Backwoods Bunny

Backwoods Bunny is a 1959 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson and written by Tedd Pierce.[1] The short was released on June 13, 1959, and stars Bugs Bunny.[2] While Bugs Bunny takes a vacation in the Ozarks he is pursued by some famished buzzards named Pappy and Elvis. This is one of two cartoons featuring Pappy and Elvis, the other being the Foghorn Leghorn cartoon, The Dixie Fryer.

Backwoods Bunny
Title card
Directed byRobert McKimson
Produced byWarner Bros. Pictures
Story byTedd Pierce
StarringMel Blanc
(Bugs Bunny)
Daws Butler
(Pappy Buzzard/Elvis Buzzard, uncredited)
Music byMilt Franklyn
Edited byTreg Brown
Animation byWarren Batchelder
Ted Bonnicksen
George Grandpré
Tom Ray
Layouts byRobert Gribbroek
Backgrounds byWilliam Butler
Color processColor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
June 13, 1959 (USA)
Running time
7 min
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Bugs Bunny arrives in the Ozarks, just his sort of place for vacation. But in a small cottage placed atop a tall bare tree lives a bumpkin buzzard and his son Elvis. Elvis spots Bugs and decides to lure him with a carrot. Bugs of course notices his attempt from a tree stump. Bugs puts his hand out to feel the carrot long enough to lure Elvis to the hole entrance, and Elvis pulls out of the hand which turns out to be a long hose with a white glove on the end of it. Bugs turn on the water tap sends Elvis back and forth between two trees, until Bugs turns off the water and Elvis falls to the ground. Bugs asks Elvis what is going to with the snake. Elvis panics and flies off toward the cottage and comes back with a rifle. When Bugs tells him there are no snakes, Elvis points his rifle at Bugs and shoots, but misses. Bugs inches closer and Elvis, exclaiming "I'll blow your flunkin' head off!", backs away until he falls off a cliff.

As Elvis starts to have another go at Bugs, he falls for Bugs dressed as a pretty hillbilly lady. Very soon, however, he realises it's Bugs and shoots at him, Bugs diving into his rabbit hole. Elvis points his rifle in the hole and demands Bugs come out. Bugs refuses. As Elvis gives Bugs the count of four, Bugs attaches some pipes from the end of the rifle to where the father buzzard is lounging in his cottage. After the countdown is up, Elvis shoots his father in the face. A misunderstanding makes Elvis shoot his father repeatedly, the continuity made by Bugs, dressed for golf, singing the Art Mooney tune "I'm Looking Over a Four (BANG!) Leaf Clover That I Overlooked Before... (BANG!) Fore... (BANG!) Fore... (BANG!) Fore (BANG!)".

Voice cast

Music
  • "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover", (uncredited). Music by Harry M. Woods, Lyrics by Mort Dixon
  • "Arkansas Traveler", (uncredited). Music by Sanford Faulkner
  • "Oh, You Beautiful Doll", (uncredited). Music by Nat Ayer

References
  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 316. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
Preceded by
Apes of Wrath		 Bugs Bunny Cartoons
1959		 Succeeded by
Wild and Woolly Hare
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