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Bugs Bunny wishes to be at once virtuous and carefree and must repel antagonists (e.g. Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, et al.) intending his demise or the usurping or undermining of his property or principles. Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester Cat have carnivorous desires for, respectively, the rapid Road Runner and the clever Tweety Bird. Rooster Foghorn Leghorn enjoys his fun and his bachelorhood, an existence complicated by a tiny chicken hawk, a barnyard dog that wants revenge for Foghorn's playfully violent attacks on his posterior, and a lovelorn hen. Daffy Duck vainly aims for fame and fortune. Pepe Le Pew seeks romance, despite his skunk's stench. Speedy Gonzales strives to provide nourishment for himself and his fellow Mexican mice, often in conflict with a mice-craving or cheese-defending Sylvester. Etc..

I have admired Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated cartoon shorts (to which I will refer on this Website as cartoons) since pre-school. Vibrant, variable color, impressionistic design of characters and settings, and showy slapstick coinciding with subtly sophisticated humor endeared the Warner Brothers cartoons to me through my formative years- and they are therefore nostalgically cherished, plus appreciated on an increasingly mature level. I watched these cartoons on television and retained remarkably precise memories of their broadcast order in various compilation series, having been intrigued by the combinations of particular cartoons with similar themes, motifs, etc., and I have chosen to share my factual knowledge of these television shows and impressions of the cartoons with the world.

Few people dislike Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, etc. and their overall careers in cartoon short films spanning many of the decades of the twentieth century. Still, opinion of most of the elite cartoon aficionados, persons whose assessments on cartoon animation tend to be seen as holding sway over "received wisdom" on the subject of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, is against the animation eras and the cartoons that most inspired me and is dismissive of my approach to appreciating those. Such is rather a trend that will manifest itself with astounding, frustrating, and sometimes deeply depressing regularity on close to every extremely imaginative entertainment honored at this Website. One could be tempted to comment that I was placed on Earth and disposed by experience to be constantly contrary to popular points of view and therefore a perpetually lonely rebel with incessantly invalidated cause. That may be my epitaph.

Polar explorers, especially the ill-fated Scott of the Antarctic, a real-life man who ventured fatally into inhospitable territory, have fascinated me, too. I am mystified and awed by the frontiers of the Earth and of the universe and the dangers and unknown elements that exist beyond our everyday lives. So, conceptual science fiction (or science fantasy) has been a love of mine since age 10, and classic films and television series of the genre have been most stimulating.