Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)

Director:

Robert Clampett

Writer:

Warren Foster (story)

Release Date:

11 July 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Animation | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Mama Buzzard wants her children to learn to bring back meat for dinner. One buzzardling is shy and has to be kicked out of the nest...

Plot Keywords:

Rabbit | Buzzard | Dancing | Tears | Carrot

Cast

Sara Berner	...	Mama Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
Mel Blanc	...	Bugs Bunny / Little Buzzards (voice) (uncredited)
Kent Rogers	...	Beaky Buzzard (Killer) (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Clampett

Writing credits
Warren Foster		(story)

Produced by
Leon Schlesinger	....	producer

Original Music by
Carl W. Stalling		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Treg Brown		(uncredited)

Sound Department
Treg Brown	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Animation Department
Rod Scribner	....	animator
Robert McKimson	....	animator (uncredited)
Virgil Ross	....	animator (uncredited)

Music Department
Carl W. Stalling	....	musical director
Milt Franklyn	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Leon Schlesinger Studios

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1942) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Canada) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #7904) | USA:Not Rated (video release)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Beaky Buzzard's voice and mannerisms are modeled after radio character and ventriloquist dummy Mortimer Snerd, created by Edgar Bergen. Because of this, he was originally given the informal name of 'Snerd Bird' before he acquired the name of Beaky Buzzard.

Quotes:

Beaky Buzzard:Shh! I'm a-stalking a victim.

Movie Connections:

References The Freshman (1925)

Soundtrack:

Arkansas Traveler

A good surprise. :-)

This cartoon may be slow moving and dull for some, but personally I found it very entertaining and is one of my new favourites. This cartoon is one of the first with Bugs Bunny (this was made two years after his official debut) and the debut of a minor-ish Looney Tunes character named Beaky Buzzard.

This cartoon was a good surprise for me for the following reasons: 1. I was not expecting this to be nearly so old and I enjoyed the old-fashioned humour you have in a few WB cartoons, featured here. I think that the plot along with "old" jokes would work better than the plot along with new jokes.

2. I was expecting this to be quite a fast paced, slapstick cartoon, instead I found that hardly any of the jokes featured slapstick (as a whole, all WB cartoons have some slapstick in them) and there were some good verbal jokes inserted in too. It certainly kept my interest going! The other good things about the cartoon were the ever familiar Bugs Bunny in his trick mode (escaping baddies using clever ways) and the introduction of Beaky Buzzard and this was also my first cartoon with him in as well. I will certainly look out for more with him in. The animation was pretty good and overall, I found it a great episode. :-)

The cartoon starts with a mother buzzard (vulture to my fellow British) instructing each of her offspring to go and bring some meat back to the nest. She gives her babies serious challenges, such as horse and deer. However, one of her babies does not want to hunt at all (Beaky Buzzard), but he is pushed out of the nest anyway to go and find something. He ends up finding Bugs Bunny, who he is ready to hunt...

I recommend this cartoon to people who do not mind old, slightly slow-moving Looney Tunes. Enjoy "Bugs Gets the Boid"! :-) 8 and a half out of ten.