ELMER FUDD COSTUME MOVIE

Jim Willard, a Loveland resident since 1967, retired from Hewlett-Packard after 33 years to focus on less trivial things. The Vice President of Research does conceal his grin when I wear it on our walks. Yosemite Sam looks like a very hairy cowboy. Mine does not appear to be wearing out and I am cautious about wearing it in public. He is more violent and cunning than Elmer Fudd which makes him doubly dangerous. Then I discovered that both Eddie Bauer and LL Bean offer an “Elmer Fudd” hat amongst their winter gear - I will not be ordering a replacement. Knowing there was such a history to Elmer did not make me feel less foolish in my hat. He loaned his name to Fletch in “Fletch Lives” as the character in disguise gave his name as “Elmer Fudd Gantry.” In one short Roy Rogers provided his singing voice.Įlmer has appeared in cartoon shorts in this century but he doesn’t seem to have aged. Some cartoon historians believe that Elmer evolved from a character called “Egghead” in a Tex Avery cartoon short “Egghead Rides Again” released in July of 1937.Įgghead reappeared in 1937 and then in 1938 in “Daffy Duck & Egghead.”Įgghead continued in cartoons for a few years, then Elmer Fudd (looking much like Egghead) was the feature of a Chuck Jones short “Elmer’s Candid Camera” in 1940.Īt this stage of his development Elmer encountered Bugs Bunny in “A Wild Hare.” Their relationship went through stages of friendship and antagonism before the 1950s saw them in the “I hate that wascally wabbit” phase.Īt about this time in our cultural changing scene theaters ceased their standard format of previews, cartoon, newsreel and feature film so cartoons moved to television on Saturday mornings.ĭuring the transition Elmer adopted his trademark hat and double-barreled shotgun (which fired multiple times regardless of its two barrels).Īs you might expect, a number of actors voiced Elmer through the years. He did not have a Dad and Mom Fudd that I could find in cartoon references. “Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies” series.Īs I traced his lineage I found his origin to be a disputed one. Fudd (the “J” is not for Jim) is a fictional cartoon character from the Warner Bros. city centre elmer fudd rabbit season charleston inshore fishing report.

ELMER FUDD COSTUME MOVIE

At that point I questioned why that hat with the earflaps became known as an “Elmer Fudd” hat.Įlmer J. Addison doll wears her iconic alien outfit from the end of the movie Overall. I slipped back inside discreetly and removed the hat.

I decided to move beyond the momentary embarrassment - he was kind enough not to mention my appearance - and applauded his new tool’s performance. If you ever watched one of the old “Looney Tunes” cartoons you know what one looks like. I became interested in the nifty little device and forgot how silly I looked in my “Elmer Fudd” hat. There I was, scraping the snow from my driveway when my neighbor came over to show me his new snowblower (in the Tom Sawyer approach).

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