Hi oso12003,
The name of the Puma was Pete Puma, directed by animator Robert
McKimson, and the voice was Stan Freberg.
Rabbit's Kin
http://clampettstudio.com/newreleases/nov-dec02/rabbitskin.htm
Characters: (3) Bugs Bunny, Pete Puma and Shorty
"Released in 1952 and directed by Robert McKimson, "Rabbit's Kin" was
the only theatrical release for Pete Puma.
"Rabbit's Kin" marks the first use of the "three or four" lumps of
sugar gag, which heralded Pete Puma into cartoon history.
Though Mel Blanc is held as the main voice artist in "Rabbit's Kin,"
the cartoon also features well-known artist Stan Freberg as the voice
of Pete Puma."
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The Big Cartoon DataBase
BCDB : Warner Bros. : Merrie Melodies : Rabbit's Kin
http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=273
Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Featuring: Bugs Bunny, Pete Puma.
Directed by Robert McKimson.
Produced by Edward Selzer.
Animated by Charles McKimson, Herman Cohen, Rob Scribner, Phil DeLara.
Written by Tedd Pierce.
Originally Released on November 15, 1952.
Originally Released Theatrically.
Color
U.S.A.
Synopsis:
Bugs saves a small bunny from Pete. Then he gives it lessons on how to
handle Pete by heckling.
Production Notes:
The first appearance of Pete Puma.
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Robert McKimson was a workhorse at Warner Bros., directing many
cartoons from the mid-forties through the closing of the studio in the
early sisties.
http://www.cartoon-factory.com/data/Warner_Bros/Robert_McKimson/
'Rabbit's Kin' from "Rabbit's Kin", featuring Bugs Bunny, Pete Puma
and Shorty. Rabbit's Kin marks the first use of the "three or four"
lumps of sugar gag, which heralded Pete Puma into cartoon history. The
original drawing was rendered by Juan Ortiz and the master hand-inked
by Laurie Dindis. The background was painted by Hector Martinez and
reproduced with the fine art Giclée process. $425.00, unframed.
Edition of 100. Approx. size 10x12.
View here:
http://www.cartoon-factory.com/disney/view.cgi?ID=386381&cel=Rabbit's%20Kin
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REMEMBERING ROBERT MCKIMSON
http://looney.toonzone.net/articles/mckimson.html
"While I can understand the argument that McKimson's work tended to
repeat itself, in stretching a formula story into seemingly endless
sequels, like the "giant mouse" gag of Sylvester's tussles with baby
kangaroo Hippety Hopper, or Daffy Duck the gumshoe versus a formidable
villain, or Foghorn Leghorn's incessant lecturing of pint-sized Henery
Hawk, his cartoons, to me, are nevertheless worthy of praise. They
vary to include such imaginative one-cartoon characters as Moe Hican,
the wealthy Indian, Prof. Calvin Q. Calculus, inventor of the portable
hole, Robert(a), dog of uncertain breed and gender, and Junior Possum,
the hang-by-his-tail, lazy son of yokel parent possums. Other McKimson
creations are the lame-brained Pete Puma, the equally slow-witted
buzzards, Pappy and Elvis, the amiable but easily angered Smoky the
Genie, the forgetful Big Bad Wolf, the hyperactive, chick-thieving
weasel, French-Canadian rogue Blacque Jacque Shellacque, Rapid Rabbit,
and Bunny and Claude."
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Stan Freberg
http://www.dawneden.com/freberg.html
"With regard to the point in the interview where Freberg went into his
Pete Puma voice: I can't tell you what bliss it was to hear that
unmistakable voice on the other end of the phone and have it hit home
that I was speaking to one of the greats. It was one of the very few
points in my life as a writer/interviewer when I thought, "I can die
now."
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"Stan Freberg began his career at the age of 18, during the golden age
of Warner Brothers cartoons, doing voices for several characters,
including one of Bugs Bunny's best-remembered foils, Pete Puma. The
character has a surprisingly strong following, considering that there
was only one Pete Puma cartoon ever made. Freberg says that he
realized the extent of Pete's popularity when legendary cartoon
director Chuck Jones brought him onstage at the Hollywood Bowl during
last summer's cartoon-music "Bugs on Broadway" celebration.
"Chuck introduced me, and there was applause. I said, 'Among other
things that I did for Warner Brothers cartoons, I was the voice of
Pete Puma.' And the whole audience went crazy.
"Then I said" and here he does a perfect reproduction of his original
Pete Puma voice 'Oh, you'd better give me a lot of lumps.' And I got a
standing ovation of 17,000 people cheering."
The reception so impressed Jones that he decided to bring back Pete
Puma, after a 44-year hiatus, for a new Warner Brothers cartoon, due
out in theaters next year. "It's got a wonderful pun title," Freberg
winks. "'Pullet Surprise.'"
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