Bugs Bunny Cartoons

[00:00:01] Speaker A: Hello and thank you for choosing Men of a Certain Five. We're gonna break down top five everything from the world of pop culture and just the world in general. I'm Phil Rizzo. I'm gonna be joined by Brian Parks on this podcast. But a quick disclaimer. This podcast was originally called the High Five Podcast. We decided after recording a few episodes to change the name for a multitude of reasons. But yeah, now it's called Men of a Certain Five. So if you do hear us refer to it as the High Five podcast, please ignore that. For the first few episodes, we think we have some good content. We didn't want to go back and re record those episodes where we mentioned the. So we're going to stick with it and we appreciate your patience. Listen, thank you so much for listening and yeah, we look forward to putting some pods out there for you. [00:00:55] Speaker B: And how the hell are you? Thanks for joining us here on the High Five podcast. I am Brian Parks and I am joined by my co host, Phil Rizzo. [00:01:02] Speaker A: Phil, give a little shout out, what's going on? High Five podcast, what's happening? [00:01:07] Speaker B: We appreciate that. We appreciate you folks joining us. We're pumped up here. We're talking lists, we're talking top five kind of stuff here. Or the high five is that, you know, high five. Now that doesn't mean we're. We're smoking a bowl here or anything. It just means, you know, we're kind of clapping each other, giving each other a high five. We've each made a good list here. We're hoping you guys enjoy our lists and we want you to make your own and give us a little feedback here. So thanks for joining us, Phil, anything to add there? [00:01:31] Speaker A: Yeah, no, this is great, man. Yeah, we're kicking this off. We got a good topic, I think, for our first, our first pod, our episode one here. And yeah, it's something that's pretty near and dear to our hearts. I know that. [00:01:41] Speaker B: Yeah. So, you know, this is one of those things that I'm gonna have to say that my memory might be a little foggy on exactly which one, but in my mind, I have the one in my head. So me and Phil met many years ago working at a Burger King together. And the first day I met Phil, I always say he had on, you had on either a Bugs Bunny tie or a Star wars tie. Do you remember this? And I'm always like, I always forget which one it is, but in my mind you had, I think you had a Bugs Bunny tie on. Do you remember this? [00:02:07] Speaker A: I'm 90% sure it was the Bugs Bunny tie. I remember, I remember the Star wars tie as well, but I'm pretty sure it was a Bugs Bunny tie. [00:02:13] Speaker B: Yes. And I remember seeing that and I was like, I got to talk to this motherfucker. Here we go. You know, and yeah, so. So here we are, they're making a list podcast. And this is the topic is Top Five Bucks Bunny cartoons. How fitting can that be, really? [00:02:27] Speaker A: You know, for us, it's. You can't get more fitting than Looney Tunes. You know, like you said, we met, you know, in 1998. We've been friends for a gazillion years. Actually, 25 years this year. That's crazy. [00:02:38] Speaker B: Actually, that is great. [00:02:39] Speaker A: 25 years this year. And yeah, one of the things that we, we definitely bonded over was, was Bug. You know, Looney Tunes, Bugs Bunny, Wiley, Coyote Runner, for all of it. All of it. [00:02:48] Speaker B: Yeah. And I feel like eventually down the road here, we'll get into some other other Looney Tunes lists or whatever it is. But I was going to say, you know, I can't imagine thinking about it from the standpoint of like, I can't imagine a time when I was a child or, you know, kid, me and my brother, where, you know, either before school or after school or Saturday morning, whatever. There's no doubt that either Looney Tunes or the Three Stooges were on the TV at some point during the day. You know what I'm saying? Like, we were obsessed with these. And I'm sure you, I know you had a big thing with these two as well, right? Or. [00:03:19] Speaker A: Oh, 100%. And it's amazing when you consider, like there really wasn't, like they weren't. It's like they were on TV all the time. But like, we definitely made it a point when, when they were on TV to make sure it was on the screen. Right. And I can't speak for Three Stooges. That's not one of my, like, strong suits, but. [00:03:33] Speaker B: Right. [00:03:34] Speaker A: Goes. Whenever I knew Bugs Bunny was on it. Deal. 3:30, boom. I was gonna watch it. It was 11:00 clock on Saturday mornings. I was planted and I didn't move well. And then when VCRS came out, I just started recording them and watching them as much as I could. [00:03:46] Speaker B: No, no doubt. But, but I was gonna say, actually, I actually feel like they were on way more. I mean, then again, who's really watching regular TV now? It's mostly streaming, obviously, but I feel like, I feel like from my childhood, I know I'm a little bit younger than you, but I feel like, I feel like they were always on like. Like it was either that Saturday morning when I was younger, they had from 11 to 12 on like channel seven. I think it was like the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, I think, for Am I. And it was like an hour long Looney Tunes thing. But, but I remember they were on like tnt, tbs. They were always on some kind of channel in the morning, at least somewhere. [00:04:18] Speaker A: I mean, they must have been because we. I've seen so many of them so many times. They must have been on all the time. You're right, because I've seen them so many times, so they must have been on that much. [00:04:27] Speaker B: And that was one of the things that I was going to say too, that, you know, made it somewhat of. Obviously you love the idea of, like, even now with DVDs and, well, now with streaming and everything, you can kind of go in and pick the one you want to watch. But when you were a kid, it was kind of like this Russian roulette thing where you put the TV on, you never knew what you were going to get. And it was like one those things where you're like, like, I've appreciated things like Pepe Le Pew or Foghorn Leghorn as I got older, but I was a kid, if it wasn't Bugs or Wiley Coyote, I'm like, damn, this is gonna be, you know, I mean, you never knew what cartoon you were gonna get, you know, or Daffy, definitely, or, you know, Sylvester, you know, but. But, you know, you know what I'm saying? Like, it was fun to not know sometimes what you were gonna get, you know. [00:05:03] Speaker A: Totally true. You know, So I was just telling somebody about this. As far as going to the movies. It was only, you know, I want to say 20, 25 years ago when you would go to the movies and you would learn about movies coming out, watching the trailers, you wouldn't know what was coming out until you saw the trailer. Like, oh, they're making a sequel to this. Like, it's kind of like that. It's sort of a mix. Like, you know, I know it's kind of different with Bugs Bunny, but, you know, it's, it's. We're missing something these days. You know, we kind of, we know too much. The element of surprise is kind of removed from the equation now. [00:05:32] Speaker B: And going along with this conversation is the idea that, you know, we didn't, we didn't grow up with the Disney Channel. That was one thing that you had to pay For. And it was like, you know, every now and then they gave it to you for free. And, you know, just being a cartoon nerd, I feel like I've always, you know, I like some of the Disney cartoons, definitely. I mean, the Goofy Skiing one is one that I always love, but also the same thing with some of the other ones, like the Popeyes and the Woody Woodpeckers, you know, Pink Pants, Jerry's. [00:06:00] Speaker A: In the pink pan. [00:06:01] Speaker B: Tom and Jerry. Right. [00:06:02] Speaker A: You're right. They were always on. You're right. Like there was just. There must be just more programming on network television for kids. Kids. [00:06:08] Speaker B: I guess back then it seemed to be that way. I don't know. But, but, but I guess my reason to bring it all business. As much as I loved all them, to me it was always Looney Tunes number one. And everything else kind of came after that. You know what I'm saying? [00:06:19] Speaker A: Hundred percent. One hundred percent. You're 100% right. I mean, Looney Tunes to me is the epitome of. Of cartoon shorts. No question about it. I love the Woody Woodpecker. I love Tom and Jerry. I love Pink Panther, Loved all that. But, yeah, there's no comparison in my mind. [00:06:31] Speaker B: And I think, you know, I try to think about what the reasoning is for that. I think a lot of it is just the speed of it, maybe, or the. It just. They were just. The gags were kept coming. I feel like. I don't know what it was. It was like you're on a roller coaster ride a lot of times. And I also feel like they got creative like, as. Because I feel like even something. I take something like the Three Stooges, whereas I go, most people, like, well, it's just three guys slapping each other. It's like, there's a lot more to it than that. I'm sure you have other. You have other comedy things like this where someone's like, they. They pigeonhole it into being one thing where Looney Tunes. Same thing. It's like, oh, the coyotes trying to get the road orange and they're blown up. It's like, yeah, okay, but. But they. It's amazing how creative and the ideas they had that were. You know what I'm saying? Like how it's amazing that they got so much out of such a simple idea, I guess, is what I'm trying to say. [00:07:14] Speaker A: It's such a short amount of time. And, you know, when you watch these cards, obviously, you know, we rewatched a lot of these cartoons because I was trying to pick my list and get it down to five. A nearly impossible task, by the way. [00:07:22] Speaker B: Totally. [00:07:22] Speaker A: As far as Bugs Bunny cartoons, but totally. I couldn't believe how long. And I knew this. I've seen these a million times, but I couldn't believe how long they take to get to the loony stuff. Right. Like the intro between the credits and like just a build up to the cartoon. It's usually like two minutes before it actually takes off. Really. [00:07:38] Speaker B: Yeah, you're right. Yeah. [00:07:39] Speaker A: And it still seems like it's, it's a joke. Every, it's, it's, it's a great pace. [00:07:43] Speaker B: No, that, that is a good point. Yeah, you're right. And I feel like the, you know, the build up is like one of those things where you're like. And one, once you get like slowly going up a hill and then you're going downhill, like at 90 miles an hour. [00:07:55] Speaker A: I don't know how to describe it 100%. Yeah. It's so good. It's so good. It's such a comfort. It's like a warm, like a security blanket for 100% cartoons. [00:08:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:08:04] Speaker A: You know, I'm 40, I'm a 48 year old man. But like, if I put these on, man, I'm just like, I'm just giggling and laughing and just, it just feels so good. It makes me feel like I'm a kid again. I'm just kind of hanging on couch watching, watching these, these, these cartoons. It was so much fun to do then and now it's, it's such a great thing and so fitting that we decided to, to kick it off with something. Something really, really, you know, like I said, comfortable to us. Yeah. [00:08:27] Speaker B: And it's funny that I don't know how many Years ago the TV Guide came out with that thing. The top 50 cartoon characters in the history of, you know, who knows? Obviously another list. There you go. Where I feel like, you know, we love it now. I don't know what it would be now. It might be different, but like back then it was like, I know Homer Simpson I think was number two, which I know was near and dear to your heart. But they put Bugs number one. And I can't imagine it being anybody else. Like, I know Mickey Mouse was kind of far down the list. I was kind of surprised. But I feel like to me it's like I can't imagine anybody else but Bugs Bunny being number one. And that's why I feel like, you know, for me and you, the top five here, this is gonna be a lot of fun. I'm pumped up to get into this. [00:09:00] Speaker A: I can't imagine. Because, folks, we've laughed about certain cartoons so many times over the years. We've quoted them so many times. And we were talking about before the pod, we don't know each