Evolution of BUGS BUNNY - 80 Years Explained | CARTOON EVOLUTION

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  • CARTOON EVOLUTION #1 - BUGS BUNNY
    I take a look at the history and evolution of Bugs Bunny (Happy Rabbit / Chungus), the loveable rascally rabbit who defies authority, has a dry, smart-alec witt, and loves a good-hearted prank and wisecrack.
    Voiced by Mel Blanc, the man of a thousand voices, as one of Warner Bros. original Looney Tunes (originating in the Merrie Melodies shorts), Bugs Bunny has gone on to become the most used cartoon character ever and, alongside the likes of Santa Clause, Count Dracula and Sherlock Holmes, is one of the most portrayed characters in the history of film.
    I take a look at how Bugs evolved alongside Warner Bros. other popular characters, including Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and more, and how he co-existed and outshone characters from Disney including Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and creations from Hanna-Barbera.
    I discuss how animators changed his look, appearance and personality over time in this brand new series in the same vein as my EXPLAINING DISNEY EVOLUTIONS series.
    Shorts featured and discussed -
    Looney Tunes: Porky’s Hare Hunt
    Looney Tunes: Porky’s Duck Hunt (first appearance of Daffy Duck)
    Merrie Melodies: Prest-O Change-O
    Merrie Melodies: Hare-Um Scare-Um
    Mickey Mouse: Moose Hunters (with Donald Duck and Goofy)
    Silly Symphonies: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    Mickey Mouse: Mickey’s Rival
    Merrie Melodies: Elmer’s Candid Camera
    Merrie Melodies: A Wild Hare
    It Happened One Night (Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert)
    Merrie Melodies: Elmer’s Pet Rabbit
    Merrie Melodies: Tortoise Beats Hare
    Merrie Melodies: The Wacky Rabbit (CHUNGUS)
    Merrie Melodies: All This and Rabbit Stew
    Merrie Melodies: Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt
    Merrie Melodies: The Rabbit Who Came to Supper
    Merrie Melodies: The Heckling Hare
    Merrie Melodies: Rabbit Trouble
    Merrie Melodies: Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
    Merrie Melodies: Tortoise Wins by a Hare
    Merrie Melodies: Waikiki Rabbit
    Merrie Melodies: Hare Tonic
    Looney Tunes: Porky Pig’s Feat
    Merrie Melodies: Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (WWII Propaganda)
    Merrie Melodies: Herr Meets Hare (WWII Propaganda / Hitler)
    Merrie Melodies: Any Bonds Today? (WWII Propaganda)
    Donald Duck: Fall In, Fall Out (WWII Propaganda)
    Merrie Melodies: Falling Hare
    Merrie Melodies: Super Rabbit
    Merrie Melodies: Hare Ribbin
    Merrie Melodies: Hare Force
    Merrie Melodies: A Corny Concerto
    Merrie Melodies: Hair Raising Hair
    Merrie Melodies: Mississippi Hare
    Merrie Melodies: 8-Ball Bunny
    Merrie Melodies: Rabbit Hood
    Merrie Melodies: Hare Trigger (first appearance of Yosemite Sam)
    Two Guys from Texas
    My Dream is Yours (Doris Day / Jack Carson)
    Merrie Melodies: Buccaneer Bunny
    Merry Melodies: Long-Haired Hare
    Merrie Melodies: The Rabbit of Seville
    Walt Disney’s Disneyland
    Merrie Melodies: What’s Up, Doc?
    Merrie Melodies: Broomstick Bunny
    Merrie Melodies: Bully for Bugs
    Merrie Melodies: Operation Rabbit
    Merrie Melodies: Hillbilly Hare
    Merrie Melodies: Rabbit Fire (Hunting Trilogy)
    Merrie Melodies: Rabbit Seasoning (Hunting Trilogy)
    Merrie Melodies: Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (Hunting Trilogy)
    Merrie Melodies: Lumber Jack-Rabbit
    Merrie Melodies: What’s Opera, Doc?
    Looney Tunes: Knighty Night Bugs
    Merry Melodies: Bill of Hare (Tasmanian Devil)
    Merrie Melodies: Transylvania 6-500
    Merrie Melodies: Person to Bunny
    The Huckleberry Hound Show (with Yogi Bear)
    Merrie Melodies: The Abominable Snow Rabbit
    Merrie Melodies: Dr Devil and Mr Hare
    Merrie Melodies: The Iceman Ducketh
    The Bugs Bunny Show (1962)
    Bugs Bunny’s Valentine
    The Bugs Bunny Easter Special
    Bugs Bunny’s Thanksgiving Diet
    How Bugs Bunny Won the West
    Bugs Bunny: All American Hero
    Bugs Bunny’s Mad World of Television
    Bugs and Daffy’s Carnival of Animals
    Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales
    Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over
    Bug’s Bunny Mystery Special
    The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Movie
    Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters
    Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
    Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie (Bugs Bunny’s Third Movie)
    Bugs Bunny’s Lunar Toons
    Bugs Bunny’s Creature Features (Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers)
    Box Office Bugs
    Carrotblanca
    From Hare to Eternity
    The Bugs Bunny and Tweetie Show
    Animaniacs
    Batman: The Animated Series
    Tiny Toon Adventures
    Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
    Space Jam
    Looney Tunes: Back in Action
    Baby Looney Tunes
    Bah, Hummock!: A Looney Tunes Christmas
    Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
    Looney Tunes Webtoons
    The Looney Tunes Show
    New Looney Tunes (Wabbit)
    Looney Tunes Cartoons: Dynamite Dance (2019)
    Have no fear, no meatcanyon double-wide surprise to be found here.
    #BugsBunny #LooneyTunes #LooneyTunesCartoons #Chungus #WarnerBros #DaffyDuck #ElmerFudd #MelBlanc #PorkyPig #LooneyToons

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  • @DaveLeeDownUnder
    @DaveLeeDownUnder  4 роки тому +802

    Please stop telling me I "forgot" _Wabbit Season_ .
    A - It is NOT canon
    B - Even if it was, how do I "forget" something that was released 12 months AFTER I made the video?

