Note: It’s not known if Henry’s car broke down and he’s waiting for a ride
or if he’s just taking a break during a stroll through the countryside.
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INDUSTRIALIST HENRY FORD IN 1919
TODAY IN HISTORY
CHARACTER DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1940
Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny from the cartoon, A Wild Hare
While Porky’s Hare Hunt was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to feature a Bugs
Bunny-like rabbit, A Wild Hare, directed by Tex Avery is widely considered to
be the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon. It is the first film where both Elmer
Fudd and Bugs are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and
tormentor, respectively; the first in which Mel Blanc uses what would become
Bugs’ standard voice; and the first in which Bugs uses his catchphrase,
"What’s up, Doc?". A Wild Hare was a huge success in theaters and
received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cartoon Short Subject.
SINGER BOBBY GENTRY IS 70 TODAY
Bobbie Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter) was
born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
Gentry’s big hit , "Ode to Billie Joe" in 1967, charted at #1 for multiple weeks
on the Billboard Hot 100. She paid for her education at UCLA by working
clerical jobs. Her first single was "Mississippi Delta," which she released
in 1967.Bobby Gentry is known to be one of the first female country
artists to compose and produce her own material.
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