Just an act

Chapter 2

When Bugs was finished with his daily scene cuts for the company's newest episode, he took a seat on one of the casting crew chairs and drank some water to hydrate himself a little while he was waiting for the director, Chuck Jones, and the producer, Mel Blanc, to goes over each of the scenes quietly to see if it was good enough to be released to the public.

He couldn't make much out of their talk, but figured from the looks of their faces, that it wasn't going to be a very good start, today. 

After the two were done discussing among themselves about it, they walked over to Bugs, who decide to play it off with a poker face look as if he could never tell what they might be planning to say and waited for them to give him the bad news. 

"So, Doc, what's the verdict with this one?" Bugs asked the Director, who looked over at the producer and shook his head.

"Nothing. It's just no good." Director Chuck Jones said bluntly with a shrug as Bugs dropped the act immediately and started to bring out some of his frustration, upfront. 

"No good?! What are you talking about?! Do you realize that I've just spent the last 3 and half hours chasing around a wacky woodsman with a gun over here?!" Bugs said, pointing his thumb over to Elmer, who at the time didn't mind the insult since he had been working with him for quite some time now and was used to it, already.  

"No offense, Elmer." Bugs added quickly over to Elmer from behind him so that he wouldn't get upset with him.

"He he he. None taken Mr. Bugs." Elmer said, politely, who seemed to be a lot more respectable than what was playing as, on live television.

"Look, the point is, I am sick of you two always getting to be the ones to decide what's good and what's not great for the show. I mean, why can't I be part of the final cuts for once? I'm practically harebrained tired of always having to put up with your nonsense. And why should you two take over the whole thing when I'm the main reason why you guys are even having a show at all in the first place! Don't I ever get to have a say in this?! I mean come on, this is also my image that you people are having to deal with too, you know!" Bugs yelled out while the Director sighed with his hand rubbing his forehead, tiredly from all of this negative energy and tries his best to keep the company's biggest star calm down, a little. 

"Sigh. Listen Mr. Bunny, I get why you're frustrated with this. Believe me, I wouldn't even mind letting you sign off the final cut for the film. However, there is just no way that we can shoot this thing on air live without having a least a little change in the script, first. But I told Mel that I think I might have one idea in mind." Jones said with a little bit of hope in his tone to put him at ease. 

"And that is?" Bugs asked with one of his eyebrows raised up impatiently and his arms crossed. 

"A new acting co-star. Someone who can play the distraction role for the scene. Not only will it make the hero of the story more valuable and worthwhile, but it will also bring out loads of laughter and fun for the kids all around. Kind of like how that yellow bird helped Jerry get away from Tom in their show 'Tom and Jerry'." Jones suggested which somehow, made Bugs feel offended. 

"Hey! Don't you dare compare this show to that cat, mouse, thing-a-bob, you people call a 'show'! That garbage is a complete waste of time and energy for those kids." Bugs said, rolling his eyes over them taking about their 'competition', that has gotten more than millions of views on live television. 

Which would make them total rivals for the show's available air times on the company's shared contract with the subnetwork of Cartoon Network, Boomerang. 

"Why not? It's a classic. A mouse always having to capacity to fool his prey and friend, a cat, into its demise of terror until the poor creature has had enough and surrendered the fight." Blanc added with a laugh, thinking how silly Bugs is overacting.