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...commercials are receiving scathing reviews. "It's a pretty miserable piece of advertising," says Barbara Lippert, a critic for Adweek, the trade publication. "It's as dumb as can be, and talks down to us. He's like an Elmer Fudd who never made it out into the country." Every moment of a 30-sec. spot is valuable. Why sacrifice precious time to a character with no natural connection to an amusement park? And how exactly does a creepy old man in a bow tie appeal to the kids that drive Six Flags' business? "I don't think many...
...gives him permission to be an irrational 8-year-old. Maybe that's why anyone loves O'Reilly. But he is also the anti-Clooney, donning a public persona, one that's humorless and incapable of self-effacement. It's as if someone created for Clooney his own Elmer Fudd...
...your books and modern procrastination techniques (read: facebook.com) and return to our generation’s classic pastime: cartoons. Bask in nostalgia for Saturday mornings past by checking out the Brattle Theater’s Twelfth Annual Bugs Bunny Film Festival. It’s all there: carrots, Elmer Fudd, and one unbeatable bunny...
Just how silly is Google? Its search interface offers translations into Klingon, Elmer Fudd-speak, Pig Latin - even the lingo of the Muppets' Swedish Chef. On past April Fools' days the site has pitched Google Gulp, a drink to make searchers smarter, pigeon rank, a system whereby pecking order would determine search results, and Google Romance, a satirical site boasting a sizzling "soulmate search." The web giant has even playfully offered jobs on the moon...
Complicating matters is Victor Quartermaine (voiced by Ralph Fiennes), an effete Elmer Fudd-type, whose predilection for applying firearms to rabbits presents a sadistic alternative to the humane methods of Anti-Pesto. Quartermaine also presents Wallace with an altogether unexpected challenge: for the affections of town aristocrat Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter...