Bugs Bunny’s 75th Birthday: A Quiet Celebration of His ‘Wild’ Debut | Variety Bugs Bunny’s 75th Birthday: A Quiet Celebration of His ‘Wild’ Debut July 23, 2015 | 02:42PM PT Happy Birthday, Bugs Bunny! The world’s favorite rabbit turns 75 this month: July 27, 1940, saw the debut of the cotton-tailed character’s first cartoon short “Wild Hare,” directed by Tex Avery. There won’t be much hoopla to celebrate, because Warner Bros. doesn’t observe the birthdays of animated characters. And there’s some logic to that, especially in Mr. Bunny’s case. There had been earlier variations: A wisecracking rabbit, voiced by Mel Blanc, debuted in the 1938 “Porky’s Hare Hunt” but the speech patterns and look were very different. In the next few years, WB’s Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons featured other rabbits.

But the 1940 “Wild Hare” was the first one where Bugs looked like himself, sounded like himself and, significantly, it was the first time he uttered the immortal words “What’s up, Doc?” Don’t be misled by those earlier rabbits. On Sept. 10, 1940, Variety ran a brief item about the “new character Bugs Bunny” that WB was booking into Fox West Coast theaters. Bugs’ name appeared onscreen for the first time the following year, in “Elmer’s Pet Rabbit,” directed by Chuck Jones. By 1946, WB took out an ad in Variety proclaiming that moviegoers named him their favorite cartoon character in a poll by Showmen’s Trade Review. Photo Credit: Variety Like all great stars, his popularity had creative peaks and valleys.

Highlights include the 1949 “Long-Haired Hare,” directed by Jones, in which Bugs battles with a self-important singer who’s performing an aria from “The Barber of Seville” at the Hollywood Bowl; and Jones’ 1957 “What’s Opera, Doc?” with Bugs and Elmer Fudd in a Wagner spoof that was selected for National Film Registry in 1992. Only Bugs could bring opera to the masses. And then there is the 1955 “Rabbit Rampage,” a meta toon in which he feuds with an unseen animator. A few years later, “Knighty Knight Bugs,” co-starring Yosemite Sam, won the Oscar for best cartoon short. In 1987, many decades after his debut, another Variety ad touted that “The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show” was ABC’s No. 1 kids show, under the headline “Wabbit Wins Watings Wace.” Over the years, Bugs survived the bluster of Yosemite Sam, the gun of Fudd, the Tasmanian Devil, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck’s competitive streak and dozens of other challenges.

If you were in a scrape, Bugs is the cartoon character you’d want by your side — a combo of MacGyver and Groucho Marx, able to build any contraption in a moment’s notice, and throw off wisecracks to boot. And, as a bonus, he might get into drag and sing to you. Many senior citizens decline a big birthday party, because they don’t want to acknowledge they’re getting older. But Bugs looks as good as ever. In his long career, he was never involved in a scandal, was a good role model because he eats all his vegetables and provided endless laughs for many generations. No celebration party? It’s hare-raising. But maybe his millions of fans can have a slice of carrot cake on July 27, and raise a glass in honor of one of Hollywood’s greatest stars. A Wild Hare | Looney Tunes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 08:17 Merrie Melodies - A Wild Hare (1940)-0 A Wild Hare (re-released as The Wild Hare) is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film.

It was produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions , directed by Tex Avery , and written by Rich Hogan. It was originally released on July 27, 1940. A Wild Hare is considered by many film historians to be the first "official" Bugs Bunny cartoon. [1] [2] The title is a play on "wild hair", the first of many puns between "hare" and "hair" that would appear in Bugs Bunny titles. The pun is carried further by a bar of I'm Just Wild About Harry playing in the underscore of the opening credits. Various directors at the Warner Bros. cartoon studio had been experimenting with cartoons focused on a hunter pursuing a rabbit since 1938, with varied approaches to the characters of both rabbit and hunter. [3] A Wild Hare is noteworthy as the first true Bugs Bunny cartoon, as well as for settling on the classic voice and appearance of the hunter, Elmer Fudd . [2] Although the animators continued to experiment with Elmer's design for a few more years, his look here proved the basis for his finalized design.

[4] The design and character of Bugs Bunny would continue to be refined over the subsequent years, but the general appearance, voice, and personality of the character were established in this cartoon. The animator of this cartoon, Virgil Ross , gave his first-person account of the creation of the character's name and personality in an interview published in Animato! Magazine, #19 (1989). [5] Bugs is unnamed in this short, but would be named for the first time in his next short, Elmer's Pet Rabbit , directed by Chuck Jones . The opening lines of both characters—"Be vewy, vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits" for Elmer, and "Eh, what's up Doc?" for the rabbit—would become catchphrases throughout the other shorts. Contents Plot The first on-screen appearance of Bugs Bunny, from the 1995 dubbed version of the cartoon. The basic plot of A Wild Hare, which centers on Elmer Fudd's hapless pursuit of the much smarter Bugs, would serve as a template for many subsequent cartoons. Elmer first approaches one of Bugs' holes, puts down a carrot, and hides behind a tree.

Bugs' arm reaches out of the hole, feels around, and snatches the carrot. He reaches out again and finds the business end of Elmer's shotgun. His arm quickly pops back into the hole before returning to drop the eaten stub of Elmer's carrot before apologetically caressing the end of the barrel. Elmer shoves his gun into Bugs' hole, with a tug of war resulting in the barrel being bent into a pretzel. Elmer frantically digs into the hole while Bugs emerges from a nearby hole with another carrot in his hand. He lifts Fudd's hat and raps the top of his head until Elmer notices, then chews his carrot a bit before delivering his definitive line, "What's up, Doc?" Elmer explains that he's hunting "wabbits", and Bugs chews his carrot while asking what a wabbit is. Bugs teases Elmer by displaying every aspect of Fudd's rabbit description until Elmer begins suspecting that Bugs is a rabbit, saying to the audience "You know, I beweive this fella is an R-A-B-B-I-T." Bugs draws Fudd close and says, "Listen, Doc, don't spread this around, but, uh...

