- Two Guys from Texas
"Two Guys from Texas" is a fy|1948
musical comedy film starringJack Carson andDennis Morgan , directed byDavid Butler , written byAllen Boretz andI.A.L. Diamond , produced byAlex Gottlieb , and released byWarner Bros. Pictures onSeptember 4 ,1948 .Bugs Bunny cameo appearance
The film is perhaps best remembered today for featuring an animated
cameo appearance ofcartoon character Bugs Bunny , voiced byMel Blanc .Friz Freleng , Warner's leading animation director, was assigned to direct the special animated dream sequence, in which Bugs gives some advice to acaricature d Jack Carson.While Bugs Bunny was not the star of the film, his appearance stands out as a
landmark in his long career. Bugs would later have a similar cameo in fy|1949's "My Dream Is Yours ", which also starred Jack Carson.Movie connections
Animation historians have noted the similarities between the animated dream sequence in this film and the "
Looney Tunes " cartoon "Swooner Crooner " (fy|1944). The latter, directed by Freleng'scolleague Frank Tashlin , concernedPorky Pig trying to reacquire the female chickens of hisfarm from aFrank Sinatra -esquerooster , who is driving the chicks away from the farm.The same year "Two Guys from Texas" was released, animation director
Art Davis spoofed the film's title with a cartoon called "Two Gophers from Texas ", starringMac & Tosh , better known asThe Goofy Gophers .References
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* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040910 "Two Guys from Texas" at the]Internet Movie Database
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