Bugs is indignant with Yosemite Sam, and begins challenging him. At the same time, he’s turning Sam’s guns back on the outlaw. After a couple of seconds, Sam looks down, realises what’s happened, and turns the guns back on the rabbit.
The gag’s not set up by the dialogue. It just happens as Bugs challenges Sam verbally.
Mike Maltese and Tedd Pierce wrote the cartoon for Friz Freleng, whose wonderful timing is another highlight. Freleng knew how long to hold frames for their maximum impact.
His usual crew animates: Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy and Manny Perez, with Paul Julian providing some top-notch backgrounds.
Maltese warming himself up before handling Quick-Draw McGraw.
ReplyDeleteThe short was written by Mike Maltese and Tedd Pirce, not Warren Foster.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Bart, you're unquestionably right.
DeleteI suspect the only reason I wrote what I wrote is I was working on three things at the same time, one of which involved Foster.