Dumb Patrol
| Dumb Patrol | |
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| Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny) series | |
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| Directed by | Gerry Chiniquy |
| Produced by | David H. DePatie (uncredited) |
| Story by | John Dunn |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Bill Lava |
| Animation by |
Virgil Ross Bob Matz Lee Halpern Art Leonardi |
| Layouts by | Bob Givens |
| Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | January 18, 1964 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6 minutes |
| Language | English |
"Dumb Patrol" is a Looney Tunes cartoon short released January 18, 1964, starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam with a cameo appearance by Porky Pig. This cartoon short was directed by Gerry Chiniquy, a longtime animator in Friz Freleng's unit. It is set during World War I opening 'somewhere in France' in 1917.
The title is an allusion to The Dawn Patrol a 1930 movie by Howard Hawks that also deals with World War I pilots. The same title was also used for an unrelated, early Looney Tunes short starring Bosko, released in 1931.
Dumb Patrol does not fall into the normal pattern found in most other Bugs Bunny cartoon shorts. Bugs Bunny is not disturbed from a serene state as in most of his other shorts. Also, he is the attacker, reversing his normal role of the victim.
This marks the final pairing of Bugs and Yosemite Sam, as well as the final appearance of the latter, one of the only three to feature both Bugs and Porky together, and the final time Porky appears without Daffy Duck.
In 1917, somewhere in France during World War I, the men of the French Air Force assemble to determine who must rid the skies of the enemy pilot, Baron Sam Von Schpamm. A drawing straws game begins resulting in Porky Pig (addressed as Captain Smedley in this cartoon) selected for the mission. Next day, at dawn, while Porky is suiting up for the flight, Bugs Bunny knocks him out with a brick and takes his place, because Porky has a family (a wife and 6 piglets).
Meanwhile, somewhere in Germany, Sam is awarded an Iron Cross for his service. Sam, however, is sick of getting those things and wants a well-deserved long furlough ("And if I don't get it, I ain't a-gonna shoot down no more planes in flames!"). Bugs drops him a bunch of flowers and a poem. Sam reads the note and feels insulted-Bugs has written "Baron" with a small "B" and claims the Big "B" is in the flowers. When Sam looks at the flowers, a bee flies out and stings his nose. Sam has trouble getting a plane started ("When I say "contact" I mean "contact!" a similar gag to one seen in Sahara Hare), but having solved that and taken flight, Sam catches up to Bugs. Bugs pulls up into the clouds and Sam crashes into a mountain.
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