Hello, my friend

[Billie Erin Walsh]

On 11/14/2009 Bruce MacArthur wrote:
>  If you have "aimed" your comment to the Bugs Bunny remark, I must say
>  that I myself have missed the point also!  Bugs Bunny was a cartoon
>  character who always damaged Elmer Fudd's garden by digging for
>  carrots. 
>  Elmer would then try to kill Bugs, but Bugs always found a very
>  improbable way to escape.  He was popular both on television cartoon
>  shows for children and in printed comic books.

Bugs was a pretty unique cartoon for his time. Not always what would be 
considered "politically correct" today. He wasn't always the "aggressor" 
in the cartoons. Most of the time it was Elmer Fudd, the great hunter, 
that brought on the issue, but over time he had many adversaries. Bugs 
spoke with a definite brooklynesque accent. Quite often he would be 
leading his protagonist on a wild chase and then you would see him 
standing there munching a carrot and he would say "What a MAroon" as he 
watched. From the context it was obvious that he was saying the other 
character was a moron. Out of context it doesn't make much sense unless 
you grew up with Bugs. They weren't just for kids either. I still like 
to watch the original, unedited, versions. Most of the old ones have 
been edited to make them more politically correct for the times.  
Archive.org has a fair collection of the oldies but goodies.

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