The audiences were comprised of adults, and some of the jokes in those cartoons are pretty sophisticated.Īlso, I don’t believe the writers came up with the voices. So they’d watch a Bugs Bunny cartoon featuring Elmer Fudd, then watch Casablanca or some such. Audiences would pay their admission and get a newsreel, a cartoon or two, maybe some kind of giveaway (especially during the Depression), perhaps a preview trailer, and then the feature (not in that order). The early cartoon shorts accompanied theatrical film releases. But IRL, the writers probably heard somebody speaking like that and thought it was funny or that it “connected” with the intended audience (young children) better.īut IRL, the writers probably heard somebody speaking like that and thought it was funny or that it “connected” with the intended audience (young children) better.Īhh, but the intended audience wasn’t young children. I suspect, if Elmer Fudd had a history of some sort, that it was a speech impediment from childhood that never really got cured. I have heard from many foreign speakers with English as a second language say that the English r is by far the hardest part of English pronunciation.īut some foreigners and most children who haven’t quite mastered the English r try to approximate it, and it usually ends up as a ‘w’ sound, being the closest phoneme in the English language (or the foreigner’s original language) to the r.
Most foreign speakers of English will simply replace the English r with their native r, and vice versa, until the other language’s r is mastered. The French/Dutch r and the Italian/Russian r’s are quite different from the English r (and IMHO, more aesthetic). The English “r” is a most unique sound, especially among European languages. Vote for the ones that make you want to catch that dang-nabbed varmint.This type of speech impediment is common among young children and foreign speakers of English. When you try to think of his dialogue, the first line that comes to mind is probably that iconic Yosemite Sam catchphrase, "I'm the meanest, roughest, toughest hombre that's ever crossed the Rio Grande - and I ain't o namby-bamby!" He certainly has some colorful descriptors in his vocabulary, as is the case with the line, "Avast there! Come back here you barnacle-bitten swab!"įrom the funny to the ridiculous, these are the best Yosemite Sam cartoon quotes ever. He's appeared in some of the finest Looney Tune cartoons of all time, such as "Sahara Hare" and "Big House Bunny." Out of all of his appearances, what do you think the best Yosemite Sam quotes of all time are?
He's an incredibly aggressive prospector and outlaw who draws out his pistols at the first sign of that pesky wabbit. While he frequently has to watch out for Elmer Fudd, he's also contended with Yosemite Sam a lot over the years. Bugs Bunny would not be the lovable cartoon hero everybody adores if he didn't have some adversaries to go up against.
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