looney tunes

[Mr. Trampopoline]

So yeah, let's discuss on how awesome the Looney Tunes were back in the day and bitch about them nowadays.

[HappyPalooza]

Looney Tunes are fucking awesome and are a big hand in the formation of my sense of humor. Daffy's my favorite of their characters (in both his forms of psychotic disturbance and petty buffoon, but mostly the psycho one).

[Mt. Doom]

Elmer Season


just picturing that scene never fails to get a chuckle out of me

[Gatorgod]

I wonder if someone can pinpoint the exact time and date that the classic looney tunes ended?

[comeau]

I wonder if someone can pinpoint the exact time and date that the classic looney tunes ended?

That's up for debate, but I'd say the classic era ended with the release of False Hare in 1964, which was the last Bugs Bunny cartoon released, and the last one produced by the original Warner Brothers cartoon studio, or Termite Terrace.

[Jims]

Loved the Looney Tunes when I was younger. I remember they would be on Saturday mornings before those newer shows would come on... There was some special program name they called it, but it was just the classic stuff. They played them a lot in the early days of Cartoon Network, if I remember correctly.

Me and my older sister used to get into arguments frequently about the characters, as she was a Bugs Bunny person and I liked Daffy Duck more. Bugs is cool and all, but I like how manic and crazy Daffy is, even if sometimes his only role is to be the fall guy.

[The Sovereign]

SPACE JAM

[Semaj]

That's up for debate, but I'd say the classic era ended with the release of False Hare in 1964, which was the last Bugs Bunny cartoon released, and the last one produced by the original Warner Brothers cartoon studio, or Termite Terrace.

They made more Looney Tunes between late 1964 and 1969. Other than most of the mainstream characters being retired by this point, they contain those horrible Daffy & Speedy shorts, where Daffy had become a full-fledged villain.

That set has made it in some classic cartoon listings, but to be honest, they're not what I'd call classic material.

[violent jase]

absolutely loved looney tunes as a kid but haven't seen it in such a long time. bugs bunny was always my favourite. the barber of seville (i think that was the name of it) was like my favourite thing ever as a kid. would love to see that one again

[PreciousBodilyFluids]

I wonder if someone can pinpoint the exact time and date that the classic looney tunes ended?

I'd say when Chuck Jones left in the early 60s. He was the only director there that was still making good cartoons dammit, nobody else seemed to be trying.

[cinco]

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[qwertyuio]

I'm re-discovering some awesome classics this last week. Can't say I loved them as a child because I didn't watch them regularly, but they were always nice to see.

This one is my favorite so far:



Rabbit Fire is great too.

[Financial Panther]

We actually had free time in school, so the teacher put on a Looney Tunes disc, and one thing I can distinctly remember about it is Pepe LePew running out of the room with a gun to his head. The teacher was stunned. WHY WON'T THEY ALLOW THAT ANYMORE?!

[tristar]

You could probably tell from my avatar that I'm a Looney Tunes fan; and I'm a huge one at that.

The Looney Tunes would probably be my favourite cartoon ever. My favourite characters are definitely Daffy, Bugs, Porky, and Elmer.

But I only like the classics, not the revivals. My favourite time period of WB cartoons would be from around 1936-1960.

My favourite shorts are:
Drip-Along Daffy
One Froggy Evening
Duck Amuck
Porky in Wackyland
His Bitter Half
Three Little Bops
Porky Pig's Feet
What's Opera Doc?
The "Hunter" Trilogy
Fast And Furry-Ous (my avatar!)
Feed The Kitty
Operation: Rabbit
Kitty Kornered
Cracked Ice
Now That Summer Is Gone
Baby Bottleneck
Book Revue
Hare Ribbin'
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
You Ought To Be In Pictures
Pigs In A Polka
An Itch In Time
Odor Of The Day
Dough Ray Me-ow
Cracked Quack

[cinco]

Question: Is "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" available on one of those Golden Collection-discs?

