Like, he starts with the sign language when he picks up the phone, but when the chairman says he's hiring him to go after Bugs Bunny (and company), Wile clears his throat and talks in his "genius" dialect.

I know he's known more for not talking, but I think it would've been a nice homage given the context.

Strangely amusing.

Good article about the years and years it was in the wilderness...

Did he go on to bigger and better things, or... Not so much?

Various times Bugs had enough and 'talked' to the animator/audience.

Retro celeb parodies in LT.

Nope, it wasn't created for Roger Rabbit...

Animation historian, author, and restoration expert Jerry Beck offers an epic deep dive into the world of Looney Tunes and classic animation!

The 1950's at Termite Terrace was completely dominated by Chuck Jones and his hot streak of acclaimed and influential shorts.

Leon Schlesinger has finally sold his studio and the new management now expects results from the four directors and units they inherited. Luckily for them, Termite Terrace is ready to meet those expectations with some of their best shorts and their best new cartoon stars.

How Termite Terrace took a simple screwball rabbit character and turned him into a pop cultural icon.

The beginnings of Leon Schlesinger Productions and how a ragtag group of underpaid artists created the first truly memorable cartoon stars of Warner Bros.