July 27, 2006 - Bugs Bunny Trivia

IT'S STILL HOT!!!! Turn off the heater....

Well, tonight we have a simple trivia question. Today is Bugs Bunny's birthday.


TRIVIA QUESTION:

How old is Bugs Bunny?

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TRIVIA ANSWER:

• Bugs is 66 years old today.

Bugs Bunny is a fictional street-smart gray rabbit that appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros., and is one of the most recognizable characters, real or imaginary, in the world.

According to his biography, he was "born" in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York and the product of many fathers: Ben "Bugs" Hardaway (who created a prototypical version of the character called Happy Rabbit in 1938's "Porky's Hare Hunt"), Bob Clampett, Tex Avery (who developed Bugs' definitive personality in 1940), Robert McKimson (created the definitive Bugs Bunny character design), Chuck Jones, and Friz Freleng.

According to Mel Blanc, his original voice actor, his accent is an equal blend of someone from the Bronx and someone from Brooklyn.

Bugs would emerge in Tex Avery's A Wild Hare, released on July 27, 1940. It was in this cartoon that he first emerged from his rabbit hole to ask hunter Elmer Fudd “What's up, Doc?" It is considered the first fully developed appearance of the character. Animation historian Joe Adamson counts A Wild Hare as the first Bugs Bunny short.

Thus, Bugs Bunny was “born” on July 27, 1940 making him 66 years old today.

For a lot more information and history of Bugs Bunny, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny

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