The thing I like most about Elmer Fudd, and this does depend on the writer of the short, is that he's not actually malicious or villainous. His rivalry with Bugs stems from him being a hunter, or in some cases, just being fanatically obsessed with getting revenge. All the while, he's sometimes just a reasonable guy that just wants to get through the day. Look at "Don't Axe Me." He's in his most sympathetic portrayal possible in that short. Married to a sweet, little old lady version of himself, they're church people that invite the Reverend over. Daffy comes off like a jerk in this one, and Elmer wouldn't even bother hunting him if Barnyard Dog didn't goad his wife into suggesting a duck dinner. What I really liked was his deleted scene in Back in Action. Daffy pitches a Batman-esque movie starring himself as a super hero, and Elmer in a Joker like role. After the pitch, the actual Elmer starts crying hysterically about how he doesn't want to be a scary clown version of himself. Even though in a later scene in the finished movie, he says "I was secwetwy evil ahh awong," while chasing Bugs and Daffy around the Louvre. It's a great contrast with actually malicious, downright evil, constantly angry Yosemite Sam. One wants to do him harm because it's a living or revenge for constantly being made a fool of, the other's just naturally violent and angry.
But that’s the problem,his role as a idiotic hunter isn’t interesting in my opinion,that’s why I prefer Sam,with his more interesting intricate personality,and ability to make funnier laughs,he has much more chances to be funnier,and better than Elmer ever was,after rabbit of Seville,with the exception of what’s opera doc,elmer hardly appeared,because people had gotten tired of his idiotic boring personality . At this time, however Sam was flourishing.That’s because Friz used Sam in more creative roles,such as a prison guard,knight,or even a hunter.Elmer was just a hunter,and that’s why he failed,he was just a boring hunter,who everyone got bored of by 1950.
This is why found Elmer fudd history interesting because he many redesign from his appearance on cartoons Elmer was never an antagonist he plays so many roles instead of him being a hunter all the time
@Ryan Ward I just found it really bizarre they went through so many different iterations of the character's design before they settled on the "default" Elmer. I wasn't as huge a fan of the fat Elmer, though I do realize it was based on Arthur Q Bryant himself, a larger man.
Bugs Bunny's Nemesis. Egghead's Little Brother. The Guy that would later be Mocked by Bugs Bunny, not Once, not Twice, but Three Times. The Man, The Myth, The Legend: Elmer Fudd.
As a kid, obviously the shorts weren't shown in order and I never really took notice of the copyright years. So I always thought "fat Elmer" was the original incarnation and then they worked him down. Fascinating
Elmer Fudd is without a doubt one of my Favorite _Looney Tunes_ characters, from his catchphrase _"Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Wabbits. Hahahaha."_ to his unique sense of humor in the various Bugs Bunny shorts and to top it off he was Bugs Bunny's first reocurring antagonist (2nd if you count Porky Pig in "Porky's Hare Hunt") before the debuts of Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, and Taz. Elmer may have his cartoon critics, including Friz Freleng who called him a "naive pea-brained simpleton", but that's the point of Elmer Fudd, he is a simpleton and that adds the charm and humor to the character when he is paired with Bugs, Daffy or both of them in the various Looney Tunes shorts. Without Elmer Fudd, we wouldn't be getting Sam, Marvin and Taz in the later shorts. Thank you so much Dave Lee for the long-awaited Cartoon Evolution of Elmer Fudd and going over his Cartoon Evolution history. My favorite incarnation of him were the ones by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones, especially in the former since I laugh my butt off in the various shorts such as the Fat Fudd shorts (Wabbit Twouble, The Wacky Wabbit) and Corny Concerto.
I never realized how much Elmer was just straight-up bullied by Bugs for no reason in earlier shorts. In the newer Looney Tunes Cartoons, it feels like characters mess with him unprovoked for no reason about half the time. I hadn't thought of it as an inherent part of the character going that far back, but I suppose that is the case. It still feels kind of bad, though, especially when there are shorts where he is bullied by characters after showing that he himself is a bad person, giving justification for being abused.
There are two instances where Elmer actually defeats Bugs, one is in Rabbit Rampage where Bugs becomes his victim as Elmer (revealed at the end) to be the animator who torments him, like he did with Daffy in Duck Amuck. The other is Hare Brush when Elmer thinks he is a rabbit and sent into insane asylum and Bugs who gets there, switches places with him and the psycatrist thinking that Bugs really IS Elmer drugs him and through hypnotist convinces Bugs that he is Elmer (being a millionaire, owning a mansion and a yatch). Later when Bugs hunts for Elmer in a role reversal, a goverment agent arrests Bugs for tax evasion (which the real Elmer was guity of the crime). Elmer then turns to the camera saying "I may be scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz".
