The usual gestation period for a rabbit is a month. But Bugs Bunny, the iconic cartoon character who turns 75 on Monday, took a lot longer to come to life. Scroll. With Mel Blanc, Jim Backus, Bea Benaderet, Julie Bennett. Bugs Bunny and all his cartoon friends are stage performers entertaining audiences with 7 features per show.

Bugs Bunny is an American fictional character who starred in the Looney Tunes and Merrie. It’s said that when he first watched a rough cut of his studio’s next feature cartoon, Walt Disney absolutely disapproved of one scene: when the Cocker Spaniel. The Bugs Bunny Show is an animated television anthology series hosted by Bugs Bunny, that was mainly composed of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons released by.

Bugs Bunny at 7. 5: Watch the First- Ever 'What's Up, Doc?' Moment. The usual gestation period for a rabbit is a month.

But Bugs Bunny, the iconic cartoon character who turns 7. Monday, took a lot longer to come to life. Scroll down to read that story–but not before watching a clip from his first official appearance, in the 1. Tex Avery cartoon A Wild Hare. The Oscar- nominated cartoon has all the classic Bugs favorites: outwitting Elmer Fudd, the signature ears and tail, the "What's up, Doc?"(Looney Tunes characters, names, and all related indicia are TM & © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. You can watch the whole thing here.)Here's how the world's favorite cartoon rabbit came to be.

Animator Chuck Jones gave credit to Tex Avery for the character, but Warner Bros. There were cutesy rabbits and wacky rabbits, but those rabbits aren't Bugs. One distinction, Jones explained, was that Bugs' craziness always serves a purpose–in contrast to the unhinged Daffy Duck.)The Wild Hare bunny is uncredited, though that changed before the year was up. Bugs was an instant star.

Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character; created in 1940 by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is. PART ONE - PART TWO - PART THREE - PART FOUR PART THREE: Intended for the adult collector and may not be suitable for children (The 2000s).

By 1. 95. 4, TIME noted that he was more popular than Mickey Mouse. Mel Blanc, who voiced the character, later claimed that the name was his idea, saying that they were going to call the character Happy Rabbit, but that Blanc suggested naming him after animator Ben "Bugs" Hardaway. Alternatively, the name is sometimes traced to a sketch that designer Charles Thorson did on Hardaways' request, with the caption "Bugs' bunny"—as in, it was the bunny that Bugs had asked him to draw.)Though Virgil Ross was the animator on A Wild Hare, Chuck Jones became one of the more famous hands behind the Bugs Bunny magic. In 1. 97. 9, when The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie came out, TIME critic Richard Schickel noted that "it is possible that some day Animator Chuck Jones may come to be regarded as the American Bunuel" for the fact that Jones and the groundbreaking surrealist filmmaker so well understood the psychological underpinnings of comedy.

As these images from the late artist's archives show, Bugs Bunny may have taken a long time to be born—but he sure has aged well. Read TIME's take on Warner cartoons' 5. TIME Vault: For Heaven's Sake!

Grown Men! Slice of apple pie with ice cream, circa 1. H. Armstrong Roberts—Retrofile/Getty Images. Pie. The "pye"—as it used to be spelled—is a venerable dish, which can be traced all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome. But those pastry- based dishes weren't the desserts we tend to think of today. Instead, they were overwhelmingly savory dishes. And for good reason: the crusts could help the contents of the pie (meat, typically) last a little longer than they would otherwise. Even apple pies didn't used to look the way they do now: There are few things as American as apple pie, as the saying goes, but like much of America’s pie tradition, the original apple pie recipes came from England.

These pre- Revolutionary prototypes were made with unsweetened apples and encased in an inedible shell. Yet the apple pie did develop a following, and was first referenced in the year 1. Menaphon by poet R. Greene: “Thy breath is like the steeme of apple pies.”Read the full story here: A Brief History of Pie. Eggnog. L. Mueller—MCT via Getty Images. Eggnog. Eggnog is centuries old, it turns out: While culinary historians debate its exact lineage, most agree eggnog originated from the early medieval Britain “posset,” a hot, milky, ale- like drink.