    • @Awsmnss
      @Awsmnss 4 роки тому +68

      Warner brothers own the right to it, so they made it canon

    • @DaveLeeDownUnder
      @DaveLeeDownUnder  4 роки тому +116

      No, they don’t “own the rights” to the video. The own the rights to their character, which they legally claimed wrongful use of.

    • @zenithxii
      @zenithxii 4 роки тому +17

      Dave Lee Down Under either way good video man tho

    • @lorenzoaielli4605
      @lorenzoaielli4605 4 роки тому +55

      Hey champ.
      You forgot about wabbit season.

    • @hgwilt1
      @hgwilt1 4 роки тому +18

      I like the 1940s Bugs Bunny

  • @Scarabola
    @Scarabola 5 років тому +3633

    Glad to see Big Chungus in his rightful place as the pinnacle of hare evolution.

  • @mechajay3358
    @mechajay3358 5 років тому +1567

    BIG CHUNGUS is certainly Bugs most underrated design. It took decades before it became appreciated now.

  • @devcybiko
    @devcybiko 3 роки тому +88

    Without a doubt, I loved the Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny. It was always about Bugs being attacked in his natural environment and his retaliation (of course you realize this means war). And the visual presentation was awesome.

  • @Alpha121198
    @Alpha121198 5 років тому +140

    “Bug’s” Bunny…
    That is such a serendipitous name origin, I love it.

    • @reneemctume357
      @reneemctume357 5 років тому +1

      Dreamwalker I had to google the definition of serendipitous

    • @RachelAwkward
      @RachelAwkward 5 років тому +2

      He bugs people

    • @reneemctume357
      @reneemctume357 5 років тому +4

      I always thought it was cuz he "bugs" people

  • @debisart5402
    @debisart5402 5 років тому +633

    Me : *watchs video because I'm a fan of looney tunes*
    Literally 80% of people : *big chungus*

  • @Koldeman
    @Koldeman 4 роки тому +598

    Bugs Bunny saved Mel Blanc's life irl. When Blanc was in a coma as a result of a car crash, the doctors started addressing Blanc as Bugs Bunny. In a comatose state, Blanc replied as Bugs, and eventually he was pulled out of it. That's a true story.

  • @thanezollman5269
    @thanezollman5269 5 років тому +936

    UA-cam: recommends me this for no reason
    Me: no thanks
    My brain: bIG cHunGUs
    Me: fine

  • @shigga5264
    @shigga5264 5 років тому +816

    Shows a small clip of big chungus
    *DAT ONE BIG BOI*

    • @thedood7859
      @thedood7859 5 років тому +9

      Cringe level 1,000,000

    • @jckmusic_thoughts2163
      @jckmusic_thoughts2163 5 років тому +10

      Long dead meme, just appreciate the video

    • @tas9079
      @tas9079 5 років тому +2

      That hurt to read

    • @Jxr_val
      @Jxr_val 5 років тому +1

      Dude I’ve seen your comments everywhere I’m starting to get suspicious

    • @shigga5264
      @shigga5264 5 років тому +2

      @@Jxr_val I just make good comments I guess

  • @hughdanielson
    @hughdanielson 4 роки тому +50

    I am nearly 59 years old and I don't think a week of my life has gone by without me recalling the rabbit of seville.

  • @robertholtz
    @robertholtz 5 років тому +561

    Bugs Bunny is LEGEND. One of the greatest characters ever created.

    • @blayeg8716
      @blayeg8716 5 років тому +1

      Piotr John Gapacan Jr. no not actually

    • @beautifulkendra829
      @beautifulkendra829 5 років тому +2

      @Piotr John Gapacan Jr. Nope, get facts straight

    • @blayeg8716
      @blayeg8716 5 років тому +5

      Piotr John Gapacan Jr. and now ur gonna act like you dont know what we’re talking about cuz you deleted your comment.

    • @clyparkr
      @clyparkr 5 років тому

      Robert: just kidding big chunges is

    • @kelseykincaid5390
      @kelseykincaid5390 5 років тому

      The next best is Big Chungus

  • @TreyPDB
    @TreyPDB 5 років тому +375

    been waiting for this one, I knew it was coming
    *Waiting for Popeye & Tom and Jerry*

    • @fridaynightnicktoons6885
      @fridaynightnicktoons6885 5 років тому +4

      You like Looney tunes,Yu Yu Hakusho,Popeye and Tom and Jerry? You sir have good tastes.

    • @warnerbrosanddisneyvhsdvdb9015
      @warnerbrosanddisneyvhsdvdb9015 5 років тому +2

      i just ordered a very rare (1979) lobby card of the bugs bunny and road runner movie on eBay last month

    • @raphaelmarquez9650
      @raphaelmarquez9650 5 років тому

      Not before Daffy and Porky.

    • @ryanp4616
      @ryanp4616 5 років тому +1

      Popeye's so old, he's 100 years old.