confidentially..." before yelling "I AM A 'WABBIT'!" (a variation of Mischa Auer's line "Confidentially, she stinks" from 1938's You Can't Take It with You, a then-well-known catchphrase used in other Warner Brothers cartoons). Bugs hides behind a tree, then sneaks up behind Elmer, covers his eyes and asks "Guess who?" Elmer tries the names of contemporary screen beauties whose names exploited his accent ("Hedy Wamaw" for Hedy Lamarr, "Cawowe Wombawd" for Carole Lombard, (in the Blue Ribbon reissue, it's replaced by Barbara Stanwyk) "Wosemawy Wane" for Rosemary Lane, and "Owivia de Haviwand" for Olivia de Havilland) before he arrives at "Say, you wouldn't be that scwewy wabbit, would you?" Bugs responds "Hmm..... Could be!", kisses Elmer, and dives into a hole. Elmer sticks his head into the hole and gets another kiss from Bugs, so wet that Elmer needs to wipe his mouth for a bit before deciding to set a trap.

Bugs puts a skunk in the trap and Elmer assumes that he's caught the rabbit. Fudd blindly grabs the skunk and carries it over to the watching Bugs to brag to the bunny about how he outsmarted him. As Elmer comprehends the situation, Bugs gives him a smooch on the nose. Fudd looks at the skunk, who winks and nudges Elmer while saying "Confidentially... uh, hmm, you know..." Fudd winces and gingerly sends the skunk on his way. Bugs addresses the audience at the end of the cartoon. Bugs then offers to let Elmer have a free shot at him. After Elmer fires, Bugs fakes an elaborate death scene and plays dead, leaving Elmer sobbing (despite the fact that killing Bugs was presumably his intention all along). Bugs then sneaks up behind the despairing Fudd, kicks him in his rear, shoves a cigar into his mouth, and tiptoes away, ballet-style. Finally, the frustrated Elmer, driven to distraction by the rabbit's antics, walks away sobbing about "wabbits, cawwots, guns", etc.

Bugs asides to the audience, "Can ya imagine anybody acting like that? Ya know, I think the poor guy's screwy!" Bugs then begins to play his carrot like a fife, playing the tune "The Girl I Left Behind Me," and marches with one stiff leg towards his rabbit hole, as with the fifer in the painting, The Spirit of '76. Academy Award Nomination Original lobby card of the cartoon The short was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons . [6] Another nominee was Puss Gets the Boot (the first Tom and Jerry cartoon), directed by William Hanna and produced by Rudolf Ising . Both nominations lost to The Milky Way, another MGM Rudolf Ising production. Blue Ribbon Re-Issue Titles Notes In the original version, when Bugs plays "Guess Who" with Elmer, Elmer's second answer was Carole Lombard. In the reissue prints released following Lombard's death in a plane crash, "Carole Lombard" was redubbed with "Barbara Stanwyck" to make sure no one was upset.

If you can you look close enough in the reissue, you can see that before it says MCMXL (1940), it says MCMXLIV (The Blue Ribbon reissue was released in 1944). It quickly changes to MCMXL, with a big black outline (So that MCMXLIV cannot be seen anymore). This and Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt were the only Bugs Bunny cartoons that ended up in the a.a.p. package to be reissued as Blue Ribbons. This is because WB started making theaters pay more to show Bugs Bunny cartoons (excluding reissues) than other WB cartoons. As a result, it would be more than another decade before another Bugs Bunny cartoon was reissued - by that point, the original credits remained on reissues to keep costs down, so as to avoid confusion on the date in the credits. Cartoon Network airs this short as the 1995 dubbed version in all countries. For the restored version, the opening rings were completely replaced and the opening rings were borrowed from "A Gander at Mother Goose", albeit with the production number 9617 slapped in on the opening, hence why you see it not move during the opening.

Originally, the opening shield was the one seen on Ghost Wanted , and later on. The opening rings for the Wild Hare were the only one to have the then-new opening shield, and the MCMXXXX copyright. Subsquent cartoons after this one would have MCMXL as the copyright year instead. Availability Blu-Ray, DVD - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 (restored) Wild Hare on the radio In a rare promotional broadcast, A Wild Hare was loosely adapted for the radio as a sketch performed by Arthur Q. Bryan and Mel Blanc on the April 11, 1941 edition of The Al Pearce Show. The sketch was followed by a scripted interview with Leon Schlesinger . [7] Although the script is available for public online viewing, as of June 2010 no recording of the broadcast is known to exist. What's up, Doc?

Bugs's nonchalant carrot-chewing stance, as explained many years later by Chuck Jones , and again by Friz Freleng and Bob Clampett , comes from the movie It Happened One Night, from a scene where Peter Warne (played by Clark Gable) is leaning against a fence eating carrots more quickly than he is swallowing (as Bugs would later often do), giving instructions with his mouth full to Ellie Andrews (played by Claudette Colbert), during the hitch-hiking sequence. This scene was so famous at the time that most people immediately got the connection. [4] [8] The line, "What's up, Doc?", was added by director Tex Avery for this short. Avery explained later that it was a common expression in Texas where he was from, and he didn't think much of the phrase. But when this short was screened in theaters, the scene of Bugs calmly chewing a carrot, followed by the nonchalant "What's Up, Doc?", went against any 1940s audience's expectation of how a rabbit might react to a hunter and caused complete pandemonium in the audience, bringing down the house in every theater.

Because of the overwhelming reaction, Bugs eats a carrot and utters some version of the phrase in almost every one of his cartoons after that, sometimes entirely out of context as compared to this original use.

[9] Gallery ​From 75 years ago: Watch Bugs Bunny's debut - CBS News CBS News By David Morgan CBS News July 27, 2015, 10:43 AM ​From 75 years ago: Watch Bugs Bunny's debut On July 27, 1940, the cartoon icon made his first official appearance in "A Wild Hare." Warner Brothers Email Seventy-five years ago today, on July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny, the suave, smart-alecky rabbit who became the most popular of Warner Brothers' cartoon characters, made his first official film appearance, in "A Wild Hare." Prototypes of Bugs (sometimes referred to as Happy Rabbit) had already appeared in four films, as early as 1938's "Porky's Hare Hunt." Directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway (yes, that where Bugs' name came from), the smart-alecky rabbit was much more diminutive, with a laugh that predated Woody Woodpecker (a character Hardaway would go on to create with Walter Lantz).

