Some time ago, Uncle Fish revisited "Tom and Jerry" with everyone.
In the comments, many friends recalled their childhood and found that there were too many classic works.
Among the most vocal lists is "Bugs Bunny".
But if I were to ask you which anime "Bugs Bunny" came from, many people might not be able to answer.
"Huh?" Isn't Bugs Bunny from the cartoon "Bugs Bunny"?"
If you search for "Bugs Rabbit" on Baidu Encyclopedia, it will be such a sub-article.
However, a little understanding of English is estimated to show that the English characters on this will not be translated as "Bugs Bunny".
You were all deceived by the translation of your names when you were young.
The real name is it —
"Happy Pass"
Looney Tunes
"Le Yi Tong" is Warner's most famous animation series.
Famous characters include Bugs Bunny, Duffy Duck, Little Brother Pig, Little Bird Cui Di and so on, all of which are from it.
Warner, an old-school studio, although slightly declining in recent years, was a day in the 1940s.
In addition to film masterpieces such as "Casablanca" and "Zola Biography".
The animation department, which has been established since the 1930s, is also thriving.
In the animation industry at that time, Disney was a one-handed existence.
But Warner Animation has launched its own series of works, snatching food from the mouth of a tiger.
Among them, the more influential ones are "Happy One Pass" and "Happy Melody".
Let's rip two sentences of this somewhat subtle "Happy Melody".
It is characterized by a song throughout the whole process, and the character image inside is also very visual...
In this similarity, it is also thanks to the fact that Disney at that time was not the strongest legal group on the surface today.
Otherwise, Warner Animation may not be able to eat and walk.
However, although Disney did not move, Warner Animation itself had problems.
In 1933, the two founders of Warner Animation, Harman and Isin, both left to join their counterpart MGM.
(Later, the two directed MGM's "Tom and Jerry", ahhhhhhhhhh
Fortunately, there is also a big guy sitting in the seat, which saves Warner Animation from danger.
The big guy was Leon Shelisinger.
He is not only a master animation master, but also a very discerning producer, digging around the wall, recruiting a vote of talent, and reorganizing Warner Animation.
These people who were recruited later became heavyweight animation masters.
From here, Warner Animation officially began to exert its strength.
Its seed player "Le Yi Tong" also soared.
To say that the classic characters in it, friends who have grown up watching imported animation are certainly not strangers.
Talking big tongue, crazy Duffy duck.
Stupid always being teased, unresponsive pig brother.
A tender yellow, cute and loving canary Cui Di.
Of course, the most important role is it.
Bugs Bunny.
This astute and slippery head, likes to prank and tease people with long ears, I don't know how many people's childhood.
It also left many people with the impression that the unbreakable rabbit loves to eat carrots.
In "Le Yi Tong", Bugs Rabbit is an invincible being.
Caught by the enemy, able to suddenly split.
No matter how you are locked, you can escape in an instant.
And you can conjure up all kinds of strange props to assist yourself anytime and anywhere.
It is naturally intelligent and good at using various tricks, and can fool the opponent and then "I kill myself".
In the plot, many plots that do not play cards according to common sense are always able to make people feel embarrassed after they are forced.
If it is a heavyweight IP, it will certainly not let it eat ashes.
Just last month, Warner Bros. launched its new "Le Yi Tong" series on HBO Max.
Immediately scored another high score of 8.6.
Although this time it has returned to the streaming platform, it still follows the old tradition.
The audience is able to see a variety of familiar routines.
Bugs Rabbit is still so cunning that he makes his opponents mess around.
The chase of the running bird and the big wolf has not stopped.
The laws of physics, or whatever, have never been respected.
In the IMDB review, many viewers said.
The hilarious "Le Yi Tong" of that year is finally back, and it is more interesting.
The feeling of reliving childhood is addictive.
In fact, this nonsense style of comedy animation was very popular in the middle of the last century.
Whether it's "Le Yi Tong", "Tom and Jerry" or "Woody the Woodpecker", they are the best of them.
And in contrast, it can be found.
Bugs Bunny, Jerry, and Woody are also somewhat similar in their positioning in the work.
They are all intelligent and astute invincible characters with the aura of the protagonist.
Their opponents, on the other hand, are stupid and easy to be tricked into crying without tears.
Speaking of which, you may find that how can Warner Animation and MGM look very entangled?
Actually, it's more entangled than you think (hey).
At that time, there were only a few big studios in Hollywood, and the animation industry was an acre and a half in front of the door.
There are heads and faces and talented characters who are pulled, and everyone is somewhat concerned.
The most typical of these are Warner's "Le Yi Tong" and MGM's "Tom and Jerry".
Earlier, when introducing Tom and Jerry, Uncle Fish said that the anime was nominated 11 times between 1941 and 1953, winning 7 Oscars.