    • @icecreamhero2375
      @icecreamhero2375 5 років тому

      @Old Time Films Huh they approved the name change. Also Tom and Jerry are more common names.

  • @O_THREE_O
    @O_THREE_O 5 років тому +191

    Super old old bugs: I'm so skinny
    Super old bugs: in kinda chubby but skinny
    Old bug: I'm skinny but chub
    New bug: I'm regular
    Bug chungus: I'm obese

  • @kevincastillo1878
    @kevincastillo1878 5 років тому +202

    MEME in 2019: Big Chungus
    B Bunny in 1900s : Small Chungus

  • @LoinkLoink
    @LoinkLoink 5 років тому +165

    It's funny how much of a troll Bugs Bunny is. He and the internet have a lot in common

  • @amymartin593
    @amymartin593 4 роки тому +69

    Looney Tunes Show is my favorite design and appearance.

  • @godinreverse675
    @godinreverse675 5 років тому +155

    Point being who ever Porky points his musket at will become a super star

    • @BagEPB
      @BagEPB 5 років тому +7

      Well now hes dead now Im never GUNna be a superstar

    • @GamingCreed47
      @GamingCreed47 4 роки тому +3

      @@BagEPB You had to make that pun, didn't you?

    • @BagEPB
      @BagEPB 4 роки тому +3

      @@GamingCreed47 Yes. I did. hehe,

    • @lillylilac_slb8820
      @lillylilac_slb8820 3 роки тому +5

      @@BagEPB awe man now I’ll never get my *shot*

    • @DantheToonMan
      @DantheToonMan 3 роки тому

      @@lillylilac_slb8820 Well, eh… I wouldn’t say *that.*
      *shoots*

  • @godzillaboy011
    @godzillaboy011 3 роки тому +15

    "Eh, what's up doc?"
    "Ain't I stinker?"
    My two favourite quotes of Bugs Bunny

    • @jb888888888
      @jb888888888 2 роки тому +1

      Bugs borrowed/stole "Ain't I a stinker?" from Red Skelton's "mean widdle kid" character. Much like his carrot eating, contemporary audiences would have picked up on it right away.

  • @enjo8351
    @enjo8351 5 років тому +304

    Bugs bunny: “ What’s up doc?”
    People from the 1950s : 😈👍🔥😍🗿😎😏😩🙌

  • @marchawkins6904
    @marchawkins6904 5 років тому +23

    Any time Bugs is in drag is my favorite. As a manicurist working on the nails of a tennis shoe wearing monster, “I said to my girl friend just the other day, I said, ‘Gee, I bet monsters live interesting lives.’ “

  • @charliepea
    @charliepea 3 роки тому +12

    It's been more than a decade since I last watch a Looney Tunes episode. My memories with Looney Tunes is so vague but I will always remember Bug Bunny because he was my most favourite character in the franchise lol

  • @DanielGalimidi
    @DanielGalimidi 5 років тому +83

    Therapist: Bugs Bunny laughing like Woody Woodpecker isn't real, he can't hurt you.
    Bugs Bunny laughing like Woody Woodpecker: 3:12.

    • @lookatmeplease
      @lookatmeplease 5 років тому +5

      Daniel Galimidi That’ll could have been Woody Woodpecker being dressed up as a rabbit. Maybe they told him to do that.
      -Big Chungus
      Oh wait not Big Chungus, Bugs Bunny

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 5 років тому +4

      3:11-3:12 Happy Rabbit (aka Bugs Bunny) laughed like Woody Woodpecker.

    • @iamjimb
      @iamjimb 5 років тому +1

      I used to have nightmares about both woody woodpecker and loony tunes, loved both though

    • @xxtrin_playzxx4292
      @xxtrin_playzxx4292 5 років тому +1

      I Watched The Movie On Netflix

    • @ells2828
      @ells2828 5 років тому +1

      Omg yes

  • @cag3891
    @cag3891 5 років тому +12

    I am proud to admit that Bugs Bunny is my favorite cartoon character. I love his wit, his confidence (something i dont have, i more Daffy), his sass and his winning attitude wo is afraid to crossdress.
    I love him so much, when i had to do an assignment on our favourite character and how it represents cool, i naturally chose Bugs Bunny doing a PowerPoint presentation that ended up being far far too long.
    Well done like always. Love these analysis of animated characters. Looking forward to seeing more

    • @DaveLeeDownUnder
      @DaveLeeDownUnder  5 років тому +4

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!!

    • @cag3891
      @cag3891 5 років тому +2

      @@DaveLeeDownUnder Very much so

  • @gabrieru1983
    @gabrieru1983 4 роки тому +16

    I´ll go with the "mid-1940s/50s" Bugs any day.........can´t get any better than that.

  • @lady_kluck
    @lady_kluck 5 років тому +39

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of my favorite films. I didn't know about the stipulation of equal screen time between the characters. I remember that the Daffy/Donald scene was perfect. But the Bugs/Mickey scene was in tune with how Bugs would act, but not so much Mickey. Now it makes more sense of why they chose to do that. I hope a Daffy vid comes out soon, he's my fave!

  • @LowellLucasJr.
    @LowellLucasJr. 5 років тому +99

    81 years of that Waskily Wabbit who looks surprisingly good in drag! Awesome video! I look forward to your Daffy video!!!

