1946 - Bugs Bunny - Racketeer Rabbit

[deathdreadful]

that was funny love the Edward G. Robinson Spoof of Little Caesar in this episode

[deanster57]

a good cartoon are you a big fan of Bugs Bunny?

i been a fan since the 80's when i use to watch "Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show"

see ya and thanks

[c5h5no2c]

been so long,......almost thought i only dreamt this one.......

Thank You, Cheers Again

-frase

[lawofficers]

The short midget gangster at 2:25 looks like the mad scientist in the LT episode "Hair-rising Hare". Matter of fact, that was and is him.

[KneelB4Bacon]

@lawofficers He's a caricature of Peter Lorre, who usually played creepy sidekicks and mad scientist assistants.

[lawofficers]

Exactly. That's why they had to have the exact same one for those many different roles in the Looney Tunes.

[Rileuii]

How about me boss? =D

[crimsoneyes36]

@Rileuii and me boss? xD

[weaverdamien00000000]

1:48, that's a lot of ammo

[DeltaEagle7700]

3:59. Rocky sleeps with a gun on his side!

[delideliver]

@DeltaEagle7700 and a cigar in his mouth too LOL

[DeltaEagle7700]

@delideliver. lol! And that too! I wonder how!

[ShaoLenRage252]

4:11 my favorite part of this cartoon, gettin assistance from the rabbit he gonna tear into bits

[Chaoslily47]

It's curtains for you, Rocky! Curtains! Lmao...

[jpbball12]

is it just me.. or does mugsy look rally creepy but adorable :)

[jpbball12]

one for me one for you, two for you one-two for me, three for you one-two-three for me!

ahh watta bout me boss? oh ya one for you

gotta <3 it!!! wish your cartoons were like that still !!! :(

[jilk7]

love bugs al capone aka rocky lol

[ripum853]

My favorite Bugs Bunny cartoon...if only they released on one of the Golden Collection DVD sets before ending them

[jacktheshack]

and me boss? **one for you**

[Cazz8203]

66 years later and what do we got for cartoons now?? amazing.....I miss the good ol days, thank goodness for youtube

[ARMY2498]

CURTAINS ROCKY CURTAINS!!!

[Ntreik96]

2:48 Marvin's voice!

[TheRealThreeP]

Some guys just can't take it, see? Myeah! Myeah! Myeah! Myeah!

[ngzcaz]

The Left, the left...... Geez. they don't make this stuff anymore. What a shame. No matter what Mel Blanc was paid, it wasn't enough. Can you imagine him at a party ??

[SNESosT]

@ngzcaz 50 years later and I can't believe comedy was that good back then and still is.

[CainmosniMirrored]

The short gangster looks like Steve Buscemi.

[andross51]

@CainmosniMirrored i don't know why everyone is saying its steve Buscemi (great actor) but its peter lorre! :)

[CainmosniMirrored]

@andross51 I said it LOOKS like Steve Buscemi, I never said it WAS him. I know very well that it is a caricature of Peter Lorre. Steve Buscemi didn't even exist when this cartoon was made. I just find it funny that the likeness is so close.

[andross51]

@CainmosniMirrored haha np then. Peter lorre was a great villian actor back then. Steve buscemi is a great actor today! :)

[officalstelix]

why...why it's mugsy...dont look at me like that mugsy im your pal mugy your buddy pal yea...

it's curtains for you rocky...curtains...no...no not that no no....curtains ya understand....curtains....here­,,,,oh their adorable

xD

[carlman1987]

haha peter lorre lmao thats awesome

[amanda43061]

It's Coitains for you, Mugsy"...Oh, their adorable" BEST LINE EVER..

[jamo387]

Back when Mike Maltese wrote for Fritz Freleng. Goes to show how these guys were great no matter what combination was used. That's right, Myeah.. Myeah....

[9992383]

goddam  ribbit

[anth42789]

Curtains "Oh, their adorable!" LMAO

[arlos411]

June bugs on CN.

