When I was a child, I remember watching the antics of a certain “wascally wabbit” and his friends.  Naturally, I had no idea that I was watching some of the same cartoons that my mother watched as a child.  I bring this up because this year Bugs Bunny turns 70 years old.  The first official Bugs Bunny cartoon was called A Wild Hare.  It premiered on July 27, 1940, and was directed by Tex Avery.  I say this is the first official cartoon because, while there had been a sort of Bugs Bunny prototype in the late 1930’s, this is the first cartoon in which he was