The character was also undeniably wacky, not unlike Daffy Duck. One of Tex Avery's character sheets for Bugs Bunny. Warner Brothers Director Tex Avery and animator Virgil Ross re-tooled the character for "A Wild Hare." Instead of wacky, Bugs would be casual in his smart-alecky behavior. He revealed no fear of hunters; sarcasm worthy of Groucho Marx; and little touches, such as the carrot-chomping (inspired by Clark Gable nibbling on a carrot in "It Happened One Night"), that would come to define his cocky, self-assured personality. He also found his voice. When Mel Blanc saw the revised drawings of Bugs, who was described as "a tough little stinker," Blanc heard Brooklyn. At a screening of "A Wild Hare," audience reaction to Bugs' line, "What's up, doc?" was so strong, it instantly became his catch-phrase. "A Wild Hare" is now considered the first "official" Bugs Bunny cartoon. To watch "A Wild Hare" click on the video player below.

A Wild Hare by anthforfamilyguyfan83 Over the next three-and-a-half decades Bugs starred in nearly 170 theatrical shorts by such directors as Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Frank Tashlin, Robert McKimson, and Chuck Jones. One short, "Knighty-Knight Bugs" (1964), won an Academy Award. Bugs also became a mainstay of Saturday morning programming. Later in his career he made a cameo (as did nearly every other Hollywood cartoon character) in the 1988 comedy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"; returned to theatrical shorts in 1990 with "Box-Office Bunny"; and starred in the live action/animated features "Space Jam" and "Looney Tunes: Back in Action." GALLERY: Happy 75th birthday, Bugs Bunny! The pinnacle of his career (or at least that of his greatest director, Chuck Jones) was the 1957 "What's Opera, Doc," which parodies Wagnerian opera in a grandly-stylized rendition of the classic Elmer-hunts-Bugs plotline.

It also gave Bugs yet another chance to prance around in drag as the Valkyrie Brunnhilde. Named in a 1994 poll of animators the greatest cartoon ever made, "What's Opera, Doc" was the first animated short to be inducted onto the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. To watch "What's Opera, Doc" click on the video player below. The 5 Most Lovable Cartoon Characters More The 5 Most Lovable Cartoon Characters On July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny made his first appearance. It was "A Wild Hare", a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film, about Elmer Fudd hunting for rabbits. What he found was an insouciant hare. Everyone fell in love with Bugs after he uttered a flippant line ("Eh … What's up, doc?"). Who Needs an Oscar? "The Wild Hare" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The MGM's "The Milk Way" was the winner in that category, but this was the beginning for the gray rabbit. More short films came, and then his own features. He became one of the stars of the small screen.

He also found his way into comic books and video games. (Need we tell more?) So it wasn't surprising that he ended up as corporate mascot of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Many would compare Bugs to Mickey Mouse, the mascot of Walt Disney Animation Studios . Tens of Mickey's cartoons received Oscar nomation in the Best Animated Short Film category, with "Lend a Paw" (1942) winning the coveted statuette. But this doesn't make Bugs less. Like Mickey, he has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He's also a cultural icon. Most icons are real people, but Bugs is a special case. He's interesting even if he's doesn't care on anyone or anything except a piece of carrot. Bugs and Elmer starred in many pictures, the public obsessed about them for many reasons. They love seeing Egghead injuring himself. (It's not nice, but we can't help laughing.) They find Bugs cool. (If he was real, then the response would be the opposite.) They are looking for some laughter. (The duo don't disappoint.) But there are others like Bugs Bugs Bunny isn't the only likable cartoon characters in the Warner studio. There are more outside the Merrie Melodies.

The reasons reflect the evolution of animation through the decades, but it's all about the public's need for entertainment. So here are the cartoon characters America love the most: Charlie Brown. No one likes a loser, but the main protagonist of Charles M. Schultz's "Peanuts" is an exception. He possesses endless determination and hope, which endear him to the public. Homer Simpson. He is bald and overweight, crude and ignorant as well. He's also clumsy, lazy and incompetent. A heavy drinker too. But he's decent and devoted to his family. There's no one who is more American than him. Scooby-Doo. This dog tends to pronounce words as if they begin with an R. (How funny!) He's always hungry and scared. (Silly!) But he can be friendly and heroic when it matters most. SpongeBob. This resident of Bikini Bottom is optimistic, enthusiastic, and cheerful. He overdoes it at times, annoying the other inhabitants of this undersea city. But who wants a grumpy character? Woody. There are many Dudley Do-Righters in this world, but there's only one who shows it with feeling. And he's not real.

(Surprise!) The star of the "Toy Story" film series wishes he can take the easy road. Everyone can relate to that. So who is your favorite cartoon character? On This Day: Bugs Bunny Makes Debut in “A Wild Hare” Looney Tunes: Collection Vol. 3 Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny in “A Wild Hare.” On This Day: Bugs Bunny Makes Debut in “A Wild Hare” July 27, 2011 05:00 AM by findingDulcinea Staff On July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny appeared opposite Elmer Fudd in “A Wild Hare,” the first of over 175 animated shorts starring the Warner Brothers’ cartoon rabbit. “What’s up, Doc?” The scene is now familiar to anyone who has watched Looney Tunes cartoons: the bumbling Elmer Fudd tiptoes through the woods and tells the audience, “Shhh, be vewy, vewy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits.” The “wabbit” in question, Bugs Bunny, will no doubt outsmart his rival, but first there’s his famous catchphrase.

