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| The fictional ] character '''Bugs Bunny''' was "born" in 1940 in ], ] (or so his bio says), but his accent is an equal blend of someone from ] and someone from Brooklyn. He soon wound up on the ] studio lot and made his first feature appearance in ]'s 'A Wild Hare', when he emerges from his ] hole to ask ], "]?" | The fictional ] character '''Bugs Bunny''' was "born" in 1940 in ], ] (or so his bio says), but his accent, according to his real-life voice, ], is an equal blend of someone from ] and someone from ]. He soon wound up on the ] studio lot and made his first feature appearance in ]'s 'A Wild Hare', when he emerges from his ] hole to ask ], "]?" | ||
| His calm, flippant insouciance endeared him to American audiences during and after World War II. | His calm, flippant insouciance endeared him to American audiences during and after World War II. | ||
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The fictional cartoon character Bugs Bunny was "born" in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York (or so his bio says), but his accent, according to his real-life voice, Mel Blanc, is an equal blend of someone from the Bronx and someone from Brooklyn. He soon wound up on the Warner Brothers studio lot and made his first feature appearance in Tex Avery's 'A Wild Hare', when he emerges from his rabbit hole to ask Elmer Fudd, "What's Up Doc?"
His calm, flippant insouciance endeared him to American audiences during and after World War II.
He appeared in numerous cartoon shorts in the Looney Tunes series as well as a Saturday morning and syndicated animated series. Considered an ideal actor, he was directed by Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones and starred in feature films, including Space Jam which co-starred Michael Jordan.
The Bugs Bunny short, Knighty Knight Bugs, in which a medieval Bugs Bunny traded blows with Yosemite Sam (as the Black Knight) and his fire-breathing dragon, was awarded an Oscar. What's Opera, Doc?', Chuck Jones' cartoon starring Bugs and Elmer parodying Wagner's Ring, was added to the Library of Congress' archive of motion pictures. It is currently (2002) the only short cartoon (as opposed to full-length feature film) included in the collection.
Recommended reading:
- Bugs Bunny: 50 years and Only one Grey Hare, by Joe Adamson (1990), Henry Holt, ISBN 0805018557
- Chuck Amuck : The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374123489
- That's Not All, Folks! by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, ASIN 0446390895 (Softcover) ASIN 0446512443 (Hardcover)