Classic Bugs Bunny short, directed by Friz Freleng, with Yosemite Sam having his way in a western town until Bugs steps up to challenge him. Lots of funny gags and lines, many of which I remembered exactly even though I haven't seen this short since I was a kid. This is one of those Bugs cartoons I saw a lot growing up. Beautiful colors and wonderful animation. Lively, fun music from Carl Stalling. Great voice work from the legendary Mel Blanc. It's just a really funny cartoon and a good introduction to Bugs and Sam for any little ones who might not have seen his cartoons yet. Kids are still allowed to watch Yosemite Sam, right?
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Mightyzebra26 January 2010I particularly enjoyed this Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny cartoon for the following reasons: 1. Not only were there the slapstick jokes typical of cartoons with these two main characters, but there were also an unusual (for this type of cartoon) amount of witty speeches, coming from Bugs, which I really liked. This may not be a highlight to Looney-Tunes-Slapstick fans, but I LOVE wittiness in this cartoon series. 2. The slapstick jokes were generally unexpected, fast-paced and amusing and even the farce was enjoyable (which occurs in about the middle of the episode). 3. Bugs Bunny did well, as he usually does in YS+BB cartoons, he provided most of the humour in this one, including slapstick and speaking humour. 4. There are a few memorable scenes in this cartoon which you can watch and enjoy without seeing the whole thing (e.g the dancing scene and the card scene).
I cannot rate this a 9 or a 10 because a select few of the jokes were predictable and slapsticky, but this is little to quibble over.
Anyway, in "Bugs Bunny Rides Again," there is a huge gunfight going on in a town (reminiscent of the later "Drip Along Daffy") and Yosemite Sam steps into a bar with seemingly tough criminals, however they all cower when Yosemite Sam speaks. The newcomer manages to make everyone flee out of the bar, except for a bunny who is willing to oppose him. Will Bugs Bunny succeed in outsmarting Yosemite Sam..? I recommend this cartoon to people who enjoy Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny cartoons in general and to people who usually find YS+BB episodes too slapsticky and would prefer watching one with more witty jokes. Enjoy "Bugs Bunny Rides Again"! :-) 8 and a half out of ten. -
movieman_kev29 October 2005Bugs Bunny gets in a good old-fashion Western showdown with the ornery Yosemita Sam, the roughest toughest he-man stuffest hombre that's ever crossed the Rio Grande - and I don't mean Mahatma Gandhi (that last part is still censored on the DVD version sadly). This town isn't big enough for the both of them naturally and comic hijinks ensue as they try to outwit each other. This is just a classic Bugs/Sam outing any way you slice it and I enjoyed it immensely. This animated short can be seen on Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2. It also features an optional commentary by Greg Ford writer of latter day Tunes (late 1980's-early '90's) and Friz Freleng via vintage recordings.
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ccthemovieman-113 April 2007It's the wild west with bullets flying down the street like traffic in Manhattan. Over at The Gunshot Saloon - Come In And Get A Slug," Yosemite Sam walks in with two smoking guns. He orders "all you skunks clear out." Of course, the last one is literally a skunk.
Well, there is one varmint left in the bar.....Bugs, who does his Gary Cooper "High Noon" imitation, walking dramatically toward Sam. At the last minute, he pulls a carrot out of his holster and says, "What's up, doc?"
Off we go with another wild Bugs Bunny animated short, filled with funny dialog which includes a lot of puns and clichés from the Old West. The scenery is also spectacular. I laughed continuously throughout this cartoon. The two of them dancing almost had me in tears, laughing so hard. This is just great material. -
phantom_tollbooth1 October 2008Friz Freleng's 'Bugs Bunny Rides Again' is a sequel to Bugs' first Western battle with Yosemite Sam in 'Hare Trigger'. Cautiously breaking Sam in as a character by opting for another Wild West setting, Freleng was also risking just retreading old ground. Fortunately, 'Bugs Bunny Rides Again' is a magnificent cartoon in all respects. Extremely handsome to look at, it also benefits enormously from one of the great scripts by Tedd Pierce and Michael Maltese. Shoot-outs, horse chases, dance routines and a hilarious card game are all crammed into this very fast paced short. Notable amongst the many great gags is the scene in which Bugs and Sam persistently one up each other with bigger and bigger guns which may well have inspired Chuck Jones to take this gag to the next step two years later in the famous scene from 'Rabbit of Seville'. For all those people who accuse Friz Freleng of being a boring director, 'Bugs Bunny Rides Again' is ample retort. Packed with incident and perfectly timed jokes, it not only proved that Yosemite Sam worked as a character but also ensured that his rivalry with Bugs would become a constant.
