Looney Tunes are AWESOME.
 

Man, I saw most of the marathon they had playing on Cartoon Network today. I remember loving them as kid, but lordy, that sh*t is FUNNY. I can really appreciate more of the jokes now as an adult. So what about you guys? Any fond memories of Bugs and pals?

I was watching some of it this morning and was surprised how enjoyable it was. I liked it when I was kid but my tastes have changed so much over the years that I wasn't expecting it to hold up to my current standards as much as it did. I'll probably buy the dvds some time down the road.

On a side note does anyone know why Daffy's character was changed? I prefer the loony personality of the old one to the grumpy and greedy Daffy nowadays.

I absolutely loved watching Looney tunes growing up. We've got one of those six-hour tapes that's got shows from the 40s and 50s... including a few of the 'banned' eps. I've Always loved the episodes of the bulldog Marc Anthony taking care of the lil kitten. Adorable!!

It was Looney tunes that actually introduced me to a lot of the classical music and operatics that I love today. "What's Opera Doc?" and "Rabbit of Seville" and the Blue Danube... It's why I love music so much now.



You can't find Anything as good as these in regular cartoons today. Nothing I've seen yet, anyways...

I remember a Tweety Bird cartoon with 2 cats who are parodies of Abbott and Costello. The Abbott cat convinces the Costello cat to climb a tree after Tweety. Once at the nest, Babbett (I think is what they called him) yells, "Gi'me the bird! Gi'me the bird!" and Costello says, "If only the censors would let me, I'd give him the bird all right!" I was shocked at the adult nature of the joke as I doubled over in laughter.

my father came over today to help me shovel the driveway and we where watching some together and even he was doubled over in laughter. I love Bugs bunny, he is the orginal cartoon smartass. My father made a comment about this type of cartoon being good clean ADULT hillarity. And he's right, there is adult humour in Looney tunes with specks of innuendo on occassion but it's done in a clever ambigious way that is cute and funny and unoffensive. Looney Tunes rocks!

I loved the episode where Bugs gets kidnapped by Mugsey, the maffia guy, and his dimwitted muscle, and Bugs tricks them into hiding in the stove while he pretends he's a cop and and throws a match at them, only to have the cops really show and, he tries to do it again and the Mugsey and his side kick beg to be arrested. :lol::lol::lol:

Yes I love Looney Tunes and they hold up extremely well even after all these years. I saw a few episodes today and I actually laughed.

I definily want the DVD sets. One of my faves is the "I Love to Sing-A" episode...Im sure I dont need to say anymore. I also really like the one where Porky and Sylvester spend the night in a scary motel and someone keeps trying to kill Porky but doesnt realise it.

OH and must mention the ones where Daffy redoes Porkys house with all these modern and hightech devices and where Daffy tricks Porky into thinking he has a split personality and is the crazy killer Porky heard about on the radio.

Yeah, they're all classics... even those dull ones in the early 30's before they really found their voice. I don't understand why they don't put these back on TV in syndicated packages like they used to. Other than the whole cable channels buying up old reruns and never airing them jazz. There was nothing better than watching them syndicated weekday mornings or afternoons. Sometimes, they even showed the cartoons with the offensive stuff in tact. I remember they showed the one where Elmer was a Mountie WITH the racist blackface Camptown Races number in tact. And this was in the 90's, too.

I just wish Warners could find a suitable vehicle for the LT again... seems that Loonatics thing killed any chance of that... of course, the Back in Action movie being a huge flop didn't exactly help either. Originally, they were planning new Daffy Duck shorts, rumored to be closer to his Bob Clampett personality... but when the movie tanked, they didn't bother.

Dude, I have that on video. Four episodes of banned episodes that I think my parents bought for me when I was four. :lol:

One that I remember clearly (mainly because I loved it as a child) was "Daffy the Commando".



I love Looney Toons a lot. It's so much better than about 90% of the cartoons on television today (heck, maybe even more). The humour is... well, I guess it's more sophisticated. No toilet humour or anything. Just pure wit.

Yeah... both of them really suck compaired to Looney Tunes...:trazz:



I never really watched it on Kick (no cable, and LT used to be on any given local station) but that opening always cracked me up.

To think... in the 1970's, Looney Tunes actually split into different shows and they all competed against each other on other networks. Oh, to have been alive at that time.

As did I. Initially, I was looking at the TV screen and thinking to myself, "Loony Tunes?! Cartoon Network?! Who died?" Then I realized it was New Year's Day and put 2 and 2 together. It was nice to see the classics again. The best part was that my son was loving it, too. Considering he grew up in the age of Powerpuff Girls and so on, it was pretty awesome seeing him laughing at the old stuff I loved as a child.

While watching the marathon, we both cracked up during this one:

A classic if I ever saw one, heck I don't even have to view it...that still is all I need to remember that episode....classic!

I miss old cartoons in general. The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory were on Boomerang the other day and I didn't know if that should make me happy or sad.

Space Jam. That's all.

I liked best the Bugs Bunny toon where he took a wrong turn on vacation and ended up in a bullfighting arena to which he had a tempermental bull to deal with. Had to feel sorry for that bull towards the end.

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I love Luney Tunes! Why they don't bring that back to Cartoon Network is beyond me. These are classics and Bugs Bunny is the man--er, rabbit.

I did feel sorry for the bull towards the end. Only because he was made to be completely helpless by Bugs at that point. Man, if you think about it, Bugs is one ruthless S.O.B. Any one who messes with him, they are going down. LOL!

