Teen charged with murder of Elizabeth Olten Nov 21, 2009
" gofish wrote on Nov 19, 2009 2:50 PM:" boscoe wrote " You people are in total denial as to what kind of world many of these kids live in today. The world of video games, witchcraft, evil comic books, violent TV and movies, etc. warps their sense of values. Murder is an everyday thing in all those- nothing to be to concerned about. Well Boscoe before you go postal on modern society consider this. I saw an alarming number of vicious assualts, murders, bombings, and WMD on tv everyday before I... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Who are the furries? Nov 14, 2009
They can be anything from cartoons characters like Bugs Bunny to computer game personalities like Pokemon. The scene has its own art, animation, comic books and literature, but activities are largely conducted online - where furries adopt "fursonas" for role playing. (BBC News -- UK)
Players staying warm with cold-weather headgear Oct 29, 2009
New Era, which manufactures Major League Baseball s official headgear, has stocked three types of cold-weather items, which may make baseball old-timers turn red but keep ears from turning a crimson color during 4-hour-plus night games in the Northeast autumn: the downflap (which many players call Elmer Fudds after Bugs Bunny s ever-unsuccessful pursuer), a knit cap that is a little like a ski hat, and a balaclava, a ski mask that leaves only the face or eyes uncovered something previously used... (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Dating Apathy Syndrome Oct 21, 2009
If a chick says she doesn t like dating it s because you wants to be married and she is tired of trying to hit Bugs Bunny s screw ball. Dream_n. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Boy's own adventure Oct 9, 2009
"I grew up watching all the Looney Tunes characters. To think that one man did the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and more is marvellous. ''I like to channel that in some way. It's a chance for me to break new ground ". While markedly different from his live-action work on films such as National Treasure, Leaving Las Vegas (for which he won the Oscar for best actor) and Adaptation, Cage says doing animation means he has to utilise other skills as an actor. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Dragon Ball S1 Sep 20, 2009
The young Goku actually has more than a little bit of Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner in him. He's not as smart or self-aware as Bugs was, but he has the same charming knack for staying one step ahead of the rest of the world. (IGN FilmForce)
Jon WertheimTENNIS MAILBAG Sep 11, 2009
OK, if Nadal is injured, I'm Bugs Bunny. Can the Nadal health hysteria be toned down a notch, please. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Tennis)
Top 10 Disney/Marvel Comics Sep 8, 2009
In the pre-Youtube/fan-film era, it was the only way to see characters like Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny interacting on the same screen. While we don't imagine a Mickey/Bugs or a Daffy/Donald reunion is feasible given DC's claim to the Looney Tunes franchise, we can picture similar pairings happening on the printed page. (IGN FilmForce)
Diane Sawyer is replacing Charles Gibson as anchor of ABC News. Opus will be so proud.... Sep 4, 2009
I'd rather my kid watch politically incorrect, but funny Bugs Bunny than the garbage that passes for cartoons these days, thank you. Score: 11. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Beck "MODERATE???" You obviously don't know what that MEANS!... Sep 3, 2009
Bugs Bunny too violent for kids to watch. Have you seen the video games they are playing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
After Kovy, Waddell Should Have Little On His Mind Aug 18, 2009
Someones been watching Bugs Bunny lately. And kudos to you for that. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
COMMENTARY: Twitter ... the death of us all :-) Jul 27, 2009
Obama and Phelps wrote on Jul 26, 2009 4:39 PM:" Its arguable that Barack Obama and Michael Phelps are more popular celebrities than Britney Spears and Lance Armstrong. And that Bill Clinton was more popular worldwide than either Michael Jordan or Jerry Seinfeld. Some of us never watched much basketball or sitcoms, but we sure were entertained by Bill and his crazed enemies. It was like watching Bugs Bunny beat an army of Elmer Fudds. Calling this comedy a scandal is like calling Matt a naughty... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
