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Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes opening title used in the 1947–1948 flavour[1]
Directed past	Tex Avery Bob Clampett Arthur Davis Friz Freleng Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Chuck Jones Robert McKimson Frank Tashlin (more)
Story past	Warren Foster Tedd Pierce Michael Maltese (more)
Produced by	Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger Edward Selzer John W. Burton David H. DePatie Friz Freleng William L. Hendricks
Starring	Mel Blanc June Foray Arthur Q. Bryan Bea Benaderet Stan Freberg (more)
Music by	Carl W. Stalling Milt Franklyn William Lava (more)
Animation by	Ken Harris Warren Batchelder Rod Scribner Abe Levitow Gerry Chiniquy Izzy Ellis Virgil Ross Ben Washam Bill Melendez Phil Monroe Manny Gould Richard Thompson Norman McCabe (more)
Layouts past	Maurice Noble Hawley Pratt Robert Gribbroek (more)
Backgrounds by	Paul Julian Pete Alvarado Philip DeGuard (more)
Colour procedure	B&Westward (1930–1943) Technicolor (1942–1969) Cinecolor (selected belatedly 1940s shorts)
Production companies	Harman-Ising Productions (1930–1933) Leon Schlesinger Productions (1933–1944) Warner Bros. Cartoons (1944–1964) DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (1964–1967) Format Productions (1964–1967) Warner Bros.-Vii Arts Animation (1967–1969) Warner Bros. Animation (1987–present)
Distributed past	Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corporation Vitagraph Company of America Turner Entertainment Co. (pre-August 1948 WB Cartoons library, Harman and Ising Looney Tunes shorts)
Release date	1930–1969 (original series)
Running fourth dimension	vi–ten minutes (ane reel)

Looney Tunes is an American animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969, along with an accompanying series, Merrie Melodies, during the gold age of American blitheness.^{[2] [three]} The two series introduced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, the Route Runner, Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, Yosemite Sam, the Tasmanian Devil, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy Gonzales and many other drawing characters.

Looney Tunes (and Merrie Melodies) were initially produced by Leon Schlesinger and animators Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising from 1930 to 1933.^[iv] Schlesinger assumed full production from 1933 until selling his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944.^[4] The Looney Tunes name was inspired by Walt Disney's musical cartoon series, Featherbrained Symphonies.^[4] The shorts initially showcased musical compositions whose rights were held past Warner'due south music publishing interests through the adventures of cartoon characters such every bit Bosko and, afterwards losing him^{[ how? ]}, Buddy.^[iv] However, the animation studio gained a higher profile afterwards it brought in directors Tex Avery and Chuck Jones and voice actor Mel Blanc in the mid-1930s.^[4] Porky Grunter and Daffy Duck became the primary stars of Looney Tunes at this time, while Merrie Melodies featured ane-shot cartoons and minor recurring characters.^[4]

Afterward Bugs Bunny became the breakout recurring star, Looney Tunes moved from black and white to color production in the early 1940s, Merrie Melodies having already been in color since 1934.^[4] The two serial gradually lost their distinctions, and shorts were assigned to each series randomly.^[4] From 1942 to 1964, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were the about pop animated shorts in movie theaters.^[five]

Looney Tunes has since go a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television serial, feature films, comic books, music albums, video games, and amusement park rides, also every bit serving every bit Warner Bros.' flagship franchise. Many of the characters have made and continue to make cameo appearances in numerous other idiot box shows, films, and advertisements. The about famous Looney Tunes character, Bugs Bunny, is regarded as a cultural icon and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[vi] Many Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies films are ranked among the greatest animated cartoons of all time (e.thou. the "hunting trilogy" (Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning and Duck! Rabbit, Duck!), Duck Amuck, Ane Froggy Evening, and What's Opera, Doctor?), and v (Tweetie Pie, Speedy Gonzales, Birds Anonymous, Knighty Knight Bugs, and For Olfactory property-imental Reasons) take won Academy Awards.^[vii]

Looney Tunes can currently be seen on Boomerang, HBO Max, and MeTV.

