Bugs Bunny - 161 - Bonanza Bunny

Bonanza Bunny is a 1959 Bugs Bunny cartoon featuring French Canadian claim jumper Blacque Jacque Shellacque. ________ Set in 1896 Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, a snow-covered 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 “carats“ 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 (90° proof, accompanied by How Dry I Am) then comments that Bugs’ rock is “pretty“, to which Bugs pays the man with it while naively saying: “You like it? Keep it! I’m gonna keep the rest and sell ’em off for souvenirs.“ Nonetheless, Bugs is shot at by a man who identifies himself as Blacque Jacque Shellacque - “Wanted“ for claim-jumping, pogo-sticking, and square-dance calling.