I have just read this excellent description likening “the PC” from the “Get a Mac” ads to Warner Brothers’ greatest ever creation, Wile E Coyote [1]. Reading through the Wile E rules, it fits perfectly.

Despite being probably the greatest cartoon character ever created, it has to be said that Wile E does not figure in my all time top-three cartoons. It should be noted that there is no Pixar, Dreamworks, MGM or even stinking Disney in this list - it’s Warner Brothers all the way:

• Number 3: The Three Little Bops
  The story of the three little pigs, told in Jazz. “Sturdy place this house of bricks, built in 1776, high-class place with a high-class crowd, sign on the door ‘no wolves allowed’”
• Number 2: Sylvester and Tweety in “Birds Anonymous”
  Cat at Meeting: “I used to be a three bird-a-day cat, till BA helped me”
  Sylvester: “From now on, birds is strictly for the birds”
• Number 1: Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in “What’s Opera Doc?”
  Elmer Fudd: “Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit”
  Bugs Bunny: “How will you kill the wabbit?”
  Elmer Fudd: “With my spear and magic helmet!”
  Bugs Bunny: “Your spear and magic helmet?”
  Elmer Fudd: “With my spear and magic helmet!“
  Bugs Bunny: “Magic Helmet?”
  Elmer Fudd: “Magic Helmet!“
  Bugs Bunny: “Magic Helmet?”
  Elmer Fudd: “YES MAGIC HELMET … AND I WILL GIVE YOU A SAMPLE!“

Nice to see that, after writing this article and searching for links, two of the three have been nominated for Oscars. So it’s not just me!

[1] Link via Daring Fireball

UPDATED: link to a video of “Birds Anonymous”