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Bugs
Bunny is the most popular rabbit." With more than 175 films to his credit
(in addition to numerous cameos and special appearances), Bugs has been delighting
and entertaining theater and television audiences for over 50 years. The influence
of Bugs' many directors, animators, designers and writers has transformed him
from the embryonic, hyperactive bit-player in "Porky's Hare Hunt"
(1938) to the sharp-minded and confident American icon of 1990's "Box Office
Bunny."
Bugs' first incarnation
came from the pen of writer and layout artist Ben "Bugs" Hardaway
who, with animator Charlie Thorsen, created the first model sheet for the rabbit.
Thorsen labelled the sheet as "Bug's Bunny" and Hardaway's nickname
eventually stayed with the character (Director Tex Avery had wanted the rabbit
to be called "Jack" or "Jack E. Rabbit," but gave in to
producer Leon Schlesinger's preference for the alliterative ring of "Bugs
Bunny"). Hardaway used the frenetic, screwball Bugs character once again
in 1939's "Hare-urn Scare-Urn" before Tex Avery took Bugs and dramatically
changed the direction of his character.
It was in Avery's hands that Bugs' personality began to blossom and flourish.
Avery's Bugs made his debut in the 1940 short "A Wild Hare," the first
"reel" appearance of Bugs Bunny. It was clear from the beginning that
instead of the jittery, head-bouncing co-star from the previous two shorts,
there was a real intelligence lurking within that rabbit skin. Scrapping the
frenzied movements and dialogue of the crouching Hardaway rabbit, Avery had
Bugs stand upright, munch carrots, and, in the face of hunter Elmer Fudd's shotgun,
ask, "Eh, what's up, Doc?" The unexpected casualness of Bugs' response
to Elmer and his irreverent attitude as he confronted adversity made Bugs instantly
popular with post-Great Depression audiences. This "hybrid hare" consisting
of Mel Blanc's sparkling and brash voice talent (a combination Brooklyn/Bronx
accent), Tex Avery's personality and the classic signature line, gave rise to
Bugs Bunny's stardom throughout the tumultuous 1940's.
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