Song *I'm a wittle wabbit in the day time....*

The character of Sheridan Whiteside was based on the great writer and radio host Alexander Woolcott. According to his friend Harpo Marx in his book "Harpo Speaks" Woolcott would dance around and sing that song as an obnoxious way of bragging when they were playing croquet and he had made a great shot. Kaufman and Hart, who wrote "The Man Who Came to Dinner" were a part of that illustrious crowd. Hope this helps.

"I told you a million times not to talk to me when I'm doing my lashes"!

I thought what he sang was "I Hunt Wabbits in the Springtime; I Hunt Wabbits in the Fall...," which would be a parody of the Cole Porter tune "I Love Paris."

Unfortunately for my theory, that song wasn't published until 11 years later for the musical "Can-Can." On the other hand, it may have been used by some band singers, just not in wide release? Certainly nobody loves Paris in the Springtime when there is a division of Panzer tanks along the Champs Elisées.

Considering that Monty Woolley was a close friend of Cole Porter's, he could have snuck it in as a gag, even if the song wasn't known.

we think alike !

Interestingly there is this Bugs cartoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCTRZR31wE#t=1.041958

The Wabbit Who Came To Supper.

Where Bugs sings "I'm just an angel in disguise."

So some double entendre's going on here.... though i may be mysusing the word.

MHz