Buckaroo Bugs
Buckaroo Bugs
NR | 26 August 1944 (USA)
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Red Hot Ryder is sent to catch the Masked Marauder (Bugs Bunny) who is terrorizing a small Western town.

Reviews
Diagonaldi Very well executed
Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Cihan "Sean Victorydawn" Vercan (CihanVercan) Looney Tunes has made a big hit featuring Bugs Bunny in groundbreaking Buckaroo Bugs. After Bosko and Buddy(the classics from 1930s') Looney Tunes gains acceleration with Bugs; within more vivacious, more musical, more compositional series.Bugs has innovations for himself: For the first time, he plays a cowboy, a thief,i.e. a villain character; though he plays more Bugs Bunnily than before, eats more carrots and makes more jokes than usual. He's well known as a carrot thief in an old west town. Hence a cowboy named Red Hot Ryder goes after him. Bugs feigns ignorance to different characters such as a newsboy and a postman, but never reveals his true identity till Red's horse realizes him. It's both funny and dully that the horse is more brainy than the cowboy who rides it.Impersonating a horse is surely a good idea, but mainly there is more bleakness than the appealing facts. In the first place, Lou Lilly's story and script is very plain and tasteless. William Tell overture has used nicely to introduce the larger-than-life cowboy character at the beginning; yet in a matter of minutes this mood becomes very placid. Some more action sequences could have been used to boost it, like in the episodes with Yosemite Sam.Bugs Bunny's first Western fails to find(or create) the right cartoon character to accompany him. Our eyes were looking for Yosemite Sam; for Bugs needs better challenges. This episode is more addressed to preschool children.
slymusic There's trouble in the San Fernando Alley! The Masked Marauder has stolen an entire supply of carrots from the townspeople's victory garden! Who is the Masked Marauder, you ask? Why, it's "Buckaroo Bugs"! And who will stop this pesky wabbit?! Red Hot Ryder, that's who! (Uh, yeah. Right.) Highlights from this cartoon: Upon his initial appearance (to the accompaniment of the famous William Tell Overture), Red Hot Ryder tries desperately to whoa his horse, but to no avail, until he whips out a gigantic club. Later on, he thinks he's riding his horse until he discovers he's merely riding a hitch rail, and the audience discovers that the horse has fingers. AND, with the generous aid of Carl Stalling's music score, Bugs applies a horseshoe magnet to Ryder's bullets, badge, coins, belt buckle, etc.Directed by Bob Clampett, "Buckaroo Bugs" is one of the wildest, funniest Bugs Bunny cartoons ever made. Is it any wonder that Bugs unashamedly laughs at the extremely dopey Red Hot Ryder when he first sees him? This cartoon can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 Disc 3, featuring two additional audio commentaries. One is a scholarly commentary by animation historian Michael Barrier, and the other one just elicits a lot of hysterical laughter.
bob the moo When the West was won, pioneers settle down to make their homes. However one such town is ravaged by the Masked Marauder, a thief who robs the gardens of their carrots. One man is called in to stop the thief – the Red Hot Ryder. However will he be enough to stop Bugs?The weakness in this cartoon is the normal one in average Bugs cartoons – lack of a really good foil, in fact Bugs himself describes Red Hot Ryder as `a fugitive from the funny papers'. However despite the slightly dopey sidekick, Bugs doing his usual stuff is more than enough to make the cartoon funny. He totally confuses Red and it is very funny to watch.Red is OK but he isn't up to the standard of the other cowboy character (who I expected to be in this) and all he does is be a bit silly and dopey. It speaks volumes that I actually laughed more at his horse than I did at his antics. Bugs is on good form though and he keeps everything moving really well.Overall this is further proof that Bugs is best with a strong sidekick but that he can make a cartoon work even without one. Very funny short with Bugs' usual wit and attitude.
PeachHamBeach In this one, "The Masked Marauder" (Bugs Bunny) robs the "hero" Red Hot Ryder with a big magnet, taking his money, his bullets, and even the fillings in his teeth!!! He also takes his belt buckle and Red Hot is left standing there naked with but a leaf to cover his...ahem!!!Clampett is one for pushing the envelope, but man, it's funny!!! If you need a great belly laugh, look to Clampett and Avery!!!