Bugsy and Mugsy
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | August 31, 1957 |
| Run time | 7:12 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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Bugsy and Mugsy is the three hundred and eightieth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 31, 1957. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.
While moving to a more dryer place, such as an abandoned and condemned hotel, Bugs' temporary home is shared by Rocky and Mugsy, a pair of thieves who have stolen 14-carat worth of gold, gems and silver from a highly guarded repository. And when the duo spend the night where Bugs is staying, he decides trick Rocky into thinking that Mugsy is out to get him.
Detailed Summary
Memorable Quotes
Rocky: I don't know how ya's done it, BUT I KNOW YA'S DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugs: Isn't it amazin' what you can do with some wire and a few electric bulbs?
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- America
- Abandoned Hotel Building (Rocky's Hideaway)
Objects
- Stolen Loot (Worth 14-carat)
- 2-way Telephone
- Butcher's cleave
- Ceiling Light
- Screwdriver
- Dynamite Stick
- Saw
- Roller skates
- Giant Magnet
- Rocky's Hideaway Neon Sign
Vehicles
- Police Cars
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by both Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: August 31, 1957 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on the duo, Rocky and Mugsy.
- This short shares similarities with the 1950 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Stooge for a Mouse, such as Rocky and Hector/Mike saying to Sylvester and Mugsy "I don't know how youse done it, but I know youse done it!" and the mouse and Bugs using a magnet to make it look like Mugsy and Sylvester are fighting Rocky and Hector/Mike, since both cartoons were directed by Friz Freleng.
Errors
- There are continual continuity errors in this short. For instance, Bugs' size changes; outside his hole, he is normal-sized, but inside, he is the size of a mouse as indicated by the size of the magnet he is holding near the end of the short.
- When Bugs gives Mugsy the saw, he has yellow hair, as it was revealed when Rocky used a cleaver to chop his newsie cap in half, revealing his hair. When Rocky goes to yell at him, his hair incorrectly matches the color of his skin.
Everlasting influence
- Some special attacks used for both Rocky and Mugsy in the video game, Looney tunes: World of Mayhem, involved scenes from this cartoon.
- In the video game, Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time, the stage The Greatest Escape was inspired by this cartoon, as Bugs navigates through an abandoned hotel based on the one from this cartoon.
Home availability
- In the United States:
