Unfortunately, I have just not gotten round to writing about what I have been doing. Any of you that follow me on Instagram would have seen all the projects that I have been busily steam-powering through. That’s not to say that I haven’t had any time to crochet. I haven’t posted anything since I published my Owl pattern post which was the last in my Winnie the Pooh set. I have now added the pictures that were missing and this post is ready to go. I was supposed to post this in the morning but my day has been hectic. There are three parts in total, you can watch part 1 here. UPDATE: I have made a youtube tutorial to assist you if there are any parts of this written tutorial that you need help with. Perhaps the kindest thing to say about “Elmer's Candid Camera” is that it taught everyone what not to do and how not to do it.Happy Freebie Friday my fellow crocheters! Not only Bugs suffered at my hands, but difficult as it is to make an unassertive character like Elmer Fudd into a flat, complete shmuck, I managed. It would be complimentary to call it sluggish. "In this cartoon we find Bugs stumbling, fumbling, and mumbling around, vainly seeking a personality on which to hang him dialogue and action, or- in better words than mine-'walking around with his umbilical in his hand, looking for someplace to plug it in.' It is obvious when one views this cartoon, which I recommend only if you are going to die of ennui, that my conception of timing and dialogue was formed by watching the action in the La Brea tar pits. In his autobiography Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist, he stated: Then, the rabbit throws Elmer's "How To Photograph Wildlife" book on his head, thus ending the cartoon as the screen irises out.Ĭhuck Jones would go on to express his dissatisfaction as to how the short turned out. The rabbit saves him, ensures that Elmer is perfectly all right – and promptly kicks him straight back into the lake. This tormenting eventually drives Elmer insane, causing him to jump into a lake and nearly drown. Elmer points to where the rabbit was sleeping and tells him that he wants to take a picture of him. The rabbit finds himself a convenient victim to harass as Elmer tries to photograph him. He finds a rabbit and wants to take a picture of him. He walks along whistling as he holds the camera. Plot The title card of Elmer's Candid CameraĮlmer is reading a book on how to photograph wildlife. Apart from making a fool of Elmer Fudd, the usual characteristics are absent the voice used by Mel Blanc is a low-pitched generic voice, and his laugh is a prototype of Woody Woodpecker. It s also the fourth appearance of the prototype rabbit that would later evolve into Bugs Bunny. This is the first appearance of a redesigned Elmer Fudd, a character previously known as "Elmer" on the Lobby cards for The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938) and Cinderella Meets Fella (1938), and even on screen in A Feud There Was (1938) and was also referred to as "Egghead's Brother" on the Vitaphone Publicity sheet for "Cinderella Meets Fella" (1938) which was shown on Michael Barrier's website (and now voiced by Arthur Q. The short was released on March 2, 1940, and features Elmer Fudd and an early Bugs Bunny prototype. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones. Elmer's Candid Camera is a 1940 Warner Bros.
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