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 seventy-seventh 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 condemned hotel, Bugs' temporary home is shared by Rocky and Mugsy, a pair of thieves who have stolen various items from a highly guarded repository. 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 amazing what you can do with some wire and a few electric bulbs?
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Abandoned hotel
- United States
Objects
- Stolen loot
- 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 Merrie Melodies short Stooge for a Mouse, which Freleng also directed:
- Similar to the mouse in the earlier short, Bugs uses a magnet to make it look like Mugsy is fighting Rocky.
Errors
- Bugs' size changes throughout the short; 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 it.
- 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. When Rocky goes to yell at him, his hair matches the color of his skin.
Legacy
- In the video game Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time, the stage "The Greatest Escape" is inspired by this cartoon, with Bugs navigating through an abandoned hotel like the one from this short.
- Some special attacks used for both Rocky and Mugsy in the video game, Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, involved scenes from this cartoon.
- DePatie-Freleng Enterprises reused some plot elements for a Dogfather cartoon. Heist and Seek.
Home availability
- In the United States:
