# Can you identify this Bugs Bunny cartoon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-bugs-bunny-cartoon/328560 "2005-10-30T04:56:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-bugs-bunny-cartoon/328560/1 "2005-10-30T04:56:49Z")
What’s the name of the Bugs Bunny cartoon in which he’s held hostage by two gangsters in a remote cabin and at one point he tells a cop looking for the gangsters, “Would I throw a lighted match in this oven if my friend Rocky were in there?” (The cop replies, “You might, rabbit. You might.”) Also, is it on any of the Golden Collection DVD sets? ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-bugs-bunny-cartoon/328560/2 "2005-10-30T05:19:17Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > What’s the name of the Bugs Bunny cartoon in which he’s held hostage by two gangsters in a remote cabin and at one point he tells a cop looking for the gangsters, “Would I throw a lighted match in this oven if my friend Rocky were in there?” (The cop replies, “You might, rabbit. You might.”) Also, is it on any of the Golden Collection DVD sets? From the [WB Message Board](http://boards3.warnerbros.com/wbol/thread.jspa?messageID=2001767724): > [@](#): > > The episode is “Bugs and Thugs” and is on disc 4 of the golden collecction volume one. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-bugs-bunny-cartoon/328560/3 "2005-10-30T05:34:44Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > What’s the name of the Bugs Bunny cartoon in which he’s held hostage by two gangsters in a remote cabin and at one point he tells a cop looking for the gangsters, “Would I throw a lighted match in this oven if my friend Rocky were in there?” (The cop replies, “You might, rabbit. You might.”) Also, is it on any of the Golden Collection DVD sets? Is either Bugs and Thugs or Racketeer Rabbit: [http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Bugs\_and\_Thugs](http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Bugs_and_Thugs) > [@](#): > > Bugs and Thugs is a 1954 animated short film in the Looney Tunes series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. It features Bugs Bunny with Rocky and Mugsy. This is the first cartoon with Mugsy in present-day form. The film is a semi-remake of Racketeer Rabbit, with a similar oven gag. It was directed by Friz Freleng. Bugs and Thugs (1954) > **[Bugs and Thugs (Short 1954) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046811/)** > > Bugs and Thugs: Directed by Friz Freleng. With Mel Blanc. When Bugs calls a cab he doesn't know it's the getaway car for a couple of bankrobbers (he does know the capital of Nevada). It is in the The Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1. (Disk 4) > [@](#): > > Trivia: Near the end of the film, Bugs’ office has a sign that says “-Member- Detective Guild, Local 839”. Local 839 of the IATSE was the Animation Guild, whose members made the cartoon Racketeer Rabbit (1946) [http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0038866/](http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0038866/) Does not seem to be in DVD yet [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301967313/103-2053900-9791850?v=glance](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301967313/103-2053900-9791850?v=glance) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-bugs-bunny-cartoon/328560/4 "2005-10-30T13:11:02Z")
Thank you. FYI, you can view “Racketeer Rabbit” online [here](http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/Multimedia/Popup/0,,88072,00.html) at the TCM webpage (RealPlayer or Windows Media Player formats). But “Bugs and Thugs” is funnier.