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The YouTube video includes only part of "Fast and Furry-ous." To see the entire film, go to <a href="https://www.supercartoons.net/cartoon/fast-and-furry-ous" target="_blank">https://www.supercartoons.net/cartoon/fast-and-furry-ous</a>/
I got thrown slightly at 12A, "'Bennie and the Jets' vis-a-vis 'Candle in the Wind'." I first put ASIDE, then realized it wouldn't fit and changed to BSIDE. "Bennie and the Jets" was a big hit, so what's going on here? Turns out that "Candle in the Wind" was the A-side of the UK release with "Bennie" on the flip. The 1974 version of "Candle" was never released as a single in the US, so I'm curious about what Schiff was using as a reference.
I hate to pop the balloon, but Elmer Fudd was one of the few Looney Tunes characters Mel Blanc did not voice. Only Blanc received screen credit, but Fudd was voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan (1899-1959). Bryan was a popular radio actor, most notably on "Fibber McGee and Molly."
"Blanc voiced Fudd several times." Not in any of the theatrical cartoons, only in the later television specials. Look up Blanc's IMDB page. Any time people hear "wabbits" in the classic cartoons, they're hearing Bryan. Fudd is not Blanc's character; that's just a well-documented fact. Get somebody at NYT to contact Jerry Beck, the leading animation historian, and see what he thinks. As for your argument that the clue is correct even if Blanc voiced Fudd only once, I doubt that's what Will had in mind. I've been doing NYT crosswords for at least 25 years and can do most Saturdays without looking anything up. I'd say I have a decent idea of how crossword clues work.
@Steve L Others, including Blanc, voiced early versions of the character (such as Egghead) but the definitive Fudd, the one who liked to hunt "wabbits," was Arthur Bryan's creation from 1940. After Bryan's death in 1959, Mel Blanc did not want to take over as Fudd because he didn't create the voice. The clue is in error and I stand by that.
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