{"id":39321,"date":"2023-04-18T00:55:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T04:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=39321"},"modified":"2023-04-18T08:20:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:20:33","slug":"every-bugs-bunny-ever-bugs-bunny-gets-the-boid-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/18\/every-bugs-bunny-ever-bugs-bunny-gets-the-boid-1942\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)"},"content":{"rendered":"

2023 marks the 85th<\/sup> Anniversary of Bug Bunny\u2019s first animated appearance in 1938’s \u201cPorky\u2019s Hare Hunt.\u201d Debuting originally as Happy Rabbit, Bugs eventually became one of the most iconic animated characters of all time. In honor of the landmark anniversary, we\u2019re discussing every animated appearance by Bugs Bunny. We\u2019re big fans of Bugsy and we hope that you are, too. <\/em><\/p>\n

Follow us on this massive journey where we discover and re-discover Every Bugs Bunny Ever.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)
\n<\/strong>Directed by Bob Clampett
\nWritten by Warren Foster
\nMusic by Carl W. Stalling
\nAnimation by Rob Scribner<\/p>\n

\u201cMy ma-ma dun told me, bring home something for din-ner!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The interesting thing about Beaky Buzzard is that despite being a one and done Bugs antagonist, he had considerable shelf life. Much in the vein of Taz, he\u2019d live on in future iterations of Looney Tunes, particularly \u201cTiny Toon Adventures,\u201d where the legacy character \u201cConcord Condor\u201d would be his prot\u00e9g\u00e9, etc. Oddly, Taz would only appear in a few Bugs Bunny shorts, and would live on in popularity for decades. He was especially popular in the nineties, garnering his own animated series and video games. Beaky Buzzard, all things considered, is a pretty good Bugs Bunny antagonist all things considered, as he\u2019s very funny, but pretty darn deadly.<\/p>\n

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Beaky Buzzard is consistently one that keeps Bugs on his toes for the duration of \u201cBugs Bunny Gets the Boid,\u201d despite his inherently minuscule intellect and common sense. On par with the series\u2019 usual raunch, the title \u201cGets the Boid\u201d alludes to Bugs getting the Bird, and getting\u2014ahem–\u201cThe Bird.\u201d If you know, you know. It is double entendres like that that\u2019s always made me appreciate the Warner cartoons, not to mention it really injects surefire replay value for the audience. There\u2019s always something new to catch with these shorts. The older and more educated I get, as Beaky Buzzard is another in a line of characters that I was sure Mel Blanc voiced.<\/p>\n

In actuality the voice behind the character is Kent Rogers. Rogers does a bang up job of portraying Beaky Buzzard as something of a simpleton (I do a damn good impression of him if I may say so), but also someone who is pretty cunning when he applies himself. He\u2019s not so much stupid, as he is absolutely lazy, and he proves that in certain moments when he outwits Bugs here and there. This is classic Bugs Bunny with him merely minding his business (Reading \u201cHare Raising Stories\u201d) in his hole until Beaky Buzzard comes flying in to prey on him.<\/p>\n

When we meet Beaky Buzzard his mother (played very well by radio actress Sara Berner) is sending out her children to hunt for large animals, but Beaky refuses to step forward. Despite his protestations, she literally kicks him out of the nest and sends him out to \u201cat least\u201d catch a bunny rabbit. He happens to come across Bugs. Much of the chase gives way to some really funny gags that are pretty top notch all around. There\u2019s a fun gag involving Bugs as an air traffic controller, and a hilarious instance when Bugs submits to Beaky and descends in to his hole. This prompts Beaky to wonder if he\u2019s being tricked, to which Bugs emerges in drag and partially dressed declaring \u201cYou naughty, naughty boy!\u201d<\/p>\n

Beaky turns blushing in shyness, a hilarious turn that comes in to play in the closing shot of the short. My favorite gag though is when Beaky Buzzard pounces on Bugs prompting them to struggle for a bit. The struggle then devolves in to the pair dancing the Jitterbug. It\u2019s a hilarious and subtle skit that always inspires a chuckle or two, even to this day. \u201cBugs Bunny Gets the Boid\u201d is definitely one of the more balanced, if simple, shorts from Bugs Bunny\u2019s library. The set up and premise are paper thin, but it\u2019s packed with some really sharp humor, and ace animation.<\/p>\n

The final pay off with the animal bones and Beaky Buzzard\u2019s mother is also very silly, but in a good<\/em><\/strong> way. It\u2019s too bad we don\u2019t really see Beaky Buzzard again in subsequent shorts, but he made a lasting impression on the Looney Tunes roster, if anything.<\/p>\n

Find out what we think are the BEST<\/a> and WORST<\/a> Bugs Bunny shorts of all time!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n