| The Bashful Buzzard | |
| Director: | Robert Clampett |
| Story: | Michael Sasanoff |
| Animator: | Robert McKimson Rod Scribner |
| Layout Artist: | Tom McKimson |
| Background Artist: | Michael Sasanoff |
| Starring: | Mel Blanc (all other voices) Kent Rogers (Beaky Buzzard) Sara Berner (Mama Buzzard)[1] |
| Music: | Carl W. Stalling |
| Editing: | Treg Brown |
| Producer: | Edward Selzer |
| Studio: | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Color Process: | Technicolor |
| Runtime: | 6:42 |
| Language: | English |
The Bashful Buzzard is a 7-minute animated cartoon completed in 1944 and released on September 15, 1945.[1] [2] It is directed by Robert Clampett and is the second to feature the character Beaky Buzzard.[3] This is the last cartoon in which Kent Rogers performed voices, as he died in a training flight accident on July 9, 1944.
Beaky Buzzard's mother tasks him and his brothers with finding food. While his siblings cause chaos bringing back various creatures, Beaky only captures a baby bumblebee. On his journey home, he sings happily until the larger mother bee attacks him, causing him to crash near a dragon's lair. Mistaking the dragon's head for a small animal, Beaky picks a fight before realizing his mistake and fleeing.
Back home, his mother worries about his absence. When Beaky returns empty-handed, she scolds him. However, Beaky reveals he caught the dragon, who comically disputes being dinner.