  • @Kiddman32
    @Kiddman32 4 роки тому +180

    It's too bad "Looney Tunes, Back In Action" bombed... I loved that feature... Been a WB toon fan for 60 years, have seen tons and tons of Bugs and his fellow comedic masterpieces. I guess if I had to pic a fave classic-era Bugs cartoon, I'd have to go with the hilarious Bugs/Daffy hunting-season trilogy... "DUCK season! WABBIT season! ... Wabbit season! DUCK season, FIRE!" Blam! :)

    • @kittlesgames6808
      @kittlesgames6808 4 роки тому +5

      SAME I LOVE THAT MOVIE

    • @spingleboygle
      @spingleboygle 4 роки тому +1

      Haha Big Chungus go brrrrrrrr

    • @vincentfranklin17
      @vincentfranklin17 4 роки тому +5

      I thought Back In Action was more in tune with the classic shorts, and is more fun, at least for me.
      Space Jam felt like a two hour commercial.

    • @normanpopcultureboy8563
      @normanpopcultureboy8563 4 роки тому +3

      @@vincentfranklin17 they indeed have a Michael Jordan and Looney Tunes commercial before Space Jam release

    • @waluigistan7278
      @waluigistan7278 3 роки тому +4

      Back in Action was great. Space Jam was the best ad I've ever seen. I hope the new one with LeBron James does well so we can see more Looney Tunes more prominently

  • @greatpotterland
    @greatpotterland 5 років тому +198

    The Looney Tunes show was underrated

  • @Fangis
    @Fangis 5 років тому +712

    I’m a simple man.
    I see big chungus.
    I click on the video.

    • @jckmusic_thoughts2163
      @jckmusic_thoughts2163 5 років тому +6

      It’s such a dead meme stop

    • @PersonMan1
      @PersonMan1 5 років тому +4

      *simple normie

    • @Fangis
      @Fangis 5 років тому +1

      @@jckmusic_thoughts2163 lol i know i just felt the urge

    • @Fangis
      @Fangis 5 років тому +2

      @@PersonMan1 i understand i just had a nostalgic callback

    • @excelll3332
      @excelll3332 5 років тому +1

      Amen to that

  • @Ethatsmyname
    @Ethatsmyname 4 роки тому +86

    The more he evolved the bigger his feet became.

    • @jigniishvids9181
      @jigniishvids9181 3 роки тому +8

      Proof that the artists who drew Bug Bunny over the years have been actively trying to appeal to the foot fetish people.(JOKE)

    • @brocollete
      @brocollete 3 роки тому +5

      @@jigniishvids9181 WAIT THIS SHOULDNT BE THAT FUNNY 💀✋

    • @anilooniacs123
      @anilooniacs123 3 роки тому +2

      Lol

  • @johnnybartonjb
    @johnnybartonjb 5 років тому +37

    The single best Bugs Bunny cartoon has to be What's Opera Doc. Shorts like those introduced children to classical music and culture that they could later appreciate as adults. Modern cartoons do nothing to add to cultural significance.

  • @Davey647Returns
    @Davey647Returns 5 років тому +19

    Didn’t think I’d be as big into the non-Disney stuff because you truly hit a homerun again and again with “Explaining Disney” but this was just as good if not better. Can’t wait to see more and hope you’re going to continue to do the follow-up voice evolution for these as well. I’m sure you’ve got an entire lineup of characters you want to do, but I would LOVE to see the many versions of Tom and Jerry added to the list.

    • @DaveLeeDownUnder
      @DaveLeeDownUnder  5 років тому +3

      Thanks so much for saying. I was a little nervous going into this one myself, because I have less background in WB history. But with my knowledge of the industry at the time, and the realization that everyone was literally just following / ripping off Disney or were ex-Disney artists, I found it quite easy. And honestly think I had more fun on this than any of the previous ones because of the challenge.
      Really glad you enjoyed this too!
      Plenty of possibilities for future but Tom & Jerry is definitely towards the top of the list!

  • @michaeloluwajuyemi4546
    @michaeloluwajuyemi4546 4 роки тому +8

    I ❤️ Bugs’ Space Jam appearance!

  • @goober_uno
    @goober_uno 5 років тому +33

    My favorite Bugs design is the Looney tunes show. That was my favorite show when it was out.

  • @BuckBlaziken
    @BuckBlaziken 5 років тому +243

    Didn’t know “what’s up, doc?” Came from Texas

    • @sockruhtease
      @sockruhtease 5 років тому +16

      Neither did I... and I'm from Texas

    • @JACKALTOOTH100
      @JACKALTOOTH100 5 років тому +14

      It's probably a really old expression that's fallen out.

    • @apexone5502
      @apexone5502 5 років тому +12

      @@JACKALTOOTH100 it is. Tex Avery was known to use it back in the day. It's one of those old expressions that withered away over time.

    • @Dequantivous3rd
      @Dequantivous3rd 5 років тому +4

      What's up doc?

    • @davidwesley2525
      @davidwesley2525 5 років тому +2

      @@sockruhtease I thought TEXANS say HOWDY !🤩🤩🤩

  • @maganhassan2627
    @maganhassan2627 3 роки тому +5

    I love when bugs bunny outsmarts others XD

  • @Jordan-gz6ie
    @Jordan-gz6ie 5 років тому +9

    SHISH, this video has it all! From Happy Rabbit to the 2019 reboot not to mention that "Big" meme. Anyway, thanks for the video doc! This definitely deserves a spot on me playlist if you don't mind dat is.

    • @DaveLeeDownUnder
      @DaveLeeDownUnder  5 років тому

      Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Plenty more to come too.
      No problem at all - go for ir!

    • @baerenonkel
      @baerenonkel 5 років тому

      @@DaveLeeDownUnder thank you for another great video. it's not much i personally didn't know, but there's some stuff i wasn't aware of. also, you have a knack for listing all the changes without coming across as analytical or intimidatingly filmbuffingly (is that even a word?).