I don't know why, but when I was in my late teens, I was *obsessed* with Elmer Fudd. There's something about him I always found endearing that I just can't explain.
Another great rundown, Dave. As a life-long Looney Tunes fan, born in the late 1970s, when random LT shorts would turn up on TV very-young-me would sometimes get a bit mixed up and confused over Elmer regarding his early often changing appearance and characteristics (as well as sometimes being a "changes to fit the story" sorta character); and as such that same young-me maybe even mistook him for Porky Pig on odd occasion. As I got older I loved piecing together origins & developments of characters; I'm surprised a "Fudd Family Tree" has never been hinted at by WB or by fans, to try and explain and incorporate some of those early looks, as "relations". Although those shorts were already 50+ years old when I first saw them, I always saw Elmer as being designed to be rather "old man in younger man's body"-ish, out of fashion and already dated in the way he spoke. I think also perceived his early sometimes squinty eyes to suggest he had poor vision, Mr. Magoo-style, which is one reason he never quite caught Bugs. I'd have to think hard what my favourite Elmer short is, but I've always particularly loved him in the hunting trilogy, some of the best Looney Tunes ever made.
This definitely was a great character to do a video on! He evolved so much over time and definitely makes for a great evolution video! My favorite appearance of his was definitely in “What’s Opera Doc?”
Fantastic video Dave! Elmer Fudd was a character that I’ve been wanting to see you do a Cartoon Evolution video on for a long time now and I can definitely say that it was well worth the wait with how great this video was! To answer your question on what my favorite Elmer Fudd appearance would be, probably either A Pest in the House or Rabbit of Seville. Both outstanding shorts that show him in different roles and have him paired with different characters.
Elmer as mini-me in Space Jam 2 was a stroke of genius! Thought it was a tad unnecessary and silly not gining Elmer his gun in the new HBO Max shorts but I understand the intentions of the animators for going that way. He wasn't always an armed hunter in the classic shorts and was still funny.
It's funny to think about that whenever Elmer seems to have shot Bugs (such in A Wild Hare, The Old Grey Hare and What's Opera Doc, though the latter two Elmer actually hit Bugs with a laser gun and lightning respectively, though the former doesn't really kill him but faking it like other times while the latter seems to have really killed him, Bugs only gets "revived" to say "Well, what did you expect from an opera, a happy ending?") even if his intention as a hunter was to kill Bugs all along, Bugs overdramatic death acting turns on Elmer's sympathy, giving him guilt over killing him causing to cry out of regret, shame and sadness. However at the start of one cartoon, he holds his gun at Bugs' rabbit hole, ready to shoot and does fire away, unaware that Bugs was behind him, talking like he was in his hole. Bugs once again faking dying, which does tugs Elmer's heart stings yet again but when Bugs says "I'm gonna kick the bucket!" and does it literally, Elmer cheer for his success and sings "The Wabbit kick the bucket" until Bugs join on the singing, realizing that he was tricked.
@@twistedbuzzard8518 It does. In one scene from The Unruly Hare (1945), Elmer shoots at Bugs' hole and says, "I hate wittwe gway wabbits." In another he shoots into Bugs' stump and tells Bugs (who is still alive) that he "just put a cwazy wabbit out of his misewy!" In a third scene, he knocks out Bugs' decoy head and celebrates before walking back to his telescope. In a fourth scene, he shoots Bugs and says, "So I'm a big, fat wat!"
My favourite Elmer design is Avery's version from 'A Wild Hare'. While I'm not mad about the red nose, I do like his proportions and facial characteristics for this short.
You should do Chuck Jones' Claude Cat, if only because it might be fun to track a semi-obscure character with an intense evolution, both visually and as a character.
Hey, I just noticed you're about to hit 100K! I remember back when the channel was at 16K that's around the time I joined. It's sure been a good time to get to this point!
I didn't realise til a few year ago that many of the shorts I had as a kid were of proto versions of Warner characters. I had Prest-O Change-O (proto Bugs) on a VHS collection, Scalp Trouble (earlier Porky and Daffy), The Wacky Wabbit ("Fat Elemer") and Fresh Hare (semi-Fat Elmer).
I love Elmer from his start from Egghead, his Fat Version, to The Elmer Fudd that we love and he always trying to get Bugs Bunny and he does this for The Sport of The Hunt and he is My Favorite Looney Tune and his Line "Be Vewy, Vewy Quiet. I'm hunting Wabbits. Hahahaha!" Just Makes me Laugh! I love Elmer Fudd and his Fat Version!🤩👍🤣♥️🎆🐰
Seems that everyone else now know and see that the character that first debut in "Little Red Walking Hood" (1937) actually evolved into Elmer Fudd the Hunter.
