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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social

68 years ago today, the Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese masterpiece premiered in theaters. What's Opera Doc? (1957)

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jul 7, 2025, 12:13 am • 1,437 290

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thebilldelgrosso.bsky.social @thebilldelgrosso.bsky.social

Bugs bunny was my very first drag queen experience.

jul 7, 2025, 12:55 am • 32 0 • view
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kusydog.bsky.social @kusydog.bsky.social

No one does drag like Bugs

jul 7, 2025, 2:07 am • 16 1 • view
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🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎀🇨🇭🇨🇦🇺🇦Reg🇺🇦🇨🇦🇨🇭🎀 @regthrwombat.bsky.social

Arthur Q. Bryan and Mel Blanc, 2 voice geniuses.

jul 7, 2025, 3:45 pm • 1 0 • view
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cindylou86.bsky.social @cindylou86.bsky.social

One of my favorite cartoons

jul 7, 2025, 1:23 am • 5 0 • view
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ATLfan24 @atlfan2415.bsky.social

🤣🤣🤣 one of my absolute favorites

jul 7, 2025, 2:05 am • 28 1 • view
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rabbit2rabbit @nibberdoo.bsky.social

Came for this specific shot; was not disappointed 😂

jul 7, 2025, 3:29 pm • 6 0 • view
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KiloCharlieZuluCQ @kilocharlie237.bsky.social

📌

jul 7, 2025, 12:56 am • 2 0 • view
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The Giant Aquatic Centipede @deaddropholiday.bsky.social

Which was the one set on Mars? I loved that as a kid. Played the VHS so many times it became practically unwatchable.

jul 7, 2025, 1:27 am • 1 0 • view
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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social

Mad as a Mars Hare.

jul 7, 2025, 1:37 am • 3 0 • view
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The Giant Aquatic Centipede @deaddropholiday.bsky.social

Just checked - it's Hare Way to the Stars. I loved the 60s techno futurist architecture.

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jul 7, 2025, 1:49 am • 6 0 • view
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mrstompy.bsky.social @mrstompy.bsky.social

Gumball Machine…”10,000 instant Martians, just add water.”

jul 7, 2025, 8:18 am • 2 0 • view
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The Giant Aquatic Centipede @deaddropholiday.bsky.social

LOL ... I'd forgotten that. 😂

jul 7, 2025, 8:23 am • 2 0 • view
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mrstompy.bsky.social @mrstompy.bsky.social

Ship crashes and Gumball machine goes into sewers. Bugs: “Everyone run for your lives or you’ll be up to your armpits in Martians!”

jul 7, 2025, 8:29 am • 2 0 • view
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Mayor of Nowheresville 📎 @thekasey.bsky.social

One of my all time favorites. I will always stop and watch this. Chuck Jones was the master

jul 7, 2025, 2:16 am • 7 0 • view
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Jennifer Keith @jkcreative8.bsky.social

Pure genius in every particular. 🩶

jul 7, 2025, 5:35 am • 1 0 • view
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Kahler Gordon @alphawolf99.bsky.social

I loved this as a kid!!! Still do as an old lady! 💕💕💕

jul 7, 2025, 2:08 am • 6 0 • view
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Lisa1836 @lisa1836.bsky.social

Year of my birth, and I probably saw it for the first time not long after. "Kill the waaabit!" never gets old.

jul 7, 2025, 5:20 am • 2 0 • view
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Jenn Of Ark @jennofark.bsky.social

Love that the clip includes Bwunhiwda.

jul 7, 2025, 1:05 am • 18 0 • view
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ATLfan24 @atlfan2415.bsky.social

"You are so wovewy" 🤣

jul 7, 2025, 2:03 am • 9 0 • view
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Jenn Of Ark @jennofark.bsky.social

"Yes I know it; I can't help it ..."

jul 7, 2025, 2:25 am • 4 0 • view
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Juju Bee @notbeforenoon.bsky.social

I still can’t hear Wagner without saying "kill the wabbit!" I wish I had seen this when I had the chance 35 years ago. www.hollywoodbowl.com/press/releas...

jul 7, 2025, 3:29 am • 11 1 • view
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jonathanmlewis.bsky.social @jonathanmlewis.bsky.social

I'm glad i had to act this out with a player for a D&D game.....

jul 7, 2025, 1:26 am • 3 0 • view
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mise en abyme 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 🏳️‍🌈 @psychaedulcisanima.bsky.social

Such a beautiful moment in 20th century popular culture. Total masterpiece.

jul 7, 2025, 1:03 am • 8 0 • view
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pcoordinator.bsky.social @pcoordinator.bsky.social

