By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026There's a Bugs Bunny bit that I find myself returning to in this era of the big con: it's a gag from 1954's "Bugs and Thugs": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_an... 28/en.wikipedia.orgBugs and Thugs - Wikipedia 1421
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026Bugs is been kidnapped by gangsters, who've come to trust him. He tricks them into thinking that the police are coming and urges them to hide in the oven while he sends the cops away. Then, Bugs performs a one-rabbit show in which he plays both the cop (with a broad Irish accent) and himself: 29/ 1420
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026> Bugs (cop voice): All right, open up! This is the police! [banging] All right, where's Rocky, where's he hiding? > Bugs (normal voice): He's not in this stove. > Bugs (cop): Oh-ho, he's hidin' in that stove, eh? 30/ 1360
