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“Take that!” hollers Yosemite Sam, a Roman legionnaire, banging a caged lion on the head for roaring when he didn’t expect it.  “Maybe that’ll larn ya to keep yer big mouth shut!”  But Bugs is right next to the crank that raises the bars.  Oops!  “Ah hates rabbits,” says Sam.

I can just imagine Friz Freleng and his madcap animators, in a room full of cig…

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