Perhaps only Mickey Mouse can rival Bugs Bunny as the most famous cartoon character of all time. He has been the poster boy for the Looney Tunes cartoons for many years and for good reason.
His unique and fun characterization makes him an extremely likable hero who is always easy to cheer for. Bugs is a laidback, smooth operator surrounded by frantic, angry, and less intelligent people.
His sarcastic and biting humor stands out among the rest of the Looney Tunes characters. He has so many classic one-liners and gags that it's no wonder he's gone down as one of the greatest pop culture figures of all time.
Daffy Duck is far from the smooth operator that Bugs Bunny is. In fact, he is the exact opposite of Bugs. Though he is often the hero of his story, he is usually less intelligent than everyone else, constantly making the situation worse for himself, and often failing at whatever he tries.
All that only makes him funnier. With spitting, lisping way of talking is instantly recognizable and adds to his persona as an obnoxious character. He thinks highly of himself but rarely accomplishes anything. Seeing him and Bugs interacting is always a treat as his high-strung nature is in perfect contrast to calm and collected Bugs.
Colin has had a long passion and obsession with movies going back to the first time he saw The Lion King in theaters. Along with movies, Colin stays up-to-date on the latest must-see TV shows.
While he loves to find interesting projects in any kind of genre, he has a special movie of crime stories that are infused with a little dark humor much like the work of his favorite author, Elmore Leonard. Register Don't have an account? Looney Tunes. View source. History Talk 3. Do you like this video? Play Sound. They may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in the U. These depictions were wrong then and they are wrong today.
While the following does not represent the Warner Bros. United Kingdom When Boomerang UK re-branded and started broadcasting in HD in , the Looney Tunes shorts began to be shown heavily edited; the violence, jokes, alcohol and smoking from these shorts are removed from the channel.
Dubbed Versions Main article: Dubbed Versions Colorization In , 78 of the black-and-white Looney Tunes were colorized in a process where duplicate black-and-white prints were sent to a studio in South Korea where artists re-traced each cartoon frame-by-frame in color.
Quality of Prints When the Looney Tunes were shown on TV, WB prepared 16mm "dupes" in Eastmancolor of the original prints for the syndication market; these prints faded over time, causing them to look "inferior" to what was being shown at the movies. That's all Folks! Originally, when the Merrie Melodies series started, it used the phrase "So long Folks!
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Coming from Warner Bros. Animation and producer Sam Register , the concept revolves around Bugs and Daffy leaving the woods and moving to the suburbs with "colorful neighbors" including Sylvester, Tweety, Granny, Yosemite Sam, etc. The series introduced the character Tina Russo , a duck who becomes Daffy's girlfriend. The show also features 2-minute music videos titled respectfully "Merrie Melodies" as a tribute to the Looney Tunes sister shorts which features the characters singing original songs, as well as CGI animated shorts starring Wile E.
Coyote and the Road Runner which were removed after the first season. The series was cancelled after its second season. Also, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner returned to the big screen in a series of 3-D shorts that preceded select Warner Bros. On June 8, , Warner Bros. In , several announcements were made about a new Looney Tunes reboot film in development.
At the Cartoon Network upfront, Wabbit. A Looney Tunes Production was announced. Time Warner eventually acquired the characters from their estates. Meanwhile, the Schlesinger studio continued to make popular cartoons until when Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros.
The rights to individual cartoons however are in other hands. In , Warner Bros. These cartoons were distributed by Guild Films until it went bankrupt and was bought by Seven Arts. In , Associated Artists Productions a. Unlike the sale to Sunset Productions, a. He also acquired the rights to the a. Starting in , the cartoons were repackaged into several different TV programs that remained popular for several decades before being purchased by Turner Entertainment. Animation for the network, was broadcast from [31] to The show featured shorts from the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon series.
Five dozen Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts from before December have lapsed into the public domain and are thus freely distributed through various unofficial releases. Many of these public domain cartoons on unofficial releases tend to be of poor video and audio quality.
A handful of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts are no longer aired on American television nor are they available for sale by Warner Bros. In , all Speedy Gonzales cartoons were removed from airing on Cartoon Network because of their alleged stereotyping of Mexicans.
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