The Bashful Buzzard

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The Bashful Buzzard
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"Blue Ribbon" reissue title card for The Bashful Buzzard
Directed by Robert Clampett
Story byMichael Sasanoff
Starring Mel Blanc
Kent Rogers (uncredited)
Sara Berner (uncredited)
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Animation by Robert McKimson
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • September 15, 1945 (1945-09-15)
Running time
6:42
LanguageEnglish

The Bashful Buzzard is a 7-minute animated cartoon completed in 1944 and released on September 15, 1945. [1] [2] It is directed by Robert Clampett and is the second to feature the character Beaky Buzzard. [3] This is the last cartoon in which Kent Rogers performed voices, as he died in a training flight accident on July 9, 1944.

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Plot

Beaky Buzzard's mother tasks him and his brothers with finding food. While his siblings cause chaos bringing back various creatures, Beaky only captures a baby bumblebee. On his journey home, he sings happily until a larger bee attacks him, causing him to crash near a dragon's lair. Mistaking the dragon's head for a small animal, Beaky picks a fight before realizing his mistake and fleeing.

Back home, his mother worries about his absence. When Beaky returns empty-handed, she scolds him. However, Beaky reveals he caught the dragon, who comically disputes being dinner.

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