Show Biz Bugs

1957
7m

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Bugs and Daffy are vaudevillians competing for praise from the audience. They love Bugs no matter what; just the opposite for Daffy.Bugs and Daffy are vaudevillians competing for praise from the audience. They love Bugs no matter what; just the opposite for Daffy.Bugs and Daffy are vaudevillians competing for praise from the audience. They love Bugs no matter what; just the opposite for Daffy.

Director
- Friz Freleng
Writer
- Warren Foster
Star
- Mel Blanc

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7.7/10

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Director
- Friz Freleng
Writer
- Warren Foster
Star
- Mel Blanc

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Director
- Friz Freleng
Writer
- Warren Foster
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7/10

relies too often on re-used gags, yet still watchable

Daffy Duck is in a vaudeville act with Bugs Bunny which he detests because of all the accolades that Bugs gets, and the lack of them that he gets. Which leads him to drastic measures to win the audience over. Some re-used famous gags cause this short to be less than what it could have been, but using the old saying that "any Looney Tunes is Good Looney Tunes", I can't really dislike this one either. This animated short can be seen on Disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 and also features an optional commentary by Greg Ford (as well as vintage sound clips and unused musical scores)

My Grade: B-

movieman_kev
Oct 31, 2005
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Trivia
The exploding musical instrument scheme is the same in three Warner Brothers cartoons. The musical score is "Those Endearing Young Charms". In order, they are, first is Ballot Box Bunny (1951), as Yosemite Sam tried to get rid of Bugs Bunny, with a piano. Second is Show Biz Bugs (1957), as Daffy Duck tried to get rid of Bugs Bunny, with a xylophone. Then in Rushing Roulette (1965), the rivals were Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner. Wile E. Coyote set up a piano, and after the Roadrunner played a 'sour note', Wile E. played the correct theme. The very same musical note, approximately the seventh note to the tenth note, is the note, that is not played correctly, every time and when correctly played, by the schemer, instead gets the explosion occurred to the note.

Goofs
For his dance, Daffy asks the orchestra to play "E-flat, from the top." The orchestra proceeds to play in B-flat.

Quotes
Daffy Duck: There can only be one explanation for white tile in a dressing room.
[Daffy turns a sign around on door, that reads MEN]
Daffy Duck: And that's it.

Alternate versions
On Nickelodeon, the climax involving Daffy's fatal stunt mixture was edited thus: Daffy swallows all of the explosives and then "shakes well", but blows up before he can light and swallow the match (which is what ultimately blows him up in the short's unedited form).