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TheLittleSongbird27 May 2010I love Looney Tunes, I love Bugs Bunny and I love Yosemite Sam, so Bugs Bunny Rides Again is one rootin' tootin' cartoon. There may be clichés, but everything else works so superbly it hardly matters. The animation is wonderful, the scenery is luscious and gorgeous, the colours are beautiful and every character is drawn very well. The music brings a real sense of fun flavour to the proceedings, it is rousing and bombastic. The visual gags are hugely entertaining and come by thick and fast and the dialogue is razor sharp and hilarious. The story still entertains, but what makes the cartoon is the chemistry between Bugs and Yosemite Sam, they are both on top form and both have their fair share of hilarious lines and scenes (ie. their first meeting spoofing High Noon and "So Long Sam, see you in Miami"). Both are brilliantly voiced by Mel Blanc, is there anything he cannot do? Overall, just a gem from the Looney Tunes canon, quite possibly my personal favourite of the Bugs-Yosemite cartoons. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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"Bugs Bunny Rides Again" is a superior Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Friz Freleng and starring a certain tall, wisecracking, crafty, quick-witted wabbit and a certain short, red-haired, explosive-tempered hombre: Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam! Plenty of wonderful gags abound when Sam unsuccessfully tries to match wits with the unconquerable Bugs.
Highlights: In perhaps the most famous sequence of any Bugs/Sam picture, Sam demands Bugs to dance, so Bugs obliges by donning a hat & cane and engaging in a tap dance; he then says, "Take it, Sam!", and Sam does a little dance of his own while Bugs claps the beat, after which Sam exits stage left and falls down a mine shaft. (We have animator Gerry Chiniquy to thank for all the great dance sequences in Friz Freleng's pictures.) Later on, Bugs and Sam play cards, and after Bugs literally cuts the deck with a cleaver (a gag originally executed by the famed comedian Harpo Marx in the 1932 movie "Horse Feathers"), he walks over toward Sam and looks over his shoulder, telling him what card to play so that Bugs can beat him!
Last but not least, composer/orchestrator Carl W. Stalling created a wonderful balance of classical and popular music in "Bugs Bunny Rides Again." When Bugs "enlarges" the town, and subsequently when he and Sam show off their numerous pairs of pistols, we hear a fully orchestrated portion of Beethoven's famous Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13. As Sam chases Bugs on horseback, what could be better than Rossini's William Tell Overture for accompaniment? And at the end, when Bugs and Sam spot the train car full of bathing beauties, we hear a snatch of none other than "Oh! You Beautiful Doll." -
JohnHowardReid7 May 2018Director: I. FRELENG. Story: Tedd Pierce, Michael Maltese. Animators: Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy, Manuel Perez. Backgrounds: Paul Julian. Lay-outs: Hawley Pratt. Voice characterizations: Mel Blanc. Music director: Carl Stalling. Color by Technicolor.
Copyright 22 December 1947 by The Vitaphone Corp. A Warner Bros "Bugs Bunny Special" cartoon. U.S. release: 12 June 1948. 7 minutes.
COMMENT: Yosemite Sam, "The roughest, toughest, he-man-stuffest hombre as ever crossed the Rio Grande", once again meets his match with our Bugs in this ultra-lively, ultra-smooth satire in which many of our favorite western clichés are devastatingly parodied.
In the movie's funniest scene, Sam sprays bullets around the rabbit's feet, commanding him to dance. Which he delightfully does. In fact Sam (and we) enjoy this foot-tapping interlude so much, Sam orders a reprise, and before you know it, Sam himself gets into the act with a likewise rendition that comes to a really hilarious close.