I remember seeing Egghead in BELIEVE IT OR ELSE when very young but not having any idea at the time that he might be...dare I say "related"...to Elmer Fudd in any way. But now I get it.
A Lad in Bagdad and Count Me Out was co directed by Cal Dalton and Ben Hardaway.Though Cal Howard (With Dalton) co directed Lad. Point is in those short Avery had nothing to do with Egghead.
Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO Max) arguably tends to make Elmer more aggressive and less patient than usual…. Sometimes a bit more than Yosemite in my opinion. I wish they focused slightly more of his “dopey” side
Finally Elmer gets to be done, after wanting him to be done for a couple of years now. Now it's just Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe Le Pew and Granny that are left of the main Looney Tunes characters of the Golden Era and after that the lesser recurring characters such as The Three Bears, Witch Hazel, Gossammer, Hubie and Bertie, Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot, Michigan J Frog, Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf and Mac and Tosh.
Elmer's not as dumb as most people think he is. In the cartoon where he's in an asylum because he believes he's a rabbit. Bugs traded places with him and ends up living Elmer's millionaire life. Bugs Elmer ends up being arrested for tax evasion. Elmer has the last line, and the last laugh: "I may be cwazy, but at least I'm not going to Alcatwaz!"
Elmer Fudd actually appeared in 71 cartoons from 1937 up to 1962. As it was confirmed that Elmer's prototype actually first appeared in "Little Red Walking Hood" (1937).
I find it fascinating that Elmer Fudd was created before Bugs Bunny. Looney Tunes was very different back then. But he was created a little after Daffy Duck when Looney Tunes started to turn into what we know it as today and all the unfamilliar outdated characters that used to be a part of Looney Tunes were starting to disappear. The original Looney Tunes series sure has changed the most out of any other show out there in its 40 years from 1929-1969 although not so much of a fan of them temporarily getting rid of most of the Looney Tunes gang in the mid-late 60s.
the first cartoon with Fat Elmer say the birth of Big Chungus the scene when Bugs mimicked him both in tone of voice and body shape. and thus a new meme was born.
I love Elmer Fudd's hunting outfit on Chuck Jones. I wish they would made a new series of Looney Tunes back to their original morphing forms called "Looney Tunes World of Mayhem: The Series" directed by Eric Goldberg or the directors from Animaniacs. Also, this series can be animated by Toon Boom Animation. What'd you guys think? Here are the voice cast: Eric Bauza - Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, Pepe Le Pew, Barnyard Dawg. Bob Bergen - Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester Jr. Jeff Bergman - Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, Ralph Wolf. Fred Tatasciore - Yosemite Sam, Sam Sheepdog, Gossamer. Jim Cummings - Taz. Candi Milo - Granny, Witch Hazel. Steve Blum - Nasty Canasta. Kari Wahlgren - Penelope Pussycat, Petunia Pig. Dino Andrade - Speedy Gonzales. April Stewart - Tasmanian She-Devil, Miss Prissy. Kath Soucie - Lola Bunny. Nolan North - Dr. Frankenbeans, Henery Hawk.
@@KevinKess They're the Looney Tunes, they have their own plots. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck can continue arguing in the hunting trilogy with Elmer Fudd.
Thanks for your whirlwind historical overview. I can only imagine how much time was required to research and piece all of this together. Though, looking through your other videos, I'm sure the same could be said for those too. I'd be surprised if any of the characters you've featured peaked at the latter points of their 'careers', instead of being included since they were a familiar face. I think I liked Elmer best in 'Wabbit Twouble' (1941). Dare you do an overview of the peak 3 cartoons by each of the 26 Warner Bros. cartoon directors or storyboard artists/writers or major WB cartoon characters? Or an overview of minor WB cartoon characters who deserved to have had a longer 'career' - or more exposure?
What's interesting about Fresh Hare is that Elmer's design in that cartoon was basically a half-way point between the fat Elmer Fudd design and the normal Elmer Fudd design.
I notice in the new Looney Tunes Cartoons, Elmer is a bit of a jerk, in some shorts. I think they're trying to make his defeats more satisfying that way.
why do people get so angry when elmer is not portrayed as a hunter despite the fact that he has been put in different roles appart from that one during all of his history?
When I read the info at the beginning I half expected a passing reference to All This and Rabbit Stew, the antagonist of which might as well have been Elmer instead of, well, that.
Can't see Fattus Cattus'replies any more. Strange. Anyways, it would have been interesting to note in the development of the Bugs/ Elmer pairing that 1941 pitted him against 4 different hunters, one of which was the short Wabbit Twouble and one of which was All This and Rabbit Stew. This was clearly a time when Bugs' story formula was being experimented with and whilst the hunter angle was given solely to Elmer later, it wasn't at first.
