They called Mel's name. Nothing. Then, looking at the TV above Blanc's bed playing Looney Tunes, they instead pivoted to calling out for Bugs Bunny. "[The doctor] finally says, 'Bugs, can you hear me?

Some of the most enduring movie stars are animated; and several of them have been rabbits. Principal among these movie rabbits has been Bugs Bunny. Read my roundups of the best cartoons of the 1950s ...