Looney Tunes should think about dropping the honorific, which feels comic
At the Talking About Angels on the Head of a Pin symposium sponsored by the Berkeley Media Studies Program, a heated controversy emerged over Elmer Fudd’s title of “Doc” which, according to a Warner Brothers spokesperson, he has held since 1940.
Dr. P Gallimaufry MD PhD. strenuously argued that Looney Tunes should drop the “Doc” title. “It’s an abomination and a testament to political correctness that this title has been bestowed on a gun-toting sportsman. Such degrees were once the exclusive domain of scholars, statesmen, artists, scientists and physicians.” Gallimaufry went on to say, “A wise man once said that no one should call herself “Dr.” unless she has delivered a litter of bunnies. Think about it Elmer, and forth drop the doc.”
A second panelists, R U Knutzs, a social commentator and street artist, took issue with this characterization. Knutzs pointed out that the title IS comic, “Doc is a well-known catchphrase from a popular cartoon rabbit who said this while eating carrots.” Knutzs went on to suggest the whole debate was a publicity stunt to promote Gallimaufry’s new book Doubling Down on Cancel Culture.
The moderator, Pepe Le Pew suggested the argument did not pass the whiff test and concluded the symposium has really proven the merits of Sayre’s Law which positis: “In any academic dispute the intensity of the feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake.”
According to Warner Brothers the Doc title has been held since 1940