    • @Wberdly555
      @Wberdly555 3 роки тому

      Big CHUNGAS

  • @spindalis79
    @spindalis79 5 років тому +225

    You forgot that in "Elmer's Pet Rabbit" Mel gives Bugs more of a Jimmy Stewart voice.

    • @michaeltnewyorknights8413
      @michaeltnewyorknights8413 3 роки тому

      Thank you! I too thought that was a glaring omission in his development. In fact, the voice isn't really consistent until Bug's 8th appearance.

  • @Fenster74
    @Fenster74 4 роки тому +30

    Mckimson's model sheet from 1943 is unsurpassed.
    It's so incredibly well drawn and captures Bugs' personality perfectly.
    Even though Friz Freleng is my favorite Bugs Bunny director, my favorite short must be Hillbilly Hare.
    That square dance at the end is the funniest sh*t ever put on film.

    • @barrisonstone8299
      @barrisonstone8299 Рік тому +1

      It's been 3 yrs since your comment but.. you reminded me of the square dance short.. I had picked the ones w/Marvin, the Monster and the Conductor but, like I had said, I don't have one fave and you reminded me of another fave.. the "Square Dance" w/those hilarious Hick-a-billies.. lol.. thanks...
      Th-Th-Th-That's all Folks!"

  • @ruthiehenshallfan99
    @ruthiehenshallfan99 5 років тому +46

    I absolutely adored My Dream is Yours.
    Rest in peace, Doris Day

  • @zakliddell7140
    @zakliddell7140 5 років тому +27

    I first heard of Bugs Bunny when I watched Space Jam for the first time and I didn't know it was Bugs. My parents had to explain EVERYTHING about it to me. I love them now.

  • @мистерконнектор
    @мистерконнектор 2 роки тому +3

    Nice video Dave Lee. Bugs Bunny is my favorite character.

  • @flibbityflub776
    @flibbityflub776 5 років тому +367

    *"Bug's bunny's busting out all over"*
    That sounds so wrong oh my god-

    • @artful620
      @artful620 5 років тому +6

      I thought the same thing 😂

    • @ThingyMcJiggy
      @ThingyMcJiggy 5 років тому +5

      Owewh Mhehe Gahwds

    • @kationkat7400
      @kationkat7400 5 років тому +4

      Just thinking about it...

    • @meatybean-nuts1974
      @meatybean-nuts1974 5 років тому +5

      Let me finish that: ur mom

    • @Sheen64
      @Sheen64 5 років тому +1

      Oh my gosh as I read this the video said it

  • @NeoSlith
    @NeoSlith 5 років тому +23

    Oh man, I can't wait to see the history of Sylvester! I loved watching Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries growing up.

  • @noahmorales411
    @noahmorales411 4 роки тому +16

    I like the looney tunes show version of bugs but I have to admit the classic golden age cartoon bugs is still my favorite because that's the bugs bunny i grew up with.

  • @Herowebcomics
    @Herowebcomics 5 років тому +5

    WOW!
    I never knew that Bugs was so complicated!
    He is amazing!

  • @neilforbes416
    @neilforbes416 5 років тому +122

    The 1950s era Bugs Bunny is the most definitive of the character. That applies to Porky, Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety, Sylvester and all the recognised Warner characters.

    • @laurn.laughter
      @laurn.laughter 5 років тому +1

      Neil Forbes but big Chungus.

    • @neilforbes416
      @neilforbes416 5 років тому +8

      @@laurn.laughter "Big Chungus", referring to the fat Bugs Bunny, that is just one of the stages of metamorphesis of the character. By the 1950s all the Warner characters had reached the final stage of their development, that's why I said the 1950s was the most definitive era of Bugs and all the other characters.

    • @themysteryguywithnoname1976
      @themysteryguywithnoname1976 5 років тому +1

      Neil Forbes my fav era

    • @neilforbes416
      @neilforbes416 5 років тому +4

      @@themysteryguywithnoname1976 The best of the Warner cartoons came from the 1950s.

    • @PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN
      @PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN 5 років тому +2

      @@neilforbes416 I never liked Post 50s daffy...

  • @TheLooneychic1
    @TheLooneychic1 3 роки тому +10

    I actually really loved Bugs and Daffy during back to action, its one of my favorite movies and I love how they are written.

  • @alejandromolina7270
    @alejandromolina7270 5 років тому +50

    Do anyone remember June Bugs. It was a way for Cartoon Network to celebrate Bugs Bunny.

    • @TwilightLink77
      @TwilightLink77 5 років тому +2

      Wish they could bring that back to show classic Bugs Bunny shorts, the Looney Tunes show, and Wabbit.

    • @heatstroke2008
      @heatstroke2008 5 років тому +1

      Used to watch it every year! I loved Cartoon Network for introducing me to the Looney Tunes, MGM, and Hanna-Barbera cartoons my parents grew up with. And June Bugs always came out on a weekend near summer vacation on June 1st, so it was always a reminder that summer fun was just around the corner!

    • @djalepenos8547
      @djalepenos8547 5 років тому

      Does*

  • @GubekochiGoury
    @GubekochiGoury 5 років тому +7

    The double-dipping of the dynamite in Elmer's face at 20:50 really cracked me up.

