Bugs Bunny - The Origins of an American Icon

A quick look at the history of America's most influential bunny.

Music:
Leon - Away

[IndianaKong]

"...because he can kick your ass dressed as Scarlett O'hara."

[NakeyJakey]

I would be super stoked to see a video about Akira's influence on animation. I'd also be stoked to listen to you talk about dog farts, or really anything else for that matter.

[anthonylipira]

It's depressing that Bugs Bunny and the other Looney Tunes have faded into irrelevance. Sure, Cartoon Network is usually trying to do something with them, but it's always too tame and a shadow of the classic cartoons.

[coolbreadguy]

This guy could talk about a Pizza, and make it sound like an important part of history.

[boertush]

I'm almost 30 and I always thought it was funny that a lot of people thought the loony tunes were made in their early childhood. And I saw that with people of my age and people who are 20 or 30 years older than I am. That's really great indicator that something is timeless.

[Aota]

That jump from a Bugs Bunny cartoon to Family Guy showed me just how ugly and wooden that show is.

[trollshamanpwnage]

"Buggs is who you want to be. Nobody wants to be Mickey Mouse."

Disney's gonna need a senzu for that one.

[dorksword]

Bugs Bunny, the original king of trolling

[li-limandragon]

I wouldn't want to be Mickey cauze my girlfriend would look exactly like me... with a bow.

[Kyle--]

Been waiting for one of these for an eternity. By far my favorite YouTube!

[gmcee]

This is what a good youtuber is. No click bait, no jump cuts, no overreacting for views. Just visually and audibly stimulating goodness. Hes the type that you dont even think twice about clicking their videos you just jump right in. Love this channel

[chickrepelant]

Bugs just shoving the shotgun away from his chest, omg. I never realized how BOSS that is.

[julanrios]

this may be the best channel on YouTube, and he came out of nowhere.

[CaptainMarvelEver]

Video by video this channel gets better
Thank you KaptainKristian... just for being you

[lukeothedukeo]

It's really exciting to see how the situation has changed since this video released. The newer Mickey Mouse shorts are some of the most dynamically animated cartoons of the last few years, and they've fleshed Mickey out as a character more than ever.

Meanwhile, Bugs has largely been waiting in the wings for HBO Max. The direction they're taking there looks really promising, and more true to his roots than anything else we've seen for decades.

Disney took a page out of the Looney Tunes book, and in turn pushed WB back towards their golden age animations.

[SameNameDifferentGame]

Crazy timing on this. I just saw a bunch of Bugs cartoons in 35mm at the American Film Institute's theatre here in the DC area and, as you said, the amount of character communicated through the movement, etc, that's lacking a lot of today's animation is just overwhelming. Great stuff.

[stevenperrell]

"Bugs is who you want to be; Nobody wants to be Mickey Mouse." Hands down the best statement ever and even more accurate in this current year. hahahaha

[DarkRose]

As a HUGE Loobey Tunes fan, and someone who knows a lot about the history, I have to say that this video is amazing! Great job!

[LadyArtemis]

Amazing point, showing how a 60 years old Looney Toons show has more motion and animation than the average Family Guy episode.

[captainandrew]

"Bugs can kick your ass dressed as Scarlet O'Hara"
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