[KennethHoward]

If I'm ever being interrogated, I'm gonna start babbling incoherently very loud and see if they get it.

[bigkuntry112]

Everytime since I first saw this I say "It's curtains" to everybody lol

[soheyman]

Anyone have the 'toon with all the old movie stars ? Like Bing Crosby, Joe E Brown, Clark Gable ? That was funny as hell.

[ClassicRocker61]

@soheyman Hollywood Steps Out

[soheyman]

@ClassicRocker61  Thanks dude !

[soheyman]

Hotel Friz...

[Democrat64]

Looney Tunes' take on Hollywood's early gangster movies. Actor, Edward G. Robinson, is portrayed by the gangster character in this episode. Very funny scene!

[Kartoonkid95]

And me boss?

[AgApE010]

Talk!

-Nope

Talk!

-Nuh-uh

Talk! (Pulls out gun)

-ABLEYOPADONAMGNSKFNDSKFNR!

[TheMmaurice]

The sword went thru his shoe haha!!!

[TheSeveredArm]

They make me laugh UH-HA!

[connor3820]

Low bridge.

[KingPrimus999]

hehehe "coytins" hehehe

[FishingtheSkyxd]

@KingPrimus999 3:38 "hamboyguh" XD

[catepetl113]

comedy like this cannot be topped, only imitated...real shame what passes for comedy now-a-days..

[1812ARTHUR]

@xherii nope sorry i don't know the name. maybe i am clever but i don't know the name. but rocky this man was real. just a man who made bugs bunny made a joke so he put him in it to make kids make fun at rocky so they not be scare like nazi's u.s.a made cartoon to make hitler and he's nazi land a joke so every kid can come down and make fun at hitler and nazi's but hitler not like it so in nazi all who saw this cartoon go to jail even if this a kid. so sorry.. but i can help if you want

[xherii]

This episode and characters remind me of a movie, can any 1 tell me what was the movie???

[DarkElite1991]

i remember this episode :')

[fortyseventhronin]

Eat your heart out James Bond

[1812ARTHUR]

rocky is really cute i need to say. p.s @jmcgee39 there have 2 show's of rocky in it. one of them well tell you what happened with this little idiot. P.S rocky was really real man. back in 1946 every cop in u.s.a trying to get him. no one got him but in 1947 his friend got by cop. then he work himself along. in 1952 rocky send to jail a cop called jack Joe got him. rocky killed 64 cop's and 70 people he was in jail for 20 year's then he was free and start a new life. so this cartoon was real. :)

[xherii]

@1812ARTHUR I remember a movie was also made uopn these charecters, can u tell me the name?? I've watched The Godfather and the leading role was Don Vito Corleone not Rocky

[Whyamibzsdmh]

Trolling was funnier in thoose days.

[fromthesidelines]

Thank you, 'wrybread'. Incidentally, Carl Stalling strikes up "Look Out For Jimmy Valentine" under the opening credits.

[ChristopherSaindon]

The RABBIT! Oooww I'll get you for this..

[TheRealThreeP]

Nyeah! This is a great cartoon, see? Nyeah!

[ARMY2498]

@TheRealThreeP nyeah see? it is a great cartoon see?

[ancilodon]

I'm gonna tear ya to pieces, see! Now hand me my tie!

[RadioCarino]

They don't make cartoons like this anymore! This was when Bugs was at his finest! Thanks for the memory. I laughed when I was a kid, and I laugh now as a bigger kid!

[wolfmoon256]

oh god this is back from when bugs was REALLY evil

[Firebrdsuite]

@wolfmoon256 ?

[acddpet]

Why is Rocky sleeping with his cigarette?

[noeklar]

me enkanta este cap pero no lo encuentro en castellano =(

[GameGhost1]

HAHA Edward G. Robinson and Peter Lorre great duo. Keep Their memories alive!

[jakhammer122003]

YEAH SEE YEAH YEAH

[grizabella626]

They made me laugh... ah huh. 

