That Wascally Wabbit
Bugs Bunny first debuted in cartoons in 1940.
He doesn't look a day over . . . well, I'm not quite sure, but he certainly is spry for seventy.
A very happy birthday Bugs.
—Elizabeth Periale
Related:
Bugs Bunny's globe-hopper hare. Ashland, Ohio : Landoll's, c1996. Text and pop-up pictures follow Bugs Bunny's adventures all over the world.
Bugs Bunny : fifty years and only one grey hare by Joe Adamson; prefaces by Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt, c1990.
Bugs Bunny, editor, Jerry Lazar. New York : Custom Publishing Division of Time Inc., "A special birthday tribute to America's favorite rabbit"
Favorite quotes:
What's up, doc?
Of course you realize, this means war
Ain't I a stinker?
Don't think it hasn't been a little slice of heaven...'cause it hasn't!My, I'll bet you monsters lead innnnteresting lives.
Thems fightin' woids
I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque
Duck season.... FIRE!
Though a rabbit resembling Bugs appeared in cartoons as early as 1938, animation historians consider "A Wild Hare" to be the first "official" Bugs Bunny short...I love it Merrie Melodies...I only watched a part of it, but that was such a great video, thanks for sharing, you deserve congratulations for your work!
Posted by: Lucas Neill | July 27, 2010 at 05:45 PM
What a maroon! I was thinking about the 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare book and figured that was about ten years old . . . Do the math? That's for suckers!
Posted by: Elizabeth Periale | July 27, 2010 at 11:50 AM
I'm afraid I have to quibble with your math there, doc.
Posted by: John Overholt | July 27, 2010 at 09:49 AM