The MousePod - MousePod #26 - ...and the Oscar Goes to Disney

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hey, does anyone know the year the Looney Tunes version of Tortoise and the Hare was released, vs. the Disney version that was almost universally panned (and compared unfavorably to the Bugs Bunny counterpart)?

1941 - "Tortoise Beats Hare" by Tex Avery
1943 - "Toroise Wins By A Hare" by Bob Clampett
1947 - "Rabbit Transit" by I Freleng

meanwhile, Disney's Toby Tortoise and Max Hare appeared again in "Toby Tortoise Returns" in 1936.

I'm pretty sure I have all (or most) of these cartoons.

And for the record, there are some "experts" who cite Max Hare as the inspiration for Bugs' personality.