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Barbary-Coast Bunny
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	July 21, 1956
Starring	Mel Blanc; Daws Butler
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ben Washam; Abe Levitow; Richard Thompson; Ken Harris
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Barbary-Coast Bunny is the three hundred and sixty-sixth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 21, 1956. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

When Bugs Bunny comes across a large golden boulder, he is swindled out of his findings by Nasty Canasta, who uses the gold to start his own casino in San Francisco. Deciding to get even, Bugs uses his own rabbits' feet to win at all of Canasta's casino games.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Bugs: You realize that this is not going to go unchallenged?

Bugs: 35 cents? You mean I win all that?
Canasta: Certainly! In my house, the customer always wins.
Bugs: (falsetto) Really?

Bugs: The moral of this story is, "Don't try to steal no 18 karats from no rabbit."

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Nasty Canasta	Daws Butler

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - California
    - San Francisco
      - Canasta's gambling hall

Objects

Golden boulder
Slot machine
Roulette wheel
Play cards
Canasta's gun
Gold coins
Wheelbarrow

Production

Development

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

Layouts: Robert Gribbroek
Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
Film editor: Treg Brown

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: July 21, 1956 in theatres

Behind the scenes

As of this short, all of Jones' cartoons would credit him as "Chuck Jones" instead of "Charles M. Jones".
This is the only Warner Bros. theatrical short cartoon where Nasty Canasta is paired with Bugs Bunny, instead of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.
- Also, unlike his previous two Merrie Melodies appearances, Drip-Along Daffy and My Little Duckaroo, Canasta has been redesigned in this cartoon, giving him an obese and more dopier look.
This is one of a few cartoons where Bugs does not eat a carrot.

Errors

When Bugs turns his head at one point, the right whiskers disappear. In the next scenes, the whiskers are restored.

Legacy

Most of this cartoon was used in the TV special How Bugs Bunny Won the West.
Canasta's visual appearance in this short would reappear in both a cameo appearance in the 1994 short Carrotblanca, and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode "B2 or Not B2."

Home availability

In the United States:

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 '''''Barbary-Coast Bunny''''' is the three hundred and sixty-sixth ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' theatrical short. It was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[The Vitaphone Corporation]] on [[July 21]], [[1956]]. It was written by [[Michael Maltese]], produced by [[Edward Selzer]], and directed by [[Chuck Jones]].
-When Bugs Bunny comes across a large golden boulder, he is swindled out of his findings by Nasty Canasta who uses the gold to start his own casino in San Francisco. Deciding to get even, Bugs decides to use his own rabbits' feet to win at all of Canasta's casino games.
+When Bugs Bunny comes across a large golden boulder, he is swindled out of his findings by Nasty Canasta, who uses the gold to start his own casino in San Francisco. Deciding to get even, Bugs uses his own rabbits' feet to win at all of Canasta's casino games.
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable quotes==
-'''Bugs:''' Da moral of this story is: 'Don't try to steal no 18 karats [carrots] from no rabbit.'
+'''Bugs:''' You realize that this is not going to go unchallenged?
+'''Bugs:''' 35 cents? You mean I win all that?<br />
+'''Canasta:''' Certainly! In my house, the customer always wins.<br />
+'''Bugs:''' (''falsetto'') Really?<br />
+'''Bugs:''' The moral of this story is, "Don't try to steal no 18 karats from no rabbit."
 ==Characters==
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 ==Locations==
-*[[Earth]]
+* [[Earth]]
-**[[United States]]
+** [[United States]]
-***[[San Francisco]], [[California]]
+*** [[California]]
-***Nasty Canasta's Gambling Hall
+**** [[San Francisco]]
+***** Canasta's gambling hall
 ==Objects==
-*Golden Boulder
+* Golden boulder
-*Slot machine
+* Slot machine
-*Roulette wheel
+* Roulette wheel
-*Play cards
+* Play cards
-*Canasta's gun
+* Canasta's gun
-*Gold coins
+* Gold coins
-*Wheelbarrow
+* Wheelbarrow
 ==Production==
 ===Development===
 ==Music==
-The music was composed by [[Carl Stalling]].
+The music was composed by [[Carl W. Stalling]].
+==Crew credits==
+* Layouts: [[Robert Gribbroek]]
+* Backgrounds: [[Philip DeGuard]]
+* Film editor: [[Treg Brown]]
 ==Release==
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 ==Behind the scenes==
-* As of this short, all of [[Chuck Jones]]' cartoons would credit him as "Chuck Jones" instead of "Charles M. Jones".
+* As of this short, all of Jones' cartoons would credit him as "Chuck Jones" instead of "Charles M. Jones".
-* This is the only ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon where [[Nasty Canasta]] is paired with [[Bugs Bunny]] instead of [[Daffy Duck]] and [[Porky Pig]].
+* This is the only Warner Bros. theatrical short cartoon where Nasty Canasta is paired with Bugs Bunny, instead of [[Daffy Duck]] and [[Porky Pig]].
-** Also, unlike his previous two ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' appearances, ''[[Drip-Along Daffy]]'' ([[1951]]) and ''[[My Little Duckaroo]]'' ([[1954]]), Canasta has been redesigned in this cartoon, giving him an obese and more dopier look.
+** Also, unlike his previous two ''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]]'' appearances, ''[[Drip-Along Daffy]]'' and ''[[My Little Duckaroo]]'', Canasta has been redesigned in this cartoon, giving him an obese and more dopier look.
 * This is one of a few cartoons where Bugs does not eat a carrot.
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 ==Legacy==
-* Most of this cartoon was used in the TV special, ''[[How Bugs Bunny Won the West]]''.
+* Most of this cartoon was used in the TV special ''[[How Bugs Bunny Won the West]]''.
-* The redesign of Canasta from this would reappear in both ''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]'' episode, ''[[B2 or Not B2]]'', where he is voiced by [[Jim Cummings]], as well as his brief cameo appearance in the [[1994]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon, ''[[Carrotblanca]]'', which was released 39 years later.
+* Canasta's visual appearance in this short would reappear in both a cameo appearance in the [[1994]] short ''[[Carrotblanca]]'', and ''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]'' episode "[[B2 or Not B2]]."
 ==Home availability==
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 [[Category:Directed by Chuck Jones]]
+[[Category:Bugs Bunny series]]
 [[Category:Bugs Bunny theatrical shorts]]
-[[Category:Bugs Bunny series]]
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 [[Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons]]
 [[Category:Warner Bros. Pictures]]
 [[Category:Written by Michael Maltese]]