CN is running a marathon today. I can't believe that don't run them on a daily basis. Kids nowdays don't know who Bugs Bunny and company are. Sad for us that were brought up on them and sad for the kids being denied actually funny, creative cartoons. Plus look at the merchandising WB is missing. Think they'll start showing them more often?
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Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network!
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therealjm12 said:
Warner Brothers at one time had their own chain of retail stores ( like Disney has/had ), but they are now defunct.
While Bugs and Company are still part of Six Flags and their parks, if one is to believe the theme park sites like Theme Park Review and Coasterbuzz ( whose webmaster Jeff believes EVERY city in the nation is exactly the same as Cleveland, Ohio no exceptions )..well off/on those sites had reported that Six Flags wants to get rid of Bugs Bunny and the WB family and stick with thrills. Time will tell on that one though.
I can't believe this....I just can't believe this...Cartoon Network is really putting Looney Tunes on the weekday schedule --- in the 11a Eastern/10am Central time slot and it's on a time slot where children are in school (except holidays, spring break and summer months). For once, CN made their decision to air them, but I'm afraid that some of the politically incorrect content had to be edited out as usual.
No surprise to me.
No surprise to me.
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies have something today's anime doesn't ...and that's creativity. Look at how Chuck Jones,Tex Avery,Bob Clampett,Bob McKimson and Friz Freleng put their own signature and imprint mark of creative genius on each cartoon they directed.
Chuck Jones-Wile E. Coyote's raised eyebrow and sudden wide eyed look of panic.
Friz Freleng-Sylvester falling to the ground and desperately catching two bird feathers and feaverishly flapping to break his own fall...Also seen on his Pink Panther cartons for United Artists.
Bob Clampett-the ending catchphrase: "BIYYYOOOOP!!!" (Don't forget the Do-Do in Wackyland "do-do-dee-do-do-do...woooooOOOOOOHHHHHhhhhhooooll!")
Tex Avery-Total insanity with Bugs Bunny and a hunters dog screaming possible bloody murder when they are falling to the ground when they suddenly "put on their brakes" in mid air and saying: "yyyyeahhh...fooled you didin't we?"
Bob McKimson-Charlie Dog lives in each and every one of us: "you ain't got no dog and I ain't got no master..." It's a human nature thing.
Leon Schlesinger-Had no creativity..he just sat behind his desk and called himself a producer while his "supervisors" (directors) did the actual producing...otherwise Termite Terrace would have went down the route of Famous Studios trying to rip off what MGM and Warner was already doing after the Fleischers got the boot.
Creativity is the reason why these cartoons endured for decades...Anime on the other hand is currently the consumer product of hype and overkill...Heaven help us all if pornographic hentai hits the CN airwaves! Overkill is the reason many cable channels do the same thing. VH-1 is no longer "Video Hits 1"...they are just riding the wave of reality TV and gossip...until that eventually dies out. CN is riding that same wave into cable oblivion...unless humor and creativity (used by Genndy Tartakovsky,Craig McCracken and Van Partible) and a love for child-like innocence which was evident in Hanna-Barbera's 1950s/60s studio work makes a quick comeback.
Chuck Jones-Wile E. Coyote's raised eyebrow and sudden wide eyed look of panic.
Friz Freleng-Sylvester falling to the ground and desperately catching two bird feathers and feaverishly flapping to break his own fall...Also seen on his Pink Panther cartons for United Artists.
Bob Clampett-the ending catchphrase: "BIYYYOOOOP!!!" (Don't forget the Do-Do in Wackyland "do-do-dee-do-do-do...woooooOOOOOOHHHHHhhhhhooooll!")
Tex Avery-Total insanity with Bugs Bunny and a hunters dog screaming possible bloody murder when they are falling to the ground when they suddenly "put on their brakes" in mid air and saying: "yyyyeahhh...fooled you didin't we?"
Bob McKimson-Charlie Dog lives in each and every one of us: "you ain't got no dog and I ain't got no master..." It's a human nature thing.