Classic!

jul 7, 2025, 9:44 pm • 2 0 • view
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Melani Weber @melvisweb.bsky.social

’m 59 and have never seen this whole cartoon. Our local station played Looney Tunes cartoons on Saturdays but *never* played this one. I saw Figaro many times but never this one. I wonder why?

jul 8, 2025, 2:52 am • 2 0 • view
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victorytwin.bsky.social @victorytwin.bsky.social

Love the toe digs! ♥️👏🏼

jul 7, 2025, 11:27 am • 1 0 • view
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Pete Best @petebestuk.bsky.social

My favourite.

jul 7, 2025, 7:07 am • 2 0 • view
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Derek @derekmlacey.bsky.social

Absolute, f_cking classic which I have watched a million times. 🙂

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mrstompy.bsky.social @mrstompy.bsky.social

🎶”Oh Bwunhilda, you’re so wuvwee.🎶 Bugs: 🎶”Yes I know it, I can’t help it.”🎶

jul 7, 2025, 8:06 am • 3 0 • view
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Ku Kalekai @kalekai.bsky.social

Kill da wabbit.

jul 7, 2025, 1:14 am • 7 0 • view
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Dragon0131 @dragon0131.bsky.social

Yup. Bugs Bunny introduced me to opera, drag, & art. It was (& still is) great.

jul 7, 2025, 1:25 am • 11 2 • view
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Nerf Herder @nerfherder76.bsky.social

My girl is a highborn stepper, Ginger with salt and pepper...

jul 7, 2025, 12:58 am • 6 0 • view
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Crab Wells @crabofdoom.bsky.social

One and two and three and four, she dances all day long

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iamunknownuser.bsky.social @iamunknownuser.bsky.social

'Wabbit Twacks' a fun name for a track team or just a cool t-shirt with rabbit 🐇 tracks on it. I oftentimes use the phrase 'Kill the Wabbit, kill the Wabbit' when things aren't going particularly well.

jul 7, 2025, 5:57 am • 3 0 • view
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Frog Prof Fella 🇺🇸🔔🇺🇦 @frogprof.bsky.social

Same. So singable. 🤭

jul 7, 2025, 6:11 pm • 3 0 • view
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iamunknownuser.bsky.social @iamunknownuser.bsky.social

Exactly, the tune goes with so many situations 😆 Cleaning for example - 🎶 Kill the Germs Kill the Germs 🎶

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Frog Prof Fella 🇺🇸🔔🇺🇦 @frogprof.bsky.social

🎶 Scoop da Litter, scoop da Litter 🎶

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iamunknownuser.bsky.social @iamunknownuser.bsky.social

🤣 We could go on and on, it could be an album 😂 🎶 Make da Dinner Make da Dinner 🎶 Thanks for the laugh 💞

jul 7, 2025, 6:33 pm • 4 0 • view
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Panther Noir @panthernoir.bsky.social

One of my faves! LOL

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Blue307 @sugarfoot57.bsky.social

As a midwestern girl born in the 50's, this was my introduction to opera as a child.

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Diana Gruber @digruber.bsky.social

I have always loved this one.

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midge303.bsky.social @midge303.bsky.social

Kill the wabbit!!!!

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Cargobiker @cargobiker530.bsky.social

Hitting us GenX people right in the feelings.

jul 7, 2025, 2:14 am • 6 0 • view
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Carol Tyson @isleoftiki.bsky.social

This and the Rabbit of Seville were my first introduction to opera. Genius ❤️

jul 7, 2025, 1:10 pm • 4 0 • view
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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social

Just the greatest

jul 7, 2025, 6:51 am • 1 0 • view
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Chris Weihert @chrisweihert32292.bsky.social

I'll always remember this cartoon because when I was a kid, a power outage happened in my hometown while I was watching this during a storm. My family was gonna spend the night with my grandma until we noticed the power was back on when we were riding in the car. So we went back home. What a memory.

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Flipturns 🏊‍♀️ 📷 🦋 @flipturns.bsky.social

I remember this cartoon episode. Still great! The opera music is pretty cool.

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Leslie B @crazyflutewife.bsky.social

Warner Brothers was legitimately my first introduction to classical music-and this piece in particular is one that I love

jul 7, 2025, 4:00 am • 7 0 • view
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Lisa1836 @lisa1836.bsky.social

Same! I think for lots of little kids of our generation.

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Kent Brockman @johnlscott.bsky.social

A masterpiece. No doubt. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall while these guys "conducted" the symphony - or - I'm sure there are outtakes - the bust-a-gut laughing kind.

