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Bugs Bunny on Broadway (also titled Bugs Bunny at the Symphony and Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II) is a concert musical featuring Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. The production was conceived by George Daugherty, incorporating scores by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn.
The story opens with a title card indicating a time setting of 1776, before switching to footages of the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Yorktown.The scene then transitions to the "Battle of Bagle Heights", where Bugs, dressed as an American Minuteman, is defending a wooden fort against the red-coated Sam von Schamm (or Schmamm), the Hessian, attacking from a large stone fortress.
Bugs points out that the Civil War ended almost 90 years ago, but his protests fall on deaf ears. Bugs uses a series of disguises in order to fool Sam: first a banjo-playing slave, then Abraham Lincoln , then " Brickwall Jackson ", then a Southern belle , and finally an injured Confederate soldier.
High Diving Hare is a 1948-produced Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. [1] Released to theaters on April 30, 1949, [2] the short is an expansion of a gag from Stage Door Cartoon, which was also directed by Friz Freleng, and co-stars Elmer Fudd.
Subsequently, Bugs employs cunning tactics to outwit Sam, culminating in Sam inadvertently confining himself within a jail cell. Amidst further exchanges, Bugs orchestrates a sequence of role reversals, compelling Sam to unwittingly swap roles with him, thereby subjecting Sam to the ridicule and consequences of his own ploys.
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Sam punishes his servant for not having the books balanced. In a twist of fate, Bugs Bunny arrives at Sam's doorstep, offering a substantial sum of £1 million under a peculiar condition: Sam must maintain composure continuously to retain the entirety of the gift. Any lapse in temper results in a deduction, the severity determined by Bugs.
He appeared in 30 Broadway plays, [1] and more than 100 films, during a 50-year career, [2] and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo. During his career, Robinson received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in House of Strangers .