Audiences didn't accept a fat Fudd, so ultimately the slimmer version (which was only fat in the head, literally and figuratively) returned for good.Įlmer's role in these two films, that of would-be hunter, dupe and foil for Bugs, would remain his main role forever after and although Bugs Bunny was called upon to outwit many more worthy opponents, Elmer somehow remained Bugs' classic nemesis, despite (or because of) his legendary gullibility, small size, short temper, and shorter attention span. Bryans's real-life appearance, and still chasing Bugs (or vice versa). He became a heavy-set, beer-belly character, patterned after Arthur Q. Elmer has a better voice and a trimmer figure, too.įor a short time in the early 1940s, Elmer's appearance was modified again. Later that year, in Tex Avery's A Wild Hare, Bugs reappears, but this time with carrot, Brooklyn/Bronx accent, and "What's Up, Doc" all in place for the first time. A prototypical Bugs Bunny drives Elmer insane. Bryan's "Dan McFoo" voice in what most people consider Elmer Fudd's first true appearance: a Chuck Jones short entitled Elmer's Candid Camera. In 1940, Egghead/Elmer's appearance was refined giving him a chin and a less bulbous nose (although still wearing Egghead's style of clothing) and Arthur Q. Bryan was hired to provide the voice of the hero dog-character and it was in this cartoon that the popular "milk-sop" voice of Elmer Fudd was born. In the 1939 cartoon Dangerous Dan McFoo, a new voice actor Arthur Q. However, it wasn't until A Feud There Was ( 1938) where his character was identified as "Elmer Fudd, Peacemaker", though he still maintained his Egghead-ish appearance.Įgghead (or the prototypical Elmer Fudd) made four more appearances in Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas ( 1938), Hamateur Night ( 1939), A Day At The Zoo ( 1939), and forty-nine years later in the 1988 compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters. Egghead continued to appear in a string of cartoons in 1938: The Isle of Pingo Pongo, Cinderella Meets Fella, and A-Lad-In Bagdad. Many cartoon historians believe that Egghead evolved into Elmer over a period of a couple of years.Įgghead made his second appearance in 1937's Little Red Walking Hood and then in 1938 teamed with Warner Brothers' newest cartoon star Daffy Duck in Daffy Duck and Egghead. Egghead had a bulbous nose, funny/eccentric clothing, a voice like Joe Penner, and an egg-shaped head. In 1937, Tex Avery introduced a new character in his cartoon short Egghead Rides Again. Bryan as Elmer Fudd.The fictional cartoon character Elmer Fudd, now one of the most famous Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies characters, also has one of the more convoluted and disputed origins in the Warner Brothers cartoon pantheon (second only to Bugs Bunny himself). Happy Rabbit: Please, sir! Gosh, I don't even know the guy! Voice cast Happy Rabbit: What rabbit? Elmer Fudd: Why, that little gray wabbit over. Mind if I watch? Happy Rabbit: What are you taking pictures of? Elmer Fudd: That wabbit. Waaaa-wabbits.ĭialogue Happy Rabbit: What are you doing, taking pictures? Happy Rabbit: Nice hobby. WILDLIFE, AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! WABBITS!!! WABBITS!!! WILDLIFE!!! Waaaa-wabbits. I'm goin' mad! WABBITS, I'M GOING CRAZY!!! CAMERA, WABBITS!!! WABBITS!!! "How to Photograph Wildlife". "Then all you do is click the shutter, and presto! You have a fine picture of wildlife, suitable for framing." Golly, that sounds simple enough.
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