. . . confess to a scam in which they and their fellow Warner Brothers refugees simply stole the classic cartoon stories of Mike and Ted, and substituted fourth-rate characters such as aardvarks, ants and cranes of which no one has heard for animation legends including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester Cat, Wile E. Coyote, Speedy Gonzalez, Tweeting Bird, Hippy Hopper, Peppy the Pew, The Tasmanian Devil, Sylvester, Jr. And Michigan J. Frog. As it turns out, the phrase "Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery" holds no water in federal court. Now that the statute of limitations has been extended to 96 years, fans can expect the other shoe to drop any minute.
