re: #12 HappyWarrior

Mel Blanc was a hell of a talent wasn’t he?

I like this story of how that one came about…

Recounting the genesis of the classic “Bully for Bugs”, Jones recalled the day Selzer showed up at his door as he and writer Mike Maltese were hashing out story ideas, and bellowed: “I don’t want any pictures about bullfights! Bullfights aren’t funny!” Then Selzer marched off, leaving his dumbfounded staff staring at each other. “Well,” Maltese said, “Eddie’s never been right yet…”