So there's Sylvester the Cat sitting on a pier fishing & a giant fish jumps out of the water and swallows him whole. No matter how many times I see it, it's still funny.
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Classic Looney Tunes are still just great. Nothing comes close.
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therealjm12 said:
Amen...
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Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies are indeed the greatest cartoons ever.
Sadly, the fact that sometimes the datedness shows---e.g., references to Joe Penner, Jack Benny, Greta Garbo, "Owl Jolson" trying to be a star on a radio show *at a radio station* (radio stations just don't do that anymore) (and, today Owl J. would try to get on "America's Got Talent"), and no characters use iPads or cellphones...I just don't think the younger set would appreciate the gags.
I suppose that's why CN (is that the network?) is making new style LT's...I don't watch, so i can't say if they are funny or not.
Coyote & Roadrunner will always be my faves, although the one Bugs short "Rabbit of Seville" tops 'em all, IMO.
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Sadly, the fact that sometimes the datedness shows---e.g., references to Joe Penner, Jack Benny, Greta Garbo, "Owl Jolson" trying to be a star on a radio show *at a radio station* (radio stations just don't do that anymore) (and, today Owl J. would try to get on "America's Got Talent"), and no characters use iPads or cellphones...I just don't think the younger set would appreciate the gags.
I suppose that's why CN (is that the network?) is making new style LT's...I don't watch, so i can't say if they are funny or not.
Coyote & Roadrunner will always be my faves, although the one Bugs short "Rabbit of Seville" tops 'em all, IMO.
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My favorites seem to be Friz Freleng's little masterpieces. Tweety & Sylvester ah look puddy all gween and the Bugs Bunny with Yosemite Sam. No character ever got more than what was coming to him than Sam. I'm a Hession without no aggresion.And that wise guy look on Bug's face.
Legend has it Sam's character was actually based on Friz Freleng himself. Bad temper and red hair. Apparently he had a sense of humor about it. Honorable mention goes to Robert McKimson - Foghorn Leghorn (loudmouth schmuck) that's a joke son, joke that is, and The Tasmania Devil, why for you bury me in cold, cold ground?
Legend has it Sam's character was actually based on Friz Freleng himself. Bad temper and red hair. Apparently he had a sense of humor about it. Honorable mention goes to Robert McKimson - Foghorn Leghorn (loudmouth schmuck) that's a joke son, joke that is, and The Tasmania Devil, why for you bury me in cold, cold ground?
The fact of being somewhat "dated" doesn't bother me. The real thing that gets me is that most any station that airs them now butchers them either to lean toward being "politically correct" or because they think kids are so stupid they will jump off roofs and cliffs or try to copy other acts shown in those shows.
The one that always sticks out for me is the BB cartoon called "Fresh Hare" in which Elmr Fudd plays a mountie who at the very end of picture captures Bugs. In front of a firing squad Bugs is asked if he has any last request in which he replies "I wish I was in Dixie, hurray hurray." The end shows Elmer, the firing squad and Bugs all in blackface singing Camptown Races. I never found it offensive but you have to be the judge for yourself. (and yes, you can view it unedited online if you to a search for it)
The one that always sticks out for me is the BB cartoon called "Fresh Hare" in which Elmr Fudd plays a mountie who at the very end of picture captures Bugs. In front of a firing squad Bugs is asked if he has any last request in which he replies "I wish I was in Dixie, hurray hurray." The end shows Elmer, the firing squad and Bugs all in blackface singing Camptown Races. I never found it offensive but you have to be the judge for yourself. (and yes, you can view it unedited online if you to a search for it)
Bill DeFelice said:
When this aired on Nick back in the 1990s, the ending with the blackface was removed, due to political correctness, making the firing squad ending and Bugs' punchline not make sense. Though of course, when this aired on local TV stations as part of their cartoon shows, into the 1980s, they ran this cartoon uncut, with no quibbles about being politically correct.
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azumanga said:
Nick aired pre-1948 Bugs? I know they ran non-ABC/syndie post-48s & B&W Boskos & Buddys, among other pre-1943 B&W Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies.
One of our Spanish LPTVs ran "Fresh Hare" dubbed en Espanol around 2007....the "I wish, I wish" was in Spanish, but then it broke out into the English "Dixie".
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I LOVE it, I mean LOVE it when Daffy's beak gets shot off. Or when Mrs Daffy says, "I'll slap the beak right off your face." And then he dares her to, so she does it.
I also like when Bugs is being chased by the monsters. ""You monsters are such interesting creatures! I was just saying to my girlfriend, just the other day, 'Monsters are such interesting people! Why I'll bet they lead such interesting lives!' The things you must see and the things you must do! My stars!"
I also like when Bugs is being chased by the monsters. ""You monsters are such interesting creatures! I was just saying to my girlfriend, just the other day, 'Monsters are such interesting people! Why I'll bet they lead such interesting lives!' The things you must see and the things you must do! My stars!"
