The 7 Indomitable Business Lessons From Saturday Morning Cartoons

Tell Me What’s Up?Doc?

The iconic “Waskeley Wabbit” of WB lore was a bigger than life megalith in the emotional scaring of the my upbringing, and an emblem of Business acumen.

Don’t tell me cartoon’s don’t scar every child, especially the old ones.?

Often inappropriate, but a damn lot of fun, were the fractured and illustrated tales from Saturday morning TV with a bowl of Captain Crunch.

In the decades of kid commercialism, Bugs taught us value business lessons in how to play nice, play bad, and survive in the ever changing landscape that evolved into 21st century capitalism.

Here are the 7 Indomitable Business Lessons From Saturday Morning Cartoons.

This is the testament of “Carrot’nomics”:

Ask Questions:

What’s Up Doc? was always the conversation starter in almost every episode. Getting people to talk about the weather, their pets, their problems, show’s interest in the individual at a truly personal level. People love talking about themselves, and anyone who shows interest becomes temporarily bound to them with a charismatic flare. Try it for yourself in your Sales conversations…

Environmental Intuition:

Bugs Bunny lived in a hole in the ground, which we know rabbits do, however the environment insight of ground source energy in heat pumps, and the insulation factors of soil for underground living, showed the path to Net Zero way before it’s time.

Carotene and the Power of Anti-Oxidants:

The proverbial carrot, full of beta-carotene, selenium and other anti-oxidants provides valuable evidence to the adult me, of Bugs Bunny’s fine aging and resilient prowess. In 2024 he is now ~84 and hasn’t aged a day. As anyone in business today, you need the personal energy to keep up, since purchasing deals can be done at quantum speeds.

Speak It Into Existence:

The powerful interactions of Bugs dawning an Umpire uniform magically, in response to the vampire, announcing “I am a Vampire” in the hairy situation, with the vampire in Transylvania, struck the pimply 13 year old staring at a 20" TV with rabbit ears, to speak my goals and dreams into existence until they became real. As any business and sports professional knows, you have to see it, and live it, in your mind before it becomes reality.

Sing Your Song:

“Welcome to my shop/Let me cut your mop/Let me shave your crop/Daintily, daintily…” was a big inspiration to public performance. Bugs didn’t care if people laughed at him, so why should this shy 10 year old? Put yourself out there, be known, be heard, be seen.

We Are All The Same:

When the bumbling Sam lost his attempt to turn Bugs into Hasenpfeffer (Rabbit Stew) for the King, who was just board with his food choices. Bug’s quick thinking to create a vegetable stew not only gave the King something new. Meet your customers where they are, as what they want, may not be exactly what they need.

Bullies Are Dumb:

And the best till last, Elmer, the weekend warrior on the hunt for almost anything he could get with a shotgun. He just happen to meet a self-assured rabbit, in the guise of Bugs, who saw him for what he was, a sorry bully, with a big stick and no brains to use it. He never learned, but I did, that you get more by being nice to people. It takes massive effort to get a good customer, but very little to loose one.

That’s All?Folks

Saturday morning cartoons forever shaped my view of the world, and love of sugary cereals.?

The concepts presented during those cartoons unknowingly translated to the world of Business more than we know, and made us more attune to the changes in society.

Reference:

Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam?—?Warner Brothers

Captain Crunch?—?Quaker Oats Co.

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