@@fattuscattus2200 in which case I'm sorry if I came across too harshly. In all honesty, good natured debate is hard to come across these days and I all too often am blunt with how I out things across.
The thing I like most about Elmer Fudd, and this does depend on the writer of the short, is that he's not actually malicious or villainous. His rivalry with Bugs stems from him being a hunter, or in some cases, just being fanatically obsessed with getting revenge. All the while, he's sometimes just a reasonable guy that just wants to get through the day. Look at "Don't Axe Me." He's in his most sympathetic portrayal possible in that short. Married to a sweet, little old lady version of himself, they're church people that invite the Reverend over. Daffy comes off like a jerk in this one, and Elmer wouldn't even bother hunting him if Barnyard Dog didn't goad his wife into suggesting a duck dinner. What I really liked was his deleted scene in Back in Action. Daffy pitches a Batman-esque movie starring himself as a super hero, and Elmer in a Joker like role. After the pitch, the actual Elmer starts crying hysterically about how he doesn't want to be a scary clown version of himself. Even though in a later scene in the finished movie, he says "I was secwetwy evil ahh awong," while chasing Bugs and Daffy around the Louvre. It's a great contrast with actually malicious, downright evil, constantly angry Yosemite Sam. One wants to do him harm because it's a living or revenge for constantly being made a fool of, the other's just naturally violent and angry.
I agree with you on that.
I agree with you but I feel like you could of shortened that
Does anyone here also agree that "Hare Brush" is just a sequel to "Hare-Brained Hypnotist"?
But that’s the problem,his role as a idiotic hunter isn’t interesting in my opinion,that’s why I prefer Sam,with his more interesting intricate personality,and ability to make funnier laughs,he has much more chances to be funnier,and better than Elmer ever was,after rabbit of Seville,with the exception of what’s opera doc,elmer hardly appeared,because people had gotten tired of his idiotic boring personality . At this time, however Sam was flourishing.That’s because Friz used Sam in more creative roles,such as a prison guard,knight,or even a hunter.Elmer was just a hunter,and that’s why he failed,he was just a boring hunter,who everyone got bored of by 1950.
"I don't wanna be a cwazy cwown! I'm afwaid of cwowns! WAAAAH!!"
Funny, but I did feel sorry for Elmer there.
This is why found Elmer fudd history interesting because he many redesign from his appearance on cartoons Elmer was never an antagonist he plays so many roles instead of him being a hunter all the time
@Ryan Ward I just found it really bizarre they went through so many different iterations of the character's design before they settled on the "default" Elmer. I wasn't as huge a fan of the fat Elmer, though I do realize it was based on Arthur Q Bryant himself, a larger man.
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Bugs Bunny's Nemesis.
Egghead's Little Brother.
The Guy that would later be Mocked by Bugs Bunny, not Once, not Twice, but Three Times.
The Man, The Myth, The Legend: Elmer Fudd.
As a kid, obviously the shorts weren't shown in order and I never really took notice of the copyright years. So I always thought "fat Elmer" was the original incarnation and then they worked him down. Fascinating
I thought the same! It looked like a more primitive design to me. It's cool to know all the real history and context finally.
Me too. I thought that he was Chubby Elmer Fudd the before then the later version of him when he lost weight.
Elmer Fudd is without a doubt one of my Favorite _Looney Tunes_ characters, from his catchphrase _"Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Wabbits. Hahahaha."_ to his unique sense of humor in the various Bugs Bunny shorts and to top it off he was Bugs Bunny's first reocurring antagonist (2nd if you count Porky Pig in "Porky's Hare Hunt") before the debuts of Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, and Taz.
Elmer may have his cartoon critics, including Friz Freleng who called him a "naive pea-brained simpleton", but that's the point of Elmer Fudd, he is a simpleton and that adds the charm and humor to the character when he is paired with Bugs, Daffy or both of them in the various Looney Tunes shorts. Without Elmer Fudd, we wouldn't be getting Sam, Marvin and Taz in the later shorts.
Thank you so much Dave Lee for the long-awaited Cartoon Evolution of Elmer Fudd and going over his Cartoon Evolution history. My favorite incarnation of him were the ones by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones, especially in the former since I laugh my butt off in the various shorts such as the Fat Fudd shorts (Wabbit Twouble, The Wacky Wabbit) and Corny Concerto.
BIG CHUNGUS
Seeing Elmer’s original design, Egghead, in future appearances is like he time traveled to the future for a short period of time.
I'd always loved the fact that their earliest musical shorts were created by a duo whose last names combined sound like "Harmonizing".
