TheLittleSongbird Buckaroo Bugs is a thoroughly entertaining Bugs Bunny cartoon. My only problem was that Red while he is voiced brilliantly and has some nice juicy dialogue comes off weak and silly as a character. Buckaroo Bugs is entertaining for primarily a rootin' tootin' performance from my favourite rabbit(or wabbit as Elmer would say) if there ever was one. Bugs is well supported by some rapid razor sharp dialogue, wonderful visual gags, great animation and a corker of a score with the William Tell Overture played to perfect use. And Mel Blanc? What can I say about this truly talented guy? I know I keep going on about him, but he does deserve credit for bringing these truly wonderful toon characters to life and and being funny in the process. Overall, near-perfect as a cartoon, that is lots of fun. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Cihan "Sean Victorydawn" Vercan (CihanVercan) Looney Tunes has made a big hit featuring Bugs Bunny in groundbreaking Buckaroo Bugs. After Bosko and Buddy(the classics from 1930s') Looney Tunes gains acceleration with Bugs; within more vivacious, more musical, more compositional series.Bugs has innovations for himself: For the first time, he plays a cowboy, a thief,i.e. a villain character; though he plays more Bugs Bunnily than before, eats more carrots and makes more jokes than usual. He's well known as a carrot thief in an old west town. Hence a cowboy named Red Hot Ryder goes after him. Bugs feigns ignorance to different characters such as a newsboy and a postman, but never reveals his true identity till Red's horse realizes him. It's both funny and dully that the horse is more brainy than the cowboy who rides it.Impersonating a horse is surely a good idea, but mainly there is more bleakness than the appealing facts. In the first place, Lou Lilly's story and script is very plain and tasteless. William Tell overture has used nicely to introduce the larger-than-life cowboy character at the beginning; yet in a matter of minutes this mood becomes very placid. Some more action sequences could have been used to boost it, like in the episodes with Yosemite Sam.Bugs Bunny's first Western fails to find(or create) the right cartoon character to accompany him. Our eyes were looking for Yosemite Sam; for Bugs needs better challenges. This episode is more addressed to preschool children.

slymusic There's trouble in the San Fernando Alley! The Masked Marauder has stolen an entire supply of carrots from the townspeople's victory garden! Who is the Masked Marauder, you ask? Why, it's "Buckaroo Bugs"! And who will stop this pesky wabbit?! Red Hot Ryder, that's who! (Uh, yeah. Right.) Highlights from this cartoon: Upon his initial appearance (to the accompaniment of the famous William Tell Overture), Red Hot Ryder tries desperately to whoa his horse, but to no avail, until he whips out a gigantic club. Later on, he thinks he's riding his horse until he discovers he's merely riding a hitch rail, and the audience discovers that the horse has fingers. AND, with the generous aid of Carl Stalling's music score, Bugs applies a horseshoe magnet to Ryder's bullets, badge, coins, belt buckle, etc.Directed by Bob Clampett, "Buckaroo Bugs" is one of the wildest, funniest Bugs Bunny cartoons ever made. Is it any wonder that Bugs unashamedly laughs at the extremely dopey Red Hot Ryder when he first sees him? This cartoon can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 Disc 3, featuring two additional audio commentaries. One is a scholarly commentary by animation historian Michael Barrier, and the other one just elicits a lot of hysterical laughter.

Don_Mac This cartoon -- directed by the great Bob Clampett -- is one of the best Bugs Bunny cartoons ever (IMO). In the "Western" storyline, our favorite hare is the Masked Marauder, stealing carrots from Victory Gardens (they had those in the Wild Wild West?!??) and being pursued by the not-so-bright Red Hot Rider (his horse is smarter than he is!). Bugs, as he does with Elmer, then proceeds to have fun tripping up this adversary. This classic cartoon dates from Clampett's -- and Warner's -- golden age of the 1940's, a time in which the wildly hilarious "Warner Style" reached it's peak. This one is a must for any Bugs Bunny fan.