How many of the characters in the line can you name? The words to sing along are below the video.
Overture, curtain, lights!
This is it. The night of nights.
No more rehearsing or nursing a part.
We know every part by heart!
Overture, curtain, lights!
This is it. We’ll hit the heights!
And oh, what heights we’ll hit!
On with the show, this is it!
Tonight what heights we’ll hit!
On with the show, this is it!”
Timeline
The roots to this show started October 11, 1960 (a Tuesday night) when The Bugs Bunny Show premiering on ABC
The show originally composed of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons produced between August 1948 and December 1969
General Foods originally sponsored the show
In August 1962, ABC moved The Bugs Bunny Show to Saturday, but it was moved to Sunday morning in September 1967
In September 1968, moved to CBS which combined it with The Road Runner Show to make The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
Behind the scenes
- Directed by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson
- Voices by Mel Blanc, June Foray, Stan Freberg, Hal Smith
- Music Theme by Mack David and Jerry Livingston
Lineup
Here’s the lineup, which are also linked to their post. Which did you visit?
- Tweety Bird
- Speedy Gonzalez
- Hippity Hopper (not in the original lineup)
- Yosemite Sam
- Sylvester the Cat
- Elmer Fudd
- Pepe Le Pew
- Wile E Coyote
- Foghorn Leghorn
- Bugs Bunny
- Daffy Duck
- Roadrunner
Cultural Influence
Show’s Closing
A Frank Angle 
Sylvester the Cat, Bugs Bunny,Speedy Gonzalez,…. 🙂
Thank you dear Frank, you are amazing. Have a nice saturday, love, nia
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Nia,
i know you like classic cartoons, so thanks for sharing some of your favorites.
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Have a blessed weekend, Frank!
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Ponder,
You too … and I hope you got the chance to enjoy some of these classic characters.
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I didn’t want to bring you down by being truthful–but I was put in an adult role as a child, so cartoons weren’t really part of my fare. My siblings watched, enjoyed them–so I’m at least familiar with some of the names.
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… and that’s OK … and you aren’t the first person I’ve known in that situation.
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The cool thing is, God has now blessed me with “childhood” in my silver years–I have abundant joy, enthusiasm, wonder, delight in silly and simple things–Praise His Name!
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I grew up with all of them … and they remind me of my childhood!
Have a lovely weekend, claudine
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Claudine,
Cheers for bringing back good childhood memories.
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I got them all right. I loved The Bugs Bunny show and watched it for years.
Pepe Le Pew and the coyote my two favourites.
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Catherine,
Cheers to your love for the greatest hour … and thanks for sharing your favs.
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Love it fits right in with my post…
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Bulldog,
Absolutely as I saw it … and of course, we know what they say about great minds.
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It’s Saturday morning, and for the first time in six decades I am sitting here watching cartoons. Thanks, Frank. ( I could name them all….but my eyesight doesn’t do pixels well, first thing in the morning, so for “General Foods” I read “General Fools”)
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Cynthia,
Glad to know you renew your time with cartoons after a long time away! Take a look at the sidebar to notice how many are in my cartoon series!
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I’ve probably said it here before, but ‘eye’, like so many, must confess to being indebted to Buggsy and his crew. Fun, escape, all it derived out of thin air or so my right ‘eye’ imagined. Theater of the Absurd, yet graspable.
And this appeared in the ad space below your post http://www.beyondplumcreek.com/shtufffs/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stratford-festival-advertisement.jpg . Bugs Bunny Shakespearean? Why not. Happy Saturday, Frank.
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Hudson,
A Shakespearean Bugs? Absolutely … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tozj_8id0nQ
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LOVED this show, every character and the variety. Thanks, Frank. Have a great weekend.
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Cathy,
Right on … thus why I call this the greatest hour!
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Haven’t watched cartoons in a long while – Bugs Bunny, great treat! Have a wonderful weekend Frank ~
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Mary,
This group of characters is one of the greatest ensembles, thus the greatest hour. Glad you enjoyed this.
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Loved this. The kids and I used to watch. (way above the kids heads). I guess you could say I watched
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John,
Oh yes … good cartoons entertained kids while the humor was for adults.