When son's cyberworld duties compete with suppertime Jul 22, 2009
We parents knew these games were nothing but opiate for the 12-year-old masses, their version of our Bugs Bunny. We hated these games, the social isolation, the eye strain, the beep beep noise emanating from the screen. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
St. Louis a bounty of cheap travel Jul 5, 2009
The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the nation's second-oldest, will celebrate its 130th birthday with a 2009-0 season that includes a Beethoven Festival, Yo-Yo Ma and segments on the music of movies, including Hollywood great Bugs Bunny. The symphony ( ) offers 50 free tickets for regular orchestral concerts as well as discounts for children, seniors and students. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Mannywood set to resume Jul 3, 2009
After taking a wrong turn that fateful day in May, the Mannywood saga took the proverbial left turn at Albuquerque made famous by Bugs Bunny. How it played in Albuquerque in general was one big hug for the one-named superstar, all before a national audience. (MLB.com -- Los Angeles Dodgers)
Fred Travalena, 66, singer and master impressionist Jun 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Fred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose broad repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 66 and had non-Hodgkin s lymphoma. (Boston Globe)
D-backs rally, beat Braves in extras May 31, 2009
He was throwing some Bugs Bunny stuff out there. " But in the seventh, after hard-luck lefty Doug Davis had thrown his last pitch, the D-backs at least got him off the hook by tying the score. Ryan Roberts doubled to dead center for the first run, scoring Byrnes, who had reached on an infield single with one out. Then Chris 00003449 Young, pinch-hitting for Davis, delivered the game-tying single. Although concluding a winless May, Davis went seven innings allowed two runs to lower his ERA to... (MLB.com -- Arizona Diamondbacks)
'Pixar' team gets a lift out of collaborating on 'Up' May 24, 2009
"Bugs Bunny was just a staple every Saturday," he recalled. "I'd have to wake up to watch 'The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show.' A lot of my work as an animator, prior to directing, was because of that. It's almost like the Carl Stalling music is engrained in my head. I almost hear the action before I see it." He hummed a few bars of cartoony music ... "Chuck Jones I loved. Even as a kid, I could pick out his work. I think on that show they'd cut off the credits at the beginning. But I could already... (Boston Globe)
Apple nixes game from Hub software maker May 20, 2009
"It's very much like Bugs Bunny humor from the 1950s," Laird said, claiming that the salacious wordplay will amuse adults while going over the heads of children. Laird admitted that the game has a risqu. (Boston Globe)
what a STUPID name!!! should've stayed with a winner like... May 20, 2009
bugs bunny 2009-19-5 18:43:42. Location. (Multichannel News)
Be authoritative,says 'Opera Girl' May 19, 2009
"The second thing I learned is that henceforth, moving into other books, I wanted to write about things that I'm interested in knowing about. From now on, I don't have enough information to draw from in my personal life, thank God. When I got to 'Bel Canto,' there was a story in the news about the takeover of the Japanese embassy in Peru. I knew that I wanted to write a novel about that story. They had let all the women go. In my story, which is a completely fictionalized account that is a... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Pressure is on 'The Simpsons' to capitalize on merchandise May 16, 2009
If they succeed, they could surpass pop icons including Mickey Mouse, Snoopy and Bugs Bunny in their ability to mine gold from global sales of T-shirts and licensed merchandise, as well as video games, DVDs, books, fast-food promotions and theme park rides. CELEBRITY GUEST STAR QUIZ: TELL US. (USA Today -- Life)
Hawks should consider trading Johnson, not Smith May 13, 2009
A maroon, as Bugs Bunny would say. Wow and I think I d heard everything. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (May 10) May 10, 2009
Disney's Oscar-winning animated short (and visual template for Warner's Bugs Bunny) gets a reissue, as do companion shorts "Wind in the Willows," "The Reluctant Dragon," and others. (Disney, $19. (Boston Globe)
Waco Lawmaker Calls On Perry To Disavow Secession Talk Apr 17, 2009