[TheMarkster1957]

I like the way Warner Bros used famous actors as caracters in thier cartoons

[shmeulevigdor]

7:00 There's a bomb counting down.... and he's fighting with himself.... Fight Club was plagiarized.

[joemjackson]

@shmeulevigdor Fight Club ? Don't know it. You're perhaps unaware that this is 60 years old. Back from the days when cartoons were good.

[shmeulevigdor]

@joemjackson i meant fight club was a work of plagiarized fiction. Chuck Palahniuck stole the idea from this..... Im completely aware of how old this is, and yeah- totally right about cartoons not being good anymore

[alexoldmovies27]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA EDWARD G ROBINSON WITH BUGS BUNNY IT CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS XD

[beejereeno]

One for you, and two for me, SEE! 02:34

[ShTuPm]

It's coitans for you, Rocky, coitans! Here.

Ooooh, they're adorable.

[drzfynest65]

They make me laugh

.

AGHA

[GliTCH11]

I'm gonna rip you to bits... Gimme my tie lol

[MrThetjf]

What's up doc? One for u. How about me boss? O yeah 1 for u And me boss? 1 for u. And me boss? 1 for u. And me boss? 1 for u. And me boss? 1 for u. And me boss? 1 for u.

[DeHustlendeMoruk]

oohhh rocky is really mad now HAHAHA :D

[metalmaniac622]

this version of rocky is so much better

[Firebrdsuite]

@metalmaniac622 ?

[JBdevil660]

Ya know I've never realized how good a role model Bugs is, he's always eating carrots (vegatables), normally reading a book instead of watching TV or something, teaches you how to drive a criminal running to the police, and how to outwit your foes. Why would anyone ever think these cartoons bad?

[couchpotato152]

rofld at he curtains pun! XD

[jakedp100]

Bugs crazily pretends to be a police. I like Bugs because he's cool and funny. He's classic.

[unconditionalluv]

You know Hugo looks like Steve Buscemi!

[vigilante11485]

@unconditionalluv I see I'm not the only one who thinks so! 

[rockerhead247]

You know, I think I learned my non-chalant acceptance of the unusual from him. You see some guy shooting a gun, you just duck under the bullets and say, "Low bridge."

[Mattraction513]

3:19 TWISTA

[rankingtrevor]

'Its coytens, for you rocky" LOL

[m2k911]

this is from 65 years ago ?

[LADJ56]

BUGS ROCKS !!!

[Addiskrilla]

he sleeps with a cigar in his mouth and a strap see?

NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH

[3912James]

It's coitans for ya Rocky....coitans!!!!

[ILLCRILLKILLER]

"They make me laugh..Aha."

[gf19711]

@nxvznx He's actually supposed to be a parody of Peter Lorre, but you're right. :)

[moirbindy]

2:57 I have always loved that smart ass walk Bugs does when coming back in the room.

[Cuse4life48]

Bugs Bunny is a G! Gotta love him!

[Firebrdsuite]

@Cuse4life48 as is Mickey Mouse!

[Antimanele104]

nyah,see,nyah.

[yolo22]

it's coitans for ya, coitans!!

[bbbcomrade]

that is first time in my life when i see what a tommygun can do :))

[technoligyworroir]

1946?! and looks like from 1970's!

[cheacky2]

@technoligyworroir No it doesn't. The 1970's is the worst gen. of animation. The 1940's is the best gen. of animation. Anyone who knew anything about animation would know that this was NOT made in the 1970s. *im only 15 years old and study animation and the history of it.*

[dharmaseed]

@cheacky2 Worst? Have you checked out some international works of animation, like La Planete Sauvage? There were many fine works of animation in the seventies, but some of them are not American. Are you talking about quality or quantity?

[cheacky2]

@dharmaseed Quality. 60s animation didnt come in the quality that 30s 40s and 50s animation did, but it was fairly good even though it was limited animation. But in the 70s it was bad. Im not trying to offend the people who made cartoons during the 70s because they had no control. I bet most of the animators at the time would agree that animation was failing. But it is true that certain people in the 70s and the 80s tried to make the best with what they at least had.

