Baseball Bugs (1946)Bugs plays every defensive position against the Gashouse Gorillas. Director:Friz FrelengWriter:Michael Maltese (story) |
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Baseball Bugs (1946)Bugs plays every defensive position against the Gashouse Gorillas. Director:Friz FrelengWriter:Michael Maltese (story) |
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Bugs Bunny /
Teetotaller /
Umpire /
Gas-House Gorillas Catcher - Catcalling /
Gas-House Gorillas Left Fielder /
Announcer - Final scene
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At a baseball game between the Gashouse Gorillas and the Tea-Totallers, a heckling Bugs Bunny is forced to play all positions against the brutish Gorillas. Naturally, their muscle is no match for Bugs' wit and pitching skill. Written by <mike.konczewski@itb.mckhboc.com>
In most Bugs Bunny cartoons, he is pitted against a foe, usually human, while formidable in their own way, are obviously not in his league when it comes to brains. In this particular one, directed by Friz Freleng, he is up against a whole team of them. Bugs calls the Gas House Gorillas "a bunch of dirty cheaters". They then challenge him to a game of baseball where Bugs has to play every position, plus having to catch up where the Tea Totalers left off, behind 96-0 or something close to this score. Many of the jokes aren't up to writer Michael Maltese's usual standards, but anyone who has ever watched this cartoon will never forget the ending sequence where Bugs has to catch the last out of the game to win it.