Gorilla My Dreams

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Gorilla My Dreams
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Directed by Robert McKimson
Story by Warren Foster
Produced by Edward Selzer
Starring Mel Blanc
Music by Carl Stalling
Animation by Charles McKimson
Manny Gould
John Carey [1]
Layouts byCornett Wood
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Color process Technicolor
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • January 3, 1948 (1948-01-03)
Running time
7:25
LanguageEnglish

Gorilla My Dreams is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical animated short directed by Robert McKimson and written by Warren Foster. [2] The short was released on January 3, 1948, and stars Bugs Bunny. [3]

Contents

The story is a parody of the many jungle films that were prominent in the 1930s and 1940s which often featured gorillas extensively (though not always behaviorally accurately), most notably the Tarzan films. The title is a play on the expression "Girl o' My Dreams". The short featured Gruesome Gorilla, who reappeared in Hurdy-Gurdy Hare and as a boss in Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters .

The cartoon was remade in 1959 as Apes of Wrath . [4] The Gorillas later make their appearance in Looney Tunes Cartoons Valentine’s Extwavaganza! , only this time in their most substantial role to date where they are voiced by Fred Tatasciore while still being anthropomorphic as usual.

Plot

Bugs is stranded in a barrel in the ocean, reading Esquire magazine and singing.

On the island of 'Bingzi-Bangzi – Land of the Ferocious Apes', Mrs. Gruesome Gorilla is sad that she does not have any children. She spots Bugs floating by and takes the barrel and Bugs, thinking of Bugs as a baby gorilla. He explains he is a rabbit but she begins to cry. Bugs shares with the audience: "That's my soft spot—dames crying" - and figures he can "go along with a gag" to be her baby.

Mrs. Gruesome presents Bugs to Mr. Gruesome and Bugs acts like an ape. Mr. Gruesome is not happy about having a baby in the house and takes Bugs out for 'a walk', while Mrs. Gruesome makes dinner.

Mr. Gruesome is rough with his "child" and Bugs gets back at Mr. Gruesome by hitting him over the head with a shovel. This enrages the gorilla. Bugs goes toe-to-toe with him, then brings a coconut down on Mr. Gruesome's head. A chase ensues until Bugs is trapped on a cliff edge. He gives up and allows Mr. Gruesome to catch him. However, the gorilla is exhausted and a mere puff of breath from Bugs causes him to collapse. Bugs jumps up and catches a hanging branch, playing an ape as iris-out.

Music

Home media

Gorilla My Dreams is available, uncut and restored, on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 (Disc 1) and on Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 (Disc 1).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Robert McKimson's "Gorilla My Dreams" |".
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 58–62. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Gorilla My Dreams". BCDB. December 16, 2012. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013.
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