Gotta echo the other posters here - Classic Looney Tunes from the 1940s and 1950s are awesome! The other day, I watched some newer "Looney Tunes" offered by Cartoon Network. Man, are they pale by comparison. Really lame. I'd like my little ones to have the opportunity to watch and enjoy the same great cartoons that I did growing up. After all, how can they understand WHY characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck or (for that matter) Mickey Mouse are iconic without seeing that which made them famous?
By the way, I also LOVE classic (pre 1960) Tom and Jerry! To this day, those 'toons have me rolling on the floor laughing. And - to the censors - leave them all the Hell alone!
By the way, I also LOVE classic (pre 1960) Tom and Jerry! To this day, those 'toons have me rolling on the floor laughing. And - to the censors - leave them all the Hell alone!
Dated references or not, the original Looney Tunes are by far the best!
1) Foghorn Leghorn: "Fortunately, I have my feathas numbered for just such an occasion."
2) Foghorn "teaching" the widow's son how to play baseball
3)Yosemite Sam jumping off his mule, somehow running in front of him and exclaiming "When ah say "whoa", ah mean "WHOA!!!"
...and countless others. Long live Looney Tunes!!
1) Foghorn Leghorn: "Fortunately, I have my feathas numbered for just such an occasion."
2) Foghorn "teaching" the widow's son how to play baseball
3)Yosemite Sam jumping off his mule, somehow running in front of him and exclaiming "When ah say "whoa", ah mean "WHOA!!!"
...and countless others. Long live Looney Tunes!!
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"2) Foghorn "teaching" the widow's son how to play baseball"
"There's somethin', I say, somethin' kinda EWWWW about a kid that's never played baseball!"
An oft-edited bit in that cartoon (called "Little Boy Boo"), was after Foggy sez to the kid "You know what to do with that bat, right?" **BAM!** "Not me, the ball, the ball!" The editing was fairly smooth, but it sure wasn't funny....
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"There's somethin', I say, somethin' kinda EWWWW about a kid that's never played baseball!"
An oft-edited bit in that cartoon (called "Little Boy Boo"), was after Foggy sez to the kid "You know what to do with that bat, right?" **BAM!** "Not me, the ball, the ball!" The editing was fairly smooth, but it sure wasn't funny....
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The Seinfeld-espque Looney Tunes make me want to puke. The originals are timeless. I also don't care who does the voices...even if they make the sounds perfectly, if they are not litrally inside Mel Blanc's brain, they don't get it
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If Looney Tunes needs to be updated, this captures the spirit of the classics (I'm sure most of you have seen it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV369kpV4h0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV369kpV4h0
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I loved, and still love the originals, but sadly, like so many other things they have been watered down, carved-up and sanitized to the point they can offend no one and are hardly recognizable anymore under the watchful eye of the PC police.
I don't think anyone these days who didn't grow up with those shorts, realizes that they were not intended for children.
Foghorn Leghorn was the best. I knew actual people who sounded like and acted like that.
I don't think anyone these days who didn't grow up with those shorts, realizes that they were not intended for children.
Foghorn Leghorn was the best. I knew actual people who sounded like and acted like that.
The Looney Tunes are both of a time and timeless. So many of the cartoons reference popular movies and radio shows of the 40's and some TV shows of the 50's such as the "The Honeymooners". Who today would know that Foghorn Leghorn was based on Senator Claghorn, a radio character from "Allen's Alley". Few remember Claghorn or the actor, Kenny Delmar, who played him. But anyone can appreciate Foghorn Leghorn on his own blowhard merits.
My favorites are "One Froggy Evening" and "Duck Dodgers in the 241/2 Century", both directed by Chuck Jones. They "moider me".
My favorites are "One Froggy Evening" and "Duck Dodgers in the 241/2 Century", both directed by Chuck Jones. They "moider me".
nocomradio said:I loved, and still love the originals, but sadly, like so many other things they have been watered down, carved-up and sanitized to the point they can offend no one and are hardly recognizable anymore under the watchful eye of the PC police.
I don't think anyone these days who didn't grow up with those shorts, realizes that they were not intended for children.
Foghorn Leghorn was the best. I knew actual people who sounded like and acted like that.
I agree. "Now you don't, Ah say, you don't want me son, I'm all fat and stringy! Now there, Ah say (points to the barnyard dog) there's a good eatin' chicken!"
If I had to choose my favorites they would be the Bugs/Elmer/Daffy Rabbit Season/Duck Season trilogy, What's Opera, Doc? ("Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit!"), The Rabbit of Seville, Baseball Bugs (the conga line around the bases cracks me up every time), Water, Water Every Hare ("Come...back...here...you...rab...bit!"), Bugs and Thugs ("Alright Clancy, take the boys and surround the house!"), too many to mention. Plus of course One Froggy Evening and Duck Dodgers!
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