Among them, there are several times, which are nominated together with "Le Yi Tong".
For example, the 1941 Oscars, "Sweet Home" ("Tom and Jerry") and "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" were nominated together.
But then no one won the prize.
This year, the winner happens to be Harman and Ising's work "Galaxy".
(That's right, the two who jumped ship from Warner, they really stayed everywhere)
Nominating together is nothing.
The most famous Oscar contest between the two is 1947.
At this year's Oscars, MGM took out the "Cat's Concerto".
Tom incarnates as a player, wrestling with Jerry while playing the piano, colliding with various laughs.
How awesome this episode is, Uncle Fish has already picked up the details before.
After the work was released, Warner Bros. also came up with its own work, "Rhapsody of the Rabbit".
Bugs Bunny also incarnated as a performer, wrestling wits with the villain mouse in the process of playing the piano, colliding with various laugh points.
Well??!
Friends may wish to imagine the Oscar scene at that time, what a kind of suffocating embarrassment.
These two works not only have the same scene, but also have similar plots.
The most important thing is that the songs I chose to play are also "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2".
Similar to this extent, it is really difficult not to think about plagiarism.
However, this is not the most suffocating.
The third entry of the year, from Woody the Woodpecker.
At the beginning of the film, Woody is seen sitting at the piano and starting to play the repertoire...
Or.
M.
G.
Oscar Shura field, no longer able to stand out from the right.
Such similarity has naturally attracted widespread attention and investigation.
More surprising things turned out.
According to animation historians, Rhapsody of the Rabbit was recorded in February 1946 and the Concerto of the Cat was recorded in April 1946.
In the second half of 1946, a company called Technicolor Color made a mistake and mistakenly sent bugs from Bugs Bunny to MGM.
In this way, the production time of "Cat's Concerto" is lagging behind, and the opponent material is obtained, and the possibility of plagiarism is greater.
But the problem is that all of tom and jerry episodes have extraordinarily long production cycles.
This episode of "Cat's Concerto" lasted for 18 months.
If you get the opponent's information and then start production, the progress will not catch up with the Oscars at all.
That said, it's a situation where it's impossible to plagiarize either.
The biggest field in oscar history turned out to be due to a coincidence.
Is there such a thing in the world??
(The selection of "Woodpecker Woody" is different, and the plot is larger, so it does not add comparison)
Naturally, some people believe in this theory and some people do not believe it.
However, Uncle Yu personally feels that the animation style of that year is similar in itself, and the big guys who make animation are also familiar with each other.
Maybe when we were clubbing and bragging, the creative inspiration came together.
But the story isn't over yet.
THE END OF MGM IS KNOWN TO EVERYONE, AND IT ENDED IN BANKRUPTCY.
At the time of its bankruptcy, Warner also grabbed the right to buy it for half a day with Sony.
I can only say that the things in this world are really wonderful.
Of course then again.
No matter what the truth of this matter was at the beginning, it does not prevent "Le Yi Tong" from being a classic animation work in film history.
The funny and joyful plot has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
TV Guide was voted the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time in 2002.
Bugs Rabbit ranked first.
Pikachu from Japan ranked 15th, while the household name Mickey Mouse was at 19.
Such a ranking comes from the national influence of the image of Bugs Rabbit.
While Tom and Jerry won more awards, Bugs Bunny's fan board was even bigger.
To say how much Lao Mei liked Bugs Bunny at that time, the most typical example was during World War II.
From 1943 to 1946, Bugs Bunny was the official mascot of Kingman Army Airfield, which trained thousands of air gunners.
Including the mascot of the 530th Squadron of the 380th Bombing Group of the U.S. Fifth Air Force, it is also it.
There are also many celebrities who like Bugs Bunny.
For example, Michael Jordan co-produced the live-action animated movie "Slam Dunk in the Air" with Bugs Rabbit in 1996.
The response was pretty good, grossing $230 million at the box office.
As a result, Jordan and Bugs Rabbit became acquainted.
In 2015, as the 30th anniversary of the AJ brand, a version of AJ1's Bugs Bunny was released.
Later, other AJ's version of Bugs Bunny was successively launched, and the popularity has remained high.
In addition, Bugs Bunny has also made a large number of other live-action movies.
For example, "Superstar Story", and the classic "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
It is also the second animated character after Mickey Mouse to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The two classic characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit are in the same frame
Despite the passage of time, we have grown up chasing animation around the TV without doing homework.
But occasionally look back and see that the characters who once accompanied them are still active in the film and television industry.
I can't help but feel a faint warmth in my heart.
Children's Day is over.
But Uncle Yu still wants to tell everyone about it belatedly.
No matter how hard life as an adult is, I hope that we can always retain some innocence in the depths of our hearts.