History [edit]

In the starting time, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were built around songs from Warner's vast music library, starting with Sinkin' in the Bathtub, a pun on the vocal Singin' in the Bathtub in 1930. ^[8] Between 1934 and 1943, Merrie Melodies were produced in colour and Looney Tunes in black and white.^[4] After 1943, both series were produced in colour and became almost indistinguishable, varying merely in their opening theme music and titles.^[4] Both serial made apply of the various Warner Bros. drawing characters. By 1937, the theme music for Looney Tunes was "The Merry-Go-Circular Broke Down" by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin, and the theme music for Merrie Melodies was an accommodation of "Merrily We Roll Forth" by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor.

1930–1933: Harman and Ising era [edit]

In 1929, to compete against Walt Disney'south Mickey Mouse short cartoons, Warner Bros. became interested in developing a series of animated shorts to promote their music. They had recently acquired Brunswick Records forth with 4 music publishers for Us$28 million (equivalent to $434 million in 2022) and were eager to promote this material for the sales of sheet music and phonograph records. Warner made a bargain with Leon Schlesinger to produce cartoons for them. Schlesinger hired Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman to produce the starting time series of cartoons. Schlesinger was impressed past Harman'southward and Ising's 1929 pilot cartoon, Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid. The start Looney Tunes short was Sinkin' in the Bathtub starring Bosko, which was released in 1930.^[2]

1933–1936: Leon Schlesinger Productions [edit]

When Harman and Ising left Warner Bros. in 1933 over a budget dispute with Schlesinger, they took with them all the rights of the characters and cartoons they had created. A new character chosen Buddy became the but star of the Looney Tunes series for a couple of years.

New directors including Tex Avery, Friz Freleng and Bob Clampett were brought in or promoted to work with animators in the Schlesinger studio, with Avery's unit housed in a bungalow the animators dubbed "Termite Terrace." In 1935 they debuted the starting time major Looney Tunes star, Porky Pig, forth with Beans the Cat in the Merrie Melodies drawing I Haven't Got a Hat directed by Friz Freleng. Beans was the star of the adjacent Porky/Beans cartoon Gold Diggers of '49, merely information technology was Porky who emerged equally the star instead of Beans. The ensemble characters of I Haven't Got a Hat, such as Oliver Owl, and twin dogs Ham and Ex, were also given a sampling of shorts, just Beans and Porky proved much more popular. Beans was later phased out when his popularity declined, leaving Porky every bit the just star of the Schlesinger studio.

1936–1944: More star characters and switch to color [edit]

The debuts of other memorable Looney Tunes stars followed: Daffy Duck in Porky'south Duck Hunt (1937), Elmer Fudd in the Merrie Melodies short Elmer'south Candid Camera (1940), Bugs Bunny in the Merrie Melodies short A Wild Hare (1940),^[9] and Tweety in the Merrie Melodies brusk A Tale of 2 Kitties (1942).

Bugs initially starred in the color Merrie Melodies shorts post-obit the success of 1940's A Wild Hare, and formally joined the Looney Tunes series with the release of Buckaroo Bugs in 1944. Schlesinger began to phase in the production of color Looney Tunes with the 1942 drawing The Hep True cat. The final black-and-white Looney Tunes short was Puss n' Booty in 1943 directed by Frank Tashlin. The inspiration for the changeover was Warner'due south decision to re-release only the colour cartoons in the Blueish Ribbon Classics series of Merrie Melodies. Bugs made a cameo appearance in 1942 in the Avery/Clampett drawing Crazy Cruise and likewise at the terminate of the Frank Tashlin 1943 cartoon Porky Pig'south Feat, which marked Bugs' only official appearance in a black-and-white Looney Tunes brusk. Schlesinger sold his interest in the cartoon studio in 1944 to Warner Bros. and went into retirement; he died v years later.

1944–1964: Aureate Historic period [edit]

More than popular Looney Tunes characters were created (virtually of which start appeared in Merrie Melodies cartoons) such every bit Pepé Le Pew (debuted in 1945's Odour-able Kitty), Sylvester (debuted in 1945'southward Life with Feathers), Yosemite Sam (debuted in 1945'south Hare Trigger), Foghorn Leghorn (debuted in 1946'south Walky Talky Hawky), Marvin the Martian (debuted in 1948's Haredevil Hare), Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (debuted in 1949'due south Fast and Furry-ous), Granny (debuted in 1950's Canary Row), Speedy Gonzales (debuted in 1953'due south Cat Tails for Ii), and the Tasmanian Devil (debuted in 1954'southward Devil May Hare).

