Barbary-Coast Bunny
| Barbary-Coast Bunny | |
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| 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-third 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
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- California
- San Francisco
- Canasta's gambling hall
- San Francisco
- California
- United States
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:
