October 5, 1946 –
The Looney Tunes short, The Big Snooze, directed by Bob Clampett, and starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, was released on this date.
As Bugs is pleading with Elmer not to quit, he turns to the audience and comments, “‘Bette Davis is gonna hate me for this.” Davis, at the time, was going through a well-publicized legal battle with Warner Bros. trying to get out of her contract.
