Archives for January 6, 2020

“Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery,” an undated interview with the animator-director who created the prototypes for Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and Porky Pig:

(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)

“Comedy is the salt of civilization, its critical voice.”

Guy Davenport, “That Faire Field of Enna” (courtesy of Anecdotal Evidence)