By the 1. 3th century, monks were known to drink a posset with eggs and figs. Milk, eggs, and sherry were foods of the wealthy, so eggnog was often used in toasts to prosperity and good health. But it wasn't always associated with the end- of- year holiday season. That happened when the drink came to the Americas; even George Washington had his own signature recipe for eggnog, which by his time had begun to be made with rum. Read the full story here: A Brief History of Eggnog.

A plate of buttered waffles made in an Easywork waffle iron, in 1. Chaloner Woods—Getty Images. Waffles. This peculiarly patterned breakfast staple has a surprisingly long and illustrious history. The ancient Greeks used a tool kind of like a waffle iron to make cakes, and the treat came to the New World with some of its earliest European settlers: Waffles arrived in the U. S. with the Pilgrims, who sampled them in Holland en route to Massachusetts. Thomas Jefferson reportedly brought a waffle iron home from France around 1.

States. But it wasn't until the 1. Watch Miller`S Crossing Streaming there. California family combined instant waffle mix, electricity and ingenuity to come up with a way to mass- produce waffles.

The eventual result, if you haven't already guessed, was Eggos. Read the full story here: A Brief History of Waffles.

A 1. 93. 0s peanut butter jar label. Buyenlarge / ; Getty Images. Peanut Butter. Peanut butter's origins are a bit mysterious.

Contrary to the popular myth that George Washington Carter came up with the idea, there's evidence that some version of peanut butter was being made at least a couple decades before he published his 1. How to Grow the Peanut and 1. Watch Sugarhouse Download. Ways of Preparing it For Human Consumption: Peanut butter’s true inventor is unknown, but Dr.

John Harvey Kellogg has as good a claim to the title as anyone. In 1. 89. 5, the cereal pioneer patented a process for turning raw peanuts into a butter- like vegetarian health food that he fed to clients at his Battle Creek, Mich., sanatorium. The taste caught on, and in a few years, the spread had gone mainstream.

Read the full story here: A Brief History of Peanut Butter. Buffalo wings await contestants during Wing Bowl 1. Wachovia Center Feb. Philadelphia. William Thomas Cain—Getty Images. Buffalo Wings. Unlike peanut butter, Buffalo wings have a an easily identified origin: Buffalo, N. Y. But what exactly happened to spark its birth is a little blurrier: There are at least two different versions of the Buffalo wing’s origin, although they contain the same basic facts.

The first plate of wings was served in 1. Buffalo called the Anchor Bar. The wings were the brainchild of Teressa Bellissimo, who covered them in her own special sauce and served them with a side of blue cheese and celery because that’s what she had available.

Except for the occasional naysayer who claims to be the true inventor, these facts are reasonably undisputed. The rest of the story is anybody’s guess.

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Please add reliable citations to help verify the article's content. Do not use Wikipedia or any other wikis as a source. Unsourced info can be questioned and eventually removed. Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, best known for his starring roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of theatrical short films produced by Warner Bros. Golden Age of American Animation. His popularity during this era led to his becoming an American cultural icon, as well as a corporate mascot of the Warner Bros. He was voiced by Mel Blanc.[2]Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray hare, famous for his relaxed, passive personality, pronounced Mid- Atlantic accent (Blanc described the voice as being a mixture of Brooklyn and Bronx accents[3]), depiction as a mischievous trickster, and his catchphrase "Eh, what's up, doc?" (usually said while chewing a carrot).

Since his official debut in 1. A Wild Hare,[4] Bugs has appeared in various short films, feature films, compilations, TV series, music records, comic books, video games, award shows, amusement park rides, and commercials. He has also appeared in more films (short and feature length) than any other cartoon character,[5] is the ninth most- portrayed film personality in the world,[5] and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[6]When TV Guide compiled a list of the 5. Bugs Bunny was given the honor of number 1.[7][8] In a CNN broadcast, a TV Guide editor talked about the group that created the list. The editor also explained why Bugs pulled top billing: "His stock..

Bugs is the best example.. American comic. He not only is a great cartoon character, he's a great comedian.