They even created a series at MGM called "Happy Harmonies"😂
I never realized how much Elmer was just straight-up bullied by Bugs for no reason in earlier shorts. In the newer Looney Tunes Cartoons, it feels like characters mess with him unprovoked for no reason about half the time. I hadn't thought of it as an inherent part of the character going that far back, but I suppose that is the case. It still feels kind of bad, though, especially when there are shorts where he is bullied by characters after showing that he himself is a bad person, giving justification for being abused.
It annoys me when people claim Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny never attacks characters unprovoked. He attacked Daffy Duck unprovoked in Duck Amuck.
Wrong most of the looney tunes cartoons doesn't have him being builed wtf are you on about this sounds like a you problem
@@aaendi6661no one cares
Bugs and Elmer's rivalry is legendary, just like Tom and Jerry, Batman and the Joker, Optimus Prime and Megatron, and Cloud and Sephiroth.
Great job on this one! I especially love Elmer's role in The Hunting Trilogy and how fitting he is as Mini-Me in Space Jam 2.
Just like Porky, they made Elmer's body mass fluctuate 😂
Yup.
He looks like porky pig
The Looney Tunes characters, Bosko, Porky, Elmer, and Tweety all share a very similar head style.
Bros couldn’t make up their minds
A dangerous thing when it comes to Elmer Fudd is whenever he thinks he's a rabbit.
He becomes uncontrollable! XD
There are two instances where Elmer actually defeats Bugs, one is in Rabbit Rampage where Bugs becomes his victim as Elmer (revealed at the end) to be the animator who torments him, like he did with Daffy in Duck Amuck. The other is Hare Brush when Elmer thinks he is a rabbit and sent into insane asylum and Bugs who gets there, switches places with him and the psycatrist thinking that Bugs really IS Elmer drugs him and through hypnotist convinces Bugs that he is Elmer (being a millionaire, owning a mansion and a yatch). Later when Bugs hunts for Elmer in a role reversal, a goverment agent arrests Bugs for tax evasion (which the real Elmer was guity of the crime). Elmer then turns to the camera saying "I may be scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz".
"I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not goin' to Alcatwaz!" **bunny hop dance**
@@mevb He actually defeated Bugs in the classic short What’s Opera, Doc. The only difference is that Elmer feels guilty for “killing the Wabbit”.
I don't know why, but when I was in my late teens, I was *obsessed* with Elmer Fudd. There's something about him I always found endearing that I just can't explain.
Same. The original cartoons made him adorable and in Modern Looney Tunes, such as Looney Tunes 2011 and Rabbits Run they made him cool.
Another great rundown, Dave. As a life-long Looney Tunes fan, born in the late 1970s, when random LT shorts would turn up on TV very-young-me would sometimes get a bit mixed up and confused over Elmer regarding his early often changing appearance and characteristics (as well as sometimes being a "changes to fit the story" sorta character); and as such that same young-me maybe even mistook him for Porky Pig on odd occasion. As I got older I loved piecing together origins & developments of characters; I'm surprised a "Fudd Family Tree" has never been hinted at by WB or by fans, to try and explain and incorporate some of those early looks, as "relations".
Although those shorts were already 50+ years old when I first saw them, I always saw Elmer as being designed to be rather "old man in younger man's body"-ish, out of fashion and already dated in the way he spoke. I think also perceived his early sometimes squinty eyes to suggest he had poor vision, Mr. Magoo-style, which is one reason he never quite caught Bugs. I'd have to think hard what my favourite Elmer short is, but I've always particularly loved him in the hunting trilogy, some of the best Looney Tunes ever made.
This definitely was a great character to do a video on! He evolved so much over time and definitely makes for a great evolution video! My favorite appearance of his was definitely in “What’s Opera Doc?”
Shhhhhhh
Be vewy vewy quiet. I’m huntin wabbits
"Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture (Porky Pig) and this picture (Elmer Fudd)"
Younger Me: "They're the same picture."
I will always love the painting scene in Back in Action.
Fantastic video Dave! Elmer Fudd was a character that I’ve been wanting to see you do a Cartoon Evolution video on for a long time now and I can definitely say that it was well worth the wait with how great this video was! To answer your question on what my favorite Elmer Fudd appearance would be, probably either A Pest in the House or Rabbit of Seville. Both outstanding shorts that show him in different roles and have him paired with different characters.
Been waiting for you to do this one for what feels like ages. Congrats Dave!
Thank you, Roman. Hope it’s worth the wait!
It's been 84 years.
This is how feel as well
I also waited this for happen for about two years or so.
My favorite line from Elmer in Chuck Jones' Hare Tonic...
"Oh, but you wang my phone, opewata!