1964–1969: DePatie–Freleng and 7 Arts era [edit]

During the mid-late 1960s, the shorts were produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (and Format Productions) (1964–1967) and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967–1969) afterwards Warner Bros. close down their blitheness studio. The shorts from this era can be identified past their different title sequence, featuring stylized limited blitheness and graphics on a black groundwork and a new system, by William Lava, of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down". The change in the introductory title cards was possibly to reverberate the switch in the blitheness manner of the shorts themselves.

In 1967, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts deputed an animation studio in Republic of korea to redraw 79 black-and-white Looney Tunes produced from 1935 to 1943 in colour to exist syndicated to Television set stations.^[x]

The original Looney Tunes theatrical series ran from 1930 to 1969 (the last short beingness Bugged by a Bee, by Robert McKimson).^[2]

1970–1999: Syndication and return to boob tube and film [edit]

The Looney Tunes serial' popularity was strengthened even more when the shorts began ambulation on network and syndicated television in the 1950s, nether various titles and formats. However, the Looney Tunes shorts were edited, removing scenes of violence (particularly suicidal gags and scenes of characters doing dangerous stunts that impressionable viewers could hands imitate), stereotypes and drinking booze.

Production of theatrical animated shorts was fallow until 1987, when new shorts were made to innovate Looney Tunes to a new generation of audiences. New shorts have been produced and released sporadically for theaters since then, ordinarily as promotional tie-ins with various family movies produced by Warner Bros. While many of them accept been released in limited releases theatrically for Academy Award consideration, but a few have gained theatrical releases with movies.

In the 1970s through the early 1990s, several feature-film compilations and telly specials were produced, mostly centering on Bugs Bunny and/or Daffy Duck, with a mixture of new and one-time footage. In 1976, the Looney Tunes characters made their way into the amusement business concern when they became the mascots for the two Marriott'due south Bully America theme parks (Gurnee and Santa Clara). After the Gurnee park was sold to Six Flags, they also claimed the rights to use the characters at the other Vi Flags parks, which they go on to do presently. In 1988, several Looney Tunes characters appeared in cameo roles in Disney's motion picture, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The more meaning cameos featured Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Tweety, and Yosemite Sam. It is the simply time in which Looney Tunes characters have shared screen fourth dimension with their rivals at Disney (producers of the film)—specially in the scenes where Bugs and Mickey Mouse are skydiving, and when Daffy and Donald Duck are performing their "Dueling Pianos" sequence.

On July tenth, 1989, after a battle with heart problems, Mel Blanc died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of cardiovascular affliction. A picture depicting the Looney Tunes characters entitled "Speechless" was released presently after his death.

Nickelodeon aired all the unaired cartoons in a show called Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon between 1988 and 1999. In January 1999, it was reported that the cartoons shown on Nickelodeon would motility to Cartoon Network in the autumn of that yr.^[xi] To date, Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon is the longest-airing blithe series on the network that was non a Nicktoon. In 1996, Space Jam, a alive-activity animated picture, was released to theaters starring Bugs Bunny and basketball actor Michael Jordan. Despite a mixed critical reception,^[12] the picture show was a major box-office success, grossing nearly $100 million in the U.Due south. lonely, almost becoming the first non-Disney animated moving-picture show to accomplish that feat.^[xiii] For a 2-yr menstruation, it was the highest grossing non-Disney animated flick ever.^[xiv] The film also introduced the character Lola Bunny, who subsequently became another recurring member of the Looney Tunes cast, ordinarily equally a dearest interest for Bugs.

In 1997, Bugs Bunny was featured on a U.S. 32 cent postage stamp; the first of five Looney Tunes themed stamps to be issued.^[15]

The Looney Tunes too achieved success in the expanse of television during this era, with appearances in several originally produced serial, including Taz-Mania (1991, starring Taz) and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995, starring Sylvester, Tweety, and Granny). The gang also made frequent cameos in the 1990 spinoff series Tiny Toon Adventures, from executive producer Steven Spielberg, where they played teachers and mentors to a younger generation of cartoon characters (Plucky Duck, Hamton J. Sus scrofa, Babs and Buster Bunny, etc.), plus occasional cameos in the afterward Warner shows Animaniacs (also from Spielberg) and Histeria!.

