Egghead initially was depicted as having a bulbous nose, funny/eccentric clothing, a voice like Joe Penner, provided by radio mimic Danny Webb, and an egg-shaped head (thus the moniker “Egghead”). In 1937, Tex Avery introduced a new character in his cartoon short Egghead Rides Again. The best known Elmer Fudd cartoons include Chuck Jones‘ masterpiece What’s Opera, Doc? (one of the few times Fudd bested Bugs, though he felt bad about it), the Rossini parody Rabbit of Seville, and the “Hunting Trilogy” of “Rabbit Season/Duck Season” shorts ( Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit, Duck!) with Fudd himself, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck. Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits”, as well as his trademark laughter, “huh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh”. He speaks in an unusual way, replacing his Rs and Ls with Ws, so “Watch the road, Rabbit,” is replaced with “Watch the woad, wabbit!” Elmer’s signature catchphrase is, “Shhh. His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antagonizing characters. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon (second only to Bugs himself). Is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Fudd/Egghead – Elmer in Rabbit Fire (1951) 24 – In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded…īugs & Elmer Fudd In The Fresh Hare (1942)Įlmer J. 22 – In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas… 21 – n 1995, the presidents of three rival Balkan states agreed to make peace in Bosnia, ending nearly four years of terror and ethnic bloodletting that have left a quarter of a million people dead in the worst war in Europe since World War II… 20 – In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany…. 19 – In 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania. 18 – In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship. 28 – In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II… Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. 27 – In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. 26 – In 1942, President Roosevelt ordered… 25 – In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese…
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