14 Carrot Rabbit

Slightly above average Bugs/Sam short that starts in Alaska, and finishes with an ending that, to this day, makes me wonder 'why did they do that?'

All in all, worth watching. 7/10.

As is the case with many of the classic Warner Bros. cartoons that I've seen recently, it's a good thing that I saw "14 Carrot Rabbit" now, when I'm old enough to understand what it portrays. Of course, even if I didn't know about the Gold Rush, the cartoon would still be a riot, with Yosemite Sam being his usual blow-hard self and Bugs Bunny pretending to get hoodwinked but actually seeing through Sam's deception. With the Yosemite Sam cartoons, I mostly like how Sam's loose cannon personality always causes him bad luck.

Anyway, there are some really funny scenes here. If you know Sam's cartoons, all that you have to do is imagine him looking for gold and trying to steal it from Bugs. Pretty cool.

14 Carrot Rabbit was hugely enjoyable, it was hilarious and fast-moving like the very best of Looney Tunes is. I don't consider it an absolute favourite, but it does work really well on re-watches and has never lost its magic. The animation is really good, very crisp and smooth and the music is rousing and dramatic. The dialogue constantly sparkles with wit and zest, the story is fast-moving and the sight gags are hilarious and delivered thick and fast. I love Bugs and Sam here, Bugs is sadistic, arrogant and funny here and Sam is greedy, ambitious and fiery. And Mel Blanc's vocals are, how should I put it, 14 carat gold. Overall, wonderfully funny and brisk Looney Tunes cartoon. 10/10 Bethany Cox

This is one of those Bugs Bunny versus Yosemite Sam cartoons except Sam, in this story, is called "Chilacott Sam." However, it's the same loud-and-obnoxious two-gun sawed-off, red-haired and greedy "varmint." In this cartoon, he's a "claim jumper," a guy trying to steal other's gold discoveries up in Alaska. By the way, there is some beautiful artwork in here with all the mountain scenery.

When he finds out Bugs has a green thumb-type magic touch for finding gold, Sam follows him and offers to be his partner. "All you have to do," says Sam, "is find all the gold and I'll share it with you 50-50."

"Honest and for true?" responds Bug sarcastically while giving us - the audience - a look. "Well, what are we waiting for? There's gold in them thar hills."

One of Bugs Bunny's favorite things had to be making an idiot of those who think they are putting something over on him. He likes to play dumb and then totally ruin the person. He's very sadistic at times and very funny!

I loved some of Sam's exclamations in here, such as the one you see in the subject head here. It was just one of many Sam used in this cartoon.

I consider ALL OF the Yosemite Sam cartoons from 1945-52 ("Hare Trigger" through this film) to be superlative. There's only a slight lopping-off of the quality with "Hare-Lift", in '53, but bouncing right back later that year with "Southern Fried Rabbit". (The last top-notch film would be "Rabbitson Crusoe," in '56.)

Sam & Bugs are at it again here, at a high-flying level. What really MAKES this cartoon is a wonderfully-animated routine where a funny feeling comes over Bugs whenever he hits gold: an elaborate, squash-and-stretch action making him contort his body for an incredible two seconds. It never fails to get a laugh, no matter the number of repetitions. Bugs has to do little or nothing to outsmart his adversary, and Sam's comic frustration sees the whole thing through.