2000–2014: Network Exploration [edit]

In March 2000, it was revealed that the entire Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies library would be exclusive to Cartoon Network starting autumn of that year.^[16] Looney Tunes shorts were notwithstanding airing on ABC as part of The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Bear witness at the time, and the determination led to the bear witness's cancellation. This conclusion would remain in effect for over 20 years, until MeTV began ambulation the classic Warner Bros. cartoons (along with MGM and Paramount's library) in January 2021. In 2003, some other feature motion-picture show was released, this fourth dimension in an endeavour to recapture the spirit of the original shorts: the alive-action/animated Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Although the film wasn't financially successful,^[17] information technology was met with mixed-to-positive reviews from film critics and has been argued by blitheness historians and fans as the finest original feature-length appearance of the cartoon characters.^{[14] [xviii] [19] [twenty]} In 2006, Warner Dwelling Video released a new and Christmas-themed Looney Tunes direct-to-video motion-picture show called Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas, a parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Other Looney Tunes Tv set serial made during this fourth dimension were Baby Looney Tunes (2001–2006), Duck Dodgers (2003-2005) and Loonatics Unleashed (2005–2007).

On October 22, 2007, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons became available for the first time in High-definition via Microsoft's Xbox Alive service, including some in Spanish.^[21] From February 29 – May 18, 2008, many Looney Tunes artifacts, including original blitheness cels and concept drawings, were on display at the Butler Found of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, only off the campus of Youngstown Country Academy, nearly where the Warners lived early in life.^[22]

At the 2009 Drawing Network upfront, The Looney Tunes Evidence was announced.^[23] After several delays, the series premiered on May 3, 2011. Produced by Warner Bros. Blitheness, the series centers on Bugs and Daffy as they leave the wood and motion 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'south girlfriend. The bear witness likewise 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, likewise equally CGI blithe shorts starring Wile Eastward. Coyote and the Road Runner (which were removed subsequently the first season). The serial was cancelled after its 2nd season.^[24]

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. films. There were six in the works that began with the first short, Coyote Falls, that preceded the film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, which was released on July 30, 2010. On September 24, 2010, Fur of Flying preceded the film, Fable of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, and on Dec 17, 2010, Rabid Passenger preceded the motion-picture show, Yogi Bear. On June 8, 2011, Warner Bros. Animation appear that there will be more Looney Tunes iii-D theatrical shorts; the outset titled Daffy's Rhapsody with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, the adjacent being I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat with Sylvester, Tweety, and Granny. Daffy'due south Rhapsody was to precede the movie Happy Feet Two,^[25] until the studio decided to premiere I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat instead. Daffy's Rhapsody instead premiered in 2012, preceding Journey ii: The Mysterious Island.^[26] All v shorts were directed by Matthew O'Callaghan.

In 2012, several announcements were made most a Looney Tunes reboot picture show titled Superlative, in development.^[27] Quondam Saturday Dark Alive cast member Jenny Slate was said to be on board every bit author for the new motion-picture show. Jeffrey Clifford, Harry Potter producer David Heyman, and Dark Shadows writers David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith were slated to produce the pic.^[28] On August 27, 2014, writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz were hired to script the film, directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa were in talks to direct the film, while actor Steve Carell was rumored to be starring in a lead function.^[29] Despite this, the movie has yet to enter production.

2015–present: Revival [edit]

At the 2014 Cartoon Network upfront, another series titled Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production (later New Looney Tunes) was appear.^[30] Starring Bugs Bunny, the series premiered on both Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang in Fall 2015.^[31] The serial has had an unusually tedious rollout, with the series having moved to the Boomerang streaming service in 2017, and was eventually cancelled on January 30, 2020.^{[ citation needed ]}