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I absolutely loved this show. I was just the right age, and I still love all the characters.
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Debra,
Cheers to another fan of this great show!!!!
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Such fun to see Bugs bunny, Sylvester, and Sweety Tweety. 😀 Thanks for the memories, Frank. Have a super duper weekend.
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Sylvia,
This cast of characters is the best … thus why it is loved by many!
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Good way to start a lazy (for once!) Saturday. I knew them all, Frank, thanks to my early years of a Saturday cartoon diet with my older brothers in charge. In our pi’s in front of the tv with bowls of cereal and milk 🙂
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Lynn,
A steady diet of Saturday cartoons was wonderful … and we had a wonderful local show at 4 pm weekdays!!!
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These cartoons put today’s crop of animations to shame. I still will take time to watch them whenever I find them on TV.
Boy! I say BOY! That’s all folks.
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Jim,
They aren’t even comparable .. heck, I one who believes that cartoons started shifting in the late 60s-early 70s.
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Two high school friends did that opening for a talent show. Yellow jackets, straw hats, flippers and bunny slippers. It was brilliant. Thanks for the memories, Frank!
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Elyse,
Sounds funny … plus it stuck as a good memory!
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I’m not seeing the video on my computer. I’m sure it’s on my end, Frank. Everything is loading super slow. Anyhow, I love all those characters.
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Amy,
The beginning of the show is a classic … thus the take by Seinfeld … so try to come back when your speed is faster.
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I did! I remember that one. That Seinfeld clip was great!
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Okay, finally! Love all the videos. That’s a great lineup of characters. They really seem like classics now!
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Hooray!!!!! … and I hope you saw the Seinfeld clip.
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I saw the first three words and I could hear the song running through my head. Oh to be a child again.
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I loved this show, Frank, and the intro is so much fun, but I always thought that Daffy was dissed. He’s up there, singing and dancing his feathers off with Bugs and he’s not acknowledged! I did re-visit your tribute to my favorite waterfowl. This is possibly the best Daffy cartoon: http://vimeo.com/90596545
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Lame,
Daffy is a great character, and I agree, seemed to not his due. Then again, if I recall, it took creators a while to settle on his personality. Duck Amuck is awesome!
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Duck Amuck is Daffy’s finest six minutes Frank. I’m glad that I could return the pleasure (a scosh) to you that you’ve given me with these many fine cartoon posts.
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Many thanks …. after all, I count on your comments in this series.
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I recognized most of them, but my brain stalled when trying to name the a few of them. Odd. I know I watched my fair share of the cartoons. Then again, my favorite cartoon was Mighty Mouse. I was in love with him! 🙂
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Lorna,
Glad you enjoyed this … Because Mighty Mouse was your favorite, here’s one for you … https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/on-super-mouse/
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Thanks!
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I used to work with a guy who went by the name of Chickenhawk, from the chickenhawk in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons – the boy of “Boy, I say boy…”
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LB,
Great connection ,…. besides the link to my post of Foghorn in the post, here’s the chickenhawk … https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/on-a-chickenhawk/
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I just can’t believe how long it has been since the road runner appeared on tv. Time just flies by doesn’t it?
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Laurie,
The Road Runner – Wile E Coyote episodes are legendary … and true classics from the Golden Age of Cartoons.
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I had completely forgotten about Hippity Hopper. I love these crazy characters. So many childhood memories are stirred by these cartoons. Children’s television today is so sophisticated and I really wish these cartoons were still the favorites today. With people my age, I think they are! 🙂
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Hippity is one of those characters that many recognize, but don’t know my name … plus the confusion with Hoppity Hooper. Regarding today’s cartoons … well … there is a reason why the ones we grew up with are referred to as the Golden Age of Cartoons.
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Is it wrong that I often mistake Elmer with Porky?
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Leo,
I can see how that can happen … although all one must do is remember that the reason Porky looks like a pig is because he is a pig. Besides, Elmer Pig and Porky Fudd just don’t sound right.
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two of my heroes are bugs bunny and groucho marx. it’s no coincidence how similar they are, and – when i’m included – it’s no coincidence that we’re all a pain in the ass.
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Rich,
LOL … I can recall times when Bugs did a bit of Groucho … and wonderfully so!
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