Oh, yes! My phone went WIIIIIING!"
Loved that short as a kid!
My favorite Elmer Fudd appearance was most definitely Chuck Jone's Hunting Trilogy
Mel Blanc also provided Eggheads voice during the time Danny Webb did.
Finally Elmer Fudd! I’ve been waiting for this one.
I always love these cartoon evolution videos Dave, they are awesome keep em coming!
Thank you, Dave Wee fwom Austwawia. That was tewwific.
Finely a Elmer J Fudd evolution video we have waited a long time
Thanks for posting my request
Elmer as mini-me in Space Jam 2 was a stroke of genius! Thought it was a tad unnecessary and silly not gining Elmer his gun in the new HBO Max shorts but I understand the intentions of the animators for going that way. He wasn't always an armed hunter in the classic shorts and was still funny.
What I heard was the gun removal was a last minute decision by some executive and the animators had to redo some of their work.
Be vewy vewy quiet, he's having an evolution.
i think you mean “evowution”
*huhuhuhuh*
No I think you mean ewolution
It's funny to think about that whenever Elmer seems to have shot Bugs (such in A Wild Hare, The Old Grey Hare and What's Opera Doc, though the latter two Elmer actually hit Bugs with a laser gun and lightning respectively, though the former doesn't really kill him but faking it like other times while the latter seems to have really killed him, Bugs only gets "revived" to say "Well, what did you expect from an opera, a happy ending?") even if his intention as a hunter was to kill Bugs all along, Bugs overdramatic death acting turns on Elmer's sympathy, giving him guilt over killing him causing to cry out of regret, shame and sadness. However at the start of one cartoon, he holds his gun at Bugs' rabbit hole, ready to shoot and does fire away, unaware that Bugs was behind him, talking like he was in his hole. Bugs once again faking dying, which does tugs Elmer's heart stings yet again but when Bugs says "I'm gonna kick the bucket!" and does it literally, Elmer cheer for his success and sings "The Wabbit kick the bucket" until Bugs join on the singing, realizing that he was tricked.
That cartoon with Bugs Bunny literally kicking the bucket is Robot Rabbit (1953).
Does unruly hare count?
@@twistedbuzzard8518 It does. In one scene from The Unruly Hare (1945), Elmer shoots at Bugs' hole and says, "I hate wittwe gway wabbits." In another he shoots into Bugs' stump and tells Bugs (who is still alive) that he "just put a cwazy wabbit out of his misewy!" In a third scene, he knocks out Bugs' decoy head and celebrates before walking back to his telescope. In a fourth scene, he shoots Bugs and says, "So I'm a big, fat wat!"
@@omanimoves6312 Bugs: Ahh, have some cheese, rat.
Bugs:"Listen doc, now don't spread this around but er-I AM A WABBIT!"
My favorite elmer fudd short is that hare brush short were he rarely outwits bugs
Reminder that he is the sole reason behind the existence of Big Chungus
My favourite Elmer design is Avery's version from 'A Wild Hare'. While I'm not mad about the red nose, I do like his proportions and facial characteristics for this short.
What a great birthday gift!! Thanks Dave!!!
You should do Chuck Jones' Claude Cat, if only because it might be fun to track a semi-obscure character with an intense evolution, both visually and as a character.
Hey, I just noticed you're about to hit 100K! I remember back when the channel was at 16K that's around the time I joined. It's sure been a good time to get to this point!
Never in my life have I been so happy
I'm surprised you didn't mention _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ as Elmer did Made a "blink-and-you-miss" cameo during the ending of the film.
He blinked I guess
Amazing and shocking info here! And if Egghead and Elmer are brothers, does that mean Egghead Fudd is his full name?
I didn't realise til a few year ago that many of the shorts I had as a kid were of proto versions of Warner characters. I had Prest-O Change-O (proto Bugs) on a VHS collection, Scalp Trouble (earlier Porky and Daffy), The Wacky Wabbit ("Fat Elemer") and Fresh Hare (semi-Fat Elmer).
Okay, was watching this while writing and it occurred to me that the Elmer costume throwback at 16:12 is from Hare Tonic which I also grew up with.
Modern Egghead just being old Elmer makes more sense when you consider how modern Elmer is basically in Egghead's original hunter role.
15:23 THERE HE IS!
I love Elmer from his start from Egghead, his Fat Version, to The Elmer Fudd that we love and he always trying to get Bugs Bunny and he does this for The Sport of The Hunt and he is My Favorite Looney Tune and his Line "Be Vewy, Vewy Quiet. I'm hunting Wabbits. Hahahaha!" Just Makes me Laugh! I love Elmer Fudd and his Fat Version!🤩👍🤣♥️🎆🐰
27:13 Elmer's now freaking Lex Luthor! And even in a similar warsuit.😲
Gotta give Fudd some credit...he knows who Michael Jordan is over Michael B. Jordan! Dang it Slyvester! They look nothing alike!
your the best at making cartoon evolution and other stuff
Seems that everyone else now know and see that the character that first debut in "Little Red Walking Hood" (1937) actually evolved into Elmer Fudd the Hunter.
"Oooh, Just Wait Tiww I Get Dat Scwewy Wabbit and Dat Scwewball Duck!" -Elmer fudd '1951-53'
I remember seeing Egghead in BELIEVE IT OR ELSE when very young but not having any idea at the time that he might be...dare I say "related"...to Elmer Fudd in any way. But now I get it.
A Lad in Bagdad and Count Me Out was co directed by Cal Dalton and Ben Hardaway.Though Cal Howard (With Dalton) co directed Lad. Point is in those short Avery had nothing to do with Egghead.
Actually Hal Smith was still Elmer in The Bugs Bunny Show commercials during the 1960s as well.
Yes, he did do the commercials, but I believe Dave was talking about the wraparounds in the actual show itself. Blanc voiced him in those.
Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO Max) arguably tends to make Elmer more aggressive and less patient than usual…. Sometimes a bit more than Yosemite in my opinion. I wish they focused slightly more of his “dopey” side
Finally Elmer gets to be done, after wanting him to be done for a couple of years now. Now it's just Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe Le Pew and Granny that are left of the main Looney Tunes characters of the Golden Era and after that the lesser recurring characters such as The Three Bears, Witch Hazel, Gossammer, Hubie and Bertie, Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot, Michigan J Frog, Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf and Mac and Tosh.
Thanks, Dave!
Elmer's not as dumb as most people think he is. In the cartoon where he's in an asylum because he believes he's a rabbit. Bugs traded places with him and ends up living Elmer's millionaire life. Bugs Elmer ends up being arrested for tax evasion.
Elmer has the last line, and the last laugh:
"I may be cwazy, but at least I'm not going to Alcatwaz!"
My favorite Elmer line in "The Courtship Of Miles Standish"....
WHO BWOKE THAT GWASS???!!!
SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR THAT GWASS!!!
Elmer Fudd actually appeared in 71 cartoons from 1937 up to 1962. As it was confirmed that Elmer's prototype actually first appeared in "Little Red Walking Hood" (1937).
LETS GOOOO!!!! THE MOMENT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR ELMER FUDD!!!! I REALLY LOVED THIS!!!!!!!!!!!
Love how you kept saying he hasn’t reached his final form.
HAHA OH MY GOD THE "GRANNY'S EX LOVER" FUN FACT REALLY GOT ME XD
10:32 they did a Frieza
"Elmer's evil twin brother" and earlier Elmer was described as Egghead's brother. Does that mean that Egghead turned evil?!
Well, you can have a twin, and other brothers. Or be triplets.
Eggman
@Ryan Ward Eggman from Sunic.
I kind of wish they kept the Fat Fudd design. After all Big Chungus wouldn't be a thing without him
I find it fascinating that Elmer Fudd was created before Bugs Bunny. Looney Tunes was very different back then. But he was created a little after Daffy Duck when Looney Tunes started to turn into what we know it as today and all the unfamilliar outdated characters that used to be a part of Looney Tunes were starting to disappear. The original Looney Tunes series sure has changed the most out of any other show out there in its 40 years from 1929-1969 although not so much of a fan of them temporarily getting rid of most of the Looney Tunes gang in the mid-late 60s.
Best incarnation late 40s/early 50s... best cartoon, "What's Opera Doc?"... "Kill the wabbit, kill the waaaabbittt!!!" 🎶
Elmer Fudd: Oh boy! You made a video about me!
(Elmer Fudd laugh). :)
15:24 and here’s the day big chungus was born
Great video, good to finally see an Elmer video.
AWESOME ANIMATION
the first cartoon with Fat Elmer say the birth of Big Chungus the scene when Bugs mimicked him both in tone of voice and body shape. and thus a new meme was born.
My favorite Elmer Fudd short is either Elmer's candid camera or rabbit fire
Another wonderful video. Thanks Dave!
I love Elmer Fudd's hunting outfit on Chuck Jones. I wish they would made a new series of Looney Tunes back to their original morphing forms called "Looney Tunes World of Mayhem: The Series" directed by Eric Goldberg or the directors from Animaniacs. Also, this series can be animated by Toon Boom Animation. What'd you guys think?
Here are the voice cast:
Eric Bauza - Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, Pepe Le Pew, Barnyard Dawg.
Bob Bergen - Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester Jr.
Jeff Bergman - Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, Ralph Wolf.
