Two Guys from Texas

"Two Guys from Texas" is a fy|1948 musical comedy film starring Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan, directed by David Butler, written by Allen Boretz and I.A.L. Diamond, produced by Alex Gottlieb, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 4, 1948.

Bugs Bunny cameo appearance

The film is perhaps best remembered today for featuring an animated cameo appearance of cartoon character Bugs Bunny, voiced by Mel Blanc. Friz Freleng, Warner's leading animation director, was assigned to direct the special animated dream sequence, in which Bugs gives some advice to a caricatured 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's colleague Frank Tashlin, concerned Porky Pig trying to reacquire the female chickens of his farm from a Frank Sinatra-esque rooster, 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", starring Mac & Tosh, better known as The Goofy Gophers.

References

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* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040910 "Two Guys from Texas" at the] Internet Movie Database