The world first heard Bugs Bunny’s utter “What’s up, Doc?” when the cartoon “A Wild Hare” was released by Warner Brothers on July 27, 1940. Bugs was developed in the late 1930s by a host of cartoonists at Warner Brothers . Animator Ben “Bugs” Hardaway drew the earliest sketch of the rabbit, which was dubbed “Bugs’ Bunny” by other Warner Brothers employees. An early form of Bugs appeared in Hardaway’s 1938 black-and-white feature “Porky’s Hare Hunt.” The character “was short, simply drawn, white, and acted like a cross between Daffy Duck and Woody Woodpecker, ” describes Matthew Hunter of the site “Too Looney.” Friz Freleng, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones developed the character, and famed voice actor Mel Blanc gave Bugs his “familiar wisecracking, Brooklynese delivery,” writes Encyclopedia Britannica. The finished Bugs featured in “A Wild Hare” was an immediate hit and producer Leon Schlesinger called for new Bugs Bunny cartoons.

The New York Times: Mel Blanc, Who Provided Voices For 3,000 Cartoons, Is Dead at 81 Bugs Bunny developed into one of America’s most popular characters during World War II, and has maintained that status over the following seven decades. Since his first appearance, Bugs Bunny has appeared in full-length motion pictures , prime-time specials, and over 175 animated shorts. Unlike other cartoon characters that came before him, Bugs didn’t shy away from confrontation. “The gregarious but truly lovable Bugs Bunny always wins, no matter who he's battling, and no matter what the situation,” writes the Looney Tunes Web site. “No bully is too big, no hypocrite safe, no pompous adversary so powerful, that Bugs can't joyfully whittle him down to kindling wood.” Bugs’ multifaceted personality is also part of his appeal , says NPR’s J.J. Sunderland.

“Bugs is nice, but a bit of a bully, appealing and scary, high culture and low; he morphs from one to the other seamlessly.” Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs and characters such as Woody Woodpecker, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Pie, Sylvester the Cat and the Road Runner, said of Bugs: “ He's a little stinker. That's why people love him . He does what most people would like to do but don't have the guts to do.” A Wild Hare (The Wild Hare) (1940) - Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series Alternate Title: The Wild Hare A Wild Hare (The Wild Hare) (1940) - Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series Cartoon Characters: Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Skunk. Voice Actors: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan. Directed By Tex Avery. Animated By Virgil Ross, Charles McKimson, Robert McKimson, Rod Scribner. Written By Rich Hogan. Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Subject (Cartoon), 1941. Music: Carl W. Stalling. See the Full Cast & Crew...

Cartoon Summary: Be vewy, vewy qwiet, as Elmer's hunting rabbits. This short establishes many standards we expect in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, right from the start. Examples: pushing a gun down a rabbit hole, Bugs inquiring, "What's... ( more ) Alternate Title: "The Wild Hare (Blue Ribbon Reissue)." This is the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon, although there are some very Bugs-like characters that precede this cartoon. In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began... ( more ) More Cartoon Pictures... Watch Cartoon Video: You can watch this cartoon today on your computer. Just click below to start viewing "A Wild Hare" online now. Watch Cartoon Online Submit Additional Information: Do you have anything to add to this page? Have we made any mistakes... or do you have any additional information about A Wild Hare? If so, we would love to hear from you. Please send us a quick note with your additions or corrections to this page, and we will make the corrections as soon as possible! Report Errors... Cartoon Comments: Below are comments about this cartoon submitted by people who have seen this show.

Take a look and see what others have said about A Wild Hare. We want to know what you think, too!! Feel free to share your own opinion- we do want to hear from you! You can add your own comments here . A Wild Hare Bugs Bunny | Looney Tunes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Bugs Bunny is main protagonist who starred in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions , which became Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1944. [1] Bugs starred in 167 shorts during the Golden Age of American animation , and made cameos in three others along with a few appearances in non-animated films. He is an anthropomorphic hare or rabbit . According to Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare, he was born in July 27, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York in a warren under Ebbets Field , home of the Brooklyn Dodgers . In reality, he was created by many animators and staff, including Tex Avery , who directed A Wild Hare , Bugs' debut role, and Robert McKimson , who created the definitive Bugs Bunny character design.

According to Mel Blanc , the character's original voice actor , Bugs has a Flatbush accent. Bugs has had numerous catchphrases , the most prominent being a casual "Eh... What's up, doc?", usually said while chewing a carrot. He is the most prominent of the Looney Tunes characters as his calm, flippant insouciance endeared him to American audiences during and after World War II. He is a mascot of the Looney Tunes series, and Warner Bros. in general. Contents Edit The official on-screen debut of Bugs Bunny, in " A Wild Hare " (1940). A Wild Hare , directed by Tex Avery and released on July 27, 1940, is the first cartoon where both Elmer Fudd and Bugs are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and tormentor. In this cartoon Mel Blanc first uses what would become the standard voice of Bugs. And Bugs first emerges from his rabbit hole to ask Elmer, "What's up, Doc?" Animation historian Joe Adamson counts A Wild Hare as the first "official" Bugs Bunny short.

[7] Bugs's second appearance in Jones's Elmer's Pet Rabbit introduces the audience to the name Bugs Bunny, which until then had only been used among the Termite Terrace employees. It was also the first short where he received billing under his now-famous name, but the card, "featuring Bugs Bunny", was just slapped on the end of the completed short's opening titles when A Wild Hare proved an unexpected success. The rabbit here is in look and voice identical to the one in Jones' earlier Elmer's Candid Camera. Bugs in his Wild Hare likeness appeared in five more shorts during 1941.

Tortoise Beats Hare , directed by Tex Avery, features the first appearance of Cecil Turtle ; Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt , is the first Bugs Bunny short directed by Friz Freleng ; All This and Rabbit Stew , directed by Avery, has Bugs tracked by a little African-American hunter (based heavily on racial stereotypes); The Heckling Hare was the final Bugs short Avery worked on before being fired (Avery and producer Schlesinger vehemently disagreed over the ending gag of The Heckling Hare, and Avery refused to compromise his creative principles) and leaving for MGM ; and Wabbit Twouble , the first Bugs short directed by Robert Clampett . Wabbit Twouble was also the first of five Bugs shorts to feature a chubbier remodel of Elmer Fudd, a short-lived attempt to have Fudd more closely resemble his voice actor, comedian Arthur Q. Bryan . World War II Edit By 1942, Bugs had become the number one star of Merrie Melodies. The series had originally been intended only for one-shot characters in shorts after several early attempts to introduce characters ( Foxy , Goopy Geer and Piggy ) failed under Harman–Ising.

