"Bugs Bunny on Broadway Bugs Bunny on Broadway (also titled Bugs Bunny at the Symphony and Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II) is a concert musical featuring ""Looney Tunes"" characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. The production was conceived by George Daugherty, incorporating scores by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn. The musical, and its 2010 sequel ""Bugs Bunny at the Symphony"", combines classic Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" projected on a large screen accompanied by a live orchestra performing the original score. This production has been touring the world continuously since 1990 and has played to a"
"Elmer Fudd Elmer J. Fudd is a fictional cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes""/""Merrie Melodies"" series, and the ""de facto"" adversary of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon (second only to Bugs himself). His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antagonizing characters. He speaks in an unusual way, replacing his Rs and Ls with Ws, so he always refers to Bugs Bunny as a ""scwewy wabbit"". Elmer's signature catchphrase is, ""Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits"", as"
"Yosemite Sam Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park. Along with Elmer Fudd, he is the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He is commonly depicted as an extremely aggressive gunslinging prospector, outlaw, pirate, or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs particularly. In cartoons with non-Western themes, he uses various aliases, including ""Chilkoot Sam"" (named for the Chilkoot Trail; Sam pronounces it ""Chilli-koot"") in ""14 Carrot"
"due to rationing. The short also has Bugs stealing all the carrots from a victory garden, which is another World War II reference. Unlike in most shorts, Bugs Bunny serves as an antagonist. In the cartoon, he plays a carrot thief called the Masked Marauder, whom Brooklyn's ""Red Hot Ryder"" (a parody of Red Ryder) must bring to justice. The cartoon portrays Red Hot Ryder as a dimwit who cannot distinguish Bugs Bunny from the Masked Marauder, his black horse named Horsey with a mind of its own, and his good-natured slowness is consistently mocked: When Bugs Bunny as the"
"hunter's speech and wearing the hunter's clothes, leaving the man with a leaf covering his crotch to ad-lib ""Well, call me Adam."" Adding further insult to injury, Bugs grabs the leaf during the ""iris out"". The film contains a reference to World War II, when the hunter threatens to Blitzkrieg Bugs. The hunter is identified in his model sheet as ""Tex's Coon"". The hunter fills the role usually associated with Elmer Fudd; this was one of four Bugs Bunny short films of 1941 which have him facing a different hunter each time (the others were ""Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt"", in which"
"for the DC Universe and was pitted against Batman in the ""Batman/Elmer Fudd Special"". In the story, Elmer is a bounty hunter that originated from the country side before he moved to Gotham to make ends meet. He considered putting the shotgun away for good when he fell in love with Silver St. Cloud, but she was killed by hitman Bugs ""The Bunny"". He goes to a bar called Porky's (which has attendants that are humanoid versions of other famous Looney Tunes stars) to kill Bugs. Bugs confesses to killing Silver, but avoids death by telling Elmer that Bruce Wayne"
"per enemy using boxing glove and 1000 points per enemy that gets hit with heavy objects. Because most NES game cartridges lacked the ability to save, passwords can be used to start at a certain level in this game. Honey Bunny has been kidnapped by Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, and Sylvester, and Bugs must travel through 60 levels (80 in the Game Boy version) in order to save her. To get past each level, Bugs must collect all 8 carrots in each level. There are four enemy characters - Sylvester, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite"
"Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage is an action video game developed by Viacom New Media (a then-sister company to Nickelodeon, who had broadcast ""Looney Tunes"" cartoons at the time of the game's release) and published by Sunsoft released exclusively for the SNES in 1993 and 1994. The player controls Bugs Bunny as he fights traditional Looney Tunes villains in order to confront the main villain of the story, animator Daffy Duck. The game's title is derived from the 1955 animated short ""Rabbit Rampage"", which follows a similar plot of Bugs at the mercy of an antagonistic animator,"
"accept her personality quirks, similar to his tolerance for Daffy). Unlike the original cartoons, Bugs lives in a regular home which he shares with Daffy, Taz (whom he treats as a pet dog) and Speedy Gonzales, in the middle of a cul-de-sac with their neighbors Yosemite Sam, Granny, and Witch Hazel. In 2015, Bugs starred in the direct-to-video film """", and later returned to television yet again as the star of Cartoon Network and Boomerang's comedy series ""New Looney Tunes"" (formerly ""Wabbit""). Bugs has also appeared in numerous video games, including the ""Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle"" series, ""Bugs Bunny Birthday"
