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CREW "Baseball Bugs" was directed by Friz Freleng and written by Michael Maltese . Hawley Pratt and Paul Julian did the layout and backgrounds, while Manuel Perez , Ken Champin , Virgil Ross and Gerry Chiniquoy headed the team of animators. Mel Blanc provided voice characterizations, except for the Statue Of Liberty , whose voice was lent by Bea Benaderet . Carl W. Stalling was the music director. PLOT A Baseball game is going on between the Gas-House Gorillas and the Tea-Totalling Teetotalers. Actually, a game is putting it mildly - the Gas-House Gorillas, a bunch of oversized players, are dominating the opposing team - made up of old men ("I'm 93 and a half years old!"). Their home runs go screaming out of the ballpark (literally) and they form a Conga Line , with each hitter knocking a ball out. In the backfield, a lone fan of the Teetotalers is heard...Bugs Bunny. From his rabbit hole, he Talks Trash against the Gorillas, saying how he'd go "Wham! A homer! Wham! Another homer!" However, his challenge is soon accepted by the Gorillas and, as a result, Bugs now has to play all the positions on the opposing team. Furthermore, he must pick up where the Teetotalers left off, i.e. scoreless and down by a lot. Bugs first uses his fastball, which he throws so hard that it zips by opposing batters but also knocks him over and into the backstop as he tries to catch it. Bugs then befuddles the Gas House Gorillas (using his 'slow ball', which is so slow that the players can't seem to connect with it), then steps up to the plate and hits home runs against the Gas House Gorillas (at one point, pulling out a pinup poster to distract a player who is covering home plate), thus quickly catching up on the scoreboard. By the end of the game, Bugs is up 96-95. However, a Gorilla is on base and another is up at bat, having just fashioned a bat out of a large tree and swinging it menacingly. Unintimidated, Bugs asks the audience to watch him "paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful, paralyzing, perfect pachydermous percussion pitch" and lets the pitch go, but the ball is crushed and rockets out of the ballfield. Bugs goes chasing after it, is almost led away by a Gorilla in a taxi, catches a bus, goes to the top of the " Umpire State Building ", climbs a flagpole, throws his glove in the air - and manages to catch it. The umpire climbs over the ledge, yelling, "Yer OUT!" The Gorilla yells, "I'm out?!" to which the Statue Of Liberty comes to life, saying "that's what the man said, you heard what he said, he said that!" with Bugs echoing her admonishment to close out the cartoon. TRIVIA
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