Some Fresh Hare

Sixty-five years ago today WB released one of its now-controversial Bugs Bunny cartoons — "Fresh Hare". The title is a classic WB pun and the subject of this week's fun with ep titles.

Some of the more obvious puns use hare in place of hair:

• Bad Hare Day (''Goosebumps,'' 9/14/1996)
• Bad Hare Day (''Ace Ventura,'' 12/13/1996)
• Bad Hare Day (''Brandy & Mr. Whiskers,'' 2/4/2005)
• Hare Raising Night (''Tiny Toon Adventures,'' 10/1/1990)
• Hare Replacement (''Garfield,'' 11/3/1990)
• Loopy's Hare Do (''Loopy de Loop'')

But writers have replaced many other words with hare:

• Ben Hare (''Beany and Cecil'')
• From Hare to Eternity (''NYPD Blue,'' 12/14/1993)
• Hare Mail (''Oswald the Rabbit'')
• Hare We Go! (''WildFiles'')
• Vanity Hare (''Adventures in Wonderland'')

Plus the standard variation of "here today, gone tomorrow":

• Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow (''Adventures in Wonderland'')
• Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow (''Beany and Cecil'')
• Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow (''Gomer Pyle, USMC,'' 4/4/1969)
• Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow (''Tiny Toon Adventures,'' 10/9/1990)
• Hare Today… (''The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,'' 4/8/1996)

TV scribes didn't stop with hare though. They pulled another hair out of their hats.

• From Hair to Eternity (''Head of the Class,'' 2/7/1990)
• Hair Apparent (''Hill Street Blues,'' 5/3/1984)
• Hair Jordan (''The Bernie Mac Show,'' 1/4/2004)
• Hair to Stay (''ChalkZone,'' 5/31/2002)
• Hair to the Throne (''King of Cars,'' 4/10/2007)
• Love Is in the Hair ... Net (''Class of 3000,'' 2/9/2007)
• My Hair Lady (''King of the Hill,'' 2/15/2004)
• The Hair Witch Project (''The Worst Witch,'' 12/14/2000)

I won't bore you with all the eps that put a spin on "here today, gone tomorrow"; so here are a couple of the more interesting variations:

• Hair Today, Gone Merlot (''The Bonnie Hunt Show,'' 3/24/1996)
• Hair Today, Gone to Maui (''Byrds of Paradise,'' 6/16/1994)