Trivia Question #3
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
, Posted by Rubber Onion at 7:00 AM
TRIVIA QUESTION #3:
"What is the significance behind this Bugs Bunny clip?
Hey everyone! Since you all were SO good at guessing the last couple trivia questions I'm going to do something new to pick the winner this time: after a week of guessing, I'm going to put the name of everyone who guessed the answer correctly in a bag, shake it, and select the winner of the prize! I might actually live-stream it as well if there's enough interest (first I'll actually have to figure out how to do that!). Just like last time, though, I'm going to keep the comments hidden for a few days so that MANY people can participate without the risk of cheating off others so you should make sure to answer because this time, with the lottery method, everyone who guesses correctly has the same chance as anyone to win the prize!!! I'll announce what the prize is when the winner is chosen!
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The winner has been picked!
... and the winner is... Crooklyn (Stephie Daniels) from TapouT Radio
Here's her comment:
While Bugs wasn't ACTUALLY supposed to fall to his death, the fear was that leaving the end of the cartoon that way would leave "the less sophisticated" (reads: kids) to assume that Bugs had died, and this wasn't a button Warner Brothers was ready to push.
Here was the prize for this week's trivia question. Since this short, "The Heckling Hare," was the one that prompted the great Tex Avery to leave Warner Brothers for MGM the prize is the book "Tex Avery, the MGM Years":
... but there's a catch! "Crooklyn" said she really is just a sucker for trivia questions, so what she told me and the rest of our UStream show was that she would like to put the prize for this trivia question as well as the prize for the last trivia question she won AS WELL AS a prize or two of her own (she mentions a $25 Amazon gift certificate) into a prize kitty that can be a HUGE prize for my next giveaway!
I'll make a post on when and what that giveaway will be SOON so stay tuned for that!
So, if you're reading this you might have missed the very first UStream LIVE video!! I embedded it below for your enjoyment...
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The winner has been picked!
... and the winner is... Crooklyn (Stephie Daniels) from TapouT Radio
Here's her comment:
This episode was important because Bugs was originally slated to fall to his death.
From "The Heckling Hare" (1941). There was supposed to be a surprise waiting for Bugs and "Willoughby" after the "fade-out", when they fall through ANOTHER hole {Bugs: "Hold onto your hats, folks...here we go again!'}...but Leon Schlesinger vetoed the idea of Bugs Bunny falling to his doom, and ordered that footage removed. Director Tex Avery objected, Schlesinger suspended him, with Tex finally quitting the studio to join MGM.
While Bugs wasn't ACTUALLY supposed to fall to his death, the fear was that leaving the end of the cartoon that way would leave "the less sophisticated" (reads: kids) to assume that Bugs had died, and this wasn't a button Warner Brothers was ready to push.
Here was the prize for this week's trivia question. Since this short, "The Heckling Hare," was the one that prompted the great Tex Avery to leave Warner Brothers for MGM the prize is the book "Tex Avery, the MGM Years":
... but there's a catch! "Crooklyn" said she really is just a sucker for trivia questions, so what she told me and the rest of our UStream show was that she would like to put the prize for this trivia question as well as the prize for the last trivia question she won AS WELL AS a prize or two of her own (she mentions a $25 Amazon gift certificate) into a prize kitty that can be a HUGE prize for my next giveaway!
I'll make a post on when and what that giveaway will be SOON so stay tuned for that!
So, if you're reading this you might have missed the very first UStream LIVE video!! I embedded it below for your enjoyment...
Excuse the "um's" and "uh's" and keep a lookout for the NEXT Ustream broadcast and a new prize giveaway that's going to be so big it'll sink the Titanic all over again!
... ouch, too soon...
Isn't this the episode that Tex Avery god mad about, then left.
Im not sure why, but I heard that Bugs Bunny was suspose to get killed off, and but they changed the ending and fooled the vieweres.
Thats why bugs and the Dog say, "Fooled you didnt we?"
I don't know the answer to the trivia question, but if you want to do a live stream of choosing the winner, you can do it via UStream. It's free.
The only guess I can give is that it's the first time they use 'air breaks'? Just a guess.
this is the animation that caused Tex Avery to leave Warner Brothers because the ending was edited
The carrot in his hand when he falls, disappears for part of the fall, and reappears.
Is it that this cartoon was the first to have the WB logo with Bugs eating a carrot at the beginning?
This episode was important because Bugs was originally slated to fall to his death.
From "The Heckling Hare" (1941). There was supposed to be a surprise waiting for Bugs and "Willoughby" after the "fade-out", when they fall through ANOTHER hole {Bugs: "Hold onto your hats, folks...here we go again!'}...but Leon Schlesinger vetoed the idea of Bugs Bunny falling to his doom, and ordered that footage removed. Director Tex Avery objected, Schlesinger suspended him, with Tex finally quitting the studio to join MGM.
Oh I know! This is "The Heckling Hare", the last Bugs Bunny cartoon that Tex Avery directed. He wanted Bugs and the hunting dog Willoughby to fall off a cliff three times in succession but Schlesinger edited it so that they only fall off one cliff and land using "air brakes". In the end Avery was so upset that he walked out of the studio and left for MGM. The short is also considered to contain the longest fall in the history of cinema.
Hey Steve,
The significance of that Bugs Bunny clip is for cartoon characters and how they can break the laws of physics.
For the animator, the significance would be creating a highly dramatic fall at a great height. The continuous looping of animated scenes and looping backgrounds helps build anticipation and drama. Reusing scenes can be helpful and humorous if done right.
Good get-engaged celebratory trivia question!
Welp, Tex Avery voiced the dog and he got fired/gently ushered out/left of his own accord after directing this.
That's my vote.
Wasnt this the episode that Tex Avery god mad about, then left.
Im not sure why, but I heard that Bugs Bunny was suspose to get killed off, and but they changed the ending and fooled the vieweres.
Thats why bugs and the Dog say, "Fooled you didnt we?"
Isn't this a different ending because the original ending was cut. I'm thinking the characters were playing Russian roulette until the iris in.
i believe the important part is that both survive since its a cartoon. in real life they were already dead while in cartoons you can blow up or fall down a cliff and it won't matter too much.
i believe the important part is that both survive since its a cartoon. in real life they were already dead while in cartoons you can blow up or fall down a cliff and it won't matter too much.
karma
While Bugs Bunny was falling in some scenes he has the carrot and in other scenes he does not have the carrot.
First Bugs Bunny cartoon.
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