Bugs and Daffy - 7/13/01

[Jon Cooke]

"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny"
"Strife With Father"
"This Is a Life?"
"Dog Tales"
"Wild Wild World"
"Rushing Roulette"
"To Itch His Own"


-Jon

[Thad Komorowski]

Interesting, they played 7, instead of 6, titles today.

-Thad:D

[Sveven Dvorking]

Originally posted by Thad Komorowski
Interesting, they played 7, instead of 6, titles today.
I would say that generally happens about once a week. It depends on what time it is at the end of the sixth cartoon.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny
The animation in this cartoon is awful! This must be the worst animated of all the Bugs Bunny cartoons!

Strife with Father
Although a funny cartoon, I am happy this was the last to feature Beaky Buzzard.

This is a Life?
The story was good, but there were too many characters.

Dog Tales
I believe this is the cartoon with the Mexican dog that sounds the same as Speedy Gonzales. That a very good gag, although Will Friedwald didn't think so.

Wild Wild World
A boring cartoon, with an annoying dinosaur.

Rushing Roulette
There is no such thing as a "bad" or "boring" roadrunner cartoon, even when the title is a spoof of Russian Roulette .

To Itch his Own
As one of the many flea cartoons, this one features Mighty Angelo.

[Jack]

Did they reuse the Chalie Dog animation from an earlier cartoon (re-tracing it onto new cels)? Charlie looks like he is talking to the invisable man (pig?) sitting next to him (it seems almost customary to face the audience when speaking to a narrator).

Jack:D

[J Lee]

"Did they reuse the Chalie Dog animation from an earlier cartoon (re-tracing it onto new
cels)? Charlie looks like he is talking to the invisable man (pig?) sitting next to him (it seems almost customary to face the audience when speaking to a narrator)."

They re-used a lot of stuff in that cartoon -- the dog pile from Freleng's "Foxy by Proxy," the design for Laddie Boy from "Mixed Master" and the St. Bernard rescue gag and frozen Yosemite Sam (minus hand pointed up with gun in it) from "Piker's Peak."

The Pointsettia is original, however.

[DR. BELCH]

Beaky Buzzard in "Strife With Father"
Slightly overplayed, but a classic. Note that Monty's monocle switches from one eye to the other repeatedly. Is that Mel Blanc doing that voice? I'm reminded oddly of comedian Terry-Thomas. Fav line: "I learned this one in London...during the Blitz!" Beaky's line--and I figured this out after watching a Monty Python retrospective right after this short--at the end is a ref to England's Lord Montgomery, spparantly known known for being a pompous old blighter.

"Dog Tales"
Amost Averyish in construction, but it was a McKimson, I think. Watch for the ref to The Phil Silvers Show in the Doberman pinscher gag. Note that the Chihuahua sounds like Speedy, and the poodle is an ever-lustful Pepe Le Pew.

"Wild Wild World"
Again, an Averyesque effort by McKimson. Some amusing gags, but except for the narrator, no dialogue except for grunts through the picture. Fav bit: the caveman crewcut.

Would have liked to have seen "Rushing Roulette" rerun, though.