  • @freedomfantom8213
    @freedomfantom8213 3 роки тому +6

    Nice video, Bugs Bunny is my favorite character in Looney Tunes.👍👍👍

  • @historiaestmagistravitae.7051
    @historiaestmagistravitae.7051 5 років тому +57

    King of trolls and he after Daffy Duck is favorite Looney Tunes cartoon characters.

  • @jckmusic_thoughts2163
    @jckmusic_thoughts2163 5 років тому +169

    I’m surprised that Daffy Duck appeared before Bugs Bunny.

    • @Marvelfanatic3658
      @Marvelfanatic3658 4 роки тому +3

      Yep me too

    • @cameronjacobs7414
      @cameronjacobs7414 4 роки тому +8

      @@Marvelfanatic3658 I'm surprised Bugs Bunny appeared in a prototype form 3 years before "A Wild Hare."

    • @leahsincelejo7641
      @leahsincelejo7641 4 роки тому +12

      Ja F yet Porky appeared before both of them.

    • @jamtop1105
      @jamtop1105 4 роки тому

      *Bugs Bunny

    • @mikejordan8259
      @mikejordan8259 4 роки тому +5

      That's probably why they're always at odds with each other.

  • @Grahaminations
    @Grahaminations 4 роки тому +6

    Glad you made this! Ya wasscaly wabbit.

  • @starnite_47
    @starnite_47 5 років тому +79

    The 2019 Bugs looks so weird. I'm all for the 90's Bugs 👍

    • @professionalmemeenthusiast2117
      @professionalmemeenthusiast2117 4 роки тому +14

      Early 50s bugs is the true Bugs imo

    • @youretheproblem5321
      @youretheproblem5321 4 роки тому +3

      Naa the early 1940’s and late 1940’s bugs and the 2020 bugs design is better

    • @marcoparada6652
      @marcoparada6652 4 роки тому +1

      @@youretheproblem5321 , his character does shine the best during that time period, indeed!

    • @heatherdaniel6920
      @heatherdaniel6920 7 місяців тому

      Which show are you taking about? New looney tunes? Or looney tunes show, I just assumed you didn't know the show version is from 2011

  • @Rhettroizms
    @Rhettroizms 5 років тому +35

    SHHH lm hunting the chungus
    Chungus:i have diabetes
    Dock:oh what type

  • @stephenbirks6458
    @stephenbirks6458 4 роки тому +2

    A very interesting documentary ? - Is he 80 or 81 years old Alexa says 80 & The British Broadcasting Company says 80 - Steve Wright on radio 2 says 80 ? -
    Anywho what ever his age the guy is a legend - Whos 21 or 22years older than me & gave me years of fun as a child ! - Thankyou for sharing this great entertaing & interformative documentary ?

    • @SamaelAlastor
      @SamaelAlastor 4 роки тому +1

      He has trolled us even with his age.

  • @dennishat43
    @dennishat43 5 років тому +32

    Are we gonna let Lunatics Unleashed go unspoken? Aight

    • @1234_Flux
      @1234_Flux 5 років тому +4

      Ace Bunny is a descendant of Bugs Bunny, they are not the same character.

    • @Switchcrafts
      @Switchcrafts 5 років тому +3

      Ace ≠ Bugs

    • @codyyarbrough9514
      @codyyarbrough9514 5 років тому +4

      It's better that way...

  • @MarshalGrover
    @MarshalGrover 5 років тому +8

    I look forward to a proper vocal Bugs evolution after this! Yours are really so much better than the others found here.

  • @lynetteriddle2002
    @lynetteriddle2002 5 років тому +3

    I remember the first episode shown on this video and I already knew the nostalgia would begin. Even one when he had the black tips on his ears and two toe pads. Aaahhhh

  • @sonnybrown4758
    @sonnybrown4758 5 років тому +22

    Holy crap I seriously thought you were doing an Elmer Fud impression at the beginning.

  • @jimbogames6174
    @jimbogames6174 5 років тому +297

    8:53
    *b i g c h u n g u s*

    • @90s_Toy_Box
      @90s_Toy_Box 5 років тому +3

      That'll hold him alright, hehehe, phooey

    • @voxelotlSFM
      @voxelotlSFM 5 років тому

      @yellow bendy No u

    • @WyGuy
      @WyGuy 5 років тому +1

      @yellow bendy You're*

    • @markzhang2507
      @markzhang2507 5 років тому +1

      Oh, I see Bugs Bunny as Big Chungus! He appeared as a fat version in 1941, until 77 years later in 2018, he was developed into Big Chungus when the Big Chungus video game had its own ad! 👴🧓🏚️

    • @trickster398
      @trickster398 5 років тому

      Proves its bugs' ultimate move complete with transformation

  • @snurgumwurgum8238
    @snurgumwurgum8238 4 роки тому +75

    FUN FACT: Bugs Bunny was granted the rank of Marine Master Sergeant by the U.S. Marine Corp for his outstanding service in WW2 after joining as a private in 1943. I noticed that this fact was absent from this video.

    • @justinslaughter8933
      @justinslaughter8933 3 роки тому +2

      Why

    • @snurgumwurgum8238
      @snurgumwurgum8238 3 роки тому +6

      @@justinslaughter8933 because the "people" who own looney-tunes these days hate America and anything that makes Americans proud of their history.

    • @jimmartin7881
      @jimmartin7881 3 роки тому +2

      @@snurgumwurgum8238 Yes, anything MAHWF is not to be looked upon favorably anymore.

    • @Bsknten
      @Bsknten 3 роки тому +2

      @@snurgumwurgum8238 does this guy know how to party or what?

