Show Biz Bugs
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| Show Biz Bugs | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | November 2, 1957 |
| Run time | 7:02 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Art Davis Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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Show Biz Bugs is the three hundred and eighty-second Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on November 2, 1957. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.
It's a showbiz showdown between Bugs and Daffy, when the duck attempts to prove himself that he would be a better star than Bugs.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: That was terrific, Daffy! They loved it! They want more!
Daffy: I know, I know, but I can only do it once.
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- "Men's bathroom" sign
- Trained pigeon act kit
- Magic sawing box
- Saw
- Explosives-rigged xylophone table
- Juggle balls
- Gasoline
- Nitroglycerine
- Gunpowder
- Uranium-238
- Light match
Vehicles
- Taxi cab
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
The song "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms", by Thomas Moore, is used as the music sheet for Daffy's xylophone trap.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: November 2, 1957 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- Two of the acts from this cartoon have been used in the short Curtain Razor; when Porky Pig sees a man named Crawford Coo do a pigeon act, but the birds flew out of the window. It was later used in the 1959 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Unnatural History, which saw a fox do the same act Daffy does attempting to show Porky he is a star.
- Much like Curtain Razor, the final act in Show Biz Bugs has been censored on Cartoon Network to remove Daffy ingesting gasoline.
- The airings on syndication also removed the gasoline drinking, and edits it further by removing a short scene of Daffy swallowing a match.
- The "Those Endearing Young Charms" gag was previously used in the Private Snafu short Booby Traps, and the Bugs/Yosemite Sam short Ballot Box Bunny; the instrument in question was only a piano in both cases.
Errors
- There is an extra light dot on the top left of the "director" card, which can be shown fading in when the credits change to the director's credit.
- When Bugs is applauding Daffy's final act, his tail disappears for a frame.
Legacy
- This cartoon was used as the last cartoon for the third and final act of The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, when Daffy challenges Bugs to a showbiz showdown at the Oswald Awards.
Critical Reception
Home availability
- In the United States:
