Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

utgard14 Bugs Bunny is tunneling to see his cousin in San Francisco when he hits his head on a large gold nugget. Bugs doesn't enjoy his gold for long as he's soon swindled out of it by a crook called Nasty Canasta (love that name!). Six months later, Canasta has used the gold to build himself a profitable casino. Bugs shows up and decides to get even with the swindler by taking him for all he's worth. A funny and nicely-animated short from director Chuck Jones. I liked how the action starts during the opening credits, something Jones did quite a bit. Since the cartoon's only 7 minutes or so I appreciate how he tried to get in as much as he could. I liked the villain Nasty Canasta a lot. Aside from having a cool name, he's voiced by the great Daws Butler. Bugs is in top form here, especially when in disguise at the casino. Some hilarious gags like 'draw poker' and 'bigger hand.' Just a fun short.

TheLittleSongbird Once again, a thoroughly enjoyable Looney Tunes cartoon. The animation is great, you can never go wrong with lovely backgrounds and audacious, crisp colours, and this cartoon had both. The music is lively and energetic as always, while there is a good story, a wonderful script and some funny sight gags. Not to mention an invigorating pace, in fact Barbary-Coast Bunny may be a little too short, however there is so much that compensates so this is a minor issue in comparison. Bugs is a delight here, I loved both his dialogue and his facial expressions which were priceless and Nasty Canasta is a surprisingly good foil. Once again, Mel Blanc is superb with the voice characterisations, is there anything this man cannot do. Overall, delightful and hugely enjoyable. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Lee Eisenberg "Barbary-Coast Bunny" portrays Bugs Bunny on his way to San Francisco to visit his cousin Herman (he has a cousin Herman?) when he runs into a giant slab of solid gold. When big, ugly thug Nasty Canasta - who previously appeared in the Daffy Duck-Porky Pig vehicle "Drip Along Daffy, although looking a little different - steals the gold, Bugs says something that basically means "this means war".True, I don't understand why it takes Bugs six months to arrive in San Francisco, or why they just let him win so easily; part of what made these cartoons so great was how he ended up in sticky situations but messed with them. But, as far as I'm concerned, as classic Bugs cartoon is a good one, especially when directed by Chuck Jones. Not the best, but still worth seeing.I wonder how the San Francisco area got the name "Barbary Coast". That moniker originally referred to North Africa, in reference to the Berbers.

Robert Reynolds This is one of my favorite Bugs Bunny shorts, which deftly illustrates one of Chuck Jones's rules for his Bugs cartoons, which was that Bugs should never go after anyone for no good reason-he has to be the aggrieved party first in some way and merely evening the score with a bad guy. Because I want to discuss some of the details, this is a spoiler warning: The short opens with Bugs on his way to meet his cousin Herman when he runs into a boulder-sized gold nugget. After whooping it up about his good fortune ("I'm rich beyond the means of avarice!"), Bugs suddenly turns paranoid and protective, none of which escapes the notice of Nasty Canasta, who opens up a "bank" where Bugs foolishly deposits his gold. Thinking better of it, he goes back to get his gold, only to have Canasta literally close the bank facade on and around him, trapping him inside. Placing a boulder on the cube encasing the rabbit, Canasta rides off with Bugs's gold, leaving only Bugs's eyes visible and we hear him say, "You realize that this will not go unchallenged!" and we know that Canasta is in deep trouble.Some six months later, as Canasta is marking a deck of cards in preparation of the opening of his saloon and casino, who should come in but our hero, suited up as a hayseed with his hair full of hay? If you said Bugs, you win a carrot! He asks if he can use Canasta's "Telio-phone", pointing at a slot machine. Canasta chuckles and says "Sure!", at which point Bugs hits the jackpot and a huge pile of coins pours out. Canasta urges him to stick around and play some games.We all know who's going to win-Bugs is the hero here, after all-the fun is in watching just how Bugs makes Canasta the patsy, when Canasta thinks he's got a live sucker ripe for the fleecing. They play "marbles, Frisco style", with Bugs winning a penny bet on 23, being told that here, the customer always wins, Bugs placing a huge stack on 23 again and Canasta not only nailing a block of wood in place over 23 (so no one else-in an empty casino-can bet on 23), but using a rigged wheel, only to have the ball go into 23 because of Canasta's actions.They then play poker, with a few cute puns and Canasta says, "I got a full house-what you got?", to which Bugs says, "Does that beat two pair? I have a pair of red ones (aces) and a pair of black ones (also aces) and Canasta is visibly stunned at losing. As Bugs is getting ready to leave, Canasta pulls out a revolver, Bugs then spins the cylinder and hits another jackpot. After a predictable (but still funny) final visual gag, Bugs leaves with a final funny line, which I won't spoil here.This short is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4 and is well worth having. Highly recommended.