For the month of April, I am sharing pencil illustrations of some memorable Looney Tunes cartoon characters, as I join a community of insane inspiring people who take part in the annual A to Z Challenge. I’m certain while I’m figuring out which beloved animated figure I put on paper I will learn the identify of some I had long forgotten and perhaps meet some new ones that didn’t cross my path.
“Be vewy, vewy quiet I’m hunting wabitts.” Yes today I’m sharing with you Elmer Fudd and it looks like it’s rabbit season again!
I always liked Elmer Fudd because of the way he speaks replacing Rs and Ls with Ws in his words. Little did I know until now there’s been much debate on Elmer’s origin. The not-so skilled hunter involved from an earlier character, Egghead (1937) before resembling the cartoon character most of us know. Really, I don’t know what hunting season it is. Maybe, it’s Elmer Season!
What’s your favorite Elmer Fudd hunting clip?
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X Cathy
Alphabetical Looney Tunes Art Sketch series quick links:
- ACME Mail order catalog
- Bugs Bunny
- Cecil Turtle
- Daffy Duck
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
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I was told I resemble Elmer Fudd when I skate
“Be vewy vewy quiet”….great sketch of Elmer Fudd!
You know he’s quite the gentleman when he’s out of his hunting gear! 
I love the opera cartoon “with my spear and magic helmet; and I will give you a demonstration.” Heh heh heh.
I always think the scenes where he gets so frustrated that he starts crying and banging his head on a tree are kind of sad. I guess I can relate to him then… Good drawing!
Wow, Cathy! Excellent job on Elmer! Poor Elmer just can’t win!
Elmer was as silly as the rabbit he hunted. Hope you are having a great week!
I like the one where they do a spin on Wagner’s opera. I do like how easy he is to outsmart
My “E” for today:
http://tao-talk.com/2021/04/06/a2z-2021-jethro-tull-songs-day-5-ears-of-tin-from-rock-island-1989/
Love, love, love your Elmer Fudd!!!
I do like Elmer’s voice though he does reminds me of Wile E. Coyote, chasing after creatures they both can’t catch. Lovely drawing.
Have a lovely day.
Cute. I always felt sorry for him. Never could quite catch that Wraskly wabbit.
Crazy of me to wonder what E you were going to do! I blanked out on Elmer! Nice one!
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my fave is the one where he is chasing Bugs and they do the ‘Ride of the Valkyries’
Good job. Elmer Fudd is one of my favorites. My cats have a lot of Elmer Fudd hats. XO
Another nice drawing. Elmer Fudd was kind of weird. Was he human or some strange human-like character? Well, he was a cartoon so I guess that’s enough explanation.
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I love Elmer who always had a soft spot for Bugs in drag. Your sketch is excellent and captured his oft used moments…hunting gear. The skit you shows is priceless. I read what Shady, aka, Tom, wrote about his speech impediment and that could be construed as bad. I had a speech impediment when I was young..I couldn’t pronounce my R’s or my S’s which was another notch for being bullied…strangely I didn’t get much from that. I did get in trouble in Grade 2 from my teacher who thought I said “shit down.” Instead of “sit down”. I was saying my S’s in between..hard to write it but I kept telling my teacher I was not saying a bad word. When I watched Elmer, I felt a kinship and happy that I was not alone so he was “Buddy” in my mind.
I love your sketch of Elmer. Beautiful. I also love that cartoon. I like Elmer too. He just can’t win.
I linked this post to Happy Tuesday. Why not since it’s filled to the brim with happy.
Have a fabulous day, Cathy. Love and hugs. ♥
Hi, Cathy!
Happy E-Day, dear friend! By choosing to present Elmer Fudd, you covered the letters “E” and “F” in a single post. That means you can take tomorrow off!
Yessum, I well remember Elmer Fudd, the cute little bashful baldy who was always hunting wabbits and substituted “W” for “R” and “L.” Elmer’s peculiar manner of speaking and Daffy’s slobbery, exaggerated lisp were endearing, yet I can imagine some sensitive people today believing cartoon characters like them helped turn people with speech impediments into objects of ridicule. I haven’t heard of anyone finding those characters and others like them objectionable, but it’s the kind of thing that could happen. Some injustices are too great to ignore, but I’m not sure I completely go along with the modern thinking that we need to fix and correct every single thing we find that was or is wrong or perceived to be wrong to avoid offending one group or another. There’s such a thing as lightening up, keeping a sense of humor, being willing to look at and laugh at our own imperfections, flaws and foibles, and try to have thicker skin and not be so sensitive, I’m sure you get and agree with what I’m rambling about here. Rodney Dangerfield, the focus of my current post, built a very successful career on exposing his own weaknesses and shortcomings to the world and inviting laughter. Anyway, I enjoyed the cartoon clip and how Bugs and Daffy turned the tables on Elmer at the end by declaring it “Elmer Season.” I also admire your pencil sketch showing Elmer tip-toeing along and urging you to keep quiet so as not to spook the wabbit and make him wun away.
“F” is for friendship, dear Cathy, and I’ll be back tamale for “F” day at CAAC!