other's list. And we were. How many do you think we have in common? It's only five. I am betting that we have three that are in common. That's what I'm betting. [00:09:17] Speaker B: Well, you know what? I will say this, too, eventually. I want to. Do we have to do a top five? Just this idea. I mean, we could do a lot with Looney Tunes, obviously, episodes of all the characters, you know, just, you know, to combine or whatever. But I feel like just top five single Looney Tunes, either scenes or gags alone. [00:09:35] Speaker A: Oh, my God, 100%. We're doing that at some point. [00:09:37] Speaker B: And I think that we have one Bugs Bunny cartoon. I'll be shocked if you don't have the one that's on here. I can't wait to get into this because I feel like that's what's fun about list is the idea you. How do you not have that on yours? And you're like, oh, I should have that on mine. You know what I'm saying? Like, this is what makes it kind of fun. [00:09:50] Speaker A: I feel like, well, here's what's even more fun. And, folks, by the way, we're going to be doing, you know, top five movies, top five sports venues, top five, you know, building. We're going to be top five everything. [00:10:00] Speaker B: That's true. [00:10:01] Speaker A: Starting with Bugs Bunny. But I guarantee Bomber's right. We will be returning to the world of Looney Tunes multiple times. However, it occurred to me when I'm making this list, I never actually made a Bugs money list. [00:10:12] Speaker B: Me either. It's always talking about this that's funny. [00:10:15] Speaker A: Weird, right? All the lists we've done over the. And we never sat together. All right, top. Top three Bugs Bunny. Go. Top three gags. Go. For some reason, we just kind of enjoyed these and laughed about them and talked about them and watched them together. But we never actually sort of listed these many characters. Like you said before, if it's not a Bugs or a Wiley Coyote Roadrunner or a Daffy, you're like, but we never actually did this. So I couldn't believe how hard it was when I finally tried to do it. [00:10:39] Speaker B: It was. And now. Now, Right. But right before we get into this, I got to tell you too go going along with that. I feel like my top two are pretty solid. They're like, they're unmovable to me. You know, the next two, I, I might be able to be talked off it, but I'm kind of happy with them. But then, like, the squat, the fifth one, it's like I want to put 30 in the fifth spot. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know. [00:11:00] Speaker A: Yes, 100. I picked my fifth one, like, literally a half hour ago. Nice. [00:11:05] Speaker B: All right. [00:11:05] Speaker A: And my number one has always been my number one for some reason. [00:11:08] Speaker B: Me too. Me too. [00:11:09] Speaker A: The rest of them, I, I, you know, they could be anywhere. They could be anywhere in the top. You know, they can go 2 to 4 or 5 to 2. The difference is I, like I said, we never made this list before. I never knew how or why I like them more. So as I'm putting these lists together, really, it came down to just a couple things, like you said, the running gags, or sort of how just a part of our lives they've become, really. And that, that's really what. What. What got on my list are the ones that, like, just one or two, like, just balls out, hilarious freaking gags that are better than the rest. They made it on the list. Or the ones that are near and dear to my heart. They made it on the list. I never had to pick a criteria to choose these before. [00:11:50] Speaker B: Yeah, I know. Yeah. It's funny you say that, because I didn't think about that until you said it. Even when I was making the list, I didn't think of it because I was like, I can't believe of all the lists we've done over the years, we've never done anything with the top five, like Bugs Bunny list. Like, this is great. [00:12:03] Speaker A: Weird. So weird. Oh, hey, and folks, listen, you know, if you like lists, you like making lists, just know Bomber and I, we do another podcast called the Star Trek Warp Top 10 podcast. You know, it's about Star Trek, all the, all the world of Star trek, the top 10 this, top 10 that, top 10 episodes, top 10 captains, if you're into that kind of thing. Check it out. We're both on there. Bomber has never seen one episode of Star Trek ever. But we're gonna, we're gonna remedy that. We're gonna, we're gonna get that. That podcast Zooming as well. [00:12:28] Speaker B: That is the caveat to that. Yes. Well, you know, initially, you know, it was Phil and Luke. Luke Boyle, a buddy of ours, started it together, and they're big Star Trek guys, and they saw, and they had me on as a guest on one of the episodes And I don't know anything about Star Trek. And we. We kind of went from there, right? I mean, and I kind of added a. Kind of an interesting element to it. I feel like 100%. [00:12:47] Speaker A: Yeah. I think it's great. I think it's great that you. You. You're kind of coming at it from a completely blank canvas, really. The whole world of Star Trek. So, yeah, if you're. If you're into top 10 lists and listing and, you know, rank and check that out. Check out our pod Star Trek Warp top 10 podcasts. Hopefully, we'll see you there as well. [00:13:02] Speaker B: Wonderful. And, yeah, without further ado, let's get into the top five Bugs Bunny episodes here. Phil, what do you say? [00:13:08] Speaker A: 100, man. Let's do it. It's gonna be fun. All right, so my number five is rabbit hood. Okay. [00:13:22] Speaker B: Oh, great one. Nice. [00:13:24] Speaker A: 1949. All right. Yeah. So, you know, Bugs is, you know, in Sherwood Forest. He's, you know, he's poaching in the. In the King's. The king's garden, whatever. He's poaching eggs, you know, so. So. And the Sheriff of Nottingham is. Is the. The antagonist in this one. And he's hilarious. Obviously, the voices are hilarious. I think this one just kind of landed in my top five. You know, it's one that I watched a couple times over the last week or so, trying to try to get this list down to five. And a couple things I just love about it, like, the Sheriff of Nottingham is a really, really funny foil for Bugs. And this one came down to a couple gags, which I just think work really well. One is the idea that he's. He's trying to distract him, so he sells him the house. [00:14:07] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:14:08] Speaker A: The house in the garden. You know, the garden that he's trying to protect. He somehow fools him into. Into building his own house. So they cut to, like, six months later, and he's still building this house. And then all of a sudden, he just realizes it. I was. I was dying. [00:14:22] Speaker B: Yeah, you're right. Like. Like, how the hell could you have gotten that far? That is hilarious. Totally. 100%, yes. Like, he's got. He's got, like, the whole skeleton of the house built before he comes to the idea of this. [00:14:33] Speaker A: That's it. That's exactly why it's funny. He's so far along. Like, how did he not at least, you know, think quickly about, you know, how he got to that point? So that's. That's one of the big gags. [00:14:43] Speaker B: And, you know, real Quick, before you go on with the next one, I was gonna say, you know what makes it funny, too, is the idea that when he comes to the realization of this, he kind of goes, oh. Like, he kind of like little sound and then that's it. Like, they cut to the night, like. You know, like, I feel like you would. [00:14:56] Speaker A: You would. [00:14:56] Speaker B: You would blow up the whole house, like, with fury, you know what I'm saying? Like, how the hell is that all he did there, you know? [00:15:02] Speaker A: That is quite a smash cut. He just bites down on some nails, and they cut right to him going back to work. And I guess he's just. He missed. He missed work for six months, but I guess they just took him back just like that. You know who was. Who was fucking sheriffing the Jarwood Forest when he was building his fucking house? Hilarious. Who doesn't love the gag where he comes out, you know, the whole gag is he keeps trying to get, you know, the sheriff to turn around. Oh, lo, the king approaches, you know? [00:15:25] Speaker B: Yes. [00:15:25] Speaker A: Works every time. Hits him over the head. And then finally, Bugs plays the king. Hilarious. [00:15:29] Speaker B: That was the best part to me. [00:15:31] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. He goes to knight him and he just, you know, just a rise. Sirloin of beef, sir. You know, just all the crappies calling him. It's just so funny. He just keeps taking it, your majesty, you know, it's so good. And then the last gag, which was done actually before this is actually a rehash of a previous gag. But when he's. After he gets done, hit him over the head multiple times, you know, knighting him, and he's, like, wobbly and he's about to fall down. One of my favorite things to watch Bugs do, like I said, he's done it twice, is he goes. Grabs a stove, starts making a cake, bakes the whole thing, and then lays it just under his head just as he falls to the ground. Hilarious. [00:16:07] Speaker B: You are so right. That. That is one that. That when. When. When they just. When he begins to do it, you already know what he's doing kind of a thing, you know, and you can't wait to see the whole thing even. Even when you know what's coming. And I feel like there's. There's. It's interesting thing. I feel like with comedy sometimes where some people don't like that kind of thing, you know? But I love knowing what's coming, and I can't wait to see it, you know? Like, I love that. [00:16:28] Speaker A: Especially when the payoff is always. [00:16:29] Speaker B: Definitely. [00:16:30] Speaker A: It's always worth it. The explosion Is always way harsher than you think it's gonna be, and it's beautiful. I think the only time he did it was, like, in the Waikiki Rabbit. I want to say if that even the one where there was the. [00:16:42] Speaker B: When you said he did it, I'm sure he's. To me, in my mind, he's done it a million times. But maybe you're right. Maybe it only is. [00:16:46] Speaker A: Maybe I only remember he made, like. I want to say he baked a pie, and then he baked this cake is the only time I remember remember it. But. [00:16:51] Speaker B: Yeah, right. [00:16:52] Speaker A: So I love that. I mean, obviously, you know, we're gonna end up talking about Mel Blanc a lot, but, like, he does all the voices, so it's like, you know, we might as well just praise him once and get it over with. But his. His voice of sheriff, it's so regal and so noble, and just to see him get his ass kicked. It's hilarious. Hulk. In the name of the King. The king. No, the King. Approach it. King, indeed. This thou taketh me for a fool of. No, really, that's it. That's my number five rabbit hood. [00:17:19] Speaker B: Yeah, I was gonna say, too. I remember at the end, they actually have Errol Flynn's clip from the Robin Hood movie. [00:17:23] Speaker A: Oh, don't you worry. Never fear. Robin Hood will see. Right, and then he actually appears. [00:17:29] Speaker B: Yes. And then what is. Bugs has a last line, which is always the best. And I can't remember what the hell he says at the end. [00:17:34] Speaker A: You remember when says, welcome to Sherwood. But then what does that. [00:17:38] Speaker B: I thought they caught back the Bugs, like, saying something like, he does whatever. You know, you're right. I forget what it is, but. [00:17:43] Speaker A: Yeah, I forget, too. But you're right. There was. There was a cap there, but that. [00:17:47] Speaker B: Was cool seeing him actually come in there. That was, you know, at the end. That was. That was a nice little touch there. [00:17:52] Speaker A: It's always a little jarring when they add, like, live action clips to, like, cartoons, but it's. It's still fun. [00:17:58] Speaker B: Yeah, I know that that was a Warner Brothers film. That's another thing, too, like. And I think they're always kind of plugging their own stuff. Like, even with a lot of the music stuff they did and whatever it may be, but. But yeah, no, great one. Great choice. Yeah. Love it. [00:18:11] Speaker A: Thank you. What do you got, baby? [00:18:13] Speaker B: All right, so you're gonna find this a little shocking here, and I'm gonna show my hand here a little bit, but. So my number five. I came to the realization that I Only have one. Even though I love him