The Bashful Buzzard

The Bashful Buzzard is a 1945 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert Clampett.
== Plot ==
Beaky Buzzard is sent to bring home something to eat. While his brothers fetch a milk cow (with a farmer attached), a string of circus elephants, and a dog attached to a fire hydrant, Beaky manages to capture a baby bumble bee. The bee's mother then comes and stings Beaky, who falls down near a lake. There, he sees the small head of what turns out to be a large dragon. Beaky starts running from the dragon. Mama Buzzard worries about her son not returning home until late at night. When he comes, she is both glad that he came and angry that he brought nothing for dinner. However, he has caught the dragon, who dismisses the mother's claim by saying, "Well now, I wouldn't say that!"
== Caricatures ==
* Mortimer Snerd - Beaky Buzzard is based on him.
* Minerva Pious - Mama Buzzard is based on Mrs. Nussbaum.
* Richard LeGrand - "Well now, I wouldn't say that!"
== Availability ==
Golden Age LT Vol 1.jpg|(1991) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 1, Side 8: 1940s Zanies
The golden age of looney tunes vhs 8.jpg|(1992) VHS The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 8: 1940s Zanies
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5.jpg|(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc 3 (restored)
LTPC VOL 2 Blu Ray.jpg|(2012) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 2 (restored)
LTPC VOL 2 DVD.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 2 (restored)
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection- Looney Tunes.jpg|(2013) DVD Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes
=== Streaming ===
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored)
lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - ) (restored)
== Notes ==
* The original titles to this cartoon are believed to be lost. However, there are re-created titles with the original opening music cue as a bonus feature on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5. The actual original titles are believed to resemble "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid", evidenced by the Blue Ribbon reissue abruptly fading in and beginning with a similar camera zoom.
** So far, this is the only cartoon to have "official" recreated titles by Warner Bros., though "The Lady in Red" also has recreated music made for HBO Max.
* The baby elephant brandishing a banner reading "I am NOT Dumbo" is a reference to the 1941 Disney film Dumbo.
* The Blue Ribbon reissue is one of several reissues from the 1952–53 season that feature a static Merrie Melodies end card with green Color Rings and the phrase "THE END" written in the Lydian typeface (replacing the traditional "That's all Folks!"). It is the first such cartoon to be seen on DVD.
* When this cartoon's storyboard was released on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, the audio erroneously used an unreleased stereo mix of its recreated 1995 m/e soundtrack (used mostly for the 1995 redubs of this short) rather than the restored mono soundtrack. Note that some of the dialogue's volume has decreased, making it hard for viewers to understand the lines the characters say. In addition, both the reissued opening and ending music cues, as well as the unaltered parts of the background music, appear to sound canned for this reason. Other bonus cartoons that face similar problems are "Sniffles Takes a Trip" (1940) and "Hop and Go" (1943), both released on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6.
* This is the final cartoon to feature Kent Rogers' voice, as it was released one year after he was killed in a training flight accident during World War II.
==Gallery==
IMG 2755.png|Official recreation
TheBashfulBuzzardLobbyCard.jpg|Lobby card
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Bandicam 2019-03-21 14-54-59-981.jpg|"Hello there, shorty."
Bandicam 2019-03-21 14-55-09-527.jpg|"Oh, ya wanna fight, huh?!"
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Bandicam 2019-03-21 14-55-42-465.jpg|"SHORTY!"
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== References==
es:The Bashful Buzzard
Category:Cartoons directed by Bob Clampett
Category:1945
Category:Shorts
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Kent Rogers
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons animated by Bill Melendez
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Thomas McKimson
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist