Chuck Jones, Mississippi Hare, USA 1949
Continuing from last year, we're still in 1949.
Bugs, due to some misunderstanding, ends up on a South bound riverboat. Disguising himself as a gentleman, including a ticket, he runs afoul of riverboat gambler Colonel Shuffle.
Shuffle and Bugs square off over cards, with Bugs countering the Colonel's five aces with six aces. Naturally this leads to pistols and Bugs easily outmatches the Colonel.
Pretty good and a running gag of Shuffle getting thrown off the boat is great, even if some of the racial jokes aged like milk. Shuffle didn't have much of a career, but I can see way. Even ignoring the racial aspects of the character, he comes across as a slowed down Yosemite Sam. .
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