"voiced the character one last time in the 1989 TV special ""Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports"". Blanc used a voice similar to Yosemite Sam's for Mr. Spacely on ""The Jetsons"". Yosemite Sam Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park. Along with Elmer Fudd, he is the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He is commonly depicted as an extremely aggressive gunslinging prospector, outlaw, pirate, or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and"
"Elmer actually ""wikes wabbits"", either attempting to take photos of Bugs, or adopting Bugs as his pet. The rascally rabbit has the poor Fudd so perplexed that there is little wonder as to why Elmer would become a hunter and in some cases actually proclaim, ""I hate wittle gway wabbits!"" after pumping buckshot down a rabbit hole. Elmer's role in these two films, that of would-be hunter, dupe and foil for Bugs, would remain his main role forever after, and although Bugs Bunny was called upon to outwit many more worthy opponents, Elmer somehow remained Bugs' classic nemesis, despite (or"
"Private Eyeball – Thugs Thwarted, Arsonists Arrested, Bandits Booked, Counterfeiters Caught, Forgers Found and Chiselers Chiseled."" • Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Rocky, Mugsy and Police Officers Bugs and Thugs Bugs and Thugs is a 1954 animated short film in the ""Looney Tunes"" series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. It features Bugs Bunny with Rocky and Mugsy. The film is a semi-remake of ""Racketeer Rabbit"" and was directed by Friz Freleng. Bugs comes out of his hole in a city park, reading the newspaper on his way to his bank, to make a withdrawal from his personal depository of"
"to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck demands his own cartoon from Warner Bros., but is promptly fired. Aspiring stuntman DJ Drake is asked to escort Daffy off the studio lot, but the ensuing chase leads to the Batmobile demolishing the studio water tower. DJ is also fired in the process, and returns home with Daffy hitching a ride, discovering his father, action film star, Damian Drake, is actually a secret agent. Damian instructs his son to travel to Las Vegas, find his associate Dusty Tails, and gain the mystical ""blue monkey"" diamond, but he is shortly thereafter captured by the Acme"
"Bugs and Thugs Bugs and Thugs is a 1954 animated short film in the ""Looney Tunes"" series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. It features Bugs Bunny with Rocky and Mugsy. The film is a semi-remake of ""Racketeer Rabbit"" and was directed by Friz Freleng. Bugs comes out of his hole in a city park, reading the newspaper on his way to his bank, to make a withdrawal from his personal depository of carrots. On the way, he reads that ""Rabbit Season Opens Today"" and says how glad he is that he lives in a 'safe' urban environment, away from"
"radio host Tokyo Rose. He also faces off against Hermann Göring and Hitler in ""Herr Meets Hare"" (1945), which introduced his well-known reference to Albuquerque as he mistakenly winds up in the Black Forest of 'Joimany' instead of Las Vegas, Nevada. Bugs also appeared in the 1942 two-minute U.S. war bonds commercial film ""Any Bonds Today?"", along with Porky and Elmer. At the end of ""Super-Rabbit"" (1943), Bugs appears wearing a United States Marine Corps dress blue uniform. As a result, the Marine Corps made Bugs an honorary Marine master sergeant. From 1943 to 1946, Bugs was the official mascot"
"cartoon studio had been experimenting with cartoons focused on a hunter pursuing a rabbit since 1938, with varied approaches to the characters of both rabbit and hunter. Elmer approaches one of Bugs' holes, puts down a carrot, and hides behind a tree. Bugs' arm reaches out of the hole, feels around, and snatches the carrot. He reaches out again and finds Elmer's double-barreled shotgun. His arm quickly pops back into the hole before returning to drop the eaten stub of Elmer's carrot and apologetically caress the end of the barrel. Elmer shoves his gun into Bugs' hole, and thus causes"
"has broken his arm and three huge thugs (one of them female) rush in, aiming guns at Bugs. Bugs barely escapes the hail of bullets (some of which spell the message ""And stay out""). When Bugs rushes back to the Easter Bunny telling him he quits, the Easter Bunny gets him to ""try once more"". Unfortunately, the next house is that of Elmer Fudd, the veteran wabbit-hater. Intent on making ""Easter Rabbit Stew"" out of the bunny, Fudd sets up an elaborate welcome and, disguised as a baby, hides his gun in a bassinet and climbs in. Just then Bugs"
"the face gag was reused from ""Rabbit Punch"" five years earlier, which was also directed by Chuck Jones. Bully for Bugs Bully for Bugs is a 1953 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. On his way to the Coachella Valley for the ""big carrot festival, therein,"" Bugs Bunny gets lost, and wanders into a bullring in the middle of a bullfight between Toro the Bull and a very scared matador. Bugs looks at his map and famously declares: ""I knew I shoulda taken that left toin at Albukoikee""."
