The Looney Tunes are heading back to the Hollywood Bowl for a double celebration this summer: the 85th anniversary of the Bugs Bunny character and the 35th anniversary of Bugs Bunny at the Symphony.

Some of the most enduring movie stars are animated; and several of them have been rabbits. Principal among these movie rabbits has been Bugs Bunny. Read my roundups of the best cartoons of the 1950s ...

they instead pivoted to calling out for Bugs Bunny. "[The doctor] finally says, 'Bugs, can you hear me?'" Noel says. To which Mel responded, "Yeah, what's up doc?" in character. Mel Blanc recuperated, ...