Well, damn u, Jerry! Thanx to you, Amazon is loving me. Loved the Total Television one, and now sinking my teeth deeply into June’s, and now this. Can’t wait! Than Q for the promo!

The second Bugs from the left was designed by Charles Thorson not Chuck Jones. Thorson designed quite a few characters at Warners, including Chuck Jones’ Sniffles, but is almost never mentioned, especially when mentioning the creation of Bugs Bunny.

I love her! I wish all these wonderful people would share their stories.

What a great oral history. Thanks for posting it.

Leon earned his place in history on that one.

It sure would be interesting to hear more about what he did in that studio from more people who weren’t naturally inclined to belittle his contribution.

Martha Sigall is AMAZING. I hope my memory is that sharp when *I’m* 92! (See also - her commentary on the inhouse Schlesinger studio gag reel on the LTGC Volume 6 where she ID’s everyone right down to the paperboy!) I am definitely going to buy her book soon.

Such an adorable woman! I wish she made more little videos like this… I loved listening to her.

Thanks for the post!

A small series of videos like this would be amazing! I never could have guessed that Bugs Bunny’s name was being decided by comittee… loved the bit about Tex thinking the name was too “fuzzy wuzzy”.

Martha is amazing, hope this is the first of many videos!!

Jerry, please. More videos exactly like this. Interview segments with creators of classic animation. I love this video. I’m sure she’s got a lot of other stories to tell herself.

Martha is so great! I would watch more videos of her too..

This should be included as an extra on one of the Looney Tunes DVD sets. More like this please.

The problem with doing more videos with the creators of classic animation is that most of them are dead.

Awesome. Ya know, I pick up this site after hearing you mention it on a DVD comm. and suddenly I’m coming near as often as to my email. It’s good though, lovin it.

Bob Sigall here. Thanks for all your comments. I will be posting more of Martha’s stories soon.

I recorded her talking about Peanuts, Tom & Jerry, and Roadrunner, when I was in LA in June. I have to edit them and will get one up every week or two.

I plan to record more on future trips. Feel free to suggest topics. Aloha.

Great video, but there REALLY is some question as to when exactly the name “Bugs Bunny” came up. Sigall makes it sound lik the rabbit was given the name in 1940, when A Wild Hare came out, but Bugs was tagged with that name on merchandise in 1939!

Still this is a great video, and it’s always nice to hear from the people at Termite Terrace.

And boy I sure hope WB doesn’t come beating her door down for posting the dates of those cartoons!

Hello, Mr. Sigall! I have a question for Martha. She may not know this, but it’s worth a shot. Does Martha know the reason why the ending to “Hare-Um Scare-Um” where the rabbits beat up the hunter, was cut? Was it cut for violence, or just for time?

If yu need more info on the short, here’s a link to David Gerstein’s blog:
http://ramapithblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/legendbreakers-hare-um-scare-um.html

I talked to my mom about it this morning and she doesn’t remember exactly how it ended, but does trust David Gerstein’s version, which seems to show the hunter bouncing down the path on his head (still attached to his body), following Bugs.

Martha says the TV networks often edited the cartoons for time.

As to the year the name “Bugs Bunny” was decided, she remembers it as 1940, although many books refer to the earlier rabbit as Bugs Bunny.

BTW, she’s delighted it’s been viewed 2700+ times in the last few days.

Finally, there’s a video on youtube dealing with animation history containing ACCURATE INFORMATION. Most of the time all you see are videos posted by 13 year olds (or anyone with the intellect of one) with information that was almost literally pulled out of their asses.

Thank you Martha and thank you Jerry for being a part of the solution.

I was so fascinated by Martha’s story that I went out and grabbed her book. It was a great read! Thoroughly enjoyable!
Thanks Martha for writing your memories in book form for the rest of us to enjoy.