Space Jam

Dexterously mixing live action and animation, Space Jam tosses NBA champ Michael Jordan onto the 2-D court with the entire Looney Tunes gang and the opposing Monstar team of cartoon characters from another planet.

"...from Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig to Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, and Tweety and Sylvester. Also, Warner's..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Searching for New Heights at Film Fests Reel Rock 14 and Reel Plastic

Two rock-climbing film fest come to Austin

"...decade's biggest climbing feats – Alex Honnold's ascent of Yosemite's El Capitan (Free Solo) and Tommy Caldwell and Kevin..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Free Solo

Staggering mountaineering achievement mixes vertigo with wonder

"...ago in a sermon devoted to the glory of Yosemite National Park. Its most striking peak, El Capitan, inspires..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sunshine Superman

BASE-jumping trailblazer Carl Boenish is the subject of this doc tribute

"...jumping off El Capitan (a towering granite monolith in Yosemite National Park that you may recall from Ansel Adams’..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Going on an Adventure With Banff World Tour

Adrenaline junkies, artists, and film fans unite for a great cause

"...celebration of their successful climb of El Capitan at Yosemite. Inspirational and jaw-dropping...."

April 16, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Zen Noir

A hard-boiled detective investigates a murder at a Buddhist monastery.

"...of the flustered PI with all the subtlety of Yosemite Sam squaring off with Bugs Bunny. He blusters through..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Lewis & Clark & George

"...Southwest in dusty vintage cars, waving pistols around like Yosemite Sam and raving about their dreams of “headin' down..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...a bit of this, Davy breaks off, and like Yosemite Sam sets to cussing: "If this ain't the most..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Yosemite Sam's name from Bugs Bunny cartoons is short for..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Public Notice: Making Better Plans

Code, even more NEXT

"...Change Band, and short reports on the border situation, Yosemite Park, and the NJP book project. "Pizza, birthday cake,..."

July 26, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Follow the Money, Find Beer-to-Go’s Largest Opponents

Time is the latest hurdle in the Texas Craft Beer legislation saga

"...week, the Texas Tribune let professional breastaurant loyalist and Yosemite Sam fashionista Shannon Wynne publically continue his half-decade-long spat..."

April 9, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Eric Wareheim of Tim & Eric Brings His New Wine to Austin

Las Jaras wines – “Sweet Berry Wine” – comes to town this spring

"...that we source from Love Ranch, which is near Yosemite. That’s grenache blanc, grenache noir, picpoul blanc, mourvedre, and..."

March 29, 2019 Food Post by Tom Thornton

SXSW Music: Beastie Boys Talk Ill Communication in Austin Studio

Ad-Rock & Mike D detail the origins of “Sabotage” and “Sure Shot”

"...to the Post Office. I better put on this Yosemite Sam costume.’ It was a thing.”..."

March 15, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

No More Cartoon Villains

Dismantling insulting stereotypes with the Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival

"...of blind veterans undertaking an expedition from Montana to Yosemite, the festival presents audiences with ambitious endeavors driven by..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

David and Nathan Zellner Deconstruct the Cowboy Myth in Damsel

Two of Austin’s most quirky filmmakers venture west

"...Tunes cartoons, or more specifically the rootin', tootin', foot-shootin' Yosemite Sam. Nathan said, "He was consistently the biggest idiot...."

June 22, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Dawn Wall

Impossible odds and sheer rock faces in this climbing doc

"...obstacles. Physically climbing this stretch of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park was considered impossible, but that didn’t stop..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Dan Gentile

Day Trips: Tucker Tower, Okla.

Stone castle tower provides spectacular view of Oklahoma's Lake Murray State Park

"...architect who produced facilities at Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Yosemite national parks...."

Aug. 12, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Guns n' Roses’ Texas-Sized Reunion

You know where you are? You’re in Jerry World baby. You’re gonna die!

"...“Nightrain,” did the singer – by then dressed like Yosemite Sam in a gigantic cowboy hat – appear loose..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Nature's Treasures or Trail Mix

Banff Mountain Film Festival descends on the Paramount

"...the ascent of the Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

The AggreGAYtor: March 25

New drapes for the Overton Window. Forget that bitch of a bearing wall.

"...“If you work with someone that long, they’re not..."

March 26, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Remembering Sarah Elizabeth Campbell Tonight

Friends, family to gather at El Mercado in memory of fallen songwriter

"...this 1987 shot from the Strawberry Music Festival outside Yosemite, Calif. That right there’s a picture worth more than..."

Dec. 30, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

DVD Watch: ‘The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp’

Criterion revives an essential British wartime picture

"...Imagine if someone took, say, Yosemite Sam and pushed through his hair-trigger temper and buffoonery..."

March 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

All Over Creation: Regifting

There may be new life in old Scrooge yet, thanks to creative Austin artists

"...TV, in every body imaginable, from Patrick Stewart to Yosemite Sam, Kelsey Grammer, Jim Carrey, Bill Murray, Susan Lucci,..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Patterson Remark Draws Fire

Land commissioner opens mouth, inserts foot

"...engineers, while members of the 24th Infantry Division became Yosemite National Park's first rangers. In the Oct. 13 letter,..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...be the Merrie Melodies players of Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam's Looney Tunes, so ubiquitous is the theme...."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Headlines

"...conservationists, Kent Butler, died May 13 while hiking in Yosemite National Park. Butler, associate dean of research and operations..."

May 20, 2011 News Feature

Gold in Them Thar Hills

The Dancing Outlaw was just the beginning of the cinematic wealth that is the White clan of West Virginia

"...alongside Elmer Fudd or trading potshots with a displaced Yosemite Sam. And yet Nitzberg, who spent a full year..."

July 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...as he's taken to calling him­self (it rhymes with "Yosemite"), is a Navy vet, Department of Family and Protective..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Green Events, Nov. 15-21

"...crusader in this performance familiar to summer vacationers at Yosemite National Park, which has hosted the play for 25..."

Nov. 14, 2007 Kill-A-Watt Post

Houston Dynamo Unveil Potential Mascot Designs

"...I'm not superstoked about any of these but the Yosemite Sam-like Dynamo Joe is my favorite by default. We'll..."

Feb. 7, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

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