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Bugs Bunny and the Genie
in the Lamp
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Bugs
Bunny finds Aladdin's lamp. He
shines it up, and out pops an
arm-flailing genie, nicknamed
Smokey. |
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This
is it. The night of nights.
No more rehearsing or nursing a
part.
We know every part by heart!
(cane flip)
Overture, curtain, lights!
This is it. We'll hit the heights!
And oh, what heights we'll hit!
On with the show, this is it!
(character procession)
Tonight what heights we'll hit!
On with the show, this is it!" |
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The "wascally
wabbit," who's faced down Elmer Fudd,
Marvin the Martian and Yosemite Sam, has
come out on top again: According to the
latest issue of TV Guide, Bugs Bunny is
the greatest cartoon character of all
time. |
Bugs Bunny is a fictional cartoon rabbit that
appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, and is
one of the most recognizable characters, real or imaginary, in the world.
According to his biography, he was "born" in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York and
the product of many fathers: Ben "Bugs" Hardaway (who created a prototypical
version of the character in 1938's "Porkys Hare Hunt"), Bob Clampett, Tex
Avery (who developed Bugs' definitive personality in 1940), Robert McKimson
(created the definitive Bugs Bunny character design), Chuck Jones, and Friz
Freleng. According to Mel Blanc, his voice actor, his accent is an equal
blend of someone from the Bronx and someone from Brooklyn.
He is noted for his catchphrase of "Eh, what's up, doc?" and his feuds with
Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Marvin Martian, Daffy Duck, and even Wile E.
Coyote, who usually takes on the Road Runner. Almost invariably, Bugs comes
out the winner in these conflicts, because that is in his nature. This is
especially obvious in films directed by Chuck Jones, who liked to pit
"winners" against "losers". Worrying that audiences would lose sympathy for
an aggressor who always won, Jones found the perfect way to make Bugs
sympathetic in the films by having the antagonist repeatedly bully, cheat or
threaten Bugs in some way. Thus offended, (usually three times) Bugs would
often drawl "Of course you know, dis means war" (a line which Jones noted
was taken from Groucho Marx) and the audience gives Bugs silent permission
to inflict his havoc, having earned his right to retaliate and/or defend
himself. Other directors like Friz Freleng had Bugs go out of his way to
help others in trouble, again creating an acceptable circumstance for his
mischief. When Bugs meets other characters who are also "winners", however,
like Cecil the Turtle in Tortoise Beats Hare, or, in World War II, the
Gremlin of Falling Hare, his record is rather dismal; his overconfidence
tends to work against him.
Bugs Bunny has some similarities to figures from mythology and folklore, and
might be seen as sort of modern trickster.
"Bugs" or "Bugsy" as a nickname means "crazy". |
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Mel Blanc joined Leon Schlesinger Studios (the
subsidiary of Warner Brothers Pictures which produced animated cartoons) in
1936. He soon became noted for voicing a wide variety of cartoon characters,
including Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and many others.
His natural voice was that of Sylvester the cat but without the lispy spray
(you can hear it in an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies, which also
featured frequent Blanc vocal foil Bea Benaderet; in his small appearance,
Blanc plays a vexed cab-driver). |
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