On June 11, 2018, some other series, titled Looney Tunes Cartoons, was announced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered on May 27, 2020, on the streaming service HBO Max. The series features "1,000 minutes of new ane-to-vi infinitesimal cartoons featuring the brand'due south marquee characters", voiced by their electric current vox actors in "unproblematic, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories" that are rendered past multiple artists employing "a visual way that will resonate with fans", most noticeably having a style reminiscent of the styles of Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng and Robert McKimson.^[32] According to co-executive producer Peter Browngardt, "We're not doing guns, just we tin can do cartoony violence — TNT, the Acme stuff. All that was kind of grandfathered in."^[33] Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation also serves as co-executive producers for the serial.^[32] Still guns were implanted in Flavor 2.^{[ commendation needed ]}

On Feb 11, 2021, information technology was announced two new series are in the works: Bugs Bunny Builders and Tweety Mysteries. Bugs Bunny Builders will air on Cartoon Network every bit part of Cartoonito and HBO Max; Tweety Mysteries will besides air on Drawing Network.^{[34] [35]} Bugs Bunny Builders will be aimed towards preschoolers; while Tweety Mysteries is a live-activity/blithe hybrid.^{[ citation needed ]}

A sequel to Space Jam titled Space Jam: A New Legacy, starring basketball game role player LeBron James, was released on theaters and HBO Max on July 16, 2021 later a Los Angeles special screening on July 12, 2021. Information technology is a flick with a story of LeBron James' second son, Dom, gets kidnapped by an evil AI named Al. 1000 Rhythm (Don Cheadle), into the Warner Bros. server-poesy. LeBron then assembles the Looney Tunes to play confronting the algorithm and get his son back.^{[ citation needed ]}

Home media [edit]

In the 1980s, the shorts received VHS releases, with the pre-August 1948 shorts released by MGM/UA Home Video and the post-July 1948 shorts released by Warner Home Video. In 2003, Warner Home Video began releasing select shorts on DVD, aimed at collectors, in four-disc sets known as the Looney Tunes Golden Collection starting with Volume 1. This continued until 2008, when the concluding volume of the Aureate Drove was released. So in 2010 until 2013, the company released the Looney Tunes Super Stars DVDs. There have been numerous complaints regarding the Super Stars releases however, particularly the starting time two, having the post-1953 shorts in a sixteen:ix widescreen format. The concluding DVD in the Super Stars series was Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Commotion, released on April 23, 2013. 2010 and 2011 saw the releases of The Essential Bugs Bunny and The Essential Daffy Duck DVDs. In 2011, the shorts were released on Blu-ray Disc for the kickoff time with the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection serial. On September 19, 2017, Warner Home Video's Warner Archive Drove released the five-disc Porky Pig 101 DVD-fix.^[36]

Licensing and buying [edit]

In 1933, Harman and Ising left, taking the rights to the Bosko characters with them. Yet, Warner Bros. retained the rights to the cartoons and the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies brand names, leaving their one-time producer Leon Schlesinger to offset his own animation studio to keep the Looney Tunes series. With their retained Bosko rights, Harman and Ising began making cartoons at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934 until they were fired in 1937 due to a lack of success. MGM proceeded to form their ain studio to create its ain cartoons. Time Warner eventually caused the Bosko characters from Harman and Ising'southward estates. Meanwhile, the Schlesinger studio continued to make popular cartoons until 1944 when Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. Since and then, Warner Bros. has owned all rights to all post-1933 characters created by Leon Schlesinger Productions and Warner Bros. Cartoons. The rights to individual cartoons however are in other easily.

In 1955, Warner Bros. sold the television distribution rights to 191 of its cartoons (which included the blackness-and-white Looney Tunes and the black-and-white Merrie Melodies made after Harman and Ising left) to Guild Films.^[37] The copyrights to those cartoons were assigned to Sunset Productions, an entity owned by Warner Bros.^{[38] [39]} The cartoons were distributed by Guild Films until it went bankrupt and was bought by Seven Arts. Seven Arts bought WB in 1967, and WB regained the TV distribution rights to the black and white cartoons.

