Somara said today was the 50th anniversary of this great cartoon’s first public showing, probably as the cartoon that accompanied a feature movie back then. Sadly, more reliable sources (namely imdb.com) contradict wherever she received the claim from. Either way, it’s a great cartoon and I went through all the trouble to get a picture of this awesome action figure of Bugs as Brunhilde. It’s kept with all my hockey dudes at work to make me smile and laugh. I’ll just post this cartoon with the compromise of saying, “What’s Opera Doc?” debuted this weekend 50 years ago.
Update Jul. 9, 2007: There’s a cool essay from the Toronto Star celebrating the cartoon’s anniversary.