Today is the anniversary of the very first appearance of Bugs Bunny in a Looney Toons cartoon. Way, way back on July 27, 1940, we saw the premiere of The Wild Hare, starring Bugs and Elmer Fudd, during a time in which Fudd appeared to be struggling with alcoholism.
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Fun fact, Bugs himself was based off of a combination of characters in It Happened One Night — from Clark Gable’s casual carrot eating …
To the character Fred Shapely — Shapley’s the name and that’s the way he likes ‘em! — and his fast-talking attempts to hit on Claudette Colbert.
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