounds: Robert Gentle
• Film editor: Donald A. Douglas
• Eastman color by: Pathé

Behind the scenes

• Michael Maltese is credited as Mike Maltese.
• Raymond's carrot addiction is suspiciously similar to that of a drug addiction.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 9, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD.