Unlike the previous modern
Looney Tunes shorts, this short was not made by the
Greg Ford/Terry Lennon team nor
Chuck Jones Film Productions. It was produced by the
Animaniacs writing team at
Warner Bros. Feature Animation.
Carrotblanca was the only
Looney Tunes short produced by that group of writers and the Feature Animation division. The idea for the short came to be when
Timothy Cahill and
Julie McNally saw a 50th anniversary screening of
Casablanca. The company that they worked for had the license to make
Looney Tunes merchandise. They pitched the idea of the
Looney Tunes characters doing a parody of
Casablanca to the executives of Warner Bros. at the time, Bob Daly and Terry Semel. They were interested, and the short became the first Warner Bros. project that Cahill and McNally ever worked for writing and producing it. They worked with director Douglas McCarthy and composer
Richard Stone, and as time went by, the project went from a TV special to an 8-minute short. Voices were provided by
Greg Burson,
Joe Alaskey,
Maurice LaMarche,
Bob Bergen, and
Tress MacNeille. The short was animated by
Tony Cervone, Shawn Keller, Harry Sabin, Jeff Siergey, David S. Smith,
Bill Snelgrove, Bill Waldman, Nelson Recinos, Phil Cummings, Bill Knoll, Kathleen Mauro, Doug Bombardier, Myung Miller, Ivan Camilli, Bill Mimms, Ed Gabriel, Herb Moore, George Goodchild, Myung Nam, David Hancock, Doug Ninneman, Mary Hanley, David Recinos, Sandy Henkin, Joe Roman, Myung Kang, Rodeny Tirey, Miyul Lee, and Elyse Whittaker. The short involves nearly all the major
Looney Tunes characters in roles from the film, including
Bugs Bunny as Mr. Bugs,
Daffy Duck as Sam Duck,
Yosemite Sam as General Pandemonium,
Tweety as Usmarte,
Sylvester as Sylvester Slazo,
Penelope Pussycat as Kitty Ketty (this short marks Penelope's first speaking role), and
Pepé Le Pew as Captain Louis. Some characters use their real names, others the names of the characters in the original film, or parodic versions. Several minor
Looney Tunes characters can be seen in the background (such as
Pete Puma as a waiter wearing a
kaftan and
fez,
Giovanni Jones and The Crusher as the maitre d' and doorman,
Gossamer as a customer at a table, and
Sam Sheepdog as General Pandemonium's driver assistant).
Porky Pig was planned to have a speaking role in the short, but it was cut. == Reception ==