Ben "Bugs" Hardaway (1897 - 1957) was a storyboard artist, gagman, and film director for several American animation studios during the The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. Jump to: navigation, search 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search A storyboard for an 8-minute animated cartoon. ... Jump to: navigation, search The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Jump to: navigation, search Animation (plural: Animations) is the illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. ... The Golden Age of Hollywood Animation (or more appropriately The Golden Age of American Animation) is a period in American animation history that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and lasted into the 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of television...

While at Warner Brothers during the late 1930s, Hardaway served as a storyman, and co-directed several films with Cal Dalton during Friz Freleng's three-year exodus to MGM. In 1938, Hardaway co-directed the first film to feature the prototype for a screwball rabbit character. This character would adopt Hardaway's nickname and be christened Bugs Bunny in 1940. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Isadore Friz Freleng (August 21, 1905–May 26, 1995) was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A screwball is a baseball pitch that is thrown so as to break in the opposite direction of a curveball. ... Jump to: navigation, search Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus The bane of Australian farmers - the wild rabbit An old rabbit trap Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae, found in many parts of the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bugs Bunny, as seen in the Looney Tunes short Rabbit Transit. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1940, Hardaway joined the staff of the Walter Lantz Studio, where he created the studio's most famous character, Woody Woodpecker. Hardaway wrote or co-wrote most of the stories for the 1940 - 1949 Woody Woodpecker shorts, and also voiced the character during this period as well (Mel Blanc voiced Woody for the woodpecker's first three cartoon appearances: Knock Knock, Woody Woodpecker, and The Screwball). Walter Lantz Studio was an American animation studio. ... Woody Woodpecker in the 1948 short Wacky-Bye Baby, directed by Dick Lundy. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Melvin Jerome Blanc, better known as Mel Blanc (born Melvin Jerome Blank May 30, 1908 in San Francisco, California; died July 10, 1989 in Los Angeles, California), was a famous American voice actor for many animation studios, primarily the Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera studios. ... Woody Woodpecker first appeared in the film Knock Knock on November 25, 1940. ...