It was co-directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and an uncredited director Cal Dalton (who was responsible for the initial design of the rabbit). In those days, the stories were often the work of a group who suggested various gags, bounced them around and finalized them in a joint story conference." A prototype Bugs rabbit with some of the personality of a finalized Bugs, though looking very different, was originally featured in the film Porky's Hare Hunt, released on April 30, 1938.
īugs' preliminary debut (as an unnamed little white rabbit) in Porky's Hare Hunt (1938).Īccording to Chase Craig, who wrote and drew the first Bugs Bunny comic Sunday pages and the first Bugs comic book, "Bugs was not the creation of any one man however, he rather represented the creative talents of perhaps five or six directors and many cartoon writers including Charlie Thorson. He has also appeared in more films than any other cartoon character, is the 9th most-portrayed film personality in the world, and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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He has since appeared in feature films, compilation films, TV series, music records, comics, video games, award shows, amusement park rides, and commercials. īugs starred in more than 160 cartoon shorts produced between 19. He can thus be seen in the older Warner Bros. Entertainment, but also one of the most recognizable characters in the world. Due to Bugs' popularity during the golden age of American animation, he became not only an American cultural icon and the official mascot of Warner Bros. He is also characterized by a Brooklyn accent, his portrayal as a trickster, and his catch phrase "Eh.What's up, doc?". īugs is an anthropomorphic gray and white rabbit or hare who is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality. Bob Givens is credited for Bugs' initial character design, though Robert McKimson is credited for what became Bugs' definitive design just a few years later. Though an early prototype of the character first appeared in the WB cartoon Porky's Hare Hunt (1938) and a few subsequent shorts, the definitive characterization of Bugs Bunny is widely credited to have debuted in Tex Avery's Oscar-nominated film A Wild Hare (1940).
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Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Sam Vincent ( Baby Looney Tunes 2001–2006)īugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Andrew Knapp, were assigned to the 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, and they were taking Big Chungus through medical trauma lane training in Skwierzyna, Poland on Aug. The photo shows members of the 4th Infantry Division driving an M113 Armored Personnel Carrier ambulance with the words ‘Big Chungus’ stenciled across the front. Years from now you’ll have to tell your grandkids that their war hero grandparent was saved by an ancient box on wheels named after an internet meme about a fat rabbit.Īt least, that’s the vision which flashed through this reporter’s mind upon viewing a recent photo published by U.S.
Your savior has a name stenciled across its broad metal front. You squint as a squat, tracked vehicle rumbles across the mud-churned battlefield to take you and your wounded buddies away from the front lines.
You’re a young infantryman and you’ve had the misfortune of getting hit in your first battle, but luckily the wound is not serious. Picture this: it’s the near-future and the U.S.