Hello, my friend

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 07:51 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote:
> 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.

Wow, I had no clue I'd spark a trip down memory lane! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Kh7nLplWo
<grins>  NOW you know the rest of the story... Ric



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