FAQ

Merrie Melodies.

In a pseudo-19th century Western town called Rising Gorge.

Michael Maltese re-used the gag for Chuck Jones's Drip-Along Daffy (1951) (1951). In that version, gunfighters, and not their bullets, were the ones obeying the stoplights. See the FAQ entry below.

"GUNSHOT SALOON: Come in and get a slug."

The one most people seem to remember is that of the diminutive Yosemite Sam walking under the saloon doors, his ten-gallon hat neatly fitting their shape.

An actual skunk walks out. "My," he says to Sam, "weren't there a lot of skunks in here?" Sam angrily shoots at the skunk until it runs away.

He's acting like a metal target at a shooting gallery, which would change direction to make them a more challenging game. Shooting galleries were a popular form of entertainment in the Old West. See also: Shooting galleries on Wikipedia; and: Joyce Grenfell inviting people to "shoot the lovely ducks" in Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950) (1950).

Bugs Bunny: "Heh, just like Gary Cooper, huh?"

Gary Cooper was a famous star of movie westerns, who had made about twenty films in the genre by the release of this cartoon, including The Virginian (1929) (1929) and The Westerner (1940) (1940).

With their guns. Sam has two six-shooters (helpfully marked as such). Bugs pulls out two seven-shooters. Sam responds with two eight-shooters. Bugs has two nine-shooters; Sam, two ten-shooters. Bugs tops him with ... a pea shooter.

Well, it works!

When we first see Bugs, the door frame next to him has "Friz" (Friz Freleng), "Mike" (Michael Maltese), "Tedd" (Tedd Pierce) and (on the wall near the door frame) P.J. (Paul Julian) carved into it.

In the dancing sequence, the building in the background says "Ken Champin Veterinarian." Ken Champin was a key animator for the studio.

Also, there is a sign reading "G. Chiniquy Blacksmith" in the same scene. That is a reference to Gerry Chiniquy, another key animator.

Paraphrased from: IMDb's trivia page

Gerry Chiniquy.

Source: DVD commentary by Greg Ford in Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Two (2004) (V).

He puts a mattress under the falling Yosemite Sam, whom he had just tricked into stepping off a cliff.

What does Bugs do when he decides his conscience doesn't bother him after all? He throws away the mattress just in time for Sam to splat on the ground.

"William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini.

With a meat cleaver.

No, a Yellow Coach. (Remember this is the horse-and-buggy days, or, er, something approximating them.)

The car is full of beautiful women in bikinis. Evidently the rabbit has a thing for female humans.

"Oh, You Beautiful Doll" by Nat Ayer.

"Aloha Oe" by Queen Liliuokalani.

This is the second pairing of Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. (The latter is making his second appearance in any cartoon.) The first pairing was Hare Trigger (1945) (1945).

The Lady in Red (1935) (1935). An egg beater on a kitchen counter becomes a rotating traffic sign for the busy cockroach community.

The CooCoo Nut Grove (1936) (1936). Harpo chases a girl but obeys the stoplight that pops out of his hat.

Detouring America (1939) (1939). Logs floating down a river obey the traffic lights.

Ceiling Hero (1940) (1940 August 24). Airplanes obey the stoplight on top of a skyscraper.

The Hollywood Matador (1942) (1942 February 9). An angry bull's eyes go from red to yellow to green. And then he goes after Woody Woodpecker.

Chew-Chew Baby (1945) (1945 February 5). Wally Walrus, falling from a height, stops in mid-air when the traffic light says "stop" and continues falling when it says "go."

Aladdin's Lamp (1947) (1947). Arabian mice on flying carpets obey the traffic sign and the traffic cop.

Gorilla My Dreams (1948) (1948 January 3). Tarzan and the apes obey the traffic lights up in the trees.

Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948) (1948 June 12). Two sprays of bullets going in two different directions obey the traffic lights.

Drip-Along Daffy (1951) (1951). Gunfighters obey the traffic lights.

The Super Duper Market (1960) (1960). Brutus manages the traffic in the aisles of his supermarket with traffic lights.

The Fiesta Host Is an Aztec Ghost (1976) (1976). Cotezuma and the stone creature obey Scooby when he plays the traffic cop with them.

The following scenes have been cut from one or more TV prints:

Bullets respond to traffic lights.

One cowboy shoots a man so that he can take his drink.

Sam shoots at a man who reacts like a duck in a shooting gallery.

Sam's original line: "[I'm] the roughest, toughest, he-man-stuffest hombre as ever crossed the Rio Grande. And I don't mean Mahatma Gandhi!" The new re-dubbed line: "And I ain't no namby-pamby!"

Source: The Censored Cartoons Page

Yes, it's included in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume Two (2004) (V) Disc 1.