# Happy Birthday, Bugs! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-bugs/726373 "2015-07-28T03:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-bugs/726373/21 "2015-07-28T16:03:50Z")
I just introduced my 2 and 4 year old boys to Bugs Bunny about 3 weeks ago, my 4 year old is still telling people “My Dad has Bugs Bunny on his phone!” It seems so strange to me that Saturday morning cartoons have disappeared (note: we don’t have cable or satellite TV, just over the air), it was such a foundational part of my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-bugs/726373/22 "2015-07-28T16:26:40Z")
Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played a girl bunny? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-bugs/726373/23 "2015-07-28T16:34:41Z")
Am I the only one who, as a little kid, found the cartoon _Elmer’s Candid Camera_ as being rather disconcerting? Specifically [the part where Elmer finally goes psycho,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZMhaYBppix4#t=321) the expression on his face and even more the ‘noises’ he’s making are really unsettling. The fact that the proto-Bugs didn’t have his normal voice yet didn’t help either\*!\* ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-bugs/726373/24 "2015-07-28T16:37:45Z")
I just heard a bit about Bugs on NPR. Mel Blanc based his voice on Clark Gable (especially _ **It Happened One Night** _ - [watch this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcrth90C3D4)). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-bugs/726373/25 "2015-07-28T16:48:09Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I just heard a bit about Bugs on NPR. Mel Blanc based his voice on Clark Gable (especially _ **It Happened One Night** _ - [watch this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcrth90C3D4)). I always thought it was just the carrot chomping thing that was taken from Gable. I don’t hear any of his voice in Bugs’. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-bugs/726373/26 "2015-07-28T16:58:45Z")
According to what I listened to, [it was also the fast-talking](http://www.dinnerpartydownload.org/the-birth-of-bugs-bunny/). Also, the \*attitude \*is just there. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-bugs/726373/27 "2015-07-28T17:02:12Z")
Mel once said in an interview that he couldn’t decide which accent sounded tougher, Brooklyn or the Bronx, so he combined the two for Bugs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-bugs/726373.md?page=1)