Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise be heard laughing when Curly accidentally hits his head on Widow Jenkins' kitchen door while trumpeting and singing "A-Pumping We Will Go." The shot of Curly riding the oil gusher up into the sky would be reused in "Oil's Well That Ends Well". Moe Howard recalled in his autobiography that he received a glob of goo (representing oil) directly under his eyelids during shooting: Moe would have a similar ordeal while filming 1946's "The Three Troubledoers", when chunks of black soot became lodged under his eyelids. Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise is the
Oily Hare Oily Hare Oily Hare is a Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" short, released in 1952, directed by Robert McKimson, written by Tedd Pierce, and starring Bugs Bunny. The title is a pun on oily hair, as with the earlier cartoon "Slick Hare", along with the plot-line actually having to do with oil. The plot is similar to the short "The Fair-Haired Hare", which was released one year earlier and features Orville (Yosemite Sam's brother) as Bugs' antagonist. "Oily Hare" also recycles the same ending where Bugs' home is filled with explosives and blown up. Along Highway $101.00, approximately 531 miles from