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Word: daffyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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There were long, hard years in the 1930s and '40s when they were treated like animals. But once the right roles came along, the applause never stopped. Today Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Sylvester and Tweety, and their colleagues remain Saturday-morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Holiday Hamper Of Glowing Gift Titles | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

It was a dazed and daffy week in boxing. Typical of the confusion to come was the fate of Canadian featherweight Jamie Pagendam. On Sunday he was declared a loser on a technical knockout. On Monday he won a reversal because the Ivory Coast referee had miscounted knockdowns that should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Shorts: They Shoulda Stood in Bed | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

But as Blanc's memoir makes clear, his heart and vocal cords belong to the real Toontown, Warner Bros., in the days when Yosemite Sam and Pepe Le Pew were as popular as Bogart and Boyer. For those who care, Blanc reveals the secrets of the stars: why Bugs Bunny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Toontownie That's Not All Folks! | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

Think of Otto (Kevin Kline) as Daffy Duck, a fellow whose foot -- when it's not in his mouth -- is always obsessively pressed to the emotional floorboard. Think of Ken (Michael Palin) as Elmer Fudd, a stammerer whose mild manner hides a ferocious temper. Think of Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cartoony Caper A FISH CALLED WANDA | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

Morton's The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales is seemingly calculated to rouse the audience from their seats directly into a protest rally. The framing story is the trial of a brutal, ignorant police chief in rural Texas for the killing of a young Chicano suspected of burglary. Morton's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Visions From The Past | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

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