tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post2931896720190034137..comments2024-03-06T00:01:06.897-08:00Comments on Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 395. Tortoise Wins By a Hare (1943)Steven Hartleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-70447283483826865352016-04-11T16:16:19.270-07:002016-04-11T16:16:19.270-07:00"Athlete's foot" is a fungal skin in..."Athlete's foot" is a fungal skin infection. The gag has nothing to do with the shape of Bugs' feet. top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-30877348793843857642016-04-10T20:04:49.884-07:002016-04-10T20:04:49.884-07:00It's interesting that, far more than Avery'...It's interesting that, far more than Avery's cartoon or Freleng's tortoise-v.-hare effort to come, this cartoon and in Clampett's other 1943 partial cheater, "What's Cookin', Doc?", the frustrated, egotistical personality of Bugs pretty much anticipates what Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese would turn Daffy Duck into less than a decade later. <br /><br />Bugs simply takes on Cecil's role of calm tormentor in the later efforts, while "WCD?" probably could have been remade point for point in the 1950s with Daffy as the star instead of Bugs -- only the stock footage would had to have been altered. Clampett and Foster's decision to make Bugs an angry, frustrated and not-very-bright loser is definitely a change of pace ripe for comedy, but in the end the studio would decide putting someone else into the angry, frustrated and not-very-bright role and keeping Bugs as Bugs worked better.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com