Leon Schlesinger-Had no creativity..he just sat behind his desk and called himself a producer while his "supervisors" (directors) did the actual producing...otherwise Termite Terrace would have went down the route of Famous Studios trying to rip off what MGM and Warner was already doing after the Fleischers got the boot.
Creativity is the reason why these cartoons endured for decades...Anime on the other hand is currently the consumer product of hype and overkill...Heaven help us all if pornographic hentai hits the CN airwaves! Overkill is the reason many cable channels do the same thing. VH-1 is no longer "Video Hits 1"...they are just riding the wave of reality TV and gossip...until that eventually dies out. CN is riding that same wave into cable oblivion...unless humor and creativity (used by Genndy Tartakovsky,Craig McCracken and Van Partible) and a love for child-like innocence which was evident in Hanna-Barbera's 1950s/60s studio work makes a quick comeback.
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Good to know these are back on. Maybe some of the cartoons should be steered away from children. But that would be hard to do. Some of the WB cartoons, especially the musicals are absolute point-on child-friendly. The gunplay in most of the cartoons might be politicaly incorrect, but then we have on-camera throwing up, nudity, talking back to parents and cursing on "King Of The Hill" and "The Simpsons". Trying to figure out which is more harmful. No, I'm not! 
I think "The Bugs Bunny Show", or whatever the CN toon feature is called, will be seen often. I missed today's presentation. I know the gender/racial streotyping will probably be edited out, but the cigarette-smoking and gunplay will just take parental guidance, just like parents are doing the current TV cartoons (right!).
I grew up with an actual Bugs Bunny "show" on prime-time TV and for a time on Saturday mornings. I haven't seen it in awhile but as I recall it was a real SHOW show, with the characters introducing new and classic cartoons, sometimes fighting over the opportunity to do it. Pretty well done. A lot of detail to the whole thing. TV was a whole other deal back then. Glad I'm old enough to have experienced it.
I think "The Bugs Bunny Show", or whatever the CN toon feature is called, will be seen often. I missed today's presentation. I know the gender/racial streotyping will probably be edited out, but the cigarette-smoking and gunplay will just take parental guidance, just like parents are doing the current TV cartoons (right!).
I grew up with an actual Bugs Bunny "show" on prime-time TV and for a time on Saturday mornings. I haven't seen it in awhile but as I recall it was a real SHOW show, with the characters introducing new and classic cartoons, sometimes fighting over the opportunity to do it. Pretty well done. A lot of detail to the whole thing. TV was a whole other deal back then. Glad I'm old enough to have experienced it.
Actually, the perfect place would be scheduling them during Adult Swim. An hour of classic Looney Tunes would so rock that time of night.
My 6 year old daughter LOVES Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry. But then I got her started on them... :
If you show an interest in the cartoons, then the kids usually will. Maybe not as much as you want, but they'll at least be interested by your interest.
If you let them find them on their own flipping through the channels, without supervision, then the kids usually will like those shows more, and whatever else they find.
A lot of parenting, not just tv preferences, is done by default and other sources, unfortunately.
If you let them find them on their own flipping through the channels, without supervision, then the kids usually will like those shows more, and whatever else they find.
A lot of parenting, not just tv preferences, is done by default and other sources, unfortunately.
I also understand they're starting to air a program called "The Garfield Show" - from what I'm told, it'll be "CGI" and not the same cartoon series from 1987-94.
Now, if CN brings back "Woody Woodpecker," life will really be good.
Oh well, props to them for bringing back Bugs Bunny, anyway. As long as they don't revive that abortion "Tiny Toons," I'm all for it!
Now, if CN brings back "Woody Woodpecker," life will really be good.
Oh well, props to them for bringing back Bugs Bunny, anyway. As long as they don't revive that abortion "Tiny Toons," I'm all for it!
anotherguy said:My 6 year old daughter LOVES Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry. But then I got her started on them... :
(Bugs Bunny) SMART BOY!
I told a four year old's mother that Looney Toons were on daily at 11:00. She had him watch them and he loves them. It's all he talks about.
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