What’s Buzzin’ Buzzard?

In the Painted Desert, a hunger-stricken Durante Vulture laments his appetite while his stomach seems to talk back. He and his companion Joe trade taunts and plot their next move as the prospect of food hangs over them. A comical intermission sign hints at the drooling spectacle to come.

The vultures spot a jackrabbit and immediately dive into a noisy quarrel over him, letting the prize slip away. Their rivalry over prey intensifies the chaos and shows how their gluttony drives every decision. The desert setting provides the backdrop for the ensuing mischief.

The Durante Vulture sits beside a rock while Joe quietly crafts a sandwich with his hand, signaling their ongoing scheming. The tension between predator and accomplice escalates as they scheme around food. The moment foreshadows the traps that follow.

The vulture yelps and asks Joe to inspect his tooth, then fabricates a toothache to keep Joe off balance. He makes a feint to bite Joe’s head, stirring trouble between them. The deception sets the tone for the later cooking gag.

Joe starts salting the vulture’s tail and delivers a head strike with a mallet, escalating their back-and-forth. The vulture pretends to study a cooking book, seemingly unaware that he’s being prepared as the main course. The trap tightens around their appetite-driven antics.

Realizing he’s being cooked, the Durante Vulture bolts into a nearby log cabin. Joe lures him back outside by feigning the sight of a beautiful woman, drawing the target into another trap. The chase resumes with renewed desperation.

Outside, Joe knocks the vulture on the head and then mounds him with butter before making his escape. The pursuit shifts into a brisk, slapstick chase as the two rivals collide again. The kitchen-adjacent trickery continues to escalate.

The two vultures whirl around a rock until the Durante Vulture pretends to be a rattlesnake, causing Joe to faint. A real rattlesnake then appears, and the pretender ends up fainting himself. The rubbery danger heightens the cartoon chaos.

The Vulture paints a rock to resemble a steak and calls Joe over to eat it. Joe takes the bait and eats it, while the vulture’s own deception collapses as he breaks his teeth trying to mimic the real thing. The feint ends up serving no one but the joke.

A chaotic sequence unfolds as a broiling pan, a locked oven, and a conveyor belt leading to a meat slicer appear beneath Joe and the vulture. The vulture rides the mechanism, barely avoiding the slicer as Joe pursues him with a pickaxe. The pursuit moves through a dangerous, improvised kitchen maze.

The vulture pops up from a hole behind Joe and, in a frenzy to decapitate him, chops at a cactus as the chase continues. Exhaustion sets in, but the pursuit stubbornly persists around the rocky outcrop. The battle remains a physical and comic clash of wits.

The rabbit returns, is captured, and then breaks the duel by pointing to a calendar that proclaims Meatless Tuesday. Realization dawns that their quarrel over a meal was for nothing, triggering a hysterical meltdown between the two rivals. The gag pivots on a seasonal reminder rather than a prize.

A Patrons Attention title card appears as the announcer signs off, and a final image of a T-bone steak lingers with Auld Lang Syne playing in the background as the cartoon ends. The closing beat leaves the appetite as the punchline of the entire short.