{"id":53440,"date":"2026-06-10T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=53440"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:04:03","slug":"every-bugs-bunny-ever-the-dumb-patrol-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/10\/every-bugs-bunny-ever-the-dumb-patrol-1964\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Bugs Bunny Ever: The Dumb Patrol (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Dumb Patrol<\/strong> (1964)<br \/>\nDirected by Gerry Chiniquy<br \/>\nStory by John Dunn<br \/>\nAnimation by Virgil Ross, Bob Matz, Lee Halpern, Art Leonardi<br \/>\nMusic by Bill Lava<\/p>\n<p>This cartoon takes place in France of 1917. World War I is still raging and Captain Smedley (Porky Pig) is chosen to confront the German pilot Baron Sam Von Shpamm (Yosemite Sam). But ahead of his mission, the captain in knocked out by his colleague Bugs Bunny, who tells the viewer he can\u2019t allow Smedley to take the assignment because \u201che has a wife and six piglets.\u201d Bugs takes to the air in his biplane and engages the baron in multiple dogfights that end with the German\u2019s aircraft being destroyed. Ultimately, the baron\u2019s luck finally expires and he dies in combat. As the baron ascends to Heaven wearing a devil\u2019s costume while playing a harp, an astonished Bugs tells the viewer, \u201cI\u2019ve heard of Hell\u2019s angels, but I never thought I\u2019d see one.\u201d<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The less said about \u201cThe Dumb Patrol,\u201d the better. A misfire at all levels, the cartoon is poorly conceived and weakly executed, with dismal animation and woefully unfunny sight gags. When watching this, one gets the feeling this cartoon was quickly slapped together just to fill a quota \u2013 no creative thought is evident. <\/p>\n<p>From a cartoon trivia standpoint, \u201cThe Dumb Patrol\u201d has a few notable points. It is the first short directed by Gerry Chiniquy, a longtime Warner Bros. animator who was elevated to the direction level after Friz Freleng left the studio. This is also the last appearance in a Golden Age cartoon by Yosemite Sam and the only time Porky and Yosemite Sam appeared in the same short, although they were not in the same scenes. This is also the final Golden Age cartoon where Porky and Bugs were on screen together \u2013 the last time the two shared screen time was in \u201cA Corny Concerto,\u201d released in September 1943.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tnNZN7lEj6g?si=lC7rE3NoMDnCBTU9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dumb Patrol (1964) Directed by Gerry Chiniquy Story by John Dunn Animation by Virgil Ross, Bob Matz, Lee Halpern, Art Leonardi Music by Bill Lava This cartoon takes place in France of 1917. 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