to death, I only have one. Yosemite Sam. [00:18:24] Speaker A: No way. [00:18:24] Speaker B: My top five. I know, I know. And the one. [00:18:27] Speaker A: I pick a few. Go ahead. [00:18:30] Speaker B: That does not surprise me. I picked the one I picked. I can't believe that I. You know, you're gonna. I think some people are gonna be like, how the fuck do you not have this on there? This on there? You know? Yeah. But I had to go with this because it's just a personal favorite of mine. It's called from hair to air, 1960. You know what? Do you remember this one? [00:18:50] Speaker A: No. I'm shocked it wasn't one of the three. Okay, good, good. [00:18:52] Speaker B: I know, I know, I know, I know. I. Yeah. So this is the one. You will remember it when we. When I start telling you. So this is 1960, is actually written and directed, apparently by Frizz Freeling. A lot of times it's like a different writer and director, you know? Yeah. This one apparently is written by both. Was done both by Fizz Freeling. But it's the one where, you know, Yosemite Sam is gonna inherit this money, but he has to keep his. Yeah. You know, I had to put this in there. [00:19:20] Speaker A: That was definitely. That was floating around my five, of course. But go ahead. Of course it was. I. You know, a lot of every single cartoon is a pun of hair or bunny or rabbit. So it's hard to distinguish them. Sometimes, even though I see him on. [00:19:32] Speaker B: Screen, I didn't realize that it's funny, too, because, like, there's. You know, my brother will call me up sometimes to show his kids the Three Stooges thing. Like, which one is curly? Do this. And I'm like, oh, it's this. I. I was always good with the titles of those, like, as you are with Star Trek. Like, you remember the titles for some reason. Bugs Bunny. I didn't really remember the titles. Did you? You know what I'm saying? [00:19:48] Speaker A: No, I'm with you 100%. I don't as well. And that's one of my fortes. So. Yeah, but it. [00:19:52] Speaker B: And in doing the research for this, like you said, you're right, it's all puns on hair or fucking, you know, bunny. It's hilarious how many different things they did with that alone. But. But, yeah, so, yeah, like, you know, for this one here, I initially thinking of the. The gag along with the long table. And, you know, Sam's on one end of the table, and Bugs keeps asking them, can you pass the salt? And they have to keep Getting up and bringing shit back to him, you know? And it's just. There's something about him being mad, I think, you know, Sam D. Sam and, like, Daffy. Just seeing the. Either one of them get mad, you're already on the floor. You know what I mean? [00:20:24] Speaker A: Like, no doubt and Yosemite Sam. 0 to 60 so fast. Like, he's just always in the red. So, like, the smallest thing will set him off. It's amazing he hasn't died of multiple heart attacks yet. [00:20:36] Speaker B: And. And. And so in this. Obviously, he's trying to hide his anger from bugs. So I love the idea of him covering his mouth and running out the room to fucking curse him to just motherfucking son of a. Bit like the Wrecking Shrek and freaking Riddle, all that. I mean, I can't. How many times have you courted that in your life? Like, I love that. [00:20:51] Speaker A: So many times. [00:20:53] Speaker B: And then so. And there's two other gags, I think, alone that I feel like this is like, genius. Genius level thing. I know one of them. You're already picturing. I know you are the one when Bucks is in the bathroom and you'll send me to Sam after realizing that he's not gonna. He's not. There's no way he's gonna win this. You know, he's like, I'm just gonna try to kill him and make it look like an accident. And he cuts the hole in the floor. For some reason, he lives in a house that's like a zillion miles up in the air, right? And he cuts the hole in the floor and puts the rug over it and has bugs come out and he pushes bugs out, and of course, bugs miss it. He falls through. You know what's great about this too, is that the idea that they cut the camera angle of watching him go down and cursing all the way down like he doesn't give a fuck that he's about to die. He's cursing at the fact that he got beaten by bugs and his arms. [00:21:46] Speaker A: And legs are just like sticking out straight. You know what I mean? That's how everybody falls, apparently. [00:21:51] Speaker B: And then you watch him go all the way down. And then when it cuts back to the same setting and he immediately runs in and goes right back down. That. That has to be one of the most genius things that has ever been done. The first time I saw that, I was fucking crying, man. [00:22:08] Speaker A: Oh, my God. No doubt. Why you. This one. This was one of the ones that we kept waiting for when they were releasing the DVDs. So when they put out the golden collection, the DVDs, where they had like, you know, 60 shorts on each disc. [00:22:29] Speaker B: Right. [00:22:30] Speaker A: We were trying to think of, hey, which ones are we. When like the fourth one, fifth one came out, we were saying, which ones haven't they put on there? And this was one of the ones that we were waiting for them to come out with. [00:22:38] Speaker B: So. So I got to tell you, in doing some research on this, I came to the realization of exactly what you're saying. I don't know. I know people listening to this that are obviously going to be Looney Tunes fans. Know of some of the compilation films they had, like the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner movie or the Rap Thousand One Rabbit Tales. You know what I'm talking about? [00:22:59] Speaker A: Classics. Yeah, the Looney, Looney. Looney. Bugs Bunny movie was the first one. [00:23:02] Speaker B: Right. Where they kind of strung some together. So. So just like you're saying, the first one I ever saw before I saw any other ones. Me and my brother grew up watching Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island. [00:23:12] Speaker A: Love it. [00:23:13] Speaker B: And I realized a lot of the shorts, if not all of the shorts on that whole collection, none of them are in any of the golden collections. [00:23:21] Speaker A: Yeah, the broken Leg, when we talked about that, where they all had three. [00:23:24] Speaker B: Broken legs, and that was called Greedy for Tweety. I started looking up the titles as I was going through doing this because I was fascinated by that. How did I not know the names of these? And our. One of our personal favorites, A Mouse Divided. [00:23:35] Speaker A: Oh. Oh, my God. [00:23:37] Speaker B: Yeah. Was not. Is not on any of the golden collections either. And I started to go through and I realized none of the ones in the Daffy Ducks Fantastic island, they're on there. I don't know if there was a rights thing, there's some kind of weird thing or a. None of them were on there. [00:23:47] Speaker A: But I agree they were later era Looney Tunes. Maybe, like, maybe they stopped. The Golden Collection was the golden era. Maybe at some point, like 1961, say, they stopped putting. Putting things on there. [00:23:59] Speaker B: You might be onto something there because like I said, this is definitely the latest one on my list. 1960, this one was. And like you said, we were both like, where the hell is this one? You know, and the other gag, I'm sure there's a lot of missing. But another one I love was when he's on the top of the stairs, dresses the night, and Bugs walks away up the stairs and he tries to kill him and he falls all the way down the stairs going wrecking. You know, he's cursing all the way down. I was like, I loved it. There's something about the way they timed everything out. Like, it's the sound of the metal hitting the stairs, him bouncing down, him cursing the whole. And he just. You watch him go all the way down. I loved it. I could not. [00:24:32] Speaker A: The people who worked on the sound behind these were absolute geniuses. No question about it. [00:24:37] Speaker B: No doubt. [00:24:38] Speaker A: Just, just, Just like you said, when he ran back up, went through the rug again, Just. Just the immediate whistle, like, oh, my God. [00:24:45] Speaker B: Of the sound of him falling. Yeah. [00:24:46] Speaker A: Yes, falling. [00:24:48] Speaker B: That's another thing I was gonna say was something like this cartoon. Him trying to get bugs and not curse and not lose the money. This thing could have been gone with the wind. It could have been four hours. I would have. I would have sat there the whole time, and I would have been like, just keep it going. Like, I could not get enough. You know what I'm saying? Like, I loved it. [00:25:05] Speaker A: Yeah. It's funny. It was like, tick tock for back then. These shorts, they were. They're so quick, you know? And you're like, oh, man, is it over already? Especially with the Roadrunner and Coyote. [00:25:13] Speaker B: Yeah, definitely. I was hating. [00:25:14] Speaker A: I just. I want those gags to just go on and on and on. And you mentioned 100, the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner movie. Like, the last half hour of that was just all the Coyote gags strung together. One of the. It was like one of the gifts from God when we saw that for the first time on hbo. [00:25:30] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:25:31] Speaker A: No worries. We're just watching Roadrunner and Coyote for a half hour. Oh, it was so great. [00:25:36] Speaker B: One of the gifts from God. [00:25:38] Speaker A: It is really God. It really is. [00:25:40] Speaker B: That's fucking like heaven right there. [00:25:41] Speaker A: You and I to this day, will watch a cartoon we've seen together multiple times, and we'll still just fucking belly laugh, and we can't stop. It's crazy. [00:25:51] Speaker B: Yeah. So, yeah, let's move on here. What do you got before. [00:25:55] Speaker A: All right, let's do it. Number four, bunny hugged. 1950. [00:25:59] Speaker B: I can't believe I did not have this in there. Yes. [00:26:01] Speaker A: That's what I'm gonna say for every one of yours, too. [00:26:03] Speaker B: I know. [00:26:04] Speaker A: You're right. [00:26:04] Speaker B: You're right. [00:26:04] Speaker A: It is what it is. They're all so good. But anyway, y. So this is. This is the one with the crusher. [00:26:10] Speaker B: How many times have we quoted that along? [00:26:12] Speaker A: So so many of these, like, we've quoted so many times. I could hear them in my head perfectly. So obviously there were. There's A ton of great stuff in this cartoon, but this is on the list for one reason. I think, in my opinion, the best visual gag in the history of cartoons. [00:26:29] Speaker B: Okay, interesting. This is a whole nother list, by the way, because I. [00:26:32] Speaker A: You know, you mentioned this before, and they've. They've. They've. They've done this in other cartoons with. With a lot of success. I'm thinking of the. The Bully for Bugs, you know, with the bullfighter, the bull where he's got the horns. He puts the rubber bands on the horns, and then they cut to the angle of, like, his point of view looking at Bugs Bunny. [00:26:51] Speaker B: I gotta tell you, that is one of the ones that I will always watch and be on the floor. I fucking love that. Yes. That is hilarious. [00:26:57] Speaker A: That was hovering in my list as well. It didn't make my list, but that was right around there. He just slowly puts the rock in there, and it goes right to the camera, right to the bull's eyes. It's. It's brilliant. So this one's Eve. This was way better because it's got a different element to it. So this is the one where the crusher goes running at him, and Bugs, all of a sudden has this giant safe door. So he opens the door. The whole thing is from the angle of looking right at the door. He opens the door, the crusher runs through it. He goes all the way against the ropes. And just as he comes to snap back, Bugs closes the door. And you just see the doors shake and, like, the springs come out. But that's it. Like, it's just. It was such a harsh hit, and he went so far in the ropes and just the way the camera was. [00:27:51] Speaker B: It will. [00:27:51] Speaker A: It will. It will kill me every. For the rest of my life every time I see that. It is perfect. And that, to me, is like. It's. It's just the epitome of, like, how to film that. [00:28:01] Speaker B: I forgot about. [00:28:01] Speaker A: I forgot about that. You're