I am curious though, when did Daffy Duck start becoming Bug's rival? I remeber an old black and white cartoon of Daffy and Porky trying to get out of paying for a hotel and Daffy praises him, apparently lookng up to him.

I noticed that cartoon where Bugs is playing the piano in front of a crowd is very similar to the Oscar winning Tome and Jerry cartoon "Cat Concerto". They both even have a mouse running around.

I feel sad that you called Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory old cartoons...

I didn't. You missed my point.

Interesting question that. They've teamed up in the past against a common enemy in Elmer Fudd but even then looked out for themselves. I guess the rivalry was introduced when production on Looney Tunes was getting bigger and somebody in the greenroom one day looked at Daffy's ego and Bugs cheekyness and thought they could run a personality clash between them.

Out of the two, Daffy is much more insane and Bugs is more cool headed, so I guess the dynamic was also written down on the idea pile when crossovers were being introduced.

BTW. Have Daffy and Sylvester ever appeared together or teamed up?

I love all of them, and like all of us I'm sure, have watched them a billion times. It's really hard to pick out just one or two that I really like, but here are a couple.

I just started buying the Golden Collection DVD sets. The earlier releases are now a quarter the price they were on release. The archive begins!

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Probably not, Blanc's head would have exploded doing those to very similar voices talking in the same toon. :P

Of course they're awesome, why dya think they're still around?
One of my absolute favorites is "What's Opera Doc?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwDo_hTs2Q

Kill the wabbit

kill the wabbittt

KILL THE WABBIT!

I'd say about when Chuck Jones became a bigger and bigger director for the LT... Daffy's original inception was a total goof ball (the Clampett cartoons), and as Chuck took over the character, he turned him into something I'd liken to a has been celebrity trying to stay on top, while someone else takes his spotlight (Bugs). Bugs was also absolutely Looney at that time too, and not the sly "Dress up as a woman to save my own tail" kind he grew into.

There WAS one... it's pretty rare and obscure (as it was one of the 1960's Friz Freling LT shorts made a while after Warner Bros's animation studios closed down, under his Depatie-Freling studio)... but there was one where Daffy and Sylverster are after a special egg that got mixed up into a pile of regular ones (I can't remember if it was a gold egg painted white or what ever else it could have been). If I could remember the name (It had the word Yeggs in the title) I'd look up more info on it.

to be honest I liked Daffy the best as the greedy oppertunist, and Bugs as the slick wiseass dressing up in drag to fool people!!

this one is one of my favs EightBall Rabbit:



this this is the first time Bugs is paired up with that adorable penguin. My favorite quotes in this short?

Hoboken?! OOOOOOoooohhhhh diiiiiiieeeeen' again!

I leave you alone for a few minutes and what happens? You end up on the menu :lol: :lol: :lol:

this one is a classic Southern Fried Rabbit I loved how bugs used Yosemety Sam's rasicm to to get the best of him



This had to have had one of the best and most hilarious endings to a Luney Tunes short ever :lol:

and my all time favorite I don' think this needs any description, it by far the best short ever IMO Hillbilly Hare:

Here is a clip of the short your talking about, but I can't remember the name of it either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw_zJBrEieM

One of the best episodes in Looney Tunes history, poor Yosemite Sam he just can't win with those cannons :lol:

Looney Tunes: Golden Collection Vol.1 came through my door this morning. Amazing stuff!

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Ah, yes... that's the one. I wanna call it "Scrambled Yeggs." I only saw it once. Usually from that era, the Speedy Gonzales cartoons were replayed more (before the unpleasantness with PC groups)

EDIT- I just found out the titleThe Yolks on You. man, I am WAAAAAY off... turns out, this cartoon's from 1980, not the 60's.

I wonder how Mel did feel about using that similar voice. Of course, we all know his Daffy Duck is slightly sped up a little. Seems his Daffy's lisp is a little less wet and sloppy.

I really like how Joe Alasky (the usual recast for both characters) differentiates between the two, if you actually sit down and compaire them. His Sylvester is a little more gruff and lower pitched, while his Daffy seems to be just a slight bit nasal and airier. Of course, that's something that's hard to describe in a vocal sense.

Anyway, I just picked up Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, and I have to say, the jokes are a lot more sophisticatred (and even dirty) than I remember... 2 of my favorite examples are:

In "It's a Plaid Plaid Plaid Plaid World" when the Scottsmen lose their kilts, they have to wear actual dresses and skirts. Angus MacRorrrrrrry mumbles, "Ain't that a cryin' shame?" to which an old Scottsman, trying to hear better says, "WHAT?!?! Did he say Crying Game?"

And "The Cat who Knew Too Much" when Granny arrives back from the Mardis Gras parade with beads saying, "The things I had to do to get these." Dang, that Granny is a slut.

Oh man, I can't begin to explain my love for Looney Tunes. I think the comedy is so great and stands up so well against time because these cartoons weren't made for kids specifically, they were made for theater-goers, which would be anybody. Between my brother and myself we have all 6 of the Golden Collections, and for anyone thinking about getting them, it's definitely worth it if you enjoy the cartoons. These aren't just rush job slapped together sets, WB spent a lot of time and money restoring the cartoons and trying to find original title cards instead of the blue ribbon titles that replaced many of them. They're also loaded with documentaries and commentaries on lots of the cartoons. It's a shame that they've canceled the golden collections after this last 6th volume came out, but they did make a statement saying they would continue to release them but in what format and on what schedule is anybody's guess.

Just one more thing to add to this...there is another 1950 cartoon The Scarlet Pumpernickel that teams these two against one another, but not in their traditional characterizations

Check out this AT&T Commercial featuring Pepe and Penelope.