Monday 16 February 2015

How Many Aces?

Mike Maltese revived and revamped the old poker “I’ve got four aces/I’ve got five aces” gag. He changes the numbers to five and six. With both players cheating it’s even more ridiculous. The players in question are Bugs Bunny and Colonel Shuffle.

I really like subtle sight gag where Shuffle’s eyes give away his hand.



Note how Bugs is holding five cards but a sixth somehow appears when he spreads them out on the table.



Ken Harris, Lloyd Vaughan, Ben Washam and Phil Monroe are Chuck Jones’ animation crew in “Mississippi Hare.”
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  1. J Lee16 February 2015 at 13:10

    It's interesting that about the time Leon Schelsinger sold out to Warners, the new characters the various units created became more and more proprietary -- All the units used Sylvester, but until 1959, only the Freleng unit used Yosemite Sam, even though in this cartoon, Maltese pretty much writes a Sam cartoon for Jones, only with a different design and Billy Bletcher's angry southern baritone subbing for Mel's more western accent (and a decade later, Bob McKimson would create his own 'not Sam' character with Black Jacque Shillaque).

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    1. Jonathan Wilson16 February 2015 at 15:12

      McKimson also created another 'not Sam' character in "Oily Hare".

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  2. Pokey16 February 2015 at 20:01

    Mel Blanc would take over Col.Shuffle's voice in the 1950 Charlie Dog solo cartoon, "Doggone South". "Bel-ve-dere..Come here boy!!!!"SC

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