Today is officially the 85th Anniversary of Bugs Bunny! The lovable "wabbit" himself. One of my all-time favorite characters. Can't believe that in the next 5 years, he'll be 9 decades old. That's insane. He's been timeless ever since.
What I love about Bugs is his amusing laid-back demeanor and interesting personality traits like his charismatic resilience. His cartoons were one of the most witty, most smart ever to be made in film history. It took me a long time to fully realize how funny and iconic this character really is.
While Bugs has had prototypes in the past, for instance Porky's Hare Hunt (1938), he wasn't fully finalized and was just a standard trickster to outwit a protagonist much like Porky's Duck Hunt (1937). Reasons as to why his first cartoon will always be remembered as A Wild Hare (1940) is because Avery himself wanted to go in a different direction with the character. His iconic catchphrase was first heard in this particular short and heck it was a success, gaining audiences and being nominated for an Acamedy Award. Even that same year the ceremony took place, the first Tom and Jerry short was nominated as well.
All I gotta say is that, Bugs is easily the coolest, most important characters ever made. Real, full of personality, and has had significant amount of influence.
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