(In 1937, under Schlesinger, it had started introducing newer characters.) Bugs' 1942 shorts included Friz Freleng's The Wabbit Who Came to Supper , and the Robert Clampett shorts The Wacky Wabbit and Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (which introduced Beaky Buzzard ). Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid shows a slight redesign of Bugs, with less-prominent front teeth and a rounder head. The character was reworked by Robert McKimson, then an animator in Robert Clampett's unit. The redesign at first was only used in the shorts created by Clampett's unit, but in time it would be taken up by the other directors, with Freleng and Frank Tashlin the first. When McKimson was himself promoted to director, he created yet another version, with more slanted eyes, longer teeth and a much larger mouth. He used this version until 1949 (as did Art Davis for the one Bugs Bunny cartoon he directed) when he started using the version he had designed for Clampett. Jones would come up with his own slight modification, and the voice had slight variations between the units.

[2] Other 1942 Bugs shorts included Chuck Jones' Hold the Lion, Please , Freleng's Fresh Hare and The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (which restores Elmer Fudd to his previous size), and Jones' Case of the Missing Hare . Bugs also made cameos in Tex Avery's final Warner Bros. short, Crazy Cruise, and stars in the two-minute United States war bonds commercial film Any Bonds Today . [8] Bugs became more popular during World War II because of his free and easy attitude, and began receiving special star billing in his cartoons by 1943. By that time Warner Bros. had become the most profitable cartoon studio in the United States. In company with cartoon studios such as Disney and Famous Studios , Warners put its characters against the period's biggest enemies, Adolf Hitler , Benito Mussolini , and the Japanese . The 1944 short Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips features Bugs at odds with a group of Japanese soldiers. This cartoon has since been pulled from distribution due to its racial stereotypes.

He also faces off against Herman Goering and Hitler in Herr Meets Hare , which introduced his well-known reference to Albuquerque as he mistakenly winds up in the Black Forest of 'Joimany' instead of Las Vegas, Nevada . Since Bugs' debut in A Wild Hare, he had appeared only in color Merrie Melodie cartoons (making him one of the few recurring characters created for that series in the Leon Schlesinger era prior to the full conversion to color), alongside Elmer's prototype Egghead, Inki , Sniffles , and Elmer himself—who was heard but not seen in the 1942 Looney Tunes cartoon Nutty News, and made his first formal appearance in that series in 1943's To Duck or Not to Duck . While he made a cameo appearance in the 1943 Porky and Daffy cartoon Porky Pig's Feat this was his only appearance in a black-and-white Looney Tune cartoon. He did not star in a cartoon in the Looney Tunes series until that series made its complete conversion to only color cartoons beginning with 1944 releases.

Buckaroo Bugs was Bugs' first cartoon in the Looney Tunes series, and was also the last WB cartoon to credit Leon Schlesinger. Edit After World War II Bugs appeared in numerous cartoon shorts in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, making his last appearance in the theatrical cartoons in 1964 with False Hare . He was directed by Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Arthur Davis and Chuck Jones and appeared in feature films, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit (which features the first-ever meeting between Bugs and his box-office rival Mickey Mouse ), Space Jam (which co-starred Michael Jordan ), and the 2003 movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action . The Bugs Bunny short Knighty Knight Bugs (1958), in which a medieval Bugs Bunny trades blows with Yosemite Sam and his fire-breathing dragon (which has a cold), won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) of 1958. Three of Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny shorts— Rabbit Fire , Rabbit Seasoning , and Duck, Rabbit, Duck!

—comprise what is often referred to as the "Duck Season/Rabbit Season" trilogy, and are considered among the director's best works. Template:Citation needed Jones' 1957 classic, What's Opera, Doc? , cast Bugs and Elmer in a parody of Richard Wagner 's Der Ring des Nibelungen . It has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry , the first cartoon short to receive this honor. In the fall of 1960, ABC debuted the prime-time television program The Bugs Bunny Show . This show packaged many of the post-1948 Warners shorts with newly animated wraparounds. After two seasons, it was moved from its evening slot to reruns on Saturday mornings. The Bugs Bunny Show changed format and exact title frequently, but remained on network television for 40 years. The packaging was later completely different, with each short simply presented on its own, title and all, though some clips from the new bridging material were sometimes used as filler.

After the classic cartoon era Edit After Mel Blanc died in 1989, Jeff Bergman , Greg Burson , Billy West , and Joe Alaskey became the new voices of Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes, taking turns doing Bugs' voice at various times. Bugs has made appearances in animated specials for network television, mostly composed of classic cartoons with bridging material added, including How Bugs Bunny Won the West, and The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special. 1980's Bugs Bunny's Busting Out All Over, however, contained no vintage clips and featured the first new Bugs Bunny cartoons in 16 years. It opened with "Portrait Of The Artist As a Young Bunny", which features a flashback of Bugs as a child thwarting a young Elmer Fudd, while its third and closing short was "Spaced Out Bunny", with Bugs being kidnapped by Marvin the Martian to be a playmate for Hugo, an Abominable Snowman -like character. (A new Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short filled out the half hour.) Compilation films included the independently produced Bugs Bunny: Superstar , using the vintage shorts then owned by United Artists ; as well as Warner Bros.

efforts The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie , The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie , Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island , Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales and Daffy Duck's Quackbusters . He also made guest appearances in episodes of the 1990s television program Tiny Toon Adventures as the principal of Acme Looniversity and the mentor of Babs and Buster Bunny , and would later make occasional guest cameos on spinoffs Taz-Mania and Animaniacs . He appears in the beginning of Gremlins 2: The New Batch , where he tries to ride the opening Warner Bros logo, but is interrupted by Daffy Duck. Cover to Bugs Bunny Comic Book #108 (November 1966), featuring the debut of Honey Bunny . Art by Robert McKimson . Bugs has had several comic book series over the years. Western Publishing had the license for all the Warner Brothers cartoons, and produced Bugs Bunny comics first for Dell Comics , then later for their own Gold Key Comics . Dell published 58 issues and several specials from 1952 to 1962.

