> Or, according to the immediate cartoon character precursor
> of Bugs Bunny:
>
>   Thirty days hath September,
>   April, June, and Montana
>   Except in the summer,
>   Which isn't very often.
>
>[ Oh, I love it! -- Especially since all this started with a sleepy
>[ MMDer in Missoula, Montana.  But who, pray tell, is the precursor
>[ of Bugs Bunny?  I'm sure it isn't Roger Rabbit !  :-)   -- Robbie

It was probably 'Oswald the Rabbit', a Walt Disney creation which was
stolen from Disney in the 1920s.  [Cartoonist/animator] Walter Lantz
knew that the penniless Disney wouldn't be able to pursue copyright
litigation, so he appropriated Disney's 'intellectual property' (as
they would say today).

Regards,

Bob Loesch
http://www.jps.net/rrloesch