Stage Door Cartoon

(1944)

Starring Bugs Bunny
Elmer Fudd
Yosemite Sam (prototype)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Michael Maltese

Premise

Elmer chases Bugs into a vaudeville theater. Introduces a mustachioed Southern sheriff who sounds an awful lot like Yosemite Sam. Includes a high dive gag that will later be expanded into an entire cartoon.

Quotes

Bugs: I'll do it, but I'll probably hate myself in the morning.*

*Used previously in Little Red Riding Rabbit.

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