right. There. [00:28:05] Speaker B: There. There is something to the speed, like I said, you get all that momentum on the ropes, and, you know, it's. You know, this is gonna be epic right here. Like, the. [00:28:13] Speaker A: And only, like, a. Like a solid safe door could have stopped that momentum. You know what I mean? Like. [00:28:18] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:28:19] Speaker A: I feel like even an a. Like an anvil would have been, like. You know, he would have, like, moved it a little, you know, but it's the same. It was so hard. He, like, almost broke the metal, but he didn't. It was perfect. So per. That one's the best. And ob. The Ravishing Ronald. And the. [00:28:34] Speaker B: Right. [00:28:35] Speaker A: You know, and the bugs, you know, tearing his hat to make it sound like he broke his pants. And then it's the chin time. Most. Dave, you know. [00:28:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:28:42] Speaker A: So many. Just stopping by. So many. So many classic moments in that episode, you know, But. But the. The one that. That really put it into the top five was that. That visual gag. It's. It's absolutely. [00:28:56] Speaker B: I love that. That's great. [00:28:57] Speaker A: Kills me every time. Why, Crusher, it's good to see you. Yeah, well, I was just pass. [00:29:06] Speaker B: All right, well, we're gonna get serious here now. So now. So now my number four. Now, I know I'm probably gonna get ahead of you on some of these, but I know. I don't know. I don't know if anybody can do a top five Bugs Bunny list and not have one of these rabbit. What do you call the hunting trilogy ones in there. So this is gonna be mine. I'm putting. I'm putting it number four. I had to do it. I feel like we talked about this before, too, where I think the last one is called Duck Rabbit Duck. It's considered to be like. It's like Godfather 3 in a way. Right. It's like. It really is the lesser one of the. It's still great, but. Y. [00:29:36] Speaker A: Out. [00:29:36] Speaker B: But I. [00:29:37] Speaker A: Which one you picked? [00:29:38] Speaker B: I went with rabbit seasoning. [00:29:40] Speaker A: Yes. Good. Okay. That's the one I. I would have gone with. [00:29:43] Speaker B: Okay. Yeah. 1952. Yeah. It's just the. The classic Elmer Bugs Daffy, you know, And I think that. I think the other one's called Rabbit Fire, which I think was the first one. But, like, this one, for some reason, I. They just. The. The. This. The specific gags alone of, you know. Well, first of all, before I even get into it, it's funny how I talked to, like, my girlfriend Allison about the idea that. I know she's one of those people that watching Daffy's beak or Bill, whatever you want to say, go in all the directions kind of always freaked her out. And to me. [00:30:13] Speaker A: Really? [00:30:14] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I was shocked by that, too. I was like, I can't. They could have. They could have kept putting it, and they could have put it anywhere. I love that it was somewhere different every time I was on the floor every time, like, you know, I mean, I couldn't wait to see where I was going to show up next when he got his head blown. [00:30:28] Speaker A: And they did it across, like, three different. Three of those cartoons. Like, they. Coming up with different gags in the next cartoon, it was. It was crazy. No doubt another gift from God. Watching him just sort of look at Elmer while he's. The beak is on top of his head, but it's in his hand. Oh, it's so good. [00:30:43] Speaker B: And this is one of those ones. Another one about this one, too is that. It's one of those where Bugs doing. Is doing, like, the word play with Daffy. Like, you know, will you shoot it? Will you. Are you gonna shoot him now? Wait till you get home. Or, you know, shoot him now. Shoot him now. They do. They do that whole thing, which I love. But what's great, too, is that there's a moment where Bugs looks at the camera kind of like, you know, I can't believe how quick. I love that. That's so fast. [00:31:06] Speaker A: But I think I'll just go up and down a couple times. It's like, so fast how he does it. [00:31:10] Speaker B: Right, right, right. And this. This is the one that has. I feel like they have that moment where they go in the bugs hole and, you know, and this is one of those ones, classic things where, you know, Bugs is like, hey, you know, take a look. See if the coast is clear, you know, and he gets his. Any Daffy looks up and they keep the camera there. I love that. You know, and you just hear. You hear him get his head blown off, and he comes right back down, and he's like, yeah, yeah. Still lurking about, like, all up. Like, I love. How do you not. I mean, you know, I don't know how you can watch that and not laugh. I mean, I'm the one. [00:31:40] Speaker A: So this is the one where there's nothing funnier than a character getting excited, like, they won and they get shot immediately. [00:31:47] Speaker B: Yes. [00:31:48] Speaker A: Right. So was this the one where, like, he. Like, you said, they. The, you know, pronoun trouble. Right. So they go back and forth. Then the second time, he's like, all right, I'll start, you know. You know. You know, and he's like, you know, rabbits eat on there. But then the third one, third one. The timing is absolutely epic. It's just like rabbit, duck, fire. He gets so excited because he thinks he got it, so he wants to. He wants to make him do it as fast as possible. He was so happy. He's literally pointing on his own head and is excited thinking that he won Webb it. Duck, fire. It's. Oh, my God. Oh, my God, it's so good. It reminds me of the. Our buddy Juan. I. I can. I can make him almost die of laughter every time I send him this YouTube clip. It reminds me of the one where Bugs and Daffy are doing the. I think it's a showbiz Bugs. Where Bugs and Daffy are doing the. The xylophone, you know? So when Daffy is like, no, no, you stupid rabbit. And he gets in there, he does it just a little faster. And it is. It is absolutely. The timing is unbelievable. Oh, my God. It is. It is absolutely hilarious. Reminds me of that stupid rabbit. Like this. [00:33:22] Speaker B: There is something that they had with the timing, like you said, it's the speed of what they did, the timing they did, and also the sound effect of the explosion. It's just. It's so. Everything is like. It's like it can't get better than it does. It's like heaven on earth. I. I can't not cry. I love it. Yeah, I know. [00:33:41] Speaker A: 100. [00:33:41] Speaker B: And it's also. No, this also has the one where, you know, I'm trying to think if Bugs did it in the first one, too. But I know this one definitely. He dresses up in drag, you know. [00:33:50] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:33:50] Speaker B: And Elmer. Elmer falls instantly in love, which I think is, you know, what are we doing here? You know? And Daffy. I love his face when he sees that Elmer's falling for this. Whatever it is, but when. I forget the exact gist of how it gets to this point, but Elmer, at one point, he stumbles across and he has that stupid look on his face, and he just accidentally almost shoots the gun and fucking blows Daffy's head off. You know, I'm talking about. [00:34:12] Speaker A: He's not even looking at him. He's looking, like, forward, right? Yeah. Goes. I would just love a duck dinner. [00:34:18] Speaker B: That's just. [00:34:19] Speaker A: And he just, like, without even. He's not even looking at that. He's just so in love that he just. He just shoots him. Yeah. It's classic. It's so good. That was. Was that also the one? No, I'm thinking of Rapid Fire. Anyone for tennis? Was that. Is that the one? [00:34:34] Speaker B: Yeah. I'm gonna mix that up now myself. I didn't go ahead and I didn't watch these right beforehand, but I do know that the ending. They both have great endings. The first one is the one where they did. Bugs and Daffy are dressed like Elmer, and they're like, you know, we're hunting Elmer's. Whatever. This one. I love this ending when he goes. [00:34:50] Speaker A: He walks him home. [00:34:51] Speaker B: I'm gonna wait till you get home, you know? And again, it's the way that they keep the camera sometimes. You Know, you watch them go into the house, and then you hear the gunshot in the house, and then he walks out all fucked up and walks up the bugs. You're despicable. I mean, you can't, can you get a better fucking ending to it, you know? I mean, and the whole time he. [00:35:10] Speaker A: Still thinks he won. As he's walking away, he gives up. [00:35:12] Speaker B: Yeah, you're right. [00:35:15] Speaker A: Until he gets shot in the face, he thinks he's won. [00:35:17] Speaker B: It's, it's, you're right. That makes it, that's right, that, that's what makes it great, too. Those moments when he has that, it's like, you know, fire. [00:35:26] Speaker A: Oh, my God. So good. All right, that was your four. [00:35:30] Speaker B: That was four. I know. We gotta, I know. We got, you know, let's get, we're going to the top three now. [00:35:34] Speaker A: I am utterly shocked that there's no more Yosemite Sam on your list. [00:35:38] Speaker B: I know. Well, I know, I know there's going to be a few on there. Again, I know. We're going to talk about honor mentions. There's like four or five. To be honest with you, they could all be Yosemite Sam. The top five. I've always been more into him than Elmer as far as an adversary. Just because, like I said, him getting angry to me is the best. There's nothing better, you know, so he's so short, and to watch him get squashed is the best. I don't know. I mean, you know, but again, what do you got? I feel like we're gonna hear a lot more of him from your list, apparently. [00:36:04] Speaker A: Yeah. The top three. The top three are your 76. [00:36:06] Speaker B: Oh, really? Oh, nice. [00:36:07] Speaker A: Yeah. Just letting know. All right. Spoiler alert. All right, so number three. [00:36:12] Speaker B: So wait, so, so we're going to be different here on all five. [00:36:14] Speaker A: I, I, that's great. That's all. I never thought, I never thought in a million years that the next one wouldn't be on your list and then number two wouldn't be on your list. Number one. I could go either way. [00:36:23] Speaker B: Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. [00:36:24] Speaker A: And you already know, like, you could already guess a couple of the ones that are going to be on here. [00:36:28] Speaker B: But I do, I might mind. Yes. I feel like we're going to go into Medieval Times. We're going to go with the Roman Empire Times, but go ahead. [00:36:34] Speaker A: The Medieval Times to me, is just a lesser sequel to the Roman Empire Times, but let's, let's, let's save that conversation. [00:36:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:36:45] Speaker A: So high diving hair. Okay. [00:36:47] Speaker B: Oh, yes, yes. [00:36:49] Speaker A: Now, okay, now. This one, like, this, to me, is absolutely classic, right? It's like. It's like one setting, okay? Like, they're not running all around a town, you know? You know, they're not. They're not on planes or not. They're just like. They're in this. They're one stage. And again, it comes down to the gags, right? I'm not gonna go right there. The best gag is when Yosemite Sam is falling and then Bugs throws the water down after him. [00:37:17] Speaker B: Yes. [00:37:18] Speaker A: So Sam is just. He sees the water coming. He. Of course, you know, we're defying gravity every step of the way, including literally in this. In this episode. But so he's pushing the water down further so it lands in the barrel before he gets there. It's. It's a great shot. It's this long shot where they're falling. He finally gets the water below him by jumping up and down on it in midair. And the camera angle, right? These guys are. These guys are effing geniuses, right? So the camera is. And it cuts to the bottom where you just see the pool. The. Or the pool or the barrel, whatever it was with the water in it. So the water comes down, lands right in the barrel like it's supposed to, and then. And Yosemite Sam just goes crashing through the floor outside the barrel. Like he missed the pool completely. Took all that effort to get the water in there, and then he just misses it. It's so. So ridiculous. Oh, my God. So. So that. That. That's. That's the best gag in the whole one for me. But there's. You're