[dharmaseed]

@cheacky2 You have me there. Animation was still a fairly new art back in the forties, and each cartoon was like a work of art, since cartoons were usually showed before movies. Even Warner Bros. cartoons started to get lame back in the sixties, and Hanna Barbera's quality went downhill big time, even though the Jetsons and the Flintstones were huge hits.

[cheacky2]

@dharmaseed Yes, so that's basically my point. The 40s was a great time to experiment with animation, but animation itself was even older than the 40s. The Golden Age of American Animation started in 1928 and ended in the early 60s, so basically it's animation of the 30s 40s and 50s. But before the golden era, there was another era in animation called "the silent era". Cartoons of this era would have characters that wouldn't speak. here's an example: watch?v=UY40DHs9vc4&feature=re­lated

[dharmaseed]

@cheacky2 Wow, hadn't seen that one before, but to continue the conversation, one difference between the cartoons of the 1940's and 50's (and later on) was that five or six animators would usually be put on a five to six minute short, and it was spectacular. When animation teams got bigger, why did the amazing realism go out of the background art? For example, compare From 'Wags to Riches' and 'Millionaire Droopy' (both Tex Avery cartoons), the version was redone by Hanna-Barbera.

[LadyTwentySeven]

I love it when these cartoons make fun of Old Hollywood's celebrities

[MrGaitan07]

Give 'em the left the left the left !!! LOL

[dweiner2]

Edward G. Robinson and Peter Lorre are the best caricatures for organized mobs

[scarrieg]

I love the curtains part!! haha!! classic

[TerranceMcghee]

Birth of a Notion and Hair-Raising Hare also have Peter Lorre.

[electriquechair]

The Peter Lorre impersonations always look like Steve Buscemi, but Hugo is pretty much a dead ringer for the character Buscemi plays in Boardwalk Empire.

[dspprince]

@VozDRazon

"NYAH NYAH see NYAH"

lol

[jmcgee39]

another funny part is when he threatening bugs and bugs is helping him get dressed.

[jmcgee39]

2 questions: 1) how does rocky sleep with a cigar in his mouth? 2) wat happened to the dude he rode wit? lol i love this cartoon

[drzfynest65]

-Ohhh alright, I'll count to ten, and you better give it to me, see!

-Don't worry bruddah...I will!

[Rebekah88keys]

I've always liked this one. :) Although I never could understand why Rocky was still mad at Bugs even though he listened to Rocky and "gave him the dough (5:01)", LOL. :)

[supermisu2]

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ool

[fromthesidelines]

Well, if there HAD to be some scene as to how Bugs dispatched Hugo, it might have been THIS:

BUGS: Eh, how about taking me dancing tonight?

HUGO: I don't feel like dancing.

BUGS: (suddenly dressed as a "bobby-soxer", with high-pitched "girly" voice) Oh, boo-hoo-hoo! You're so MEAN to me! I wanna go dancin'!!

HUGO: All right! We'll GO dancing...

BUGS: There's a ballroom right around the next corner..

{car pulls up in front of ballroom, a partial banner hanging over it- "....BALL".}

[WhiteChocolutVEVO]

@fromthesidelines fagit u dont need to repeat wut we jus saw u dum asshole

[maxismax100]

@fromthesidelines IT'S CURTINS FOR YOU ROCKY CURTINS HA HA HA

[wrybreadspread]

@fromthesidelines ignore the remark from WhiteChocolutVEVO. Like Bugs himself would say (I'm going to get flagged for spam) "What a maroon!"

[fromthesidelines]

BUGS: Er, you go in first. I have to powder my lipstick!

HUGO: (somewhat annoyed) All right! But be quick about it....I don't want to miss the door prize! (giggle)

{as he walks in, the camera pulls back to reveal the whole banner above the door- "POLICEMAN'S BALL". Suddenly, we hear the sounds of a bunch of people beating up the guy that just walked in....}

BUGS: He got the prize, all right!