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@imagespending.bsky.social

📌

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James Garland @jagar451.bsky.social

Love it. Loved it. Do you know how much classical music I heard by watching these wonderful, clever, creative stories? These brilliant guys, vets returning from ww2, came back and made these vaguely subversive entertainments for "kids", but toons like this were loaded with subtext.

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BillyDLion @billydlion.bsky.social

Everything I know about classical music is because of Bugs Bunny.

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Lark LaTroy @larklatroy.bsky.social

If you ever get the chance to attend "Bugs Bunny at The Symphony", DO IT. We went last year when the Phoenix Symphony put it on, and we had a blast. Best show ever.

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Terry @urvoteisurvoice.bsky.social

A classic

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AceAngel1 @jonterrence.bsky.social

Brilliant cartoon work. We need this level of genius in cartoons today.

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social

My opera “knowledge” is based primarily on Bugs Bunny episodes.

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🇺🇲Paddy O'Murchú 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦 @paddy-omurchu.bsky.social

Ditto. I did later research because of Bugs.

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mrstompy.bsky.social @mrstompy.bsky.social

🎶How about a nice close shave? Teach those whiskers to behave. Lots of lather, lots of soap. Please hold still don’t be a dope!🎶

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Fallopia Tuba @franklanguage.bsky.social

Symphony, too.

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Mandamonium! but scary @amandariffic.bsky.social

Here ya go, then! Consider this branching out!

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msmaine.bsky.social @msmaine.bsky.social

The Rabbit of Seville 🪮🔥

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Mandamonium! but scary @amandariffic.bsky.social

Oh jeez, I didn't realize this was 20 years ago, but when I was living in Ohio I caught the Shadowbox Cabaret's live rendition of this. A great memory, so thanks for that!

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dmpazzurri.bsky.social @dmpazzurri.bsky.social

One of the greatest cartoons of all time!

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southlondongay.bsky.social @southlondongay.bsky.social

Loved Bugs & co, T & J, and the later shows like Scooby-Doo. All memories from a 1970s/1980s childhood. I was a latchkey kid and coming home from Junior School to watch cartoons while having unrestricted access to biscuits/cookies was awesome. Was Bugs Brunhilde or Gutrune? If Elmer was Siegfried 🤷🏻‍♂️.

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jpuente1860.bsky.social @jpuente1860.bsky.social

Good funny humor 🤣. Although not necessarily PC by today's standards. 😂

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Frog Prof Fella 🇺🇸🔔🇺🇦 @frogprof.bsky.social

📌

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Brad Scanlan @bradscanlan.bsky.social

Classic

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PhillyHead/FloridaAddress @lizmattphilly.bsky.social

Wow, in 1957 I was six. I assumed this was much older than that. This was baked into my childhood.

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Lana Banana @grayishbanana.bsky.social

How millions of children were introduced to opera and drag.

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Kent Brockman @johnlscott.bsky.social

That's why he was still appealing to viewers... he was unthreatening, charming, intelligent, beautiful and handsome at the same time. Quick witted, funny, and a transvestite. I loved him to pieces, and more so, to this very day.

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David Frank @comgeek39.bsky.social

This may have been my first lesson in gender fluidity at age 6-7

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GOPisComplicit ❤️‍🔥 @gopiscomplicit.bsky.social

See this is why when I got to the Hollywood bowl, I had to sing kill the wabbit all the way down to my seat.

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bflogrl64.bsky.social @bflogrl64.bsky.social

Best cartoon EVER!!

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msmaine.bsky.social @msmaine.bsky.social

Unforgettable 🏆

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Laurel @laurellr.bsky.social

When he kills the wabbit, that's a hard scene to watch. Poor wabbit.

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Deadeye Dunce @deadeyedunce.bsky.social

When delivering the mail and it begins to rain hard, I find myself saying "norf winds bwow! Sowf winds bwow!" under my breath.

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The Hate Won’t Win. #IAmAmerica 🇺🇸 @pam327.bsky.social

The great big horse with the tiny legs gets me every time.

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Chief Mutant @mishcd.bsky.social

My favourite ❤️

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Frodo da Pirate @xochiptx.bsky.social

One of my favorite cartoons! 🎵Kill the waaaabit!🎶

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Basically Canadian @basically-canadian.bsky.social

One of my all time favourites!

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Tooey @sueric.bsky.social

Bugs Bunny & Co., a staple in my childhood!

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Laurel @laurellr.bsky.social

The Tasmanian devil was a favorite.

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Fallopia Tuba @franklanguage.bsky.social

Mel Blanc was an amazing genius.

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Tooey @sueric.bsky.social

Daffy was pretty cool too.

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