Bugsy and Mugsy

Friz Freling was notorious for re-using gags in his cartoons. These include playing "Those Endearing Young Charms" on a booby-trapped instrument, the trained pigeons gag and many, many others. This cartoon is a nearly complete remake of 1950's "Stooge For A Mouse". Freling replaced Mike the Bulldog with Bugsy, Sylvester with Mugsy and the mouse with Bugs. In fact, if you were to take out everything that was reused from this cartoon, it would only be thirty seconds long. It would be interesting to cut all the repeated gags from Freling's cartoons and see which pile would be larger.

Freling may have once been an innovative director, but as time went on, his cartoons became collections of overworked, reused material.

Disappointing Bugs short directed by Friz Freleng. This features the return of Rocky and Mugsy, last seen in Bugs and Thugs three years earlier. In this one, the duo have just robbed a jewelry store and need a place to hide out. They pick a seemingly abandoned building but it just so happens Bugs has already moved in. Bugs apparently doesn't like crooks so he decides to mess with the pair. It's an OK cartoon but not as much fun as Bugs and Thugs. The animation is not as good with muted colors that often "go outside the lines." That's intentional, I guess, as some kind of stylistic choice but it looks sloppy to me, especially on the already sketchy drawings. Mel Blanc's voices for Rocky and Mugsy seem 'off' and the script is overly verbose. Whenever Bugs has to narrate the action in one of his cartoons, the results are usually bad. The music is decent but the sound effects seem too loud. It's not a terrible short but not going to make any "best of" lists anytime soon.

"Bugsy and Mugsy" is another classic memorable cartoon short from looney tunes a 1957 entry that involved Bugs dealing with two lawbreakers. Rocky and Mugsy are on the run to an old empty building where Bugs just happens to be and Bugs puts both on edge having them to sweat in fear of cops only his gags and clever tricks make the two see that crime does not pay! Overall classic cartoon that's highly memorable.

This is the second Looney Tune with Rocky and Mugsy.

And again it has Bugs Bunny in it, like the previous one "Bugs and Thugs".

Rocky and Mugsy hide themselves in an old abandon apartment building which Bugs so happens to already be living in(under the floor surface that is) He finds out his guests are criminals, so he kept himself hidden from them and plot some traps and making Rocky think Mugsy is going to kill him.

This time it has more gags and more traps than before.

Another fine Rocky and Mugsy Looney Tune to check out.

Bugs Bunny awakes to find that his building has been taken over his building as their new hideout. Unwilling to share the house with gangster and with the gangsters unwilling to share with him, Bugs is forced to try and outwit Rocky and Mugsy in order to get rid of them and save himself from being `whacked'!

Another in the series of Warner Brother cartoons that spoofs the gangster movie cliché by using the character of Rocky to go up against the usual character in the usual sort of way. Here the material is reasonably good and creates several funny jokes - the dancing Bugs is one but my favourite is a running gag over a minute involving a series of lights and guns!

What makes it better than it sounds is great delivery from the characters. Rocky is hardly the best character as he is more about being a spoof than a character in his own right, however here his delivery is really good and his reactions are funny. Bugs is as good as ever and he really gives the mobsters a run for their money. His delivery combined with Rocky's reactions make this an enjoyable cartoon.

Overall this is an enjoyable short film that has good material that makes good use of the characters. Bugs is as good as usual and Rocky and Mugsy are better than they usually are and react well, making it funnier.