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lukeneedssand7 July 2021A lot of people rate this cartoon higher than I am, but the fact that I love Hare trigger so much brings the rating of this short down. The Scenery and Animation is super great, but the excessive use of guns at the beginning almost makes this not suitable for young children. Same for the Final part when he Walks into a "striptease car". Hare trigger is just much more enjoyable. But the Jokes in this cartoon are delightful, when they dance its just Awesome, the "I dare you to cross this line" Gag is also so awesome, and so on and so on.
Overall, while this cartoon largely is made up of winner gags, I just can't appreciate it as much as I can other cartoons, and definitely isn't suitable for young children, which is kinda sad.
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lee_eisenberg15 October 2006When Yosemite Sam, the roughest, toughest he-man ever to cross the Rio Grande - and he ain't namby-pamby - scares everyone out of an Old West town, Bugs Bunny stays and proceeds to play all sorts of tricks on Sam. Once again, Friz Freleng directed a hilarious, irreverent jab at the ordered world (whether it was Friz Freleng or Chuck Jones directing, they always did a great job; not to mention Mel Blanc's voices). I will say that when Sam said "cut the cards", I knew what was going to happen before Bugs did it, but other than that, everything's a real surprise. "Bugs Bunny Rides Again" is one cartoon that will truly live on forever. Because remember, this town is big enough not only for the two of us, but also for Gary Cooper.
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bob the moo30 November 2003When Yosemite Sam comes into town, his reputation comes before him and the majority of the town run in fear of their lives. However Bugs Bunny stands his ground in a saloon stand off which spills out into the street to decide who stays in the town and who goes.
Another of the Bugs cartoons that sets itself in the old west opposite Sam to good effect and this is easily one of the best cartoons that I've seen with them. The animation is full and looks great, the characters are detailed and the backgrounds aren't just coloured blotches in the rear of the shot! The plot is a good western spoof (Bugs even says `just like Gary Cooper' at one point') and is pretty funny for most of the time.
Bugs is on top form and Sam is pretty sharp. The two work well together and Sam is a good partner for Bugs. The material is pretty clever but still has good physical slapstick too boot. Overall this is a really good Bugs Bunny cartoon with plenty of laughs and a real sense of quality in everything from the animation, the characters and material. -
. . . the main focus of the humor is in using the blustering gnome Sam to poke fun at his live-action Big Screen contemporary, horse opera Oater headliner John Wayne. This is never more so than with BUGS BUNNY RIDES AGAIN. Filmed at a time when Communist Party Sleeper Cell Kingpin (as revealed in BIG JIM McLAIN) Wayne was enforcing Moscow's KGB Discipline by fingering West Coast Free Thinkers such as John Garfield and Errol Flynn for Black Ops Assassination by "Natural Death," most of Hollywood cowered and quaked in the shadow of this self-styled "Il Duce." Warner renders these yellow-bellies as the "skunks" fleeing the saloon at the beginning of AGAIN. Knowing that Wayne had a bee in his bonnet over Gary Cooper's All-American Classic HIGH NOON, Bugs immediately rubs Sam's nose in NOON with his Gary Cooper reference. Since Wayne's obsession with THE ALAMO already was a great point of ridicule in Tinseltown Scuttlebutt, Bugs draws "Colonel" William Barret "Buck" Travis' infamous "Line in the Sand" 1,348 times. Sam crosses all 1,348 lines, the final one being his downfall. (Mindful of BUGS BUNNY RIDES AGAIN, Wayne DELETED this Most Famous Moment in All Texas History when he finally did get his ALAMO vanity project in the can, enraging most of the Blown Star State.) Finally, Warner broadcasts the previously whispered rumors about Il Duce's sexuality by ending this short with Bugs snatching all the human females away from Sam, Wayne's surrogate.
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Michael_Elliott2 May 2009Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
The setting is the roughest town in the West where Yosemite Sam will shoot whoever tries to stand in his way of anything. Then Bugs comes to town and the two start their battle. This is yet another winning short to feature Bugs and Sam and this just gives further proof that the two, when working together, were one of the greatest comedy duos out there. There's one great joke after another but my favorite sequence comes at the very end when the two sit down to play cards to determine who leaves town. How the card game ends and everything that follows is just priceless. Another winning sequence happens early on when the two start walking towards one another getting ready to shoot.