[Matty]

Question: Is "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" available on one of those Golden Collection-discs?

There's a few seconds of it on the fairy tales disc documentary, but unfortunatly they won't release the whole thing. There's a pretty good copy on youtube currently though

[The_Simpsons1987]

yeah the simpsons are good at copying other shows

[Swartzweldian]

Cartoon Network ticks me off. They had tons of promos for Looney Tunes a year ago. Played them for about 2 or 3 weeks - Then completely disappeard. WTF happened?? I wish they could at least be played on Boomerang instead of 10 failed/crappy Hannah Barbara cartoons in a row from the 70s.

[NoOneFamous]

^ oh god yes. Boomerang is terrible for that reason. Those Hannah-Barbara budget cartoons are the absolute bottom of the barrel in the history of animated shorts, and they make up the majority of what Boomerang plays.

[D4C]

Which HB cartoons? The 60's superhero/70's teen mystery horseshit or the awesome 90's shit? I'd sooner watch Dexter's Laboratory over 80% of all animation. They actually play a lot of disappointingly recent stuff on Boomerang today. But considering it means they play Samurai Jack, I'm fucking down. One of the best things to come out of the Hanna-Barbera rebranding at Turner.

I actually thought this thread would be about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Looney_Tunes_Show

But it's cool either way because The Great Piggy Bank Robbery got mentioned, and I'm pretty sure just mentioning it even on the internet cures a baby of cancer somewhere in the world.

[NoOneFamous]

Aside from a few hits, I'd have to say the majority of their work was total shit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._Hanna-Barbera

edit: thats not even the complete list: http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/

[D4C]

Oh shit, yes. 2 Stupid Dogs rules. On the other, Jabberjaw exists and that is an offense punishable by law.

Screw it. Let's talk about Looney Tunes some more.

DAFFY DUCK (lunatic troll)



vs.

DAFFY DUCK (jealous dickweed)

[Dave Shutton]

wow that new looney tunes show looks somewhat promising, other than the CG roadrunner/wile e. coyote segments. I like the way the animation is current yet kinda retro looking

[zartok-35]

That drawing is HIDEOUS. Chuck really lost it as he went on.

[Christopher the Chef]

Does anyone know from which episode is the scene where Daffy falls from the skyscraper, splashes on the ground and then says through his teeth "It's a good thing that concrete softened the fall." (or something like that)??

Plus, I can't seem to find anywhere a screenshot of Bugs Bunny holding a board with a baseball and a screw.. I like that gag!

[Mr. Trampopoline]

You're probably thinking of "Skyscraper Caper". Probably for the best that I don't know why you want to know. (Edit: Yeah, I'm right, it is. He didn't say anything about that line though)

As for the picture...screwball.jpg

[*NormalGamer*]

Looney Tunes are great, timeless cartoons to watch. I really enjoyed the humor in them. For me, I enjoyed the wartime cartoons the most. ^_^

[Christopher the Chef]

You're probably thinking of "Skyscraper Caper". Probably for the best that I don't know why you want to know. (Edit: Yeah, I'm right, it is. He didn't say anything about that line though)

Well I just remembered that scene and would like to see it again. And he definitely said something like that line.. I can't find "Skyscraper Caper" anywhere to check it out.. Maybe there's another scene in some other episode where he falls on the ground and says that..?

Thanks for the picture!

[zartok-35]

'Skyscraper caper' is from the 'Dark era', so if you should decide to watch, it be very careful! It might not be pretty.
http://www.220.ro/desene-animate/196...er/7K2tytPPB1/
I don't think it has your 'Concrete softened my fall' joke in it, though. The only thing Daffy falls into a is a wheelbarrow.

[Christopher the Chef]

Tnx. I did find it eventually. And definitely the joke is not in there.

I saw that certain episode as a kid and it had a feel of a "newer" episode. I can't really tell, I'm not so much into Looney Tunes now.. I was just hoping someone would know.