still laughing, aren't you? [00:38:33] Speaker B: You're right, because I just feel. I just feel like when I. The. [00:38:39] Speaker A: When. [00:38:39] Speaker B: First of all, the idea that. The idea that he's jumping on top of the water to push it down is. Is. Is alone. So stupid. But then when you cut away from that to cut down below and you see the water go in. And the miracle that he achieved all that and then still fails and fails epically is like, you know, I mean. I mean, that is just like, why would you. If I was him, I don't know. I would never try anything again. You know, like, what the fuck are we doing here? [00:39:09] Speaker A: You lose all faith in the universe when that happens. [00:39:11] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. I mean, that is. [00:39:15] Speaker A: That's absolutely priceless. And then there's also the gag similar to the one you're talking about with the rug covering the hole, right? Where after a while, it's just dun, dun, Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. [00:39:26] Speaker B: Yes. [00:39:27] Speaker A: Just keeps going up and falling down over and over. Like it's almost more genius that you don't know what gag is getting him to fall each time that quickly. [00:39:36] Speaker B: I agree. It's funny. As a kid, you don't really think about those kind of things, but like I said, watching these as an adult, you realize how genius, the way that they, where they choose to keep the camera to do some of these gags. I'm telling you, it is fucking genius shit. Like, I think I don't know how you know, Chuck Jones, Frizz Freehling, you know, Tex Avery or any of these guys. I mean, I think they're on the same level with fucking Einstein. I mean, this is genius to me. Genius shit. I mean, you gotta be fucking kidding me. I mean, like you said, that whole sequence is fucking brilliant. [00:40:09] Speaker A: It's so good. [00:40:11] Speaker B: I was gonna say. Oh, God, no, I was gonna say. [00:40:14] Speaker A: Besides, besides the classic, like, you know, the Bring on Free. But like, you know, it's a great name. It's, you know, it's a great, great premise. Like, you know, Sam is making him do this, you know, this high diving hair. Obviously you have the classic, you know, he saws the, the plank and then the whole thing falls instead of him. [00:40:29] Speaker B: Right, right, right. [00:40:30] Speaker A: But, but really, this is, this always has a place in my heart because of the, you know, the joke that we'd never got for like 20 years. Right. That you. [00:40:38] Speaker B: I was just gonna bring. [00:40:39] Speaker A: Right, you were gonna bring it up. [00:40:40] Speaker B: I was just gonna bring it up because I. I don't know if I told you the answer. Do you know the reason for that or. [00:40:44] Speaker A: No, My father told us, remember? [00:40:47] Speaker B: Oh, is that what it was? I was trying to remember how we found it out. Okay. [00:40:51] Speaker A: That's my father. About who, by the way. [00:40:52] Speaker B: That's right. [00:40:53] Speaker A: Didn't matter how old he was. He watched Looney Tunes and laughed his ass off till he died. [00:40:56] Speaker B: As my dad did, too. Yeah. [00:40:58] Speaker A: As I will do 100, you know. [00:40:59] Speaker B: 100 park me on my deathbed in. [00:41:01] Speaker A: Front of a Looney Tunes television. I'm. I'm fine, thank you. God bless. But no. So, so, you know, there's that, there's that where he's. Open up that door. You notice I didn't say Richard for years as a kid, I'm like, what the fuck does that mean? Like, even as a kid, I knew it wasn't that I was a kid that I didn't get. I just knew I didn't get it. Like There was something. I remember you asked your dad. I remember. And you said your dad didn't know. Like, you didn't when you were a kid. So finally, I never asked my father. I was, dad, what. I think we must be watching it together. I was like, what does he mean by that? And my father immediately was like. He's like, open up that door, Richard. Apparently, it was a freaking song. [00:41:38] Speaker B: I guess that's right. [00:41:39] Speaker A: In 1949 or around 1949, when this short came out. Out, and I was like, get the. Like, it was literally, like 40 years later that I'm finally getting an answer to this question. That when I was like, seven or eight, I had no idea what the hell was going on. Didn't matter. But, yeah, you know, that's one of those little things that I always. That makes that. That short a little more special for me. [00:41:59] Speaker B: I like that. [00:42:00] Speaker A: It's. It's up there. Love it. [00:42:02] Speaker B: Nice. [00:42:03] Speaker A: Bring on free. Oh, so good. [00:42:07] Speaker B: Yeah, I know. You're. You're making me wish I had more Yosemite Sam on there, but I went to one that. I feel like this reminds me of your number four with the bunny hugged with the idea of the one gag, too. But. So. So my number three is Operation Rabbit. I'm gonna have to put this in this. Now, this. [00:42:28] Speaker A: I know the fucking gag you're gonna say now. [00:42:31] Speaker B: Now, this is, of course, in my mind. I'm like, to me, this. These are. These are my two favorite cartoon characters ever. And they're in the same cartoon. And apparently they made a few of these. I don't remember all of them. All the other ones. But this one, I always remember. Obviously, this was the first and best. The first. I think so, too. The Wild E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny. And. And. And the idea of this is where the whole thing comes across, too. Or. Or the initial idea of him, first of all, you hearing the coyote speak, and then you're hearing him say, you know, the genius thing, too, you know? Yeah. That whole thing comes across here. You know, what do you call it? And it's one of those things where it's like. You know, like, from watching him, it's. It's interesting to watch him go after the roadrunner, where the roadrunner just kind of runs around. He doesn't really do anything. But now it's like. Like, now you're gonna get to see Bugs fuck with him. And I feel like I've had a conversation with people. Like, Bugs isn't necessarily the funniest one. He just. Everyone else is Funny. He just kind of does. And I'm like. But it's watching him fuck with the people. To me, that really is the best. You know, I can't get enough of that. You know, I don't know how you. You feel about that, but. [00:43:28] Speaker A: And the genius in making him like the victim early on in the short is what separates him from Woody Woodpecker, right? Woody Woodpecker was like a dick, right? Like, you liked him, and he was hilarious, but he was the. He would fuck with people first. [00:43:39] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:39] Speaker A: Bugs is like, Bugs just doing his thing. [00:43:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:42] Speaker A: They come over, he's like, all right, bitch. Now, of course, this means war, you know. So then it's on, you know, but no doubt. Anyway. [00:43:47] Speaker B: No doubt. But, yeah. So basically, you know, Wiley Coyote is just coming up like, yeah, I'm gonna. Basically, I'm gonna fuck you up kind of thing. And Bugs like, all right, we'll see what happens with this, you know, and it's the, you know, they do a lot of the gags like he would do in the Roadrunner to. Would have the. You know, the. The blueprint out of what he's gonna do. And, you know, the. And it never works out, but we got to get to the. To the meat and potatoes of the episode here and now. This, to me, has to be one of the most amazing fucking timing. Everything. Everything is like. This is like the Mona Lisa of fucking your Looney Tunes shit right here, you know, and if I'm gonna fuck it up, help me out here. But it's basically the idea that Bugs Bunny has a. A female coyote, right? He dresses up a robot with explosives as a female coyote, right? [00:44:35] Speaker A: Yeah. To counteract, like, the. What did the coyote made one. One of a rabbit first, right? [00:44:41] Speaker B: That's right. So that's right. That's what I could remember. That's right. The lead in was that the coyote. You're. You're totally right. He did a female rabbit. And it tried to get Bugs all to fall in love with this fucking thing. And of course, Bugs got wise to and switches it on him, and he instantly falls in love. Like, it's amazing. I love that alone. It's like the Elmer thing. It's like, you know, the coyote is instantly in love with this female mechanical fucking robot. And then it's. When he comes to the real. Now, I forget how he comes to the realization that it's not on the. On the level. Does he see the. The dynamite in the hair or something? Like. Right. What does he see? [00:45:15] Speaker A: So what happened? I think if I remember correctly. So. So he made the one for bugs and laced it with dynamite. Okay? He made the female robot for bugs, laced it with dynamite. Then before that plan came to fruition. But the, the bugs gave him a female coyote. So he starts getting with the coyote, instantly in love, like you said. And then the coyote explodes, right? He's sitting there holding the coyote's hand, like, you know, and then he hears. [00:45:43] Speaker B: That's what it is. [00:45:44] Speaker A: Then he hears the. His own trap about to go off. Is this what you're getting to right when he goes, okay, yes. [00:45:51] Speaker B: I didn't realize it was the rabbit that he threw out. I thought it's a coyote. That's. [00:45:55] Speaker A: Don't quote addict. It was the rabbit. But. [00:45:56] Speaker B: No, but this makes it 10 times better that obviously I probably should have rewatched this in my mind. I'm like, I've seen it a million times. I don't need to do any research. But you're totally right. And just again, this is one of those things where the timing of it is where he picks up the fucking thing that's about to explode. Now, does he open up the window first or is the window already open? [00:46:13] Speaker A: I think it was already open. [00:46:14] Speaker B: And he goes to, he goes to throw it out the window and it's, it's the idea of he has it in his hands in front of him and he cocks his arms back holding it over his head and that. And it's the timing of that. And then it goes off. I mean, tell me how many times, how many. I don't know if you ever watched that and not laugh, right? You know what I'm saying? Like never. [00:46:35] Speaker A: He could have just pushed out the window and it would have been fine. He had to bring it all the way back with a full extension. It was so unnecessary. Like, he didn't have to throw it across the Grand Canyon. He just needed to get it out of the room. But. But he still cocks his arms all the way back like you said. And it didn't even move forward 1cm when he got it all the way back and blew and he was just screwed. [00:47:00] Speaker B: You're right. You're so right. He. His back like he was gonna throw a 90 yard pass in the NFL game. Like, what are we doing here? Push it out the window. You're so right. [00:47:15] Speaker A: And his face, the way they drew his face, he was so frantically nervous when he, when he cocked his arms, like, like he knew if you're not scared, like, or just run out the front door, you know, I mean, you were right standing right next to the door. [00:47:30] Speaker B: And you know what? That. That's another one of those things too where it's like, you know, it's like an Indiana Jones punch in a lot of way. [00:47:38] Speaker A: The. [00:47:38] Speaker B: The sound of that explosion, it's just like the exclamation point of the whole thing. Like, it's so harsh. It's so great. It's like, like so good. There's no chance he survives that at all. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, he does. [00:47:53] Speaker A: You gotta figure his arms were blown off instantly. Right? No arms. And the back of his head must have just freaking exploded. [00:47:59] Speaker B: Right. And you know what? You know what else I love? I think if I remember right, they do the. The gag where he's trying to up with some of the carrots and. And Bugs pulls the whole. His whole like apartment or whatever his layer into like the railroad tracks and the train comes to knock him down. That. But I love the ending line when. [00:48:19] Speaker A: Also hilarious. Sorry. [00:48:21] Speaker B: When he goes, allow me to introduce myself. [00:48:25] Speaker A: My name is Mud. And remember, mud spelled backwards is dumb. [00:48:32] Speaker B: And they just end. Yeah. And it's like what? It's like. It's just. He had those last lines that. He's just such a wise ass. I. I love it. I love it. I can't get enough of it. [00:48:41] Speaker A: You know what? And I love that when he moves the whole like shed onto the train track. Right, right. It's a great. It's a great variation on the little umbrella stopping the rocks from falling on his head. Right? [00:48:52] Speaker B: Totally. [00:48:53] Speaker A: It's a variation of that, but it's perfect. He just pulls the shade down and looks at the camera. You know, I mean, like it. I mean it did absolutely nothing except just for a split second he might have fooled himself to think the train wasn't going to fucking annihilate him. You know what I mean? That's it. [00:49:10] Speaker B: It's funny you say that because I wonder if there's like a little bit of like a dignity thing for him where it's like, you know what? I'm not going to sit here and do nothing. I got to do thing to try to you. You know, like there's like. There's like a.0001% that maybe if I do this, you know, like. [00:49:25] Speaker A: Yeah, it's not even that close. Like there's no to me. That's kind of like. It's almost like a mental. Like just go to my safe space for a few seconds because there's. [00:49:34] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:34] Speaker A: There's no. I Don't want to see that he survives. That there's none. [00:49:37] Speaker B: I. I know this is happening and I'm. I don't want to watch it happen. I'm just gonna. [00:49:41] Speaker A: Exactly. But like I said, maybe it is closer to a dignity thing but like, yeah, you. You could keep going with them.000. There's no chance anyone is surviving a fucking train hitting that at that speed. Like there's. There's nothing. There's no way out of it. [00:49:54] Speaker B: But by the way, I was gonna bring up too. I don't know how that year at the Oscars, the best sound editing or whatever didn't go to this cartoon with that explosion off the top like that. I mean, I. They should have just been handing these Oscars out to these guys with this. In my opinion, you know, like, what the. [00:50:09] Speaker A: I mean they want a lot of them, but they kind of. They tended to do more. Gravitate more towards the, you know, Rabbit of Seville and the What's Opera Doc and those ironic Birds Anonymous. Right. [00:50:18] Speaker B: And doing. In doing some of the research. There was only one Bugs Bunny cartoon that won the Oscar. [00:50:23] Speaker A: Is that right? [00:50:24] Speaker B: Yes. Do you know it? [00:50:26] Speaker A: I thought it was what's operatic, but I guess it's not. [00:50:29] Speaker B: No, actually what's Opera Doc is always on like the number one of the top, you know, cartoons of all time lists or it's always in the tops on the list. [00:50:38] Speaker A: I mean, I know birds Anonymous1 when you. [00:50:40] Speaker B: That it did. And that's a great one too, by the way. Yeah, but. Yeah, no, well, let's continue down the list. Maybe we'll get to it. I'll unveil that as we go. [00:50:48] Speaker A: All right. Sounds. [00:50:49] Speaker B: But that was my number three. So. So now we're. Now we're really getting into the tops here now. This is it top two. [00:50:53] Speaker A: And. And yet, like I said before, this two could have been five and blah, blah, blah. But. [00:50:57] Speaker B: Yeah, that's true. Yeah, I hear you. [00:50:59] Speaker A: It's. It's at number two now. Listen. Yeah. Yosemite Sam. It's Roman Legion hair. Right? [00:51:04] Speaker B: Yeah. I. This. I knew this had to be on everybody. [00:51:07] Speaker A: It's got to. And you know what? What? I'm sorry. Go ahead. [00:51:10] Speaker B: No, no, like you said, I don't know how the. This would have been on my list too. Like I. When I was trying to pick. This was. This was in the running for, you know, definitely being in there. Of course we. And you quote this one all the time. [00:51:21] Speaker A: He alliance probably the most quoted if you think. You know, between the yeah, right, right, right. Actually, no, maybe not maybe. We do say here lions all the time. [00:51:30] Speaker B: I know. [00:51:31] Speaker A: It's such. [00:51:31] Speaker B: And it's such an obscure line. Like, not obscure, but. But, you know. Yeah, but. But this one, it's definitely one I've seen a million times, too. Like, you know, that's another one. Like, you know, one of. What have you seen the most? No, but I guess what have you seen the most? This one is. Is definitely. I mean, it's phenomenal. Go ahead. I don't want to take it away here. Go ahead. [00:51:47] Speaker A: Well, here's why. So. So this one, more than sound, more than the lines. This one, the animation gets me in this one, not just the. The action, but the faces, man. So. So. So two. Two parts of this just kill me all the time. One. I'll go with the lesser one first. And I say lesser very lightly. They're both freaking hilarious. But in the very beginning, when he's like, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah. And he wants the horse to carry the chariot, right? There's a moment. It's abs. It's. It's the time again. The timing and the animation is fucking amazing. So when the horse finally takes off and Sam is like, you know, he gets sort of shot back and then shoots into the chariot, all of his shit goes everywhere. And then he peeks his head up. And just as he peeks his head up, the horse is passing bugs that they're. That they're, you know, chasing. And his face as he watches is just, like, his complete confusion as he watches bugs pass by. Like, I challenge anyone to go watch that again and not crack up. Like, it's amazing the way they film that. I love that. I mean, I love the whole. [00:52:49] Speaker B: You're right. You're so right. [00:52:51] Speaker A: I mean, the lions kick his ass. The whole. The whole. It's awesome. But for me, the funniest moment in this episode, and it's got to be top five funny moments in animation Looney Tunes history. [00:53:04] Speaker B: We have. We have 50 of those, but go ahead. [00:53:06] Speaker A: There's so many. I know, because I know we gotta. We gotta do one separate just for Roadrunner Coyote and one separate just for everybody. So, yeah, obviously. So, you know, the he alliance is what prompts this animation genius. So, you know, it's the scene where, you know, Yosemite Sam is trying to get across the lion pit to Bugs Bunny. So he grabs stilts, and I don't know where these guys get the confidence from, but of course, he hits the line in the head because he thinks there's no chance he's ever going to get eaten by these lions, you know. Ah, shut up. And he hits the lions just to egg them on a little. So, so, so many things going on here. So bugs. He alliance just throws the saws and all the tools to the lions so they can start cutting the stilts down. Number one. If he had just kept going, he would have made it to the end. Okay. He turns around to go back. His frantic walking while he got like lower and lower and lower as the lines were cutting the wood and his face as he's concentrating so hard on getting. Getting to the end but keeps looking down and seeing that it's just not gonna happen. And. But here's the real genius is the camera keeps going. [00:54:16] Speaker B: So yes. [00:54:16] Speaker A: It's just panning. You don't see it. And finally he makes his way back up through midair and he finally catches up with the camera again and. And just, just makes it to the end. It's just a, A mess. It's so genius and so funny. [00:54:30] Speaker B: You said that that is. You're right. That that whole scene is brilliant. I, I totally agree. And it's funny too. Like, like thinking about it. Like when they show you the chasm between the one side that he's on and Bugs on the other side and then they show you that pan. It got like to be a football field length longer than it is in that one shot. You know, like how the, like he would have made it. You know, he, you know, he had. And you know what's funny too? He's like, I don't even think the lions needed the sauce. They would have that up like, you know what I mean? Like you're. Sammy Sam had no chance there, dude. [00:54:56] Speaker A: That the lions at the end of the scene were knocking like, you know, columns right away and there's little wood stilts are going to hold them up. They didn't need saw sauce and they didn't know how to use sauce. But I mean just. But I love, I love how now brown cow and the. That's right. And then just the. You know. [00:55:13] Speaker B: Yes. [00:55:14] Speaker A: When he's hitting the lion that's behind the cage and then Bugs just raises the cage and he just kind of slows down hitting him in the head. [00:55:20] Speaker B: I told you. That's great. So. [00:55:22] Speaker A: Shut. [00:55:23] Speaker B: Shut up. Yes. It's so good. [00:55:26] Speaker A: The, the, the animation gaff where he's standing outside the door and there's no mat on the floor. But then they cut back again and there's a mat. [00:55:33] Speaker B: Oh yes. You're right. So they use the mat in the game, right? Yes, yes, right. [00:55:38] Speaker A: The, the, you know, the scene where he's, he's, you know, pulled down into the, the whatever it was a manhole cover, whatever it was. I know it's ancient Rome, but, you know, and he keeps trying to get out of there. Like, so many hilarious, hilarious gags in that one. It's really, really, really, really good. [00:55:53] Speaker B: I honestly, this was the one that was gonna make it in my list. Out of all the ones, this was like number six for me. I should have had it there. I agree. This is one that I. You're so right. The whole, the whole thing with that, that scene with him and also the end. I love the idea, like you said, with the lions knocking the columns down. He's just on top of it, like, just like. All right, well, this is it. Like, you just. No effort to try to get out of it. Like, I'm going down. [00:56:16] Speaker A: Nero the Emperor. No one helped the emperor. [00:56:18] Speaker B: That's right. [00:56:18] Speaker A: Stuck up. [00:56:18] Speaker B: That's right. That's right. [00:56:20] Speaker A: 1955, by the way. And I say that because I'm noticing a pattern. So all of my cartoons span seven years. That's. That's it. From 48 to 55. That's it. Like, so clearly that's my sweet spot. [00:56:32] Speaker B: Yeah. And I was going to say too, that that's a gag that, that they, they ran through a few times. But him, like you said with him in the cherry. The chariot thing with the horse there. [00:56:42] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:56:43] Speaker B: They did it with him with the camel. Right. And with the dragon. [00:56:46] Speaker A: Right. [00:56:46] Speaker B: Of course, there's something where he just can't get him under control and he just gets up, trying to get him to slow down. It's the best. [00:56:51] Speaker A: I mean, the Nighty Night Bugs is hilarious too. And the Sahara hair is hilarious. And they're all, they're all good shorts. But for me, this was, this was the tops for that, that group. [00:57:00] Speaker B: Nice. No, I have. Great choice. Great choice. [00:57:02] Speaker A: All right, we're getting down to it. [00:57:04] Speaker B: Yeah. So my number two is one that you've, you actually mentioned before. And to me, this is. I mean, now it doesn't have the classic rival, but it's a one off. But to me, it's the, it's. This is the perfect Bugs Bunny cartoon in my mind. And it is, it is. Bully for Bugs. Yeah. You know, there is no other because it has everything you want in the whole cartoon. He gets lost. I made the wrong turn. Albuquerque, you know, and as the. This is the thing that makes it great. Like you said, he doesn't start it. You know, like he stumbles into the bullring. And. And by the way, this is like my own like fantasy thing from watching this or other cartoon. I've always wanted to go see a bullfight in Spain and this might be why. And I know it's horrible. Like it's a horrible thing. Always wanted to do that because it. It's romanticized as me and so many things. And we don't have that here. Like, it's like they have it in Spain. I'd love to see it. I hear it's obviously gory and bloody and horrible. Whatever. But I still would like to do. Anyway, he stumbles into the ring and then the bull starts to chat. And when the bull, when he's just staring at the map and he gets the bull, you know, rears up and nails him in the