Subject Matter
Genres:
anthropomorphic
Character(s):
Bugs Bunny; Yosemite Sam; Mister Meanmugg (Sam's landlord); costume shop proprietor; Ludd (smuggler); Shorty (smuggler); Coast Guard cutter captain and crew
First Line:
Sam! You? Raiding Fudd's carrot patch, too? But... But you're not a rabbit!
Synopsis:
Yosemite Sam is bankrupt, having finally spent all he'd accumulated while pirating. He can't buy food (resorting to stealing carrots from Elmer Fudd's carrot patch) or pay his rent. As an ex-pirate, no one will employ him, and he won't agree to wear any clothing not sea related. A pair of eavesdropping smugglers tell him he can wear a sailor outfit and they will hire him and Bugs as part of a "maritime research" project, which is really a scheme to distract the Coast Guard. Once on the "job", a suspicious Bugs surreptitiously spies on their unusually accommodating employers to learn the truth.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Feature for this story is billed as "Bugs Bunny" but was rebranded as "Yosemite Sam" for subsequent reprints in Yosemite Sam #5 (1971) and Yosemite Sam #74 (1981).
Miscellaneous
Pages:
10