Drunker Than Your Average Bear



from Wednesday's NY Post :

Cops busted a boozed-up cartoon actor - best known for playing Yogi Bear, Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn and a host of other characters - after he barricaded himself and held SWAT officers at bay, authorities said yesterday.

Greg Burson, 54, is free on $20,000 bail after he was booked on suspicion of battery Monday for a strange standoff with cops in the Tujunga neighborhood of northern L.A.

Burson has voiced some of the cartoon world's best-known characters, including Looney Tunes stars Bugs, Foghorn, Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck, as well as Yogi, Boo-Boo, Huckleberry Hound and Mr. Magoo.




Cops were called to Burson's house on a possible kidnapping call, said LAPD Officer Rudy Villarreal. Two women eventually came out of the house, saying a third woman was being held inside and that Burson had guns, cops said.

When Burson didn't emerge, officers evacuated neighbors, and a SWAT team surrounded the house before the third woman walked out. Burson eventually ended the 51/2-hour siege, surrendering without incident.

"Apparently, he [Burson] was very intoxicated when he was taken into custody," said Villarreal.

He added that the three women - who apparently were unharmed - were roommates of Burson's, but police did not provide any more details.

Posted: Wed - May 12, 2004 at 06:16 PM      

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