Summary
Barbary-Coast Bunny is a 1956 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce.[1] The short was released on July 21, 1956, and stars Bugs Bunny.[2]
| Barbary-Coast Bunny | |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Daws Butler |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Abe Levitow Richard Thompson Ken Harris |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | Philip DeGuard |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | July 21, 1956 (U.S.) |
Running time | 6:49 |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
Bugs is tunneling the cross country to meet his cousin Herman in San Francisco, only to run head first into a large nugget of gold. Nasty Canasta sets up a simple stand claiming to be a banker who can safely store Bugs' gold. When Bugs decides to ask for his gold back, Canasta claims that the bank is closing and traps Bugs in the folded-up stand while he rides away with the gold. Wrathfully, Bugs vows revenge on Nasty Canasta.
Six months later, Canasta has used his ill-gotten gains to start a casino in San Francisco. Bugs enters the casino and confuses a slot machine for a "telly-o-phone". When Bugs uses it to phone his mother for some money, he hits the jackpot, much to Canasta's shock. Trying to recoup this loss, Canasta convinces Bugs to play roulette and draw poker. But every time Bugs manages to win.
Finally Canasta decides to rob Bugs at gunpoint on the pretense of it being another game of chance, namely Russian roulette. Bugs spins the revolver bullet cylinder like a slot machine and a mass of coins inexplicably pours out the gun's barrel.
As Bugs departs with all the casino's funds and more, Canasta greedily tries to win money from his gun, only to shoot himself in the attempt and collapse.
Home media edit
The short is available on Stars of Space Jam: Bugs Bunny VHS, and on both the fourth volume of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVDs and the second volume of the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection DVDs.
References edit
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 288. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60-62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links edit
- Barbary Coast Bunny at IMDb