In 1956, Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) acquired idiot box distribution rights to most of Warner Bros' pre-1950^{[40] [41]} library, including all Merrie Melodies (except for those sold to Guild and Lady, Play Your Mandolin!) and color Looney Tunes shorts that were released prior to August 1948, while Warner still owned the copyright all of the cartoons. Dissimilar the previous Goggle box package, this package had the Warner titles kept intact and an "Associated Artists Productions presents" title inserted at the head of each reel (as a effect, each Merrie Melodies cartoon had the vocal "Merrily We Roll Along" playing twice).^[42] Two years afterward, United Artists bought a.a.p. (which has too bought Paramount's Popeye films) who merged the company into its idiot box segmentation, United Artists Television set. In 1981, UA was sold to MGM, and five years later, Ted Turner caused the pre-May 1986 MGM library, too the rights to the a.a.p. library. In 1996, Turner'due south company, Turner Broadcasting System (whose Turner Entertainment partitioning oversaw the film library), was purchased by Time Warner (now AT&T's WarnerMedia) who as well owned Warner Bros. Today, Warner Home Video holds the video rights to the unabridged Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies animated output by virtue of Warner Bros.' buying of Turner Entertainment. Turner'due south rights to some Looney Tunes cartoons was a motivation for the purchase.^{[ citation needed ]}

Starting in 1960, the cartoons were repackaged into several different Television receiver programs that remained popular for several decades before existence purchased by Turner Dissemination Arrangement.^[43] Turner's Cartoon Network reran the cartoons from their launch in 1992 until 2004, and once again from 2009 until 2017. The Looney Tunes Show (not to be confused with the 2010s animated series of the same proper noun), an early 2000s album produced past Warner Bros. Animation for the network, was broadcast from 2001^[44] to 2004. The show featured shorts from the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical series. As of 2021, classic cartoons go along to air on Cartoon Network'south sister channel, Boomerang and MeTV. Differing curated collections of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies are available for streaming on both the Boomerang streaming service and HBO Max.^[45]

V dozen Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts from earlier Dec 1943 take lapsed into the public domain and are thus freely distributed through various unofficial releases.

Filmography [edit]

Characters [edit]

Racial stereotypes and Censorship Controversies [edit]

Due to content considered offensive, stereotyped or insensitive, in 1968 Warner Bros. removed the "Censored 11" episodes of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from broadcast or distribution. Depictions included those of African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, (especially during WWII, as in Tokio Jokio and Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips), Germans, Italians, White Southerners, and Mexicans.^[46] Xi cartoons were withdrawn from distribution in 1968 that prominently featured stereotypical black characters (and a few passing jokes well-nigh Japanese people, as in Coal Blackness and de Sebben Dwarfs and Jungle Jitters).

In 1999, Cartoon Network ceased circulate of all Speedy Gonzales segments, due to concerns about stereotyping of Mexicans.^[47] Many Hispanics protested that they were not offended, and expressed fondness for the Speedy Gonzales cartoons. These shorts were made available for Cartoon Network broadcast again in 2002.^[48]

Many Warner Bros. cartoons contain fleeting or sometimes extended gags that make reference to racial or ethnic stereotypes, or use ethnic sense of humor. The release of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume iii includes a disclaimer at the showtime of each DVD in the book given by Whoopi Goldberg. She explains that the cartoons are products of their time and incorporate racial and ethnic stereotypes that "were wrong then and they are wrong today", but the cartoons are presented on the DVD uncut and uncensored because "editing them would be the same as denying that the stereotypes existed."^[49]

A written disclaimer like to the words spoken by Goldberg in Volume three is shown at the beginning of each DVD in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Volume 5, and Volume six sets, as well as the Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn Looney Tunes Super Stars sets and the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection.

Accolades [edit]

Inducted into the National Picture show Registry [edit]

• Porky in Wackyland (1938), selected in 2000^[50]
• Duck Amuck (1953), selected in 1999
• One Froggy Evening (1955), selected in 2003
• What'southward Opera, Doc? (1957), selected in 1992

Academy Awards for Best Brusk Subject (Cartoon) [edit]

• Tweetie Pie (1947)^[51] (MM)
• For Aroma-imental Reasons (1949)^[52] (LT)
• Speedy Gonzales (1955)^[53] (MM)
• Birds Anonymous (1957)^[54] (MM)
• Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)^[55] (LT)

University Award nominations [edit]

• Swooner Crooner (1944)
• Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
• Mouse Wreckers (1949)
• From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1954)
• Sandy Claws (1955)
• Tabasco Road (1957)
• Mexicali Shmoes (1959)
• Mouse and Garden (1960)
• High Note (1960)
• The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (1961)
• At present Hear This (1963)

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Television series [edit]

Series marked with * are compilations of earlier shorts.

