"Baseball Bugs" is a classic Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by the great Friz Freleng. As you can gather from the title, this film deals with one of America's favorite pastimes: baseball! Bugs Bunny does a swell job of keeping the gags rolling when he substitutes for ALL the players on the home team (the Tea Totallers) and antagonizes the visiting team (the Gas-House Gorillas) with foul play.
My favorite gags from "Baseball Bugs" include the following (DO NOT read any further if you have not yet seen this cartoon). Near the beginning, the hard-hitting Gorillas continually hit homers in a conga rhythm while all the batters dance around the baseball diamond. A gag Bugs used in various other shorts is his argument with the "umpire" (actually a Gorilla in disguise), in which he tricks the ump into declaring that he's safe instead of out. As one of the Gorillas runs the bases, Bugs stops him by showing him a picture of a scantily-clad woman while the popular song "Oh! You Beautiful Doll" can be heard in the background.
Again, "Baseball Bugs" is a wonderful cartoon with plenty of gags, homers, fouls, and strikeouts. "That's what the man said! He said that! That's what he said! He really said that! That's what he said!"
My favorite gags from "Baseball Bugs" include the following (DO NOT read any further if you have not yet seen this cartoon). Near the beginning, the hard-hitting Gorillas continually hit homers in a conga rhythm while all the batters dance around the baseball diamond. A gag Bugs used in various other shorts is his argument with the "umpire" (actually a Gorilla in disguise), in which he tricks the ump into declaring that he's safe instead of out. As one of the Gorillas runs the bases, Bugs stops him by showing him a picture of a scantily-clad woman while the popular song "Oh! You Beautiful Doll" can be heard in the background.
Again, "Baseball Bugs" is a wonderful cartoon with plenty of gags, homers, fouls, and strikeouts. "That's what the man said! He said that! That's what he said! He really said that! That's what he said!"