I owe much of my early education in the questionable arts of double entendre, timing, alliteration, dramatic tension, bad puns, and instant karma to a man named Chuck Jones and his collaborators.
I was watching a montage of Bugs today with my nephews and niece, and thought, Surely someone has written about the enlightened philosophy of this "wascally wabbit."
... And surely someone has.
Thank you for this delightful articulation of the matter. <3
This essay was so good! I loved Bugs as a kid. He kept his cool and always came out on top, letting his counterparts twist themselves into knots without having to do much heavy lifting. Then he’d top it off with some sage advice to the audience.
Thanks for shedding some light on these characters. It’s fun to look at them today through an adult lens!
Don’t forget Friz Freleng and Tex Avery — all geniuses (genii?) in the Looney Tunes world, with combined gifts that gave the world Bugs, Daffy, sweet Porky, the RR and so many others.
I was watching a montage of Bugs today with my nephews and niece, and thought, Surely someone has written about the enlightened philosophy of this "wascally wabbit."
... And surely someone has.
Thank you for this delightful articulation of the matter. <3
This essay was so good! I loved Bugs as a kid. He kept his cool and always came out on top, letting his counterparts twist themselves into knots without having to do much heavy lifting. Then he’d top it off with some sage advice to the audience.
Thanks for shedding some light on these characters. It’s fun to look at them today through an adult lens!
How great it was that as 'kids' (baby goats?) we were exposed to so much life training when our minds were still receptive~! 🥳
Don’t forget Friz Freleng and Tex Avery — all geniuses (genii?) in the Looney Tunes world, with combined gifts that gave the world Bugs, Daffy, sweet Porky, the RR and so many others.
Elmer Fudd is the epitome of a trump voter