    • @oscarmarke882
      @oscarmarke882 3 роки тому +2

      @@snurgumwurgum8238 their 20 years of history yeah

  • @waltonsellers6941
    @waltonsellers6941 5 років тому +7

    Hi, Dave!
    I want to tell you how much I appreciate this video.....as a lifelong Bugs fan and a historian by trade, I can readily appreciate the work and research that it took to put this video together. Bugs hhas been a firm friend of mine for over 50 years, and thank to you, many of my own questions have been answered!!!!!! Great work!!!!!!!

    • @DaveLeeDownUnder
      @DaveLeeDownUnder  5 років тому +4

      Thanks so much, Walton! I really appreciate that! Thanks for watching.

    • @StanGraham1
      @StanGraham1 6 місяців тому

      As a history major and history teacher for decades I could not agree more. Excellence exemplified.

  • @tinashegamer6926
    @tinashegamer6926 5 років тому +108

    Woo woo Finally...... Ehhh What up doc 🥕 thank you For post this Video

  • @GamingCreed47
    @GamingCreed47 4 роки тому +5

    Big Chungus in the thumbnail with other great designs of Bugs. If anything, that smurk he's giving me on it makes me think he bribed Dave to add em on there.

  • @guardiane
    @guardiane 5 років тому +5

    I loved the "Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show" back in the 90's. I'd watch it EVERY Sunday afternoon. I think my favorite short is the "Barber of Seville" parody they did, that's classic. Or the Yosemite Sam - "High Diving Hare". So many good memories. Space Jam was pretty entertaining too but after the 90's, Bugs completely vanished off the radar for me. I'm glad to see he's still out there and kicking about. I couldn't imagine a world without Bugs Bunny.

  • @tinashegamer6926
    @tinashegamer6926 5 років тому +134

    8:58 Big Chungus

  • @kenjongkilawogg860
    @kenjongkilawogg860 4 роки тому +4

    ngl, Bugs Bunny made whole carrots look delicious for me as a kid

  • @Thelilwestern
    @Thelilwestern 5 років тому +208

    B I G. C H U N G U S.

    • @poggersuni9637
      @poggersuni9637 5 років тому

      @@lizziesmakeuptutorials624 you talking mad shit for someone in crusading distance

    • @lizziesmakeuptutorials624
      @lizziesmakeuptutorials624 5 років тому +1

      I redid the comment to that the reply doesn't make sense.

    • @bigpoppa9344
      @bigpoppa9344 5 років тому

      It's 2019 mate

  • @icecreamhero2375
    @icecreamhero2375 5 років тому +6

    Looney Tunes Back in Action was my introduction to Looney Tunes when I was 5 years old. I watched it over and over again constantly. The best sceen is the Painting chase sceen.

  • @ricardocantero9
    @ricardocantero9 4 роки тому +2

    What a GOOD job, Dave!!!!!
    Congratulations!!!!!
    🤩👍👏👏👏👏😃❤️

  • @judibickford5306
    @judibickford5306 5 років тому +6

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Chuck Jones' Hunting Trilogy!

  • @DynestiGTI
    @DynestiGTI 5 років тому +116

    Everyone's here for Big Chungus.
    I'm here for The Looney Tunes Show 19:40

  • @tord4336
    @tord4336 4 роки тому +29

    18:00 Thats not even remotely what happens in Space Jam. They team up with Michael Jordan so they don't have to be slaves at an intergalactic teampark, not to save the earth from an alien invation. The only thing they save beside them selfs is the basketball skills to some pro basketball players.

  • @Ghostlyking-tc3vu
    @Ghostlyking-tc3vu 5 років тому +6

    That’s why Bugs Bunny 🐰 is my favorite character of all time.

  • @themaccave08
    @themaccave08 4 роки тому +31

    I prefer both season designs of "The Looney Tunes Show" Bugs, as it mostly reminds me of how he continuously would be refusing es up until the most long running look he’d have. Plus I like how most animated shows change from before to after with their characters.

  • @mads4it555
    @mads4it555 4 роки тому +2

    Very good representation of the Bugs Bunny story. Very interesting. Thank you.

  • @pnevmastudio6968
    @pnevmastudio6968 5 років тому +108

    If you pause exactly at 8:58
    You shall behold the one and only
    BIG CHUNGUS

  • @deadlyrainbows1171
    @deadlyrainbows1171 5 років тому +104

    90% of people: big chungus
    10% of people: about the video

    • @lookatmeplease
      @lookatmeplease 5 років тому

      DeadlyRainbows More like 100% people: Big Chungus
      0% people: About the video

    • @harmonijarvis571
      @harmonijarvis571 5 років тому +2

      can someone please explain what the heck that means i keep seeing comments about it and don't get it i love buggs bunny and Looney tunes though classic cartoons

    • @harmonijarvis571
      @harmonijarvis571 5 років тому

      @Jeffrey Epstein I don't know ether

    • @JoelEmiliano-vt4zf
      @JoelEmiliano-vt4zf 4 роки тому

      0% about who good the video actually is

    • @bradbradthebrad
      @bradbradthebrad 4 роки тому

      Harmoni Jarvis It’s a meme. Go search it up kid.

  • @johnnyhawkins43
    @johnnyhawkins43 4 роки тому +43

    I grew up with BB and I still love him and I'm sixty three years old!!!!!!!!!

    • @sleepyote
      @sleepyote 4 роки тому +5

      You're the same age as my father, who raised me on Looney Tunes. I respect you.