Gold Key continued for another 133 issues. DC Comics , the sister/subsidiary company of Warner Bros., has published several comics titles since 1994 that Bugs has appeared in. Notable among these was the 2000 four-issue miniseries Superman & Bugs Bunny, written by Mark Evanier and drawn by Joe Staton . This depicted a crossover between DC's superheroes and the Warner cartoon characters. Bugs Bunny's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Like SpongeBob for Nickelodeon and Mickey Mouse (a Disney character), Bugs has served as the mascot for Warner Bros. Entertainment and its various divisions. He and Mickey are the first cartoon characters to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In the 1988 animated/live action movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit , Bugs was shown as one of the inhabitants of Toontown . However, since the film was being produced by Disney , Warner Bros. would only allow the use of their biggest star if he got an equal amount of screen time as Disney's biggest star, Mickey Mouse. Because of this, both characters are always together in frame when onscreen.

For the same reasons, Bugs never calls Mickey by his name, only referring to him as "Doc," while Mickey calls him "Bugs." Bugs Bunny was featured in The Earth Day Special showing his displeasure on how man started mistreating the environment. He was voiced by Jeff Bergman who also voiced Porky Pig and Tweety. Bugs Bunny came back to the silver screen in Box Office Bunny in 1990. This was the first Bugs Bunny cartoon short since 1964 to be released to theaters, and it was created for the Bugs Bunny 50th anniversary celebration. It was followed in 1991 by (Blooper) Bunny , a short that has gained a cult following among some animation fans for its edgy humor. Bugs made an appearance in the 1990 drug prevention video Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue . This special is notable for being the first time that somebody other than Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. (In this video, both characters were voiced by Jeff Bergman .) In 1997, Bugs appeared on a U.S. postage stamp , the first cartoon to be so honored, beating the iconic Mickey Mouse.

The stamp is number seven on the list of the ten most popular U.S. stamps, as calculated by the number of stamps purchased but not used. The introduction of Bugs onto a stamp was controversial at the time, as it was seen as a step toward the 'commercialization' of stamp art. The postal service rejected many designs, and went with a postal-themed drawing. Avery Dennison printed the Bugs Bunny stamp sheet, which featured "a special ten-stamp design and was the first self-adhesive souvenir sheet issued by the U.S. Postal Service ." [12] A younger version of Bugs is the main character of Baby Looney Tunes , which debuted on Cartoon Network in 2002. In the action comedy Loonatics Unleashed , his definite descendant Ace Bunny is the leader of the Loonatics team and seems to have inherited his ancestor's Brooklyn accent and comic wit. Strangely, Bugs was one of the few Looney Tunes characters who never appeared in the 2003 Duck Dodgers series . On August 13, 2010, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that they are planning a live-action/CG-animated combo feature film based on the Looney Tunes character.

[13] Return to television Edit Bugs and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang returned to Cartoon Network in 2011 in a brand new show called The Looney Tunes Show , with Jeff Bergman returning to voice both Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck . This series will also feature the characters singing original songs as well. The show debuted on May 3, 2011. Personality and catchphrases — Bob Clampett on Bugs Bunny, written in first person . [14] Bugs has feuded with Elmer Fudd , Yosemite Sam , Willoughby the Dog , Marvin The Martian , Beaky Buzzard , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Tasmanian Devil , Cecil Turtle , Charlie Dog , Witch Hazel , Rocky and Mugsy , Wile E Coyote , The Crusher , Gremlin , Big Bad Wolf , Count Blood Count and a host of others. Bugs almost always wins these conflicts, a plot pattern which recurs in Looney Tunes films directed by Chuck Jones.

Concerned that viewers would lose sympathy for an aggressive protagonist who always won, Jones arranged for Bugs to be bullied, cheated, or threatened by the antagonists while minding his own business, justifying his subsequent antics as retaliation or self-defense. He's also been known to break the fourth wall by "communicating" with the audience, either by explaining the situation (ex. "Be with you in a minute, folks!"), describing someone to the audience (ex. "Feisty, ain't they?"), clueing in on the story (ex. "This happens to him all during the picture, folks."), explaining that one of his antagonists' actions have pushed him to the breaking point ("Of course you know, this means war."), etc. Bugs will usually try to placate the antagonist and avoid conflict, but when an antagonist pushes him too far, Bugs may address the audience and invoke his catchphrase "Of course you realize this means war!" before he retaliates, and the retaliation will be devastating. This line was taken from Groucho Marx and others in the 1933 film Duck Soup and was also used in the 1935 Marx film A Night at the Opera .

[15] Bugs would pay homage to Groucho in other ways, such as occasionally adopting his stooped walk or leering eyebrow-raising (in Hair-Raising Hare , for example) or sometimes with a direct impersonation (as in Slick Hare ). Other directors, such as Friz Freleng, characterized Bugs as altruistic. When Bugs meets other successful characters (such as Cecil Turtle in Tortoise Beats Hare , or, in World War II, the Gremlin of Falling Hare ), his overconfidence becomes a disadvantage. Most of Bugs' antagonists are extremely dim-witted, and Bugs is easily able to outwit and torment them, though on occasion they will manage to get the best of Bugs. Daffy Duck, who is considerably more intelligent, is unaffected by Bugs' usual schemes, and the two usually end up fighting a battle of wits, though Bugs is still the superior. During the 1940s, Bugs was immature and wild, but starting in the 1950s his personality matured and his attitude was less frenetic.

