HAPPY CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR Bunny

 

Happy Chinese New Year. It is the year of the rabbit and to celebrate we have Bunny of Looney Tunes Bunny and Claude being kidnapped in a Cheongsam dress.  Now this adorable rabbit is in a classic chair tie.

For Chinese people, the rabbit is a tame creature representing hope and life for a long time. It is tender and lovely. The moon goddess Chang'e in the Chinese legend has a rabbit as her pet, which stimulates the thought that only this creature is amiable enough to match her noble beauty. Another way of saying is that the Rabbit is the incarnation of the moon goddess per se and it is always a symbol of pureness and auspiciousness.

People born in the Year of the Rabbit are gentle and approachable. They have a decent, noble and elegant manner.

Bunny and Claude are criminals, based on the real-life Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and the then recent film version about the pair's life starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway that had been released by Warner Brothers. They are well-dressed male (Claude) and female (Bunny) rabbits who are always pulling off carrot heists, and their catch phrase is "We rob carrot patches," a play on "We rob banks" from the film Bonnie and Clyde. Bunny was voiced by Pat Woodell and Claude was voiced by veteran WB voice actor Mel Blanc. They both speak with pronounced Southern accents.

Bunny and Claude were always chased by a stereotypical Southern sheriff (also voiced by Mel Blanc, his voice sounded similar to Foghorn Leghorn and Yosemite Sam), whom would pursue them in his police cruiser, even though the gangster rabbits would always foil his plans.