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A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

"Baseball Bugs" is an American cartoon from almost 70 years ago and tells us the basics about baseball in slightly over 7 minutes. Goofy explained some sports for Disney and Here Bugs does it for Warner Bros. Freleng, Maltese and of Course Blanc worked on really many films together back in the day and they knew exactly what they were doing. I myself do almost know nothing about baseball and yet I managed to enjoy this watch. if you have an interest in the sport, you will probably really love it. In any case, Bugs seems to be really good at the game as he beats the enemy team on his own. Babe Ruth would have been jealous. The enemy team, by the way, is named Gashouse Gorillas, which, in retrospective, is a really unlucky choice for a film that came out in the 1940s. Anyway, apart from baseball, this movie still has smart off-topic references, for example about about gangster movies ("follow that ball"), and some more interesting moments. My favorite funny moment was the Batboy scene. The ending could have been slightly better, but I guess they wanted to give it an American touch with the Statue of Liberty inclusion. Good watch. Recommended.

Baseball Bugs is perhaps not Bugs's best, or quite classic status, as the beginning is a little slow, but it is a zany and original Looney Tunes cartoon with a lot to recommend. While there are a lot of memorable characters, it is Bugs who steals the show in the way only he can, with his quick wit and all. The animation is also good, colourful and solid-looking, while Carl Stalling's music is superb. The dialogue is furious and witty, and the visual gags are right on the money, especially the catch which was so outrageous it was funny! The story is very simple, but it is great too. And of course, the one and only Mel Blanc voices multiple characters to perfection. Overall, not quite a Looney Tunes cartoon, but it is very funny and original elevated even more by Bugs. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Having recently gotten the first Looney Tunes Golden Collection from my library, I went through all the extras first (except the "music only" shorts). Then I started watching the cartoons in order of appearance. Baseball Bugs is the first one listed on disc one. This Friz Freling effort from a Michael Maltese story piles on all the gags that one always associate with the Warner Bros. cartoons, like the one when Bugs, as the lone pitcher of a baseball team, manages to strike out three members of the opposing team by throwing the ball reeeeaaaaallll slow as all three swing their bat real quickly with the announcer saying at that speed, "One, two, three, out!" Or the one when Bugs distracts one of them by showing a picture of a sexy girl to keep him from catching the ball. Or how about a bat boy with bat wings giving the rabbit a couple of bats. There's plenty more but I don't want to spoil the whole thing for you so all I'll say is: Just watch.

Having just got the "Loony Tunes Golden Collection"(which i HIGHLY recommend, by the way), I'm going to try to comment on most if not all of the cartoons individually. As such the starting statement might seem redundant for those whom read multiple reviews of them, for this i apologize.Baseball Bugs is a great cartoon of Bugs playing baseball (in all positions) against the Gashouse Gorillas' team. Some funny sight gags make this short great.My Grade: B+DVD Extras: Disk 1: an introduction by Chuck Jones; The Boy of Termite Terrice part 1; clips from the films "Two Guys from Texas" and "My Dream is Yours", both with Bugs cameos; Bridging sequences for an episode of "the Bugs Bunny show"; the Astro Nuts audio recording session; 2 vintage trailers; "Blooper Bunny: Bugs Bunny 51st and a half anniversary" with optional commentary with writer Greg Ford & stills gallery