He was written well. He was drawn beautifully. He has thrilled and made many generations laugh.

He is tops."[9]History. Bugs' precursor. Bugs' evolution from Happy Rabbit to the present. According to Chase Craig, who was a member of Tex Avery's cartoon unit and later wrote and drew the first Bugs Bunny comic Sunday pages and Bugs' first comic book; "Bugs was not the creation of any one man but rather represented the creative talents of perhaps five or six directors and many cartoon writers. In those days, the stories were often the work of a group who suggested various gags, bounced them around and finalized them in a joint story conference."[1. Happy Rabbit, a hare with some of the personality of Bugs (though looking very different), made his first appearance in the cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt, released on April 3. Co- directed by Ben Hardaway and an uncredited Cal Dalton (who was responsible for the initial design of the rabbit), this short has an almost identical plot to Tex Avery's Porky's Duck Hunt, which had introduced Daffy Duck. Hare Hunt replaced the little black duck with a small white rabbit.

Porky Pig was again cast as a hunter tracking a silly prey who is more interested in driving his pursuer insane and less interested in escaping. Happy introduced himself with the odd expression "Jiggers, fellers," and Mel Blanc gave the character a voice and laugh much like those he would later use for Woody Woodpecker. Hare Hunt also gave Happy the famous Groucho Marx line, "Of course you realize, this means war!" The rabbit character was popular enough with audiences that the Termite Terrace staff decided to use it again.[1. According to Friz Freleng, Hardaway and Dalton had decided to dress the duck in a rabbit suit. The white rabbit had an oval head and a shapeless body.

In characterization, he was "a rural buffoon". He was loud, zany with a goofy, guttural laugh. Blanc provided him with a hayseed voice.[1. Happy returned in the short Prest- O Change- O, directed by Chuck Jones, where he is the pet rabbit of unseen character Sham- Fu The Magician. Two dogs, fleeing the local dogcatcher, enter his absent master's house. Happy harasses them, but is ultimately bested by the bigger of the 2 dogs. Happy's third appearance came in Hare- um Scare- um, once again directed by Hardaway and Dalton.

This short (the first in which he is depicted as a gray bunny instead of a white one) is also notable as Happy's first singing role. Charlie Thorson, lead animator on the short, gave the character a different name. He had written "Bugs' Bunny" on the model sheet that he drew for Hardaway. In promotional material for the short, including a surviving 1. Bugs" Bunny (quotation marks only used, on and off, until 1. In Chuck Jones' Elmer's Candid Camera, Happy met Elmer Fudd for the first time.

In this cartoon, Happy looked more like the present- day Bugs, taller and with a similar face—- but retaining the more primitive voice. Elmer's character design was also different: fatter and taller than the modern model, although Arthur Q. Bryan's character voice was already established. Animation historians identify these Happy Rabbit cartoons as Bugs Bunny's early cartoons before he reaches his fame in A Wild Hare, as evident in documentaries such as The Wabbit Turns 5. WWOR in 1. 98. 9.[citation needed date={{{1}}}] Bugs' official debut Bugs emerges (literally) for the first time in A Wild Hare. A Wild Hare, directed by Tex Avery and released on July 2. Bugs Bunny cartoon.[1.

It is the first film where both Elmer Fudd and Bugs, both redesigned by Bob Givens, are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and tormentor, respectively; the first in which Mel Blanc uses what would become Bugs' standard voice; and the first in which Bugs uses his catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?"[1. A Wild Hare was a huge success in theaters and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cartoon Short Subject.[1. Immediately following on A Wild Hare, Bob Clampett's Patient Porky featured a cameo appearance by Bugs, announcing to the audience that 7. The gag uses Bugs' Wild Hare visual design, but his goofier pre- Wild Hare voice characterization. The second full- fledged role for the mature Bugs, Chuck Jones' Elmer's Pet Rabbit, was the first to use the name Bugs Bunny on- screen: it appears in a title card, "featuring Bugs Bunny," at the start of the short (which was edited in following the success of A Wild Hare). However, Bugs' voice in this cartoon is significantly different, and his design was slightly altered as well.