rockogre

Man, I gotta agree. It was fun as I got older to realize that much of that music was classical. Whole cartoons were built around the music. The "Barber of Seville" with Bugs and Elmer Fudd still cracks me up.

And this one with info from Wikipedial. What's Opera, Doc? is a short animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones in which Elmer Fudd chases Bugs Bunny through a six-minute operatic parody of Wagner's operas, particularly Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). While sometimes characterized as a condensed version of Wagner's Ring, it actually makes only loose borrowings from that cycle, woven around the standard Bugs-Elmer conflict. It was first released theatrically on July 6, 1957. Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan do the voices, including the singing. The short is also sometimes referred to as Kill the Wabbit after the line sung by Fudd to the tune of the Ride of the Valkyries. In fact, this cartoon marks one of the few times that Fudd actually succeeds in beating Bugs Bunny.

This was probably my first introduction to Opera. Man, "The Ride of the Valkyries" for kids on Saturday morning. Who said we got no culture from television? It prompted me when I was older to listen to the actual music.

It's also interesting that many of the characters are cultural icons that still show up from time to time and trancend time and generations, including their catch phrases. "What's up Doc?'. "Beep Beep". And my personal favorite, "My bisquits are a burning!", (Yosemite Sam for you younger folks).

And who remembers Duck Dodgers of the 25th centruy? Hmmmmm? And his nemesis Marvin the Martain? (SP?) Classic warfare!

Thanks reanna for bringing up such a fun to remember thread!

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