oscaralbert Review of Knighty Knight Bugs

Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)

Most people have heard of Sir Percival or Sir Gawain . . .

[8/10 · 21 April 2016]

. . . during their Medieval Literature Class, but how about Sir Osis of Liver? Osis is just one of several new wrinkles Warner Bros.' Looney Tune folks iron on to the patchwork of the Arthurian Legends in their KNIGHTY KNIGHT BUGS outing. Death, of course, is the Number One Theme running through the Age of Chivalry. As Queen Guenevere qualifies her prospective escort to the Fair in CAMELOT, she asks "You'll pierce right through him?" to which Sir Sagramore replies, "I'll barbecue him!" Bugs Bunny goes Sagramore one or two better in dispatching Yosemite Sam's "Black Knight" here. First, Bugs pounds and drowns Sam. Then he flattens and folds him. Next Yosemite is stalled and walled. Finally, Bugs acts as judge, jury, and executioner, blasting Sam out of the docket via turret rocket. Since there's no screeching plus-sized ladies around to signify the conclusion of KNIGHTY KNIGHT BUGS, the Looney Tunes animators substitute a warbling broadsword for this final obligatory part of their take on the Dudes of the Round Table.