ass and he sails out of the stadium. [00:58:13] Speaker A: By the way, beautiful animation. Beautiful. [00:58:16] Speaker B: And what I love is, is he hasn't even hit the ground yet and he's already talking shit and plotting shit. He's like, of course, you know, this means war. He says that midair and then they show you him fucking blow up at the end of the thing. But I was like, like, so you get that classic line and then he shows up at the door dressed as the matador. And now you know. Yeah, now you know. From here on in, this is going to be heaven on earth. Like, you can't wait to see it. [00:58:39] Speaker A: It's so on. [00:58:40] Speaker B: And it's. It's got, like you said, the point of view, gang, with the boulder with the, with the slingshot. That to me is priceless. The idea with the musical thing, when he has the sombrero on, he's slapping the bowl. That's great. And. And then the bull swallowing the shotgun and shooting it with. Out of the horns. I love that. Well, that was great. [00:59:01] Speaker A: That's just awesome. That's. That was fun to watch as a kid. [00:59:04] Speaker B: Like, no doubt. [00:59:05] Speaker A: He's, he's, you know, slapping the gun and shooting out of his horns. That was so cool. [00:59:09] Speaker B: But it also has. I mean, I probably said there's about. I could say there's about a hundred cartoons. But the ending, to me, this is like that Goonies gag or it's one of those. One of those things where like that long. He he like you're like. Like your thing with baking the cake with the ramen. He, he in the bull chases ghost of hit him. Oh, this is another great thing too. So the bull goes to fucking run him over. And he's standing right by the door and he's right in his fucking will. And then he fucking opens the door and the bull goes 100 yards out of the stadium. And then he turns around and by the time he's gonna come back, Bugs builds this whole fucking thing. And, and, and, and, and, and he sets it in motion. And it's just like the thing about it too, about this whole, the whole ending of it is great. Everything about it, it is such a. [00:59:53] Speaker A: Build up, it's such a coup de gras for like a final gag. It's amazing. [00:59:56] Speaker B: It's like a fireworks display. And it's the finale, like, and you, and you're watching and it just, it just gets better. And, and it's the idea that to me, my favorite part of the whole thing was when he's flying. So you go, he runs through and he falls on the, on the, the grease or sailing in the air. The bull. Yeah. And he's flying in the air and it sets off all this other underneath. But like, I think he, he flies over like a sandpaper thing and he clicks a match. [01:00:21] Speaker A: Sure. [01:00:22] Speaker B: And the mat, the match is running underneath him. And he looks down at the match and looks up at the camera that I didn't need to see the rest. That alone was, this is like, you know, like again, it's like the Oscar before he gets blown up at the end. They should have handed the Oscar to one of the guys in the fucking room. [01:00:38] Speaker A: You know what I mean? [01:00:39] Speaker B: That's, that is unbelievably brilliant. I love it. [01:00:44] Speaker A: It's so good. It's so freaking good. Yeah, no, that, that, that's definitely top 10. Like that, that was close to this one. [01:00:51] Speaker B: Yeah, I, I, the, the thing, I guess now again, it doesn't have Elmore, it doesn't have Yosemite Sam. So you, you always kind of think of those guys with him, I guess. But it's like, it's just a one off with the bull. Like you wish maybe he was in more, but it's like, it just has, it has everything you want. He, you know, everything you think of him doing Bugs Bunny, it's all in this cartoon. And it's all great. [01:01:11] Speaker A: So good. And like, you know, like, obviously I love duck season. Rabbit season. I love rabbit season. You know, it's like so many. That's why I said like getting these down to five was almost a crime. [01:01:20] Speaker B: No doubt. No, I agree. [01:01:22] Speaker A: It basically came down to, hey, what, what am I Laughing the hardest at today. Sure, I'll throw that on there. You know, like, it's, it's. [01:01:27] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [01:01:28] Speaker A: They're all such classics. It's no doubt such a pleasure to have them all. [01:01:31] Speaker B: And, and like you said, like, you know, like, like you've named all the ones you named. I'm like, fuck, they all should be on my list. Like, they're all fucking great. Like, you're right. It's like the same. It's. I'm with you the same. Same thing. [01:01:42] Speaker A: Do you want to. You want to take a shot at what my number one is? You know, it's. You know, it's Yosemite Sam. And this has been my favorite for, for probably since I was a kid. [01:01:53] Speaker B: Actually, you know what? Mine is too. And it's funny, I was going to say too. Not, not to jump in front of your thing, but. But I don't know if mine is necessarily the funniest one out of all of them. But it's mine, isn't it? Yeah, it's kind of like a sentimental thing, I guess. But for you, I know it's your salmony salmon. If it's not. If it's not Roman Legion here, I thought was gonna be it. So if it's not that and it's not the night one, if it's not the high diving one, it's not the one I picked. The wrecking Shreking, you know, with the falling down the stairs and all that. [01:02:22] Speaker A: They surprised you. I guess. [01:02:24] Speaker B: I can't even think think. It's not. Oh, it's got to be one of the west. Oh. Or is it one. It's got to be the. There's one called Bugs Bunny Rides Again, which is a worse. Is it really? I was gonna say either that or one of the pirate ones. I forgot he played a pirate in some of them, but yes. Okay, Bugs. [01:02:40] Speaker A: Those were good too, Bunny. And I'm sorry, not the pirate. Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, those were good. [01:02:44] Speaker B: Yes. [01:02:44] Speaker A: Yeah, listen, so, yeah, Bugs Bunny rides Again. Look. [01:02:47] Speaker B: Great, great. [01:02:48] Speaker A: 1948. This was the one. This is one of the ones that they showed constantly. I didn't mind, definitely, because every time all the gags got me. Now here's the thing. This is more like. This has got like more. It's almost like show more, show less more often. Right? This is the one that has consistently. Every single gag works and is genius for me. No, it's not the crusher going into the safe. And it's not like, you know, you'll see me saying Pushing the water down and then missing the fucking barrel. But. [01:03:19] Speaker B: Right. [01:03:19] Speaker A: But this, to me, has always been the absolute classic. Right. First of all, I love. I love the western set setting. [01:03:23] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:03:24] Speaker A: I love just like these sort of the off western gag of the bullets stopping at the traffic light. [01:03:29] Speaker B: No doubt. That's a. That's a. That's a. That's only something you could see in the cartoons. And it's phenomenal. I totally agree. [01:03:34] Speaker A: It's hilarious. It's. It's so satirical. It's awesome. So now. Yeah. You mentioned him building the thing for the bull, right? [01:03:40] Speaker B: Yes. [01:03:41] Speaker A: Like, how'd they do that? So when I was a kid, the gag that killed me the most when they were. They. They were parodying, you know, the classic line, this town ain't big enough. [01:03:50] Speaker B: Yes. That's the first gag that came to my mind when you said this episode is number one. This is the first. [01:03:55] Speaker A: Sure. Right. [01:03:56] Speaker B: Yes. [01:03:56] Speaker A: And this is nowhere near the funniest gag I know, but I know it ain't. What is it? Give me a sec. Hold on a sec, Mac. And you just hear for like three seconds, saw a saw going and a hammer. And you turn around, he's built an entire cityscape. Like, they didn't even bother trying to. Like, it was like an Itchy and Scratchy level exaggeration. You know what I mean? Like, it was just. It was so ridiculous. [01:04:19] Speaker B: As a kid. [01:04:20] Speaker A: Kid. As a kid, I'm like, that is like the, The. The. The. The boundless. You know, freedom of animation is like. That's. That's insane. It's hilarious. And he comes back and he's just done. And Sam, who finds nothing weird about it, he's just pissed. He's just pissed that he did it right. [01:04:36] Speaker B: And I think that you're going along what you're saying, too. This is like, specifically for men. Like, I, you know, I'm sure women have an equivalent to this, but for us, this is like the dick. The ultimate dick measuring thing that you could do to another guy right here. Like, he plays it right out, you know, where he's like, I'm. This town's not big enough for the both of us. Okay. And then he builds the entire town, like you said, in three seconds. How about now? Is it big enough, like, just to show the other guy, you know? Like, that is so. That's such a guy like you thing. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, I can't. I. He just. That is such a. You. I don't know how to. I guess at the end of the day, that's what it is. You know what I mean? Like, and no one, nobody does it better than him. [01:05:12] Speaker A: This town ain't big enough for the two of us. It is. Pardon me, Mac. Now, is it big enough to your point? The very next gag was they kept pulling out bigger guns. Talk about pulling out like a dick contest, right? [01:05:33] Speaker B: That's true. [01:05:33] Speaker A: It was six shooter, seven shooter, eight shooter, nine shooter, ten shooter, peashooter, right? Like, it was like the next gag or the gag right before it. One of it was. That's literally the next gag. So that's hilarious. You said, said that. That's funny. The, the, the, the, the, the. Sam making him dance. [01:05:48] Speaker B: Yes. [01:05:49] Speaker A: And then Bugs, you know, reversing it on him. The music is perfect. But more than that, Sam dancing is hilarious. [01:05:57] Speaker B: It really is. [01:05:58] Speaker A: His face, he's still pissed. He's still Yosemite Sam, but he's giving it everything he's got, you know? Take it, Sam. And then at the end, he just. Shaft. Absolutely hilarious. Absolutely perfect. And I dare you to step over this one. This one? Yeah, this one all the way. They, they. They do a fade in and out. Like, is a dissolve to, like. They've been doing this all day long. The sun is setting. This one. And Sam almost stepping was right off the cliff. Beats him down there. Boom. You know, sometimes my conscious. Me conscious kind of bothers me, you know, but not this time. You know? You know, the other one I love is that when they're playing gin rummy, I mean, it's hilarious, right? You know, cut the cards. Boof. That's. That's an obvious joke, but as a kid, I lost it. But the real. The timing of Bugs going over and looking over his shoulder at his cards. [01:06:58] Speaker B: Oh, yes, yes. No, no, no, no, no. [01:07:00] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. That one. [01:07:01] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:07:01] Speaker A: Jin, you lose. Like, he instantly just gets him to put down the card he needs. Jin, you lose. But the best gag in the entire. The entire short. [01:07:10] Speaker B: I was just about to say I was going to ask you, is this the one? Is this the one with this? And I'm wondering if this is the one on the horse. [01:07:16] Speaker A: It's got to be. [01:07:17] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:07:18] Speaker A: William Tell Overture. Perfect use of music, sound effects, and action, right? It's. Oh, it, it, it, it. It's so good. And then they cut the bugs putting the bricks in, and it's like the music instantly stops. But here's the genius of the animation. It lights up, up for no reason, just for a second as Sam is splattered on the wall, like, so he, he rides the horse into, into pitch darkness, right? And the music keeps going, and it just stops so abruptly. And he's just. He's flat up against the wall. It's amazing. It's so good. [01:08:06] Speaker B: That's another one where the. Again, Again. [01:08:09] Speaker A: The, the, the. [01:08:10] Speaker B: The. The timing and the sound of that is just unbelievable. [01:08:13] Speaker A: It's perfect. So this episode, besides being the one that I saw most when I was a kid, besides being the one that I loved, besides being the one