Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid

Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid is a 1942 Merrie Melodies short directed by Bob Clampett.
== Title ==
The title is a Brooklynese way of saying "gets the bird", which can refer to an obscene gesture. In this case, it is also used metaphorically, as Bugs "gets" the buzzard by playing several tricks on him throughout the short. On the title card, Bugs is being chased by Beaky, trying to eat him.
== Plot ==
A mother buzzard instructs her children to go out and catch something for dinner, horse, steer, moose, pig and cow, respectively. Three out of four agree to their mom's food choices and take off right away. Then Mother notices one of her kids remaining with his back turned. Beaky (called "Killer" here) is painfully shy, easily embarrassed, and a little on the slow side. Annoyed, his mother kicks him out of the nest with instructions to catch a rabbit. Beaky spots Bugs Bunny and soars down to catch him. Bugs makes like an air-traffic controller and "guides" Beaky to the ground with a crash. Upon getting up, he is greeted with the familiar "Eh, what's up Doc?" A chase ensues ending with Bugs crashing into the ground underneath the skeleton of a dead animal. He cries because he thinks he's dead, then laughs it off when he realizes otherwise. Beaky ends up the same way, and just as he begins to call for his mother in panic, she shows up. At first the mother buzzard thinks Bugs did something to her son. Bugs pulls Beaky out of the ground; at which time the mother buzzard kisses Bugs, causing him to blush and say "Nope, nope, nope," just like Beaky.
== Caricatures ==
* Minerva Pious's character Mrs. Nussbaum - Mama Buzzard
* Edgar Bergen's character Mortimer Snerd - Beaky
* Billy De Wolfe - "You naughty, naughty boy!"
* Jerry Colonna - "Gruesome, isn't it?"
* Harold Lloyd - missing body scene from The Freshman
== Availability ==
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Cartoon Moviestars 1.jpg|(1988) VHS Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs!
LT Laserdisc 1.jpg|(1988) LaserDisc Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs! and Elmer!
Golden Age LT Vol 1.jpg|(1991) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 1, Side 10: The Art of Bugs
Lt galt vhs 10.jpg|(1992) VHS The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 10 The Art of Bugs
BigTopBunny VHS.jpg|(1998) VHS Looney Tunes Presents: Bugs Bunny Big Top Bunny (1995 Turner dubbed version)
LTCE VOL 7 WELCOME TO WACKYLAND.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 7: Welcome to Wackyland (1995 Turner dubbed version)
LT Golden Collection 1.jpg|(2003) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc Three (restored without DVNR)
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection 1.jpg|(2003) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 1, Disc 1
Lt cas1.jpg|(2004) DVD Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volume 1
Lt cas12.jpg|(2004) DVD Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volumes 1 & 2, Disc 1
Lt 3sdt.jpg|(2010) DVD 3 Spooky DVD Treats
LTPC VOL 2 DVD.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc Two (restored with DVNR)
LTPC VOL 2 Blu Ray.jpg|(2012) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc Two (restored with DVNR)
LooneyTunes CenterStageV1.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Center Stage Volume 1
Lt yankee dvd.jpg|(2014) DVD Yankee Doodle Dandy (1995 Turner dubbed version)
Lt yankee blu.jpg|(2014) Blu-ray Yankee Doodle Dandy (restored with DVNR)
Lt cs.jpg|(2015) DVD Looney Tunes Center Stage
Lt triple feature.jpg|(2016) DVD Looney Tunes Triple Feature
Lt spotlight v1-3.jpg|(2018) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 1-3 Repack
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection.jpg|(2020) Blu-ray Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection, Disc 1 (restored with DVNR)
=== Streaming ===
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Lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored with DVNR)
Lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - 2024) (restored with DVNR)
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== Notes ==
* This is the first appearance of Beaky Buzzard.
* This cartoon shows a slight redesign of Bugs by Bob Clampett, with less-prominent front teeth and a rounder head. 
**Bugs' designs in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Looney Tunes Cartoons is based off his design from this short, albeit with Bugs retaining his yellow gloves from "Hare-um Scare-um" and "Elmer's Pet Rabbit" in the latter production.
*Beaky Buzzard is a caricature of Edgar Bergen's character, Mortimer Snerd.
*The part where Bugs and Beaky are temporarily fooled into thinking that the bones are theirs is a reference to a Harold Lloyd film, The Freshman.
*Bugs asks Beaky "Why don't we do this more often?" and Beaky replies, "You mean just what we're doing tonight?" This refers to the 1941 Kay Kyser song "Why Don't We Do This More Often?"
*This short is the only classic Beaky Buzzard cartoon that was not reissued in the Blue Ribbon program, and therefore survives it's original titles.
*The cartoon's plot would be reworked three years later as "The Bashful Buzzard", without Bugs Bunny.
*Beaky Buzzard and Mama Buzzard's character designs in Looney Tunes Cartoons are based off their designs from this short.
==Gallery==
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==References==
==External links==
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also see the List of Bugs Bunny cartoons
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Category:1942
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