CAST: "Bugs Bunny", "Yosemite Sam" (Sea-going Sam, the blood-thirstiest... pirate). Director: I. FRELENG. Story: Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce. Animation: Manuel Perez, Virgil Ross, Ken Champin, Gerry Chiniquy. Lay-outs: Hawley Pratt. Backgrounds: Paul Julian. Voice characterizations: Mel Blanc. Music director: Carl Stalling. Technicolor. Producer: Edward Selzer. Accidentally copyrighted twice, on the 31 March 1948 and again on 24 October 1948, both by The Vitaphone Corp. (In notice: 1947). Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny Special) Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. U.S. release: 8 May 1948. 1 reel. 7 minutes. COMMENT: Justly selected by Steve Schneider as one of the best of both the Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoons, this is admirably fast-moving, full of wonderful jests and japes, including a Bugs impersonation of Charles Laughton's Captain Bligh. The visual invention never falters from go to whoa, and there are some nice verbal paradoxes too, including Sam's pirate song in which rum turns into cider, plus a squawky stool-pigeon parrot ("He's in there! He's in there!") who meets a suitable comeuppance.

This is a Bugs Bunny short directed by Friz Freleng. There will be spoilers ahead:This short is an incredibly funny and well crafted cartoon. If I were to sum it up in a sentence, that sentence might well be, "HOO-WHEE, that blowed up real good!", because of all the explosions. Yosemite Sam (aka, "Redbeard") is the perfect foil in this one.Sam is a pirate burying a treasure chest and he happens to try to bury it over Bugs. Sam should have stayed in bed. There's a solid bit with a series of four doors and a running gag involving cannons which ultimately takes the wind out of Sam's sails.Here's a tip-gunpowder and matches make for an interesting combination. Sam tries to call Bugs's bluff, but he's not bluffing. The looks on Sam's face as Bugs tosses one lit match after another into the hold are priceless.This short is available on a number of DVDs and at least one Blu Ray (it looks very good on the Blu Ray). The short is well worth watching. Recommended.

"Buccaneer Bunny" is one of the funniest Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam cartoons under the helm of my favorite animation director Friz Freleng. Yosemite Sam is a pirate ("Seagoin' Sam") who secretly intends to bury a large chest full of jewels, but with that long-eared galoot Bugs Bunny hanging around, Sam can be certain that his treasures will no longer be a secret.Highlights from this wonderful cartoon include the following (DON'T read any further until after you have actually seen this film). After Bugs blasts him a few times with cannons, Sam chases Bugs up and down a flight of stairs (aided by Carl Stalling's music, of course), only to get creamed by one more cannon shot. Sam's rowboat has no oars, so he swims towards his gigantic ship, grabs a pair of oars, and swims back towards his rowboat! Bugs is very funny with his big-lipped Captain Bligh disguise. And Sam adds a little rumba beat to his opening song."Buccaneer Bunny" is a cartoon that is so good, I was wondering how long it would take for it to show up in a Looney Tunes Golden Collection; you can now find it on Volume 5 Disc 1. When watching this cartoon, it is a REQUIREMENT that you laugh out loud!

Hilarious cartoon directed by Friz Freleng, the best Looney Tunes director next to Chuck Jones. This short is somewhat inspired by the Three Stooges and the gimmicks work great. It's funny to see Sam getting blown up the cannon every three seconds.