that, you know, is near and dear to my heart, I mean, it's. It's a perfect blend of, like, music, animation, sound. It's, it's, it's, it's everything. It's almost like they're firing on all cylinders, right? Like, you know, and again, I have this sweet spot. Late 40s, early 50s, to me is, you cannot beat those shorts, in my opinion. [01:08:36] Speaker B: Yeah, no, yeah, I like that. No, no, no, no doubt. [01:08:39] Speaker A: Bugs Bunny rods again. Hey, just like Gary Cooper. Love it. Love it. [01:08:44] Speaker B: Great choice. [01:08:44] Speaker A: Before I knew who Gary Cooper was, by the way. [01:08:46] Speaker B: Yeah, no, me too. Yeah, that's another one again. That could definitely easily be in mine. That was one I was on a lot, too. I definitely saw that one a lot. Great, great choice. Yeah, I, I. So, ironically enough, I was gonna say, before I get to my number one there, I was gonna say the one Bugs Bunny cartoon that did win an Oscar. Would you like to take a guess? I thought I was gonna see if it was on your list, but I. It is not. But it is Yosemite Sam, and we have mentioned it already. [01:09:15] Speaker A: Interesting. We mentioned it already. [01:09:17] Speaker B: Yes. [01:09:18] Speaker A: It's not 99 bugs. [01:09:19] Speaker B: It is. That's the one. [01:09:20] Speaker A: Get out of here, Oscar. [01:09:21] Speaker B: Yes, it did. Huh? [01:09:22] Speaker A: Interesting. All right. [01:09:23] Speaker B: I mean, and it is great, but. [01:09:25] Speaker A: And that's your number one, huh? [01:09:26] Speaker B: No, it is not my number one. Would you like to take a stand on my number one? [01:09:30] Speaker A: You know what? I'm kind of. I mean, there's so many good ones. But if it's not Yosemite Sam. [01:09:37] Speaker B: No. Yosemite. No. [01:09:39] Speaker A: Is it a one off? [01:09:40] Speaker B: It's a. [01:09:41] Speaker A: Is it a main character? [01:09:42] Speaker B: No, it's a one off. The villain or villains in this, you've never seen him again, as far as I know. I mean, who knows? [01:09:49] Speaker A: But the only thing I think of, is it not the three Bears, right? [01:09:55] Speaker B: No, this is one for me. Like, it's funny you picked the Bugs Bunny rides again, because I think you said, you seem this to me. If I. It's one of Those things. One of those stats you wish you could see, like, when you die. Like, what was the answer here? I. In my, in my own mind, this is the one I've seen. Definitely the most. To me, this was always on tv. Like, if I feel like whenever I turn on a tv, it was almost like when I was a kid, if I, if I happened to stumble on a Met game and dial, Strawberry was up. He hit a home run. Every time in my mind, that happened every time. Like, you know, it was like a magical thing. Like, this is like if I turn on like TNT or something in the morning, if they showed four cartoons, this was one of the ones that was on. Was this car hit me. [01:10:31] Speaker A: I'm ready. [01:10:32] Speaker B: Well, surprisingly, it's coming from a football fan. But my number one has to be baseball Bugs. I had to put this in. [01:10:41] Speaker A: Oh, okay. Oh, of course. Okay. That's a classic. Yeah. You know what? I didn't, I didn't think that would be on your list, but that's, that's an all time classic. [01:10:48] Speaker B: It is. And I didn't think so either. Like I said, like, like I said, it's not as funny to me. Like, Roman Legion hair to me is funnier. Like, there's, there's a lot of funnier ones, I guess. But for some reason, there's something about this that is. It's just American shit to me. It's Bugs Bunny, it's baseball, it's New York City. You know what I mean? I love the whole thing. You know, how can we not? [01:11:06] Speaker A: Amazing. [01:11:07] Speaker B: And, and there's just so many quotable things. In fact, when I do fantasy football, ironically enough, one of my team names I had was the Gas House Gorillas I used for my team names. But, you know, I mean, how many times, you know, first base, Bugs Bunny, second base, Bugs Bunny, third base, Bugs Bunny. What are we doing? [01:11:22] Speaker A: Right? [01:11:23] Speaker B: And it's that idea too. Like, he stumbles again into the baseball stadium, and these guys, they're beating the hell out of the old team. And it's like an insane score. And it's like, you know, then he comes in and, you know, it's like, I could beat you all by one hand tied behind my back. And then he gets in there and he's playing all the positions, and I'm like, if this is what baseball was really like, I would really. I'd watch this all the time. And what are we doing here, right? But it has all the classic, you know, like the, the mix up with him, you're out, you're safe, you're out. You're safe. You're safe. You're out. You know, he gets him to. Around with it. [01:11:50] Speaker A: That's. [01:11:51] Speaker B: And I love the. They've done this in other ones, too. I'm specifically thinking. I like the. This one, the Bunker Hill one when he's against Yosemite Sam, but they do one here where, you know, I got it. I got it with the high fly ball, and he catches it and it fucking gets killed in the ground. And the thing comes up. He got it, you know, Right. [01:12:07] Speaker A: The flag goes up in the bucket. [01:12:09] Speaker B: Exactly. That kind of gotcha. But. But, you know, here we go. What's that? [01:12:16] Speaker A: You're right. We've quoted this more than anything else. [01:12:19] Speaker B: Oh, what's that? The. Watch me paste this. I was. Yeah, you're right. I wasn't gonna get there yet. You're totally right. That. [01:12:27] Speaker A: Sorry, Sorry. [01:12:28] Speaker B: I know. You're. You're totally right. The idea that he pitches it, he runs there, catches it, gets buried by the pitch, gets up and he's talking like. That's the old pepper. [01:12:37] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:12:37] Speaker B: How. How many people have not quoted that? I feel like, you know what I mean? [01:12:40] Speaker A: Oh, I know. I know. That's the old Peppa boy. [01:12:44] Speaker B: But the one thing I always say, the. The. When he's about to pitch the know, towards the end, it might be the last pitch, he goes, you know, watch me paste this pathetic palooka with it perfectly. You know, he does all that. That whole monologue. And then. And then the other thing I love, too, is that the. The main. The. The. The. The last batter chops down a tree and has this bat and he hits the ball out of the stadium, you know. You know, game over. Like, what are we doing here? He had a home run. Like, you know, but. But yeah, then, you know, he gets the kid, you know, take me to the umpire. State building. It's one of them guys, the bad guys, driving the cab and the Statue of Liberty at the end, like, to me, it's just so. There's something so classic. And to me, I. Again, it's like. Like you said, it was like comfort food to me. That. That whole episode, to me is. I. I can never not watch it and not laugh and not have a good time. [01:13:34] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. And, you know, it's. It's. It has the distinction of being the absolute first short on that golden collection we talked about. About. [01:13:40] Speaker B: Oh, that's right. That's right. Number one. [01:13:42] Speaker A: Set one starts off with baseball bugs. Boom. And of course, who doesn't love the fact that all of a sudden the team had 30 people on it and the. That's right. [01:13:52] Speaker B: That's another classic one. [01:13:55] Speaker A: I always. Whatever I think of whenever David Wright. I'm a big Mets fan. David wright, back in 2006, the thing they would say all the time is keep the line moving. Keep the line moving. Like keep people. Every time any met or any baseball player said that, I could not think. Could not not think. Right. This is totally. Oh my God. Absolute. [01:14:18] Speaker B: And now, now that was 1946 and that was. And I think that was the earliest one I had. And the latest one I had was the 1961 with Yosemite Sam. So that was a. So I'm kind of within the same kind of realm as you. I went a little later and a little earlier, but. But within that. That period is. [01:14:32] Speaker A: Yeah, it's only 14 years. Mine was seven years of 14. Like, I mean, clearly that's the. I mean that is the golden age. [01:14:38] Speaker B: And now that one was another. Frizz Freeling directed one. I think Michael Maltese was the writer there. I know he was probably the. He's the writer that's probably been the most famous out of all them. And I think Chuck Jones had a lot of the ones in the middle as far as directing for. I had a few Freeling and I. [01:14:51] Speaker A: Know Jones came on strong later. Right. Like, he definitely, I want to say like the mid-50s to the 60s. [01:14:56] Speaker B: Right, yeah. He wasn't as early as some of the other guys, I agree. Yeah, he came. Definitely came on later. [01:15:01] Speaker A: I feel like he did the. What's Opera Doc? He was part of that. So. [01:15:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:15:05] Speaker A: So, you know, it's funny when you were saying like the one offs, like there are so many more of those that I forgot. [01:15:10] Speaker B: I agree with you. [01:15:10] Speaker A: In my head it was that there were a million daffies and bugs. I mean daffies and Elmers and you know, porky pigs. But like, you know, there were so many of those. The, the. The Bruno the Magnificent and you know, the, the Bowery, you know, guy from Brooklyn. So many good ones. The French cooks, the. Oh, and. Oh, and the, the Irish guy. [01:15:32] Speaker B: Whatever. The leprechaun one or. [01:15:34] Speaker A: Oh, the leprechaun. The, the. The golfer in Scotland. [01:15:39] Speaker B: Exactly. Right, right. [01:15:41] Speaker A: There's so many of those, like never stops the, the. The snooty department store guy. Right. The haircut. [01:15:47] Speaker B: Yeah. The opera singer guy too. Never stops with that. That's another great one. [01:15:51] Speaker A: Of course. Long haired hair. That was. That was obviously incorrect. Oh, thank you, Mr. Jones. [01:15:57] Speaker B: So you know, that's another thing I got to tell you, too, is I should have mentioned this earlier that Allison had got me for my birthday one year. I don't know if this. It might still tour around. If it does, you got to take a look at it. But it was. God damn, I'm gonna forgot to fuck up. The name of it here was Bugs Bunny Symphony. What the hell was it called? Bugs Bunny. I wish Allison was here. I have to ask you, was it a dvd? So what it was, was, it was a live show we went to. They showed it here at NJ Pac in Newark. You. You watched, they would show you specific cartoons, and they had a live orchestra play the music with the cartoons. [01:16:28] Speaker A: Amazing stuff. Here's what's funny. We thought this would be a half hour, pop. [01:16:31] Speaker B: I know, but here we are. But I said if we find something passionate, we're gonna go on and on, so. So we're gonna go. Yeah, what can we do? So I'm sure there'll be shorter ones, but, you know, it's Bugs Bunny. What could we do? [01:16:46] Speaker A: That's all, folks. So is that it? I mean, we're. First one in the books, buddy. [01:16:51] Speaker B: First one, yeah. How do you feel? [01:16:53] Speaker A: I. I think I had a ton of. I mean, my cheeks hurt from laughing. [01:16:56] Speaker B: Me too. No, me too. Yeah. Well, we wish we knew what happened, and I'm sure we'll have more of these, but I feel like I'm sure we'll get some shorter episodes here. We were hoping for a half hour. We got an hour and a half. So what are we doing here? You know? [01:17:07] Speaker A: Yeah, look, I mean, we could just hope that people who are listening to this had some laughs, too. Hopefully they're. They're. They're telling us. They're shouting. How the hell could you not have this one in your top five? You know, this is a classic. And, you know, that's. It's. That's the idea, man. Hopefully you. Hopefully you guys are listening and you're enjoying it and you're laughing along with us because this. This was fun. This was great. It's gonna be. It's gonna be a fun time. [01:17:26] Speaker B: It is. We're not sure what's next, but when we. When we know it'll be out. So hopefully you'll come back for the next one, and we'll see what. We'll see what we got for you. [01:17:33] Speaker A: Hey, we'll see you guys next time. Thanks for listening. [01:17:35] Speaker B: Appreciate it. God bless and take care.