Robert Clampett. Buckaroo Bugs. USA 1944
Bringing this one back for a second year, we'll be taking a look at the work and life of Bugs Bunny.
This is the few later shorts with Bugs as the villain. As the carrot rustling Masked Marauder, Bugs must square off against Brooklyn's own Red Hot Ryder. The catch is Ryder's horse has more smarts in his shoes that Ryder has total.
Not bad but honestly it falls a little flat. Bugs isn't over the top enough (no sawing Florida away here) plus Ryder is just too dumb to be effective. Yosemite Sam at least has over the top violence to make up for his dumbness. Ryder's just a moron. The William Tell Overture is nice touch though.
As a funny aside, this was the first Looney Tunes to star Bugs and the last short produced by Leon Schlesinger before he sold the whole thing to Warner Bros.
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