• Black Jack Shellac Bugs Bunny Damage

Jack is an overweight, tall man with short brown hair. He wears a white shirt and a black jacket. Afer just two appearances, Jack was phased out of the series according to storyboard artist Michael J. ' Jack was one of the first new characters created for the series. The idea was that Jack was, well, a “jack” of all.

Bonanza Bunny is a 1959 Bugs Bunny cartoon featuring French Canadian claim jumper Blacque Jacque Shellacque set during a fictionalized version of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Plot[edit]

Set in 1896 in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, Bugs Bunny walks into the saloon with a bag full of gold nuggets. Bugs has no use for these yellow rocks, admitting that he confused 'karats' with the vegetable when he traveled to the area (having actually heard about the Klondike Gold Rush). The men in the saloon look suspiciously at Bugs, who requests a glass of carrot juice, to which an eager bartender give Bugs his best serving of carrot juice, complimenting the stone, to which Bugs pays him with it, apparently naive as to what they are. Abruptly, Bugs is shot at by a man who identifies himself as Blacque Jacque Shellacque - a wanted criminal claim-jumper.

Jacque is oblivious to Bugs' naivety in regards to the gold and demands he hand it over. When Bugs refuses to cooperate, Jacque engages in a series of tricks to seize the gold. Bugs and Jacque play blackjack, during which Bugs stands on one card and to Jacque's shock the one card is the '21 of hearts'. Bugs, seemingly unaware of the danger he is in, recovers his wagered bag of gold and calmly begins to leave, but is stopped by an enraged Jacque.

Right after Jacque openly states how dangerous he is, Bugs convinces Jacque that there's someone in another room who claims to be twice as dangerous. As Jacque goes into confront this stranger, whom we see is Bugs in disguise, he sees Bugs pull out a pop gun. Just as Jacque pulls out the cork, the gun blasts him in the face. Bugs then pretends to have a phone call for Jacque from 'Fifi from Montreal' - with the receiver being a lit stick of dynamite; Jacque takes the bait and the dynamite explodes.

Black Jack Shellac Bugs Bunny Damage

In the final scene, Jacque corners Bugs in a back storeroom and in a form of armed robbery, holds a pistol to Bugs Bunny and demands the gold. Bugs then pretends to cower and 'surrenders' the gold, actually handing him a bag filled with gunpowder that begins to leak, leaving a trail behind Jacque, who proceeds to run off into the mountains until Bugs lights the trail. This creates a large and colorful explosion off in the distance, to which Bugs remarks, 'Gee, those Northern Lights are pretty this time of year.' Furthermore, as he departs, Bugs reveals that the 'gold' was merely rocks painted yellow.

Production[edit]

This short marks the first appearance of Blacque Jacque Shellacque.^[1] Gags are reused from 'Bunker Hill Bunny' (1950) and 'Bugs Bunny Rides Again' (1948). Animation of the gamblers fleeing when Blacque Jacque Shellacque arrives at the saloon is re-used from 'Drip-Along Daffy' (1951).^[1]

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References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcd'Bonanza Bunny'. Big Cartoon DataBase, June 3, 2016

External links[edit]

• Bonanza Bunny on IMDb
• Bonanza Bunny at The Big Cartoon DataBase