"Fudd then appears and notices the rabbit tracks. He pokes his gun into the hole, threatens to blast Bugs if he does not come out, and then follows through on his threat. Bugs Bunny, however, has been watching from a hole a few feet away and wanders over to Elmer to begin a conversation with him about rabbit season. When Elmer fails to realize that Bugs is a rabbit, Daffy is disgusted by this and emerges from his hiding spot to point out that Bugs is a rabbit, which the latter confirms, asking if Elmer would prefer to shoot him"
"Barnyard Dawg George P. Dog (better known as (The) Barnyard Dawg) is a ""Looney Tunes"" character. An adult anthropomorphic basset hound, he is the archenemy of Foghorn Leghorn. He was created by Robert McKimson, who also created Foghorn, and was voiced by Mel Blanc. Dawg also feuds with other enemies as well like Henery Hawk, the Weasel, Daffy Duck and Sylvester. He appeared in 22 Golden Age–era Warner Bros. shorts. Dawg's first appearance came in ""Walky Talky Hawky"" (1946), the same Henery Hawk cartoon in which Foghorn himself first appeared. Although, in that cartoon, Dawg initiates hostilities with Foghorn by"
"downward with his parachute which is replaced with an anvil. Crashing to the ground, a disoriented Daffy hammers the anvil while dizzily reciting ""The Village Blacksmith"". The animator changes the anvil into an artillery shell which explodes after a few more hammer strikes. Daffy finally snaps and angrily demands that the animator reveal himself; they do, but not before drawing a door around Daffy and closing it on him. The camera pulls back and reveals the guilty party to be Bugs Bunny at a drawing table, who turns around and says to the audience: ""Ain't I a stinker?"" According to"
"points. He can also land on top of enemies without getting damaged. At the end of most levels, Bugs Bunny has to use his mallet to defeat a Warner Brothers cartoon character such as Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester, or the Tasmanian Devil. These other Looney Tunes characters are trying to stop Bugs because they are all jealous that Bugs gets all the attention. The gameplay is very similar to ""Super Mario Bros. 2"", another game for NES. Spanish magazine ""Super Juegos"" gave the game 72.6. Brazilian magazine ""VideoGame"" gave the game four out of five stars. French magazine ""Joypad"" gave the"
"Bugsy and Mugsy Bugsy and Mugsy is a 1957 American animated short film written by Warren Foster and directed by Friz Freleng in the Looney Tunes series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. The film's plot features Bugs Bunny with Rocky and Mugsy. Bugs discovers that two robbers are hiding out on the floor above him, and plays them off against each other. Bugs has relocated his home due to heavy winter rains; he now lives under the floor of a condemned building. All of a sudden, he hears police sirens, which are followed by a car stopping, and then"
"be a more worthy adversary for Bugs Bunny. Until then, Bugs' major foe had been Elmer Fudd, a man so mild-mannered and dimwitted that Freleng thought Bugs actually came off as a bully by duping him. Sam, on the other hand, was extremely violent and belligerent, not at all a pushover like Fudd. Freleng compacted into a tiny body and 11-gallon hat the largest voice and the largest ego ""north, south, east, aaaaand west of the Pecos"". For over 19 years, except for one cartoon (""Hare-Abian Nights"" in 1959) Freleng's unit had exclusive usage of Sam at the Warner studio."
