Bugs Bunny Rides Again

Bugs Bunny Rides Again
Lobby card.
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	June 12, 1948
Starring	Mel Blanc Robert C. Bruce (uncredited) Michael Maltese (uncredited) Tedd Pierce (uncredited)
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce Michael Maltese
Animation	Ken Champin Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Bugs Bunny Rides Again is the two hundred and eighty-eighth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 12, 1948. It was written by Tedd Pierce and Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

In the old western town of Rising Gorge, Yosemite Sam–the roughest, toughest, he-man stuffest hombre who ever crossed the Rio Grande–is pitted against Bugs Bunny.

Memorable Quotes

Skunk: My, weren't there a lot of skunks in here?

Bugs: So long, Sammy! See you in Miami!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Yosemite Sam	Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Cowboys	Robert C. Bruce (uncredited) Michael Maltese (uncredited) Tedd Pierce (uncredited)
Skunk	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Rising Gorge
      • Gunshot Saloon
      • Train station
    • Rio Grande (mentioned)
    • Florida (indirectly mentioned)
      • Miami (mentioned)

Objects

• Flying bullets
• Stoplight

Production

Second lobby card with signatures by Mel Blanc and Friz Freleng.

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Songs

• "William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 12, 1948 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the many phrases that use the "Rides Again" phrase. Such as "The Lone Ranger rides again", and it also suggests a reference to the 1940 Jack Benny comedy, Buck Benny Rides Again, which the title of this cartoon might have been inspired from.
• This is the first cartoon to use the "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR" tagline instead of "IN TECHNICOLOR." It was shortly changed to "Color by TECHNICOLOR" with the 1948 Looney Tunes cartoon, Haredevil Hare.

Everlasting Influence

• The Gunshot Saloon would be used as the world maps' toon building in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2
  • Bugs Bunny's 80th Anniversary Collection