Saturday, May 27, 2006

Porky's Building

John K. has had a few posts discussing the origins of Bugs Bunny for a while now. You can see the most recent one here. I pointed out that he excluded the rabbit used in the cartoon Porky's Building (by Frank Taslin c. 1937). He aksed for screen shots of this toon, so I am obliging him right now. Here you go, John:

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  1. C. A. M. Thompson27/5/06 10:40 PM

    too bad these are colorized. I've never seen this cartoon. Does the rabbit do anything bugs-like?

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  2. JohnK27/5/06 11:56 PM

    does this rabbit have anything to do with the development of Bugs Bunny, or is it just a rabbit?

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  3. David Germain28/5/06 7:45 AM

    This cartoon is a mere footnote really. The only truly Bugs-like thing this rabit does is that he uses his ears to lay bricks. the eventual Bugs of course would go on to use his ears for many things. In A Hare Grows in Manhattan (by Friz Freleng c. 1947) he runs on them, in Rabbit of Seville (by Chuck Jones c. 1950) he massages "hare tonic" in Elmer's scalp with them, in Lighter Than Hare (by Friz Freleng c. 1960) he uses them as helicopter blades to get away from Yosemite Sam, etc.

    Unfortunately, I haven't seen Porky's Building myself either. I'm going by the synopsis in the Looney Tunes guide that Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald wrote as well as Steve Schneider's book about WB animation. In the chapter on Bugs Bunny, he mentions the Porky's Building rabbit when talking about Bugs' evolution.

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  4. Gabriel30/5/06 11:06 AM

    best porky ever!!

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