Posted by: LN Location: Robinson on Apr 16, 2009 at 06:58 PM As Bugs Bunny would say about good ol' Dunnam, "What a maroon!". Posted by: Don Location: Texas on Apr 16, 2009 at 06:57 PM I am also Texas born and raised. (KWTX.com, TX)
Giving us the Hardsell Apr 15, 2009
He is the intellectual who studied architecture at McGill because it is, in the words of Frank Lloyd Wright, the mother art, and he is the guy who can do a great Bugs Bunny imitation. He is the comic who is hosting a candid-camera show that generates laughs by tricking people, and the man whose wife works for Roots of Empathy, a charity that reduces aggression in children by teaching social skills. (Globe and Mail)
Greinke, Royals escape jams Apr 14, 2009
Cooly, Soria disdained a fastball and unleashed what catcher John Buck has christened his "Bugs Bunny curve." It floated in at 68 mph and Peralta seemed locked in a trance. Strike three and th-th-that's all, folks. (MLB.com -- Kansas City Royals)
Arts Briefs April 1st Apr 2, 2009
Before long, the Celtics are back on the court playing with Bugs Bunny and friends against the evil Kobe Bryant, taken over by a heated demon-Michael Jordan, angry that he's no longer the greatest basketball player in Toon-land. "Space Jam 2: Ballin' with the Bird" is set for release in Fall 2010. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
Lowell is no run-of-the-mill film festival Mar 30, 2009
There's a film festival around here for almost every audience: Turkish, Irish, and Jewish, festivals themed around indie movies, science fiction flicks, underground films, Bugs Bunny cartoons, even one dedicated, vaguely, to "fantastic" films. But where else except Lowell - an immigration city and epicenter of the industrial revolution - can you find a food, fair trade, and global economy-themed film festival. (Boston Globe)
A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD Mar 21, 2009
SHOWCASE :: Erie's Entertainment Web Site. Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum to play Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Oon June 4 in Darien Lake, N.Y. Tickets on sale March 21 at livenation. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Joe PosnanskiINSIDE BASEBALL Mar 21, 2009
Bugs Bunny as police officer: "All right, where's Rocky? Where's he hiding?" Bugs Bunny as himself: "He's not in this stove." Police officer: Whoa-ho, he's hiding in that stove, eh. Bugs Bunny: Now, look, would I turn on this gas if my friend Rocky was in there ... Bugs Bunny: Well, would I throw a lighted match in there if my friend was in there. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
UCLA Hosts Nebraska On Senior Day March 15 Mar 13, 2009
At the conclusion of the meet will be the fourth annual Mascot Dance-Off, featuring Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny courtesy of Six Flags Magic Mountain, Thunder from the Lake Elsinore Storm and UCLA's very own Joe and Josie Bruin. Best Deal In Los Angeles Sports -- The Los Angeles Times Fabulous Forum blog says UCLA Gymnastics could be the best deal in Los Angeles sports. (Uclabruins.com)
Critic's corner Mar 4, 2009
The story of Bugs Bunny. The Detonators 8 p.m., Discovery Channel. (Boston Globe)
Earth to Josh Smith (and OK, here’s another hottie) Feb 26, 2009
I touched on this wonderful athlete/maroon (copyright: Bugs Bunny) Either he doesnt realize how good he is, or he knows how good he is and he figures the rest will simply take care of itself. Either way, hes regressing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
The Car As Art Feb 8, 2009
cartoon character, but "Presto" producer Richard E. Hollander says Bugs Bunny was nowhere in sight when the project was pitched. "The bunny chasing after the carrot was not in the original idea," Hollander says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Appeal of Bugs Bunny Festival spans the ages Feb 8, 2009
Bugs Bunny Festival spans the ages. Ken Bader of Cambridge has attended every one of the Brattle's Bugs Bunny festivals ... This is not some philosopher or renaissance man we're talking about: It's Bugs Bunny, the wacky wabbit. (Boston Globe)
NYCC 09: Yatterman Previ... Feb 8, 2009
Those bad-guy sidekicks are also prone to getting into ridiculous scrapes, as when one is launched in dramatic slow-motion directly at his mistress' leather-fastened boobs (the sidekick just can't seem to close his open palms fast enough), or when another's flying kick goes horribly wrong and his foot seemingly breaks in half at the ankle, Bugs Bunny style. The good guys are riotous and funny too, as when the female of the group gets all tickly (and turned on. (IGN FilmForce)
