While seeking gold in the desert, prospector Elmer Fudd stumbles across mischievous Bugs Bunny.
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| Release Date: | May 02, 1942 |
| Genres: | Animation, Comedy |
| Production Company: | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Casts: | Arthur Q. Bryan, Mel Blanc |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $0 |
| Revenue: | 0 |
Starting with a cactus encouraging us to buy war bonds, we follow "Elmer" twamping and twudging through the desert ready for his own personal gold rush. Meantime, "Bugs" is carefully camouflaged inside a sheep's skull and after a rousing duet of "Oh Susannah" watches his patsy set about beginning his mining operation. Well, it's really just him, a pick axe and some dynamite! Might "Elmer" have been based on Walter Brennan, I wonder? Anyway, what ensues here is a bit repetitive and after a few minutes I was a little too settled into the obvious dynamic. It's not that cartoons didn't usually follow a formula, it's maybe just that the two characters here don't really engage for me. I always found "Bugs" a bit smug! It's watchable, though - just not very memorable and there's far too much dialogue, too.