[fade out]

[ojideagu]

It's funny how some typical English slang was used by Americans back then, but now has fallen out in America. like "Mug" and "Coppers" and even Curtains which Americans now seem to call Drapes.

[Mokkari77]

@ojideagu

We still call them curtains. Drapes just sounds nicer when we're decorating.

[dolphinluv2413]

I wonder if Bugs sent Peter Lorre to jail.

[click4mychannel]

As dark as it is, I think Bugs killed him.

[dolphinluv2413]

@click4mychannel I don't think Bugs killed him. He's not a murderer! I'm sure he just sent Peter Lorre to jail. Now, GET OUTTA HERE, YA BIG BULLY!!!!!!

[click4mychannel]

Remember the beginning of Rhapsody Rabbit?

Bugs can be a murderer as long as it's funny.

[dolphinluv2413]

@click4mychannel Killing is not funny! It's sad!

[TheAssasin2525]

@dolphinluv2413 Oh, lighten up, pal! It's just a freaking cartoon for crying out loud!!!

[arandomperson3]

@click4mychannel Everybody calm down. This is bugs bunny we're talking about here. If anything the other guy just ended up like the mob boss. Completely wacko and running to the police. Either that or he's tied up somewhere.

[fromthesidelines]

Originally released in September 1946. Freleng's nickname turns up on a billboard at 1:28. Dick Nelson delivers the "Eddie Robinson" impersonation. Carl Stalling strikes up "(Look Out For) Jimmy Valentine" as a theme. Bugs imitates the famous "Lucky Strike tobacco auctioneer" {prominently featured on their radio shows back then} at 3:20, minus the "Sold to American [Tobacco]!" tag. He also imitates George Raft {who usually flipped a coin when playing gangster parts} at 5:09.

[wrybreadspread]

@fromthesidelines Fantastic! I wondered how many people would pick up on Edward G. Robinson and Peter Lorre. Some did. But you...you spotted an absolute slew of references from the era. That's the mark of a real fan.

[The7legacy]

Some guys just can't take it see.

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

[NewYorkS4U]

"What say we stop somewhere for a hamboiga?" "It's coitins for ya Rocky, coitins!" Best lines.

[Oliver30]

PS I wonder what Bugs did with Peter Lorre.

[Oliver30]

I wish CN would do June Bugs again this year, especially with the old and new LT cartoons on now.

[DutchKalhoun]

Edward G Robinson as Rocky (1893-1973) and

Peter Lorre as Hugo (1904-1964)

[yocuzz100]

@DutchKalhoun Bugs Bunny (1938- Immortal)!!

[501columbus]

It's curtains for you Rocky

[jc4166050]

"I'm gonna tear ya to ribbons see-bring me my hat-yeah!"

[poohebar83]

and me boss



[beasst94]

peter lorre doesnt seem much like the gangster type

[Erilis666]

2:11 bugs is the coolest. Just getting up to get a glass of water amidst all the shooting

[OldsVistaCruiser]

"Sounds like Inner Sanctum!" That's because "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" was a radio show of the day which opened with the sound effect of a squeaky door hinge (which was actually a squeaky office chair!).

To this day, I use "low bridge!" when I have to duck under something - and I'm 6'3" in shoes.

Of course, I'm favorably biased toward Carl Stalling's use of "In My Merry Oldsmobile" when Bugs is taken for a ride!

[Erilis666]

@OldsVistaCruiser you're lucky you're 6'3"; so many opportunities for "low bridge"  =]

[Marbles471]

@OldsVistaCruiser

Yo. Since you seem to be familiar with the music Stalling used, can I ask if you know the name of one particular tune? He seemed to like using it for chase sequences. For example, it turns up in "Pest in the House" when Elmer's running after Daffy down the stairs to the boiler room, it plays while Daffy's frantically running through the house in "Draftee Daffy," and it's used pretty much all throughout "Rabbit Transit." I've always liked that tune.

[xPixelPrincessx]

1 for u and 1 for me 2 for you and 1 2 for me xD

[flipside1545]

thanks...my fave buddy!!!