Though often shown as highly mischievous and violent, Bugs is never actually malicious, and only acts as such in self-defense against his aggressors; the only two cartoons where Bugs ever served as an antagonist were Buckaroo Bugs and Duck Amuck ; the latter cartoon depicts him as far more sadistic than usual, as he becomes the cartoonist and abuses his newfound divine powers to torture Daffy. Bugs Bunny's nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position, as explained by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, and Bob Clampett , originated in a scene in the film It Happened One Night , in which Clark Gable 's character leans against a fence, eating carrots rapidly and talking with his mouth full to Claudette Colbert 's character. This scene was well known while the film was popular, and viewers at the time likely recognized Bugs Bunny's behavior as satire . [16] The carrot-chewing scenes are generally followed by Bugs Bunny's most well-known catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?", which was written by director Tex Avery for his first Bugs Bunny short, 1940's A Wild Hare.

Avery explained later that it was a common expression in his native Texas and that he did not think much of the phrase. When the short was first screened in theaters, the "What's up, Doc?" scene generated a tremendously positive audience reaction. [17] As a result, the scene became a recurring element in subsequent films and cartoons. The phrase was sometimes modified for a situation. For example, Bugs says "What's up, dogs?" to the antagonists in A Hare Grows in Manhattan , "What's up, Duke?" to the knight in Knight-mare Hare and "What's up, prune-face?" to the aged Elmer in The Old Grey Hare . He might also greet Daffy with "What's up, Duck?" He used one variation, "What's all the hub-bub, bub?" only once, in Falling Hare .

Another variation is used in Looney Tunes: Back In Action when he greets a lightsaber -wielding Marvin the Martian saying "What's up, Darth ?" Several Chuck Jones shorts in the late 1940s and 1950s depict Bugs travelling via cross-country (and, in some cases, intercontinental) tunnel-digging, ending up in places as varied as Mexico ( Bully For Bugs , 1953), the Himalayas ( The Abominable Snow Rabbit , 1960) and Antarctica ( Frigid Hare , 1949) all because he "shoulda taken that left toin at Albukoikee ." He first utters that phrase in Herr Meets Hare (1945), when he emerges in the Black Forest , a cartoon seldom seen today due to its blatantly topical subject matter. When Hermann Göring says to Bugs, "There is no Las Vegas in 'Chermany'" and takes a potshot at Bugs, Bugs dives into his hole and says, "Joimany! Yipe!", as Bugs realizes he's behind enemy lines. The confused response to his "left toin" comment also followed a pattern.

For example, when he tunnels into Scotland in 1948's My Bunny Lies Over The Sea , while thinking he's heading for the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California , it provides another chance for an ethnic stereotype: "Therrre's no La Brrrea Tarrr Pits in Scotland!" (to which Bugs responds, "Uh...what's up, Mac-doc?"). A couple of late-1950s shorts of this ilk also featured Daffy Duck travelling with Bugs ("Since when is Pismo Beach inside a cave?!"). Bugs Bunny has some similarities to figures from mythology and folklore , such as Br'er Rabbit , Nanabozho , or Anansi , and might be seen as a modern trickster (for example, he repeatedly uses cross-dressing mischievously). Unlike most cartoon characters, however, Bugs Bunny is rarely defeated in his own games of trickery. One exception to this is the short Hare Brush , in which Elmer Fudd ultimately carries the day at the end; however, critics note that in this short, Elmer and Bugs assume each other's personalities—through mental illness and hypnosis, respectively—and it is only by becoming Bugs that Elmer can win.

However, Bugs was beaten at his own game. In the short Duck Amuck he torments Daffy Duck as the unseen animator, ending with his line, "Ain't I a stinker?" Bugs feels the same wrath of an unseen animator in the short Rabbit Rampage where he is in turn tormented by Elmer Fudd. At the end of the clip Elmer gleefully exclaims, 'Well, I finally got even with that scwewy wabbit!" Although it was usually Porky Pig who brought the WB cartoons to a close with his stuttering, "That's all, folks!", Bugs would occasionally appear, bursting through a drum just as Porky did, but munching a carrot and saying in his Bronx-Brooklyn accent, "And dat's de end!" The name " Bugs " or " Bugsy " as an old-fashioned nickname means "crazy" (or "loopy"). Several famous people from the first half of the twentieth century had that nickname. It is now out of fashion as a nickname, but survives in 1950s-1960s expressions like "you're bugging me", as in "you're driving me crazy".

Bugs wears white gloves, which he is rarely seen without. One example is the episode Long-Haired Hare , where Bugs pretends to be the famed conductor Leopold Stokowski and instructs opera star "Giovanni Jones" to sing and to hold a high note. As Giovanni Jones is turning red with the strain, Bugs slips his left hand out of its glove, leaving the glove hovering in the air in order to command Jones to continue to hold the high note. Bugs then nips down to the mail drop to order, and then to receive, a pair of ear defenders. Bugs puts on the ear defenders and then zips back into the amphitheater and reinserts his hand into his glove as singer Jones is writhing on the stage, still holding that same high note. Bugs Bunny is also a master of disguise: he can wear any disguise that he wants to confuse his enemies: in Bowery Bugs he uses diverse disguises: fakir, gentleman, woman, baker and finally policeman. This ability of disguise makes Bugs famous because we can recognize him while at the same time realizing that his enemies are trapped.

Bugs has a certain preference for the female disguise: Taz, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam were fooled by this sexy bunny (woman) and in Hare Trimmed , Sam discovers the real face of "Granny" (Bugs's disguise) in the church where they attempt to get married. For all the gullible victims of all these disguises, however, for some reason, Daffy Duck and Cecil Turtle are among those who are never fooled. Bugs Bunny may also have some mystical potential. In Knight-mare Hare he was able to return to his bunny form (after being transformed into a donkey) by removing his donkey form as if it were a suit. Merlin of Monroe (the wizard) was unable to do the same thing. Later Bugs Bunny defeated the Count Blood Count in a magical spell duel. However, the story was a dream and Bugs Bunny's victory over Count Blood Count was a result of his intellect, not innate magical power. Rabbit or hare? Edit The animators throughout Bugs' history have treated the terms rabbit and hare as synonymous. Taxonomically, they are not synonymous, being somewhat similar but observably different types of lagomorphs .

