bugs bunny – Moe Lane

Comic of the Day, I Call This The Bugs Bunny Gambit edition.

Bugs encountered a genie once, you see. The genie granted him a wish: he asked for a carrot. No, wait: two carrots. It’s the same basic principle:

A smart basic principle, too.

So, we’ve got the eldest watching Bugs Bunny.

There’s a lot of topical references and contemporary cultural references in this stuff, huh? I figure that I’m missing about half the in-jokes and taglines there, and I’ve watched a decent amount of popular culture from that time period.

No, this is not an original notion. I’m just finding it a fascinating one, particularly since some of the stuff that Bugs is doing in these cartoons would be fairly taboo today.