Wayans Bros. Versus Warner Bros.

Over at Cartoon Brew, Art Bininger has noted some of the similarities between Little Man, the new Wayans' Bros 'comedy' and Baby Buggy Bunny, a classic Chuck Jones cartoon from 1954 in which Baby Face Finster hides out as a babe in Bugs' warren.

If you can point out any more, send them my way.

Here's Art's little list of undeniable steals:

1. The couple discovering a military tattoo on the tyke.

2. John Witherspoon ("Pops") giving the "baby" the old "upsy daisy" against the ceiling.

3. The lights-out gag, where little Calvin clubs a henchman (in cartoonish silhouette) every time the lights are turned off. The henchman then leans over the sleeping baby, says "Click" and gets whomped again.

I stayed through the closing credits, hoping that maybe there would be a reference to Chuck Jones or Michael Maltese but no such luck.

Another crime against cinema, courtesy of those neverendingly underambitious Wayans.