Knighty-Knight Bugs by Friz Freleng

Yosemite tries to keep his fire-breathing dragon from sneezing while both are huddled inside a castle’s explosives-filled powder room...

Looney Tunes Art Collection

• Hand-painted Cel
• Edition Size: 100
• Image Size: 15” x 21"
• Certificate of Authenticity

Key Notes

The characters for this cel were drawn by Juan Ortiz and the giclée background was painted by Hector Martinez.

Poised as a before and after sequence, these two images come from Knighty-Knight Bugs, the 1958 Academy Award-winning cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.

This piece shows the progression of a gag, where in the first scene, Yosemite tries to keep his fire-breathing dragon from sneezing while both are huddled inside a castle’s explosives-filled powder room. By the second scene, we see that Yosemite has failed as both he and the dragon, while still inside the same powder room, nonetheless sail upward like a rocket.

Friz Freleng is the most honored of the Warner Bros. Directors, having earned four Academy Awards during his career with the studio. 

 

 

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