    • @cloudnine5459
      @cloudnine5459 3 роки тому

      @@suapanpina zoomer

    • @PatternLand
      @PatternLand 3 роки тому +3

      You should watch “the loony tunes show” came out sometime in the last decade I think

  • @warnerbrosanddisneyvhsdvdb9015
    @warnerbrosanddisneyvhsdvdb9015 5 років тому +37

    I collect a lot of bugs bunny VHS and DVDs

    • @MrDaniAlbi
      @MrDaniAlbi 5 років тому +2

      MR VHS DVDS AND BLU-RAYS COLLECTOR Me too! I have lots of VHS tapes and Bugs Bunny DVD’s

    • @Kira-pv4xq
      @Kira-pv4xq 5 років тому

      One is with big chungus

  • @stephenholloway6893
    @stephenholloway6893 5 років тому +9

    Bugs is among the icons of animation.

  • @tarekhamdan8901
    @tarekhamdan8901 3 роки тому +2

    I just want to say :u r doing a very good job,thank u and keeeeep going

  • @declancarey3337
    @declancarey3337 5 років тому +21

    I love Looney Tunes. Next, the evolution of Porky Pig or Daffy Duck.

    • @caseysmith544
      @caseysmith544 5 років тому +4

      Porky Pig, he has had some of the most changes and even include the pig that was before Porky from the Warner Studios prior to 1935.

  • @SudokuBro
    @SudokuBro 5 років тому +29

    My favorite design is 40's Bugs and Chuck Jones design of the 50's. Favorite appearance is "What's Opera, Doc?"

  • @CrowJams
    @CrowJams 4 роки тому +1

    I came for Chungus, but stayed for the high quality video and interesting topic

  • @YoshiAngemon
    @YoshiAngemon 5 років тому +10

    At least Bugs is still a stinker. That's one thing that'll never change.

  • @Eddie_Glorpo
    @Eddie_Glorpo 5 років тому +67

    Marvel: infinity war is the best crossover ever
    Bugs bunny and mickey: hold my carrot and cheese

    • @TheWildRobot8292
      @TheWildRobot8292 5 років тому +5

      But Mickey likes hot dogs, not cheese.

    • @SuperCartoonist
      @SuperCartoonist 5 років тому +3

      @@TheWildRobot8292
      I beg to differ.

    • @lookatmeplease
      @lookatmeplease 5 років тому +1

      More like, hold my beer.

    • @sebastianortizramirez4430
      @sebastianortizramirez4430 5 років тому +1

      @@TheWildRobot8292 well he like cheese on House of mouse. So I guess Hyponosis cat has a point 🤣

  • @BenCaesar
    @BenCaesar 4 роки тому

    This was great! Literally Just watched SpacecJam again absolute classic

  • @KraXoom
    @KraXoom 5 років тому +87

    The looney tune show is an incredibly underrated series.

    • @harmonijarvis571
      @harmonijarvis571 5 років тому +3

      it is i love it and some people hate it that's their opinion but I still like it

    • @Royalrockateer
      @Royalrockateer 5 років тому +2

      Yesssss

    • @chevyguy5525
      @chevyguy5525 5 років тому +3

      Honestly I feel they could’ve made the show without using classic characters, but the constant motif of real-life themes being crossed with cartoon conflicts makes for a purely entertaining show! Also, porky is a cannibal and stress-eats pepperoni...like where do you come up with that?

    • @Capradio93
      @Capradio93 4 роки тому +1

      kraXoom no

    • @Foxy967
      @Foxy967 4 роки тому +1

      I LOVE THAT SHOW

  • @MrAdy-sh4nd
    @MrAdy-sh4nd 5 років тому +14

    Big chungus is the *perfected* and *true* form that will always be treated as a god. Because he is celestial, he is omnipotent and most importantly *He'S BiG cHUngU§*

  • @freedomfantom8213
    @freedomfantom8213 3 роки тому +6

    🐰🥕 Eh, Whats up Doc!?

  • @ehi_ij
    @ehi_ij 4 роки тому +16

    I always thought bugs saying “What’s up doc” was short for *Whats up doctor* now I feel dumb

    • @StanGraham1
      @StanGraham1 6 місяців тому

      I don’t know what else it could mean. What did I miss?

  • @myzellpatty8604
    @myzellpatty8604 4 роки тому +5

    OMG!!! BUGS BUNNY 😍👏🐰
    IS MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD CHARACTER EVER!!!!!!!!

  • @coolnegative
    @coolnegative 4 роки тому +2

    Soooo..........technically Daffy is older than Bugs..........YES! Great video! Subscribed due to this video.

  • @mechajay3358
    @mechajay3358 5 років тому +10

    Just when I always assume that Who Frame Roger Rabbit and Space Jam was the first live action movie/animation flicks to feature Loone Tune characters, turns out this was around years before them.

    • @x54xHantamachine
      @x54xHantamachine 5 років тому

      Iirc the first was Song of the South, which was also super racist :p

    • @fredarok579
      @fredarok579 5 років тому

      AlternateHanta Except that was Disney, not Looney Tunes.

  • @kornfan19
    @kornfan19 5 років тому +37

    Everyone talking about how Avengers Endgame is the best Crossover......
    But what about "Who framed Roget Rabbit?"

  • @longfootbuddy
    @longfootbuddy 3 роки тому +1

    im feeling like the best time for cartoons was the 30s, with the 40s as being the slow decline, the 50s being an even faster slide, and finally the 60s just pure death for cartoons

  • @UndergroundRecordsINC_
    @UndergroundRecordsINC_ 5 років тому +9

    Can't wait for the new shorts please do Daffy Duck