Bugsy and Mugsy (1957) User Reviews

The Second Rocky and Mugsy Cartoon.

[emasterslake · 7/10 · 21 October 2005]

This is the second Looney Tune with Rocky and Mugsy.

And again it has Bugs Bunny in it, like the previous one "Bugs and Thugs".

Rocky and Mugsy hide themselves in an old abandon apartment building which Bugs so happens to already be living in(under the floor surface that is) He finds out his guests are criminals, so he kept himself hidden from them and plot some traps and making Rocky think Mugsy is going to kill him.

This time it has more gags and more traps than before.

Another fine Rocky and Mugsy Looney Tune to check out.

About four minutes into this Looney Tune, Bugs Bunny calls mobster "Rocky's" henchman "Mugsy" . . .

[oscaralbert · 7/10 · 23 April 2018]

. . . "The Detroit Butcher." Since most of the geographical references in Warner Brothers' brief cartoons are to places in the western USA (such as Bugs saying "I must have taken a wrong turn in Albuquerque"), what could be the deeper meaning to this atypical use of a Midwestern place name? Most expert interpreters of the offerings from Warner's Animated Shorts Seers division (aka, the Looney Tuners) have lately come around to the view that these always clairvoyant prophets are referring here to Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers cutting their ties with relief pitcher Al Albuquerque. BUGSY AND MUGSY, therefore, concerns the misadventures of Al's replacement, Alex Wilson, who entered Francisco Liriano's one-hitter in the sixth inning Sunday, April 22, and gave up a Grand Slam dinger a few pitches later to cost the home team the game. Or, as Bugs Bunny himself concludes with his final line of BUGSY AND MUGSY, "Isn't it wonderful what you can do with wire and a few electrical bulbs?" (alluding to the Tigers' low-amp Al).

Enjoyable stuff

[bob the moo · 3 May 2004]

Bugs Bunny awakes to find that his building has been taken over his building as their new hideout. Unwilling to share the house with gangster and with the gangsters unwilling to share with him, Bugs is forced to try and outwit Rocky and Mugsy in order to get rid of them and save himself from being `whacked'!

Another in the series of Warner Brother cartoons that spoofs the gangster movie cliché by using the character of Rocky to go up against the usual character in the usual sort of way. Here the material is reasonably good and creates several funny jokes - the dancing Bugs is one but my favourite is a running gag over a minute involving a series of lights and guns!

What makes it better than it sounds is great delivery from the characters. Rocky is hardly the best character as he is more about being a spoof than a character in his own right, however here his delivery is really good and his reactions are funny. Bugs is as good as ever and he really gives the mobsters a run for their money. His delivery combined with Rocky's reactions make this an enjoyable cartoon.

Overall this is an enjoyable short film that has good material that makes good use of the characters. Bugs is as good as usual and Rocky and Mugsy are better than they usually are and react well, making it funnier.

Classic!

[TheLittleSongbird · 10/10 · 8 July 2010]

Well, Bugsy and Mugsy is one of my personal favourite cartoons featuring Mugsy and Rocky. Plus it has Bugs, who works brilliantly with the right material. Bugsy and Mugsy is a classic for many reasons, with a somewhat simple story yes but it is very clever and funny.

The animation is good, Bugsy and Mugsy has lovely backgrounds and colours, and the music has a lot of energy. The dialogue is typical Looney Tunes wit, but three things make it enjoyable. One is the sight gags, especially the end sequence with the magnet, words cannot describe how funny and clever that was. The second is Bugs, he has some great material and is just great fun as he manipulates Rocky into believing that Mugsy is untrustworthy. Then there is Mugsy and Rocky themselves, their interaction towards each other makes the cartoon so funny, Mugsy dim-witted and oblivious to Bugs's actions and Rocky as he abuses Mugsy for doing something he didn't do, if that makes sense that is. And I mustn't forget Mel Blanc, as always he is brilliant. Overall, this one is a classic. 10/10 Bethany Cox

A bit boring.

[Mightyzebra · 6/10 · 14 August 2008]

Compared to the first cartoon with Rocky, Mugsy and Bugs Bunny, this is pretty mediocre. The first one was my favourite Bugs Bunny episode, it had clever jokes, clever lines, a good plot and good animation - even the little bit of farce in it was good. However, this cartoon, there is too much farce, the plot is boring and repetitive (Bugs constantly trying to trick Rocky into thinking that Mugsy is trying to injure him) and there are only a few good lines and very few clever jokes.

In this episode, Bugs Bunny has moved from his burrow to a nice, comfortable basement in an empty house - when suddenly, two gangsters arrive back home, bank robbers. When Bugs Bunny realizes what they are up to, he plans to put a stop to the robbers' robbing...

I recommend this episode to anyone who is very new to Looney Tunes, to anyone who likes farce and to anyone who likes Bugs Bunny being meaner than usual. Otherwise you may not enjoy this, but I guess it is worth a go for the average Looney Tunes fan. Enjoy "Bugsy and Mugsy"! :-)

6 and a half out of ten.

Bugs outsmarts the bad guys!

[blanbrn · 6/10 · 26 June 2021]

"Bugsy and Mugsy" is another classic memorable cartoon short from looney tunes a 1957 entry that involved Bugs dealing with two lawbreakers. Rocky and Mugsy are on the run to an old empty building where Bugs just happens to be and Bugs puts both on edge having them to sweat in fear of cops only his gags and clever tricks make the two see that crime does not pay! Overall classic cartoon that's highly memorable.

A Near-Rerun

[runar-4 · 3/10 · 26 October 2012]

Friz Freling was notorious for re-using gags in his cartoons. These include playing "Those Endearing Young Charms" on a booby-trapped instrument, the trained pigeons gag and many, many others. This cartoon is a nearly complete remake of 1950's "Stooge For A Mouse". Freling replaced Mike the Bulldog with Bugsy, Sylvester with Mugsy and the mouse with Bugs. In fact, if you were to take out everything that was reused from this cartoon, it would only be thirty seconds long. It would be interesting to cut all the repeated gags from Freling's cartoons and see which pile would be larger.

Freling may have once been an innovative director, but as time went on, his cartoons became collections of overworked, reused material.

"They don't call him the Detroit Butcher for nothing."

[utgard14 · 5/10 · 8 August 2016]

Disappointing Bugs short directed by Friz Freleng. This features the return of Rocky and Mugsy, last seen in Bugs and Thugs three years earlier. In this one, the duo have just robbed a jewelry store and need a place to hide out. They pick a seemingly abandoned building but it just so happens Bugs has already moved in. Bugs apparently doesn't like crooks so he decides to mess with the pair. It's an OK cartoon but not as much fun as Bugs and Thugs. The animation is not as good with muted colors that often "go outside the lines." That's intentional, I guess, as some kind of stylistic choice but it looks sloppy to me, especially on the already sketchy drawings. Mel Blanc's voices for Rocky and Mugsy seem 'off' and the script is overly verbose. Whenever Bugs has to narrate the action in one of his cartoons, the results are usually bad. The music is decent but the sound effects seem too loud. It's not a terrible short but not going to make any "best of" lists anytime soon.

Another classic

[Op_Prime · 10 December 1999]

Another hilarious Bugs Bunny cartoon, where we find him up against Rocky and Mugsy. The gags were not very original and I think they've been used in several other Warner Bros. shorts but that doesn't mean they weren't funny. Mel Blanc really shows of his voice talents in this one.