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Bugs Bunny Rides Again
Studio: Warner Bros. Release Date : June 12, 1948 Series: Merrie Melodies

Cumulative rating:
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Synopsis

Yosemite Sam steams into a western town where he has to go up against Bugs Bunny for control.

Characters

Bugs Bunny
(Voice: Mel Blanc)
Yosemite Sam
(Voice: Mel Blanc)

Credits

Note: "Unverified" credits may not be correct and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Director

Friz Freleng

Animator

Ken Champin
Virgil Walter Ross
Gerry Chiniquy
Manuel "Manny" Perez

Story

Tedd "Ted" Pierce
Mike Maltese

Music

Carl W. Stalling

Backgrounds

Paul Julian

Voices

Mel Blanc
Robert C. Bruce (unverified)
Mike Maltese (unverified)
Tedd "Ted" Pierce (unverified)

Layout

Hawley Pratt

Producer

Edward "Eddie" Selzer (unverified)

Film Editor

Treg Brown (unverified)

Orchestration

Milt Franklyn (unverified)

Music Sources

Rossini, Gioachino : "William Tell Overture "
Scholl, Jack and M.K. Jerome : "My Little Buckaroo "
Lili'uokalani : "Aloha 'Oe "
Brown, Seymour and Nat D. Ayer : "Oh, You Beautiful Doll "
Schubert, Franz : "Erlkönig "
Van Alstyne, Egbert : "Cheyenne "
Van Alstyne, Egbert : "Navajo "
van Beethoven, Ludwig : "Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) "
Rossini, Gioachino : "Inflammatus et accensus (from Stabat Mater) "
Stalling, Carl W. : "Untitled Soft Shoe Number "
Wagner, Richard : "Die Gotterdämmerung "
Mendelssohn, Felix : "Ruy Blas Overture "

Broadcasters

Boomerang
Cartoon Network
MeTV
MeTV Toons
TBS
Tooncast

Distributor(s)

Warner Bros.

Clips Used In:

50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 3½ Minutes

Contains Reused Animation from:

Hare Trigger

Included in:

Our Man Sam

Cut Scenes

  • Sam's line "And I ain't no Mahatma Gandhi!" was changed to "And I ain't no mamby-pamby!" following Gandhi assassination.

Inside Jokes

  • In an early scene, you can see names on the bar room door frame, Friz, Ted and P. J. referring to Friz Freleng, Ted Pierce and Paul Julian who worked on the short.
  • Later on, one of the buidings has a sign that reads "Ken Champin, Veterinary."
  • On another one of the buildings, there's a sign that reads "G. Chiniquy, Blacksmith" in reference to animator Gerry Chiniquy

Television

Bugs 'n' Daffy Toon In With Me

VHS

United States

Bugs Bunny Classics (Special Collectors' Edition)
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes
Volume 1: All-Stars

Laserdisc (CLV)

United States

The Golden Age of Looney Tunes
Bugs Bunny Classics (Special Collectors' Edition)

DVD

United States

Looney Tunes Golden Collection - Volume 2
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection - Volume 8
Bugs Bunny: Golden Carrot Collection
Looney Tunes Golden Collection (Volumes 1-6)

France

Bugs Bunny Retrospective: 1936-1958

BluRay Disc

United States

Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection

Technical Specifications

Running Time: 7:32
Production No.: 1050
MPAA No.: 11894
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Color Type: Technicolor
Negative Type: 35mm
Original Country: United States
Original Language: English
Print Type: 35mm
Sound Type: Mono

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