# I like him...he's silly! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-him-hes-silly/794215 "2017-08-20T21:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-him-hes-silly/794215/1 "2017-08-20T21:26:12Z")
We’ve done “I’m only 3 1⁄2 years old”. Where did “I like him…he’s silly!” come from? I Googled a bit to no avail. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-him-hes-silly/794215/2 "2017-08-20T21:32:10Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > We’ve done “I’m only 3 1⁄2 years old”. Where did “I like him…he’s silly!” come from? I Googled a bit to no avail. First thing to pop up when I googled it was a Bugs Bunny cartoon, because of course. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-him-hes-silly/794215/3 "2017-08-20T21:35:04Z")
Bugs Bunny for me too. Here’s the first thing that popped up on Youtube. It was some little gremlin saying it about Bugs Bunny. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/U6HYzfEZPXc/hqdefault.jpg "Fallin' hare, Bugs Bunny know a Gremlin HES SILLY mpeg4") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6HYzfEZPXc) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-him-hes-silly/794215/4 "2017-08-20T22:02:24Z")
Also in “Nasty Quacks” at 6:27.[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33mrx3](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33mrx3) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-him-hes-silly/794215/5 "2017-08-21T12:49:44Z")
I did a quick search, but all I can find is that it was apparently Bob Clampett who first stole the radio catch phrase and put it in a cartoon (something he apparently liked to do). Other Warner Brothers animators used it later on, though. Nothing I found reveals the original source. As noted, though, quite a few of the WB cartoons catchphrases were stolen from the radio – “Ohh, I wouldn’t say _THAT_ now”, “Coming , Mother!” “\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, isn’t it!” (that one’s from Jerry Colonna), or any of these: [http://www.therobotsvoice.com/2013/10/looney\_tunes\_bugs\_bunny\_merrie\_melodies\_catchphras.php](http://www.therobotsvoice.com/2013/10/looney_tunes_bugs_bunny_merrie_melodies_catchphras.php) ---
**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:** [August 21, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-him-hes-silly/794215/6 "2017-08-21T15:21:38Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > [http://www.therobotsvoice.com/2013/10/looney\_tunes\_bugs\_bunny\_merrie\_melodies\_catchphras.php](http://www.therobotsvoice.com/2013/10/looney_tunes_bugs_bunny_merrie_melodies_catchphras.php) That’s pretty good. Thanks!