| Bugs Bunny Rides Again | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce Michael Maltese |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Robert C. Bruce Michael Maltese Tedd Pierce |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Paul Julian |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
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Running time | 7:11 |
| Language | English |
Bugs Bunny Rides Again is a 1948 Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The short was released on June 12, 1948, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.[2]
The animated short is both a Western and a parody of the genre's conventions.[3]
Voice characterizations are performed by Mel Blanc. It is the third cartoon to pair Bugs and Yosemite Sam, after Hare Trigger (1945) and Buccaneer Bunny (1948). The title is a typical Western reference, as in "The Lone Ranger rides again", and also suggests a reference to the Jack Benny comedy, Buck Benny Rides Again (1940).[4]
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 58–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ Wells, Paul (2002), "Genre in Animation", Animation: Genre and Authorship, Wallflower Press, pp. 45–47, ISBN 978-1-9033-6420-8
- ^ Adamson, Joe (1990). Bugs Bunny: Fifty Years and Only One Grey Hare. Henry Holt. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-1855100466. Retrieved November 5, 2020.