Hares have much longer ears than rabbits, so Bugs might seem to be of the hare family, yet rabbits live in burrows, as Bugs is seen to do. Many more of the cartoon titles include the word "hare" rather than "rabbit," as "hare" lends itself easily to puns ("hair," "air," etc.) Elmer Fudd has always referred to Bugs as a "wabbit". Within the cartoons, although the term "hare" comes up sometimes, again typically as a pun—for example, Bugs drinking "hare tonic" to "stop falling hare" or being doused with "hare restorer" to bring him back from invisibility—Bugs as well as his antagonists most often refer to the character as a "rabbit." The word " bunny " is of no help in answering this question, as it is a synonym for both young hares and young rabbits. In Nike commercials with Michael Jordan , Bugs had been referred to as "Hare Jordan." [18] [19] The opening and closing Edit In the opening of many of the Bugs Bunny cartoons, the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes irises contain Bugs Bunny's head after the Warner Bros.

shield (generally from 1944 and 1949 onward). Others have Bugs Bunny relaxing on top of the Warner Bros. shield: He chews on his carrot, looks angrily at the camera and pulls down the next logo (Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes) like a window shade (generally on cartoons between 1945 until early 1949). Then he lifts it back up, to now be seen lying on his own name, which then fades into the title of the specific short. In some other cases, the title card sometimes fades to him, already on his name and chewing his carrot then fade to the name of the short. At the finish of Hare Tonic and Baseball Bugs , Bugs breaks out of a drum (like Porky Pig ) and says, "And that's the end". Also, at the end of Box Office Bunny , right after Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd run out through the Looney Tunes "That's All Folks!" sequence, Bugs later comes in through the rings and says, "And that's all, folks!".

He did the ending for the last time at the end of Space Jam but this time saying "Well, that's all, folks!". Voice actors Justice League: The New Frontier (2008, voiced by Joe Alaskey, as one of the forms of The Martian Manhunter ) Current popularity Edit In 2002, TV Guide compiled a list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time as part of the magazine's 50th anniversary. Bugs Bunny was given the honor of number 1. [21] [22] In a CNN broadcast on July 31, 2002, a TV Guide editor talked about the group that created the list. The editor also explained why Bugs pulled top billing: "His stock...has never gone down...Bugs is the best example...of the smart-aleck American comic. He not only is a great cartoon character, he's a great comedian. He was written well. He was drawn beautifully. He has thrilled and made many generations laugh. He is tops." [23] Additionally, in Animal Planet 's 50 Greatest Movie Animals (2004), Bugs was named #3, behind Mickey Mouse and Toto .

Bugs has also had an effect on "live" movie acting. During an interview for Inside the Actors Studio , comedian Dave Chappelle cited him as one of his earliest influences, praising voice actor Mel Blanc . Facts About Bugs Bunny | The Fact Site Facts About Bugs Bunny Home » Film & TV »Facts About Bugs Bunny Facts About Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is an American cartoon character who first appeared in A Wild Hare (the first official Bugs Bunny short) on July 27, 1940, which makes Bugs Bunny over 70 years old! He was created by Tex Avery who was the director of A Wild Hare and Robert McKimson who created the Bugs Bunny character design. Q: A Rabbit or a Hare? A: Rabbit, hares don’t live in burrows, rabbits do. Bugs Bunny does. Bugs Bunny is considered to be the main character of the Looney Tunes series. The Looney Tunes series and sometimes of Warner Brothers use Bugs Bunny as their mascot because of how famous he is. Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny were the first cartoon characters to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Bugs Bunny often gets into wars with other characters and nearly always wins.

The creators were getting concerned that viewers would lose sympathy for an aggressive rabbit who always won wars, so to solve this problem, Jones arranged for Bugs Bunny to be bullied, threatened, or cheated while minding his own business. There’s only been one cartoon where Bugsy has ever been seen as an actual villain, this was Buckaroo Bugs. In all the other cartoons, he is not seen as a villain as he uses self-defense against people who try to cause him harm. In 1997, Bugs Bunny appeared on an American postage stamp, the first cartoon ever to be put on a stamp. That stamp is number seven on the list of the ten most popular U.S. collectable stamps. The scenes where Bugs Bunny is chewing a carrot are generally followed by Bugs Bunny’s most well-known catchphrase, “Eh, What’s up, Doc?”, this was in the first ever cartoon and that catchphrase has stuck with him ever since. It is now in the top 10 most recognised cartoon TV character catchphrases. Over the years, Bugs Bunny has had seven different voice actors, this includes his voice for Baby Looney Toons.

The Bugs Bunny cartoons air worldwide, however his name is often changed to suit the language of the country. In 2002, he was named by TV Guide as the number one greatest cartoon character of all time. “Eh… What’s up, doc?” – Bugs Bunny Luke Ward is the founder of The Fact Site. He's a professional blogger & researcher with over 6 years experience in fact finding, SEO, web design & other internet wizardry. He loves to write about celebs, gaming, film & TV. Stacey Bugs bunny is the best cartoon character! 20 years after I started watching the Looney Tunes, I’m still entertained! It never gets old. Glad my kids like him too 🙂 Stacey Bugs bunny is the best cartoon character! 20 years after I started watching the Looney Tunes, I’m still entertained! It never gets old. Glad my kids like him too 🙂 Ania Warren I absolutely adore Bugs bunny! He’s just the cutest thing ever. Thanks for the information, i find that it has helped a lot for a project i’m currently working on. I had to choose my favorite cartoon character and of course i chose this clever little rabbit!

He is most deffinetly my all time FAVORITE cartoon character! Sandeep Tripathy Its lovely knowing about this rabbit and he is one of my favourites all the time. ColdRicePudding Yeah I know about that issue, don’t worry, I’m working on a new layout, should be sorted after christmas. Thanks 🙂 Facts @ Bugs Bunnyyyyyy……….. Hello ColdRicePudding, Your blog is very good but the blue color -pain in the neck to read the entire blog. Buckaroo bugs was my favorite cartoon when I was little in whichhe was villain. that’s the only oneee. Anonymous

Question: Which cartoon character was introduced on July 27, 1940 in the short "A Wild Hare"?
Answer: Bugs Bunny