Fred Tatasciore - Yosemite Sam, Sam Sheepdog, Gossamer.
Jim Cummings - Taz.
Candi Milo - Granny, Witch Hazel.
Steve Blum - Nasty Canasta.
Kari Wahlgren - Penelope Pussycat, Petunia Pig.
Dino Andrade - Speedy Gonzales.
April Stewart - Tasmanian She-Devil, Miss Prissy.
Kath Soucie - Lola Bunny.
Nolan North - Dr. Frankenbeans, Henery Hawk.
@Mefire Mouliom That could work as a series. But, what would be the story and/or plot be (if there would be any)?
@@KevinKess They're the Looney Tunes, they have their own plots. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck can continue arguing in the hunting trilogy with Elmer Fudd.
Please do Pepe Le Pew and Penelope evolutions next I've been dying to know there humble beginnings
I love Elmer's design from the 40s & 50s.
2:31 look in the top right corner
you have a great team/podcast'
thanks Dave :)
Thanks for your whirlwind historical overview. I can only imagine how much time was required to research and piece all of this together. Though, looking through your other videos, I'm sure the same could be said for those too. I'd be surprised if any of the characters you've featured peaked at the latter points of their 'careers', instead of being included since they were a familiar face. I think I liked Elmer best in 'Wabbit Twouble' (1941). Dare you do an overview of the peak 3 cartoons by each of the 26 Warner Bros. cartoon directors or storyboard artists/writers or major WB cartoon characters? Or an overview of minor WB cartoon characters who deserved to have had a longer 'career' - or more exposure?
This guy's voice has an uncanny resemblance- cadence, tone, and accent to Oliver Age 24
Bugs:listen doc’ i don’t want to spread this around but uhhh…I AM A WABBIT!!!
Great job😀👍👍
15:23
“uninteresting and unappealing” you say?
Dave, my favorite design of Elmer Fudd is the Chuck Jones version. Thanks for making a evolution of Elmer Fudd. 😀👍
@Ryan Ward Not me
@Ryan Ward Now that's what I like
@Ryan Ward 😂😂😂😂
Amazing ! Now its Foghorn Leghorns turn !
That's the kind of video I need to make my day, great as always man :)
Thank you!
@@DaveLeeDownUnder you're welcome :), keep up the amazing work !
@@DaveLeeDownUnder don't forget to add Mel Blanc on Voice Evolution of Elmer Fudd because Mel Blanc also voiced Elmer Fudd
@@DaveLeeDownUnder egghead appeared in a looney tunes comic book as well from the 2000s
Elmer was soon as a kid, teenager and adult
“I’m Huntin’ Wabbits! HA-A-A-A-A-A-A!”
What's interesting about Fresh Hare is that Elmer's design in that cartoon was basically a half-way point between the fat Elmer Fudd design and the normal Elmer Fudd design.
You Were Close To 100K Club! 🥈
I notice in the new Looney Tunes Cartoons, Elmer is a bit of a jerk, in some shorts. I think they're trying to make his defeats more satisfying that way.
Maybe Elmer Fudd is being a short-tempered jerk in Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020) because he can't use his gun (until season 2)?
why do people get so angry when elmer is not portrayed as a hunter despite the fact that he has been put in different roles appart from that one during all of his history?
9:43 he helped hold them together, huh?
Guess you could say hes like Elmers Glue
A Day At The Zoo “I’ve been a bad boy”
Nice evolution!I hope for September it can be foghorn leghorn who get his evolution😃😃😃😃
He won't do Looney Tunes evolutions for a while.
I'd love to see you do an episode on the evolution of the Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies intro/outro songs
When I read the info at the beginning I half expected a passing reference to All This and Rabbit Stew, the antagonist of which might as well have been Elmer instead of, well, that.
@@fattuscattus2200 ...which is why I said "might as well have been". You really ought to read.
Can't see Fattus Cattus'replies any more. Strange. Anyways, it would have been interesting to note in the development of the Bugs/ Elmer pairing that 1941 pitted him against 4 different hunters, one of which was the short Wabbit Twouble and one of which was All This and Rabbit Stew. This was clearly a time when Bugs' story formula was being experimented with and whilst the hunter angle was given solely to Elmer later, it wasn't at first.
@@kaledmasterme I deleted them because I realized I made a misunderstanding and didn’t want to start an argument.
@@fattuscattus2200 in which case I'm sorry if I came across too harshly. In all honesty, good natured debate is hard to come across these days and I all too often am blunt with how I out things across.
@@kaledmasterme nah man it’s fine.
I am Elmer J Fudd millionaire, I own a mansion and a yacht.
Please do a review of the evolution of Darkwing Duck