The Iceman Ducketh

Daffy and Bugs have always been friendly rivals, good humored, and the humor was for harmless laughs. I agree with the poster that the Daffy depicted in this later WB cartoon is totally out of character. He NEVER intends to kill Bugs for his fur.

This and many of the other mid to late 60s WB cartoons reflects the end of the Golden Age of Cartoon Shorts. I suppose changing tastes and sense of humor were emerging, although I at age 33 consider most of the old '40s and '50s toons very ageless and appealing, clever, political at times, aimed at an adult audience, wrought with violence of the very playful kind and therefore harmless to any child who has common sense.

But these later '60s cartoons aren't nearly as appealing. Gone are the classic musical quilts of Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, replaced by Bill Lava's less inspiring "'60s beach" music. Gone is the good humor and wit that carried audiences through tough times like WWII. This violent, hateful Daffy, with not a bit of humor about him, probably did little to comfort those upset with the crisis in Southeast Asia.

Getting too political for my own good, I will stop here. All I can say is, I'm sure glad those old classic cartoons of early WB glory are still on the Cartoon Network!!!