{"id":4816,"date":"2024-11-17T18:40:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T01:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=4816"},"modified":"2024-12-01T19:54:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T02:54:50","slug":"this-is-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=4816","title":{"rendered":"This is a Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;Easthy sthomach. Don&#8217;t turn over.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Warner Bros Cartoon-name of episode &quot;This is a Life&quot;-Year of production  1955\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SR2CAUJw4hM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Directed by I. Freleng; Story by Warren Foster; Animation by Ted Bonnicksen and Arthur Davis; Layouts by Hawley Pratt; Backgrounds by Irv Wyner; Voice Characterization by Mel Blanc; Music by Milt Franklyn. A Merrie Melody released on July 9, 1955.<\/p>\n<p>That title is the title of my favorite show! It&#8217;s a program where they take someone from the audience, usually well known, and honor them by asking about their life story, showing some clips from their past, bringing on important people from their history, maybe even giving you a present at the end. Just in case it&#8217;s me this week, my guest stars will be named Richard, Megan, and Sabra. (The first two will not be pleased to interact with me again.) My gift can be every one of my characters as drawn by an animator I admire. Sally Cruikshank can do my self-insert, Tartakovsky can do the assassin, and Gooseworx can do the pogo-stick creature that has fingers coming out of its arms.<\/p>\n<p>Drat my luck! Considering the celebs we got in the audience, I don&#8217;t fancy my chances. Granny, Bugs AND Daffy? I&#8217;ll be lucky to appear on the camera feed. Emcee Elmer says that our mystery guest is beloved in motion pictures, so that rules out me and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/blog-1\/2018\/08\/05\/buddy\/\">Buddy<\/a>. The person also is thoughtful of others, generous, charitable&#8230; Daffy is certain it&#8217;s none other than himself. Admitting that this constant praise would only be embarrassing if it wasn&#8217;t all true. And here comes Elmer now. Daffy happily introduces himself and tells Elmer that there&#8217;s much to tell. Don&#8217;t waste time talking to the rabbit next to him, just read out the name already!<\/p>\n<p>So after Bugs is summoned to the stage, Elmer asks for him to start from the beginning. Bugs describes a scene he saw in &#8220;Fantasia&#8221; once. The Earth was young and tumultuous. Quakes and volcanoes abounded, but in a bit of water, life was starting out as microscopic blobs called protists. They probably used their flagella to kiss. That&#8217;s too far back for Elmer&#8217;s liking, so Bugs fast-forwards to 1947, when a hare was born in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/blog-1\/2013\/03\/19\/2013-3-19-a-hare-grows-in-manhatten-html\/\">Manhattan<\/a>.\u00a0 We&#8217;re in a clip show after all. Shame Elmer cuts it after his first words. He wants to talk about the first time <em>they<\/em> met. Would that be &#8220;A Wild Hare&#8221; or &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/blog-1\/2016\/12\/27\/2016-12-27-the-old-grey-hare\/\">The Old Grey Hare<\/a>&#8220;?<\/p>\n<p>Guess I&#8217;m a pretty poor scholar. They first met in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/blog-1\/2013\/05\/22\/2013-5-22-hare-do-html\/\">Hare Do<\/a>&#8220;. Duh! We just get to see Elmer lured over a cliff, before it&#8217;s time to move on. I love Bugs&#8217;s cheeky grin at remembering this. And Elmer&#8217;s book changes colors too. Elmer is a wizard. Time for a voice from Bugs&#8217;s past. It&#8217;s loud, gruff, rough, tough, devoid of fluff, buff, full of guff, a bit of huff, and that&#8217;s enough: it&#8217;s Yosemite Sam. Come to tell about the time Bugs was on his ship. Always a good idea to remember &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/blog-1\/2016\/03\/09\/2016-3-9-buccan\/\">Buccaneer Bunny<\/a>&#8220;, but Sam never said it was a picture. Was he really a pirate in this continuity? Has he done hard prison time, then? Did he ever get another parrot?<\/p>\n<p>Bugs is enjoying this trip through memory lane, but he&#8217;s the only one laughing. He even makes note of the time he threw lit matches in Sam&#8217;s powder room. Great callback! But the next two are total fabrications. Putting eels in their bed sounds kinda crass for Bugs, and covering them in cement is too dark. Elmer and Sam start plotting at this point, putting a lit bomb in a box for the bunny. Bugs takes it, but tries regifting once he hears it ticking. Do time bombs get lit fuses? A game of (extremely) hot potato erupts. Despite everything indicating the bomb was lit onstage and seen by everybody, Daffy decides to claim it for himself. Ah, but he probably had his eyes shut for most of it. Pleased to get what he claims is rightfully is, he explodes with happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Favorite Part: Daffy complaining about his limelight being stolen by a nobody. While he rants, Granny starts looking for something. He correctly guess it&#8217;s her umbrella she wants, so he hands it to her. Glad to have it back, she smacks him. Almost makes me ignore the crazy eyes she has. Do the elderly enjoy crack?<\/p>\n<p>Personal Rating: 3. I&#8217;m normally not so generous to the shorts that reuse clips, but the wrap around segment was enjoyable, took up most of the screen time, and showed a beautiful contrast of Bugs and Daffy&#8217;s egos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Easthy sthomach. Don&#8217;t turn over.&#8221; Directed by I. Freleng; Story by Warren Foster; Animation by Ted Bonnicksen and Arthur Davis; Layouts by Hawley Pratt; Backgrounds by Irv Wyner; Voice Characterization by Mel Blanc; Music by Milt Franklyn. A Merrie Melody released on July 9, 1955. That title is the title of my favorite show! 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