Animation Anecdotes #156
Doesn’t Anyone Want Credit for Elmer Fudd? It is tough to research animation history but back when I first started it was even worse. Just take a look at articles…
Tag Archives: Bugs Bunny
Fred’s First Anniversary Post
I am interrupting my schedule to celebrate a special occasion. Jerry posted my first weekly column on March 14th, 2013, so this column is one year and a couple of…
“Bugs Bunny in Storyland”: The Good, The Bad & the Bugs
Our first Spin into Bugs Bunny and Warner Brothers records features a very, very good one and another that might have been better without its earsplitting organ music. BUGS BUNNY…
Heritage Animation Auction Nov. 20th
Heritage Auctions is holding its second sale devoted to rare original animation art materials on Wednesday November 20th – and this is an unabashed plug for you to examine the…
Classic Commercials By Classic Animators
TV commercials. Apparently, everyone did them. We know many classic animators back in the 1950s and 60s moonlighted at the several independent commercial studios, but what about the Hollywood studios…
Two More Notorious Animation Myths
I asked in an earlier column, “How much of what everyone ‘knows’ about animation history is wrong?” This week’s column will look two more widespread animation myths. Here’s the first:…
Animation Anecdotes #116
Bugs Bunny Not So Sweet. Back in 1965, Bugs Bunny was the spokesman for Kool-Aid and even appeared on pre-sweetened packages. However, those were also the days when there was…
Animator’s Draft: “The Windblown Hare” (1949)
I’ve rather missed going into detail identifying animators and their scenes like I did when I originally began blogging seven years ago. Unfortunately, I’ve learned since then that you can’t…
Animation Anecdotes #112
Time Paradox. In the Warner Brothers’ cartoon “Bear Feat” (1949), the gag involves the Bear family trying to put together an act for Mingling Bros. Circus after reading an ad…
How Old Is Bugs Bunny?
This weekend, Leonard Maltin and I will be presenting a tribute screening, at the TCM Fest in Hollywood, to the 75th anniversary of Bugs Bunny. But if you ask Warner…
