WB Looney Tunes "Cecil Turtle" - 75 Years today

It was 75 years ago on March 15 1941 that a new character appeared in the Warner Bros emerging pantheon of timeless animated characters. Cecil Turtle was created by Tex Avery and proved to be a worthy adversary in Bugs Bunny cartoons. Myron Smith of Animation Treasures explains the history behind Cecil as well as some of the animation politics that led to the departure of Tex Avery from WB to MGM... 

 

75 Years of Cecil Turtle