• The Bugs Bunny Testify (1960–2000)*
• The Porky Grunter Evidence (1964–1967)*
• The Route Runner Show (1966–1973)*
• The Merrie Melodies Prove (1972)*
• Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends (1990–1994)*
• Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992)
• Taz-Mania (1991–1995)
• The Plucky Duck Show (1992)
• The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–2000)
• Bugs 'n' Daffy (1995–1998)*
• Baby Looney Tunes (2001–2006)
• Duck Dodgers (2003–2005)
• Loonatics Unleashed (2005–2007)
• The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
• New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
• Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–nowadays)
• Tooned Out (TBA)
• Tiny Toons Looniversity (2022)
• Bugs Bunny Builders (2022)
• Tweety Mysteries (TBA)

Television set specials [edit]

• Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972)
• Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976)
• Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977)*
• Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977)*
• Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1979)*
• Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
• Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980)
• The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980)*
• Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988)*
• Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
• Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster (1991)*

Films [edit]

Featurette film [edit]

• Adventures of the Route-Runner (1962)

Compilation films [edit]

• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
• The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Film (1981)
• Bugs Bunny's 3rd Picture: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
• Daffy Duck'southward Fantastic Isle (1983)
• Daffy Duck'due south Quackbusters (1988)

Feature films [edit]

• 2 Guys from Texas (1948) (cameo of Bugs Bunny simply)
• My Dream Is Yours (1949) (cameos of Bugs Bunny and Tweety but)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (cameos simply)
• Space Jam (1996)
• Looney Tunes: Dorsum in Activeness (2003)
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
• Coyote vs. Superlative (2023)

Direct-to-video [edit]

• Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
• Tweety's High-Flying Hazard (2000)
• Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Hazard (2003)
• Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
• Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015)
• Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam (2021) (the Nerdlucks and annal footage only)

Comic books [edit]

Dell Publishing (1941–1962) [edit]

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #i–165 (Dell Publishing, 1941–1955)
• Bugs Bunny #ane–85 (Dell Publishing, 1942–1962)
• Porky Squealer #i–81 (Dell Publishing, 1942–1962)
• Tweety and Sylvester #1–37 (Dell Publishing, 1952–1962)
• Daffy Duck #one–30 (Dell Publishing, 1953–1962)
• Looney Tunes #166–246 (Dell Publishing, 1955–1962)
• Beep Beep The Road Runner #i–14 (Dell Publishing, 1958–1962)

Gold Key Comics/Whitman (1962–1984) [edit]

• Bugs Bunny #86–245 (Gold Primal Comics/Whitman, 1962–1984)
• Daffy Duck #31–145 (Gilt Central Comics/Whitman, 1962–1984)
• Tweety and Sylvester #ane–120 (Gilt Key Comics/Whitman, 1963–1984)
• Porky Sus scrofa #1–109 (Aureate Key Comics/Whitman, 1965–1984)
• Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny #1–80 (Gold Key Comics/Whitman, 1970–1983)
• Beep Beep The Road Runner #1–105 (Gilt Fundamental Comics/Whitman, 1971–1984)
• Looney Tunes #1–47 (Gold Key Comics/Whitman, 1975–1984)

DC Comics (1990–present) [edit]

• Bugs Bunny #i–3 (DC Comics, 1990); #i–3 (DC Comics, 1993)
• Looney Tunes #1–present (DC Comics, 1994–present)

Plus various ane-shots, specials and appearances in anthology comics like March of Comics, Top Comics and Dell Behemothic from diverse Western Publishing imprints. The numbering of the Dell issues generally includes 3-four appearances in Dell's Four Color comics.

Video games [edit]

See also [edit]

• Merrie Melodies, some other series of animated cartoons as well produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1969
• Silly Symphony, a series of animated shorts produced by Walt Disney Productions between 1929 and 1939
• Happy Harmonies, a series of animated shorts distributed by MGM between 1934 and 1938
• Warner Bros. Cartoons
  • List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues

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External links [edit]

• Looney Tunes Official website
• WB LT Filmography
• Looney Tunes at The Big Cartoon DataBase

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes

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