"has himself mailed to Washington, D.C., where a supercilious game commissioner explains that the bounty is so low because, while foxes and bears are ""obnoxious"" animals who damage property, ""rabbits are perfectly harmless"". Bugs vows to prove that he can do just as bad and storms out, slamming the game commissioner's door so hard that the glass in it shatters. Bugs begins his campaign of direct action by attacking a guard in the leg with his own billy club. From there, he pulls stunts like renaming Barney Baruch's private bench to ""Bugs Bunny"", painting barbershop pole stripes on the Washington"
"Bully for Bugs Bully for Bugs is a 1953 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. On his way to the Coachella Valley for the ""big carrot festival, therein,"" Bugs Bunny gets lost, and wanders into a bullring in the middle of a bullfight between Toro the Bull and a very scared matador. Bugs looks at his map and famously declares: ""I knew I shoulda taken that left toin at Albukoikee"". As he asks the matador for directions, the matador escapes into the stands, leaving Bugs to fend for"
"Hyde and Hare Hyde and Hare is a 1955 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon pits Bugs against Dr. Jekyll, who continues to turn into Mr. Hyde. The title is a play on the expression ""neither hide nor hair."" Bugs comes out of his rabbit hole in a city park every morning because a kind gentleman keeps coming to feed him a carrot (""Well, here I go again with the 'timid little rabbit' routine. It's shameful, but - eh, it's a living!""). At first feigning the on-all-fours posture of a real rabbit, Bugs eventually stands"
"him. (The Easter Bunny characterization is taken from Mel Blanc's ""Happy Postman"" radio character, including the ironic catch phrase ""Keep Smiling!"") The first house the ""joyous bunny"" visits bears a name by the door: Dead End Kid, and the mean little red-haired kid who lives inside throws the egg at Bugs' face, bites him in the leg and beats Bugs up before body-slamming him on the floor - all the while demanding, ""I wanna Easter egg! I wanna Easter egg! I wanna Easter egg!"" Bugs loses his cool and grabs the kid's arm. Unfortunately, Dead End Kid screams that Bugs"
"Knighty Knight Bugs Knighty Knight Bugs is a 1958 Warner Bros ""Looney Tunes"" cartoon directed by Friz Freleng, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and released by Warner Bros. Mel Blanc provided for the voices of all the characters in this cartoon. Bugs Bunny, the court jester of King Arthur, must recover a singing sword from Yosemite Sam (as the Black Knight) and his fire-breathing, often sneezing, dragon. The film is a partial remake of Freleng's earlier ""Sahara Hare"", which was also largely about Bugs inside a building (in that case, a fort) and Sam on the outside, repeatedly trying (and"
"on the plotting and offered up Ambush Bug as an antagonist. The Bug is entirely Keith's creation ..."" Giffen has stated that both Ambush Bug and Lobo were derived from Lunatik, a character he created in high school. In response to positive reader reaction to the character's first appearance, editor Julius Schwartz directed Giffen to create another Ambush Bug story for ""DC Comics Presents"" #59. At first, Ambush Bug was a villain, named after a type of insect, and dressed in a green, skintight suit (with two orange antennae) that cover his whole body. Inside his hollow antennae, he carries"
"Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Though a similar character debuted in the WB cartoon ""Porky's Hare Hunt"" (1938) and appeared in a few subsequent shorts, the definitive character of Bugs is widely credited to have made his debut in director Tex Avery's Oscar-nominated film ""A Wild Hare"" (1940). Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray"
"technology updated and the pencil and paintbrush replaced by a digital pen. In issue #94 of the ""Looney Tunes"" comic, Bugs Bunny gets his back at Daffy Duck by making him the victim, in switching various movie roles, from Duck Twacy in ""Who Killed Daffy Duck"","" a video game character, and a talk show host, and they always wind up with Daffy starring in ""Moby Dick"" (the story's running gag). After this, Bugs comments, ""Eh, dis guy needs a new agent."" Rabbit Rampage Rabbit Rampage is a 1955 Bugs Bunny Warner Bros. animated cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones which was"
"in both the 855th Bomb Squadron of the 491st Bombardment Group (Heavy) and later in the 786th BS of the 466th BG(H), both being part of the 8th Air Force operating out of England. In 1944, Bugs Bunny made a cameo appearance in ""Jasper Goes Hunting"", a Puppetoons film produced by rival studio Paramount Pictures. In this cameo (animated by McKimson, with Blanc providing the usual voice), Bugs (after being threatened at gunpoint) pops out of a rabbit hole, saying his usual catchphrase; after hearing the orchestra play the wrong theme song, he realizes ""Hey, I'm in the wrong picture!"""