Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid: Beaky Buzzard’s Wacky Debut!


 Written by Ken Hulsey

After taking a month off, I decided that it was time to resurrect one of my most popular features, entitled Retro Cartoon Rewind. As you can probably guess, this series features many of the classic cartoons that were once shown almost exclusively on network television between 6 and 12 in the morning on Saturdays. Most of us from that generation woke up with eager anticipation, knowing that we were about to enjoy several hours of programming aimed solely for kids. For many, these are some of our most treasured memories.

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I thought that it would be great to start off this reboot with everyone's favorite wascally wabbit, Bugs Bunny, in the 1942 classic Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid. This animated short was the product of the famous Warner Bros team of director Bob Clampett and producer Leon Schlesinger. This cartoon is notable because it marks the first appearance of  Bugs' goofy nemesis Beaky Buzzard (aka Killer), who would go on to star in three more cartoons along with dozens of cameos all the way up to the early 2000s. 

So without further ado, here is Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid:

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From Warner Bros:

A mother buzzard instructs her children to go out and catch something for dinner—horse, steer, moose, pig, and cow, respectively. Three out of four of them agree with their mother’s food choices and take off right away. However, the mother notices that one of her kids is still sitting with his back turned. Beaky, who is nicknamed "Killer," is painfully shy, easily embarrassed, and a bit slow. Annoyed, his mother kicks him out of the nest with instructions to catch a rabbit.

Beaky spots Bugs Bunny and swoops down to catch him. Bugs, acting like an air traffic controller, "guides" Beaky to the ground, resulting in a crash. After getting up, Beaky is met with the familiar greeting, "Eh, what's up, Doc?" A chase ensues, ending with Bugs crashing down beneath the skeleton of a dead animal. Bugs bursts into tears, thinking he’s dead, but then laughs when he realizes he isn’t. Beaky ends up in a similar predicament. Just as he begins to call for his mother in panic, she arrives.

At first, the mother buzzard thinks Bugs has done something to her son. Bugs pulls Beaky out from the ground, and at that moment, the mother buzzard kisses Bugs, causing him to blush and say, "Nope, nope, nope," just like Beaky.

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