Ehhh...What's Up Doc?

D.O.B. July 27, 1940.  Bugs Bunny (alias “Silly Wabbit”) was a good-hearted hare, cocky, wisecracking, always elusive and good-for-a-laugh.   Once you’ve met Bugs Bunny, who could ever forget him?  Big ears, large front teeth and a gigantic pain for shotgun toting Elmer Fudd.  Poor Elmer Fudd: big time Wabbit hunter in camouflage apparel never could draw a bead on Old Bugs.  And the times he thought he did, well, he missed.  Not for lack of trying—it simply that Bugs outsmarted him every time!  Didn’t we take delight in the clever tricks and ruses Bugs used?  His deceptions, his fabrications, his line of double-talk, and his knack for turning the situation around to suit his needs!

What was there not to love about Bugs?  As a kid, that used to be high entertainment!  You knew Bugs would win, Elmer would never catch him and the antics would delight and amuse.  That kind of amusement today with all the focus on guns, gun control, workplace violence, school shootings, psychotic killings and terrorism today just wouldn’t fly.    We live in a different atmosphere today, a different environment, a different world.

Mel Blanc was the voice of Bugs Bunny.  His genius at playing the voice of a wabbit made Warner Brothers Corporation tons of money—and kids laugh around the globe. Bugs used to taunt Elmer in episodes calling him a “Nimrod”.  That’s right, Bugs used Nimrod to refer to his adversary, poor old Elmer Fudd.  Bugs was, of course, being facetious.  A lot of people didn’t get the joke, but still thought it was funny because it was a funny name.  Nimrod.  But you and I know from the Bible in the Book of Genesis that Nimrod is another name for “He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”” Genesis 10:9 Who was this Nimrod?  Not much is known about him except that he was a mighty hunter. 

We have memories of another professional voice imposter and a mighty hunter.  A hunter of souls.  Do you recall his debut role as a serpent in a garden?  He uses lies and deception to trick one person and made an entire world cry!  No laughing matter here. 

The next time you hear, “Ehhh, What’s Up Eve”, go ahead and substitute your name in her place—hold onto the Truth!