Thursday, October 15, 2020

Toon Rock: Dynamite (1992)

 In 1992, someone decided to have a little fun, three years after the infamous Milli Vanilli Grammy scandal, to have two anonymous rappers record a single using the names of cartoon icons Daffy Duck & Bugs Bunny.

"Dynamite" won't be confused with Jermaine Jackson's hit of the same name eight years earlier, but it does have a nice, funky beat. The video mixes together footage from various shorts, including "Yankee Doodle Daffy", "Any Bonds Today?", "Three Little Bops", and also incorporating some material (look quick at the end) from Bugs & Daffy's Carnival of The Animals, which we reviewed the other day.

There is very little information available online as to the true identities of the artists.

2 comments:

Goldstar said...

I've never heard of this before, but it's not a bad song. One thing that I like about this video is that Daffy isn't portrayed as a loser here.

hobbyfan said...

They collected a ton of clips, including some of his stuff from his run with Speedy Gonzales, and synced the music to the footage nicely. Until yesterday, I hadn't heard of it, either.