re: Looney Toons

Just what I always wanted. My own little bunny rabbit. I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him...

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Foghorn Leghorn is the best.

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He is da man or should I say the rooster!!

Boy, I say boy, pay attention to me when I am talking to ya.

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art of it is PC but part is just age. Are Mickey and Donald all that popular now?

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Yeah I think they are. They have a brand new show on Disney channel. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was a popular show that had a good run.

I love Roadrunner/Coyote

How rapey was this guy?

Because they're stupid and because they're caught up in the fact that Looney Toons promulgated male, chauvinist ideals while the world today is filled with sensitive sad sacks.

And Chuck Jones is dead.

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Cut the cord awhile back so I haven't seenWabbit. I know it's got most of the voice talent from TLTS but I don't particularly care for the 'new' character renderings. 

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There's lots of slapstick in Wabbit, like in the original shorts, but the characterization of Bugs is off. He is nowhere near as smart or "cool" as he should be. He is portrayed as wilder and crazier, more like Daffy Duck than Bugs Bunny.

For any fans of LT, I would seriously recommend looking into their Golden Collection volumes. There are currently 6 in total, and each one comes with 60+ shorts. They are fantastic. I bought them a while back so that my future kids could watch as much LT as they want. Here are links to them on Amazon.



The format is usually about four discs, and each one focuses on a character or collection of characters. For example, in Volume One, disc one is all Bugs. Disc two is Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. Disc three and four are "Looney Tunes All Stars" which has other cartoons and characters (as well as other Bugs and Daffy ones) like Taz, Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety/Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, etc.

Volume two is as follows:
- Disc one: Bugs
- Disc two: Road Runner
- Disc three: Sylvester and Tweety
- Disc four: Celebrity parodies and music

Etc.

They are great collections.

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T&J is Hanna Barbarra I thought? 

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Hanna and Barbera created Tom & Jerry and produced over a hundred shorts, winning seven Oscars. They were owned by MGM, however, and when MGM decided to end T&J shorts, Hanna and Barbera started their own company. They couldn't use Tom and Jerry, though.

WB now owns Tom & Jerry, as well as the Hanna-Barbera shows and Looney Toons. They produce new shows sometimes, but seem to be content to just play their old library on the CN Network or Boomerang.

When they do produce new shows (even great ones like the Looney Toons Show or the Tom and Jerry Show), they only make a season or two and play them continuously to squeeze as much interest/airtime out of them possible.