Baseball Bugs
Baseball Bugs
NR | 02 February 1946 (USA)
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Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.

Reviews
BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See
Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
slymusic "Baseball Bugs" is a classic Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by the great Friz Freleng. As you can gather from the title, this film deals with one of America's favorite pastimes: baseball! Bugs Bunny does a swell job of keeping the gags rolling when he substitutes for ALL the players on the home team (the Tea Totallers) and antagonizes the visiting team (the Gas-House Gorillas) with foul play.My favorite gags from "Baseball Bugs" include the following (DO NOT read any further if you have not yet seen this cartoon). Near the beginning, the hard-hitting Gorillas continually hit homers in a conga rhythm while all the batters dance around the baseball diamond. A gag Bugs used in various other shorts is his argument with the "umpire" (actually a Gorilla in disguise), in which he tricks the ump into declaring that he's safe instead of out. As one of the Gorillas runs the bases, Bugs stops him by showing him a picture of a scantily-clad woman while the popular song "Oh! You Beautiful Doll" can be heard in the background.Again, "Baseball Bugs" is a wonderful cartoon with plenty of gags, homers, fouls, and strikeouts. "That's what the man said! He said that! That's what he said! He really said that! That's what he said!"
J. Spurlin The Tea Totallers is not a good ball team. The average age of the players is about 93--or 93 and a half as one player tells us in his best Lou Costello imitation. The Gas-House Gorillas is not a good ball team either. Everyone on it is an enormous, bullying reprobate. Contemptuous, too. A player grounds an umpire into the ground with his fist. The overconfident jerks even dance a conga line around the bases. Bugs Bunny picks the wrong team to boo. When he shouts that he could take on the Gorillas all by himself with one hand tied behind his back, they take him up on it, except for the hand-tying. Now it's the Gorillas against Bugs on first, Bugs on second, Bugs on third, Bugs pitching, Bugs catching; and it's no match. That is, the Gorillas are no match for our wily Bugs.Friz Freleng and Michael Maltese give us several unforgettable moments: the screaming liner to left field; Bugs the catcher encouraging Bugs the pitcher with "That's the old pepper, boy"; Bugs's unique method for stealing a base; and even the Statue of Liberty imitating a typical woman fan of the day: "That's what the man said, you heard what he said, he said that!" Mel Blanc's voice talents, as usual, rival Bugs Bunny's one-man show. Treg Brown gives us several hilarious sound effects, such as what accompanies Bugs's wind-up pitch and what we hear when a Gorilla blows cigar smoke in Bugs's face. Carl Stalling writes a score worthy of Bugs and baseball.This short is available on the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume One," Disc 1.
paulo20 ...if you want to see Bugs in a sports milieu. You'll see Bugs takes care of his own business as opposed to kidnapping a popular, talented athlete to do it for him. You won't see Bugs nabbing Joe DiMaggio, say, to help him against the Gashouse Gorillas. But I digress.I think the comments on this toon are a bit too analytical. The fact is this is a classic and just plain fun; a toon that I always enjoyed as a kid (and I wasn't even a baseball fan at the time).Notice how the Gorillas start out as the visiting team, then end up as the home team. Also, note how Bugs, when following the Gorillas' would-be game-ending long fly to try and catch it, gets off the cab that's "going the wrong way" and gets on a bus that appears to be heading in the same direction. These "bloopers" were probably due to error and/or a limited budget but they only add to the hilarious charm of this classic cartoon.
Rikichi 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.