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08 November 2010

OMG BUGS BUNNY! 1939: Warner Bros. director Ben "Bugs" Hardaway makes “Hare-um Scare-um” with a rabbit designed by Cartoonist Charlie Thorson who labels his sketch “Bugs’ Bunny”. A year later, when producer Leon Schlesinger uses the label to name the character, new director Tex Avery hates it. “That’s sissy,” he complains. “Mine’s a tall, lanky, mean rabbit. He isn’t a fuzzy little bunny!”

post by: oneswellfoop at: 22:08 | 6 comments

I love animation empheria.

posted by The Whelk 09 November | 00:10

Thanks. I have a big crush on Bugs Bunny and always will.

posted by Miko 09 November | 09:30

Love love love that rabbit.

posted by Melismata 09 November | 10:06

Heh. Having grown up with Bugs, "bunny" just doesn't *have* a "fuzzy little" connotation. "Bunny" means Bugs! "Rabbit" is a fluffy little timid creature. (And I had a bunch of 'em as a kid, too.)

Interesting that the phrase "Of course you know, this means war" came from Groucho Marx. I associate it more with Marvin the Martian than Bugs, although a lot of cartoons used it, I know. Funny what sticks around and what you have to go dig up.

posted by galadriel 09 November | 11:05

One of the interesting things about growing up on Bugs Bunny is the very gradual realization that almost everything he said or did was a borrowing, a parody, or a mockery of the pop culture of the time. I wish I had a fiver for every time I was watching a vintage movie or listening to an old-time radio show or reading some ancient copy of LIFE magazine, and came across a line or catchprase or trope or plot arc I thought of as a "Bugs Bunny" thing.

posted by Miko 09 November | 15:03

I once failed a music test at school because I identified "The Ride of The Valkyries" as "Kill Da Wabbit".

posted by Senyar 09 November | 15:17

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