Favorite Cartoon/Animated Series (TV/feature films and other stuff)

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Would get the Foghorn, but skip the Tweety since it's all repeats. Bit of a shame since there's one solo Tweety ("Birdy & The Beast"), several Sylvesters (ie debut "Life With Feathers" and various shorts with Hippety Hopper to name a few) , and with the duo (ie "Dog Pounded") that haven't been yet released...

Wonder if they're full screen? Though like several titles with the weasel (never given a formal name) are included.

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The next wave of "Looney Tunes Super Stars" DVDs will feature one release of Foghorn Leghorn cartoons (and others), while the other will feature Sylvester & Tweety cartoons. Both will be released on 11/30/10 for $19.98 each.

At this time, the contents of the Foghorn DVD, entitled "Barnyard Bigmouth", are as follows: (all cartoons directed by Robert McKimson unless otherwise noted)
- "All Fowled Up" (1955)
- "Fox Terrier" (1957)
- "A Broken Leghorn" (1959)
- "Crockett Doodle Doo" (1960)
- "Weasel While You Work" (1958)
- "Weasel Stop" (1956)
- "Little Boy Boo" (1954)
- "Banty Raids" (1963)
- "Strangled Eggs" (1961)
- "Gopher Broke" (1958)
- "A Mutt in a Rut" (1959)
- "Mouse-Placed Kitten" (1959)
- "Cheese It! The Cat" (1957)
- "Two Crows From Tacos" (1956) [directed by Friz Freleng]
- "Crow's Feat" (1962) [directed by Friz Freleng]

The Sylvester and Tweety release, dubbed "Feline Fwenzy", should contain: (all cartoons directed by Friz Freleng)
- Tweety Pie (1947)
- Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949)
- All A-Bir-r-r-rd (1950)
- Canary Row (1950)
- Putty Tat Trouble (1951)
- Room and Bird (1951)
- Tweety's S.O.S. (1951)
- Tweet Tweet Tweety (1951)
- Gift Wrapped (1952)
- Ain't She Tweet (1952)
- Snow Business (1953)
- Satan's Waitin' (1954)
- Last Hungry Cat, The (1961)
- Birds Anonymous (1957)
- Tweety and the Beanstalk (1957)

NOTE: All of these cartoons are found on previous Golden Collections.

The price of each DVD is $19.98. There is no word yet on special features for either disc, nor if these sets will feature the widescreen cropping seen in the Bugs and Daffy sets released earlier this month. Stay tuned to TZ for more details.

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There's rumors of Looney Tunes to be included on the Warner Archives, which are basically overpriced DVD-Rs with unrestored films that are sold online. Better off scavenging for video tapes...

Though would also depend on how they're sold... (ie sets, custom made compilations, etc).

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Or just record them off TV.

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Looney Tunes aren't shown on US television.

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Some channel has to have them on.  I can't imagine those cartoons not being on at least somewhere.

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Unfortunately, they're not.

Cartoon Network aired Looney Tunes for about two months last year, but stopped due to low ratings.

Especially the fact the cartoons were shown at 11:00 AM on the weekdays where most are at school or work.  Then again, Cartoon Network mostly shows cartoons from the past decade and also experimenting with live action to keep up with Nick & Disney in the ratings.

Boomerang also doesn't air Looney Tunes.

In 1999, Looney Tunes were made exclusively by Time Warner to be shown on Cartoon Network. Big mistake since the channel would later give the classics and older cartoons the shaft while making more room for newer cartoons. Also live action programming, which the channel is trying to catch up with Nick & Disney in ratings.



There's a new Looney Tunes show that'll air on Cartoon Network in the Fall, which looks bad from the get go and would would fade into oblivion or be a footnote of countless rehashes that are nowhere close to the originals.

Besides the network focusing on newer programming, "political correctness" is another factor...



Looney Tunes can be viewed on AOL's Slashcontrol Kids WB site, though the content rarely ever changes and have a few repeats. Also various cartoons on YouTube.

They've been released on DVD  from  the now discontinued Golden Collection sets to the recent  Looney Tunes Super Stars series. Though the latter caused an uproar on animation forums & also the Amazon comments page with the cartoons being shown in widescreen.

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Besides the network focusing on newer programming, "political correctness" is another factor...

Those types of cartoons just aren't funny, at all.

Those Looney Toons cartoons are sort of like "Gilligan's Island."  That show has been in constant rotation since it first aired in 1964.

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I recall Looney Tunes airing in various channels,  which Turner channels (ie Cartoon Network, TBS) would air pre-1948 Looney Tunes, Sat AM (ie "Bugs Bunny Tweety Show") would feature post 1948 cartoons, and Nickelodeon would show 1950's Looney Tunes along with early Porky Pig and the mediocre to bad shorts from the 1960's.


History of Looney Tunes on television

Mainly about Saturday Morning packages, syndication, and Nickelodeon.


Pre-1948 cartoons were owned by United Artists/MGM, Turner before WB regained the rights over a decade ago when they merged with Turner. Which would explain the video releases of early Bugs & Daffy cartoons being distributed by United Artists/MGM and Road Runner cartoons, "What's Opera Doc", "Duck Amuck", etc. not being shown on Turner channels in the early/mid 1990's.

Never really understood that until several years ago, though have noticed the difference as a kid.

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Now on a recent  Tom & Jerry DVD, the Cinemascope shorts (wide screen) are now shown in full screen. Warner Home Video are screwing up again...

Though the Tom & Jerry sets had several flaws from edited cartoons and even having "Texas Tom" in Volumes 1 & 2.

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Some Columbia/Screen Gems Color Rhapsodies from YouTube:


"Nell's Yells",semi decent '30's cartoon similar to other melodrama parodies (kind of like Mighty Mouse & Dudley Do-Right)

"Wolf Chases Pigs", while the WWII era "Three Pigs" parody have been done better in "Blitz Wolf" (MGM/Tex Avery), it's still a fun cartoon with the pigs joining the army

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Favorite Halloween specials/cartoons:

"Garfield's Halloween Adventure" (1985), Garfield & Odie goes trick & treating as pirates and ventures off to a haunted house located on a island across a lake. While nolonger shown on tv, it's available on DVD with two other holiday specials.

"It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" (1966), Linus & Sally awaits for the Great Pumpkin while the gang goes trick & treating, which everybody gets candy except for Charlie Brown

"Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" (1988), various clips of horror themed Looney Tunes from the 1950's & early '60's from "Transylvania 65-000", "Hyde & Go Tweet", "Claws For Alarm", and "Abominable Snow Bunny". All tied to a story featuring Daffy's paranormal investigating business. While it's best to watch various cartoons separately & uncut, I enjoy it for nostalgia purposes. Though will admit it's slightly better than the '70's "Bugs Bunny's Howl-o-Ween" special.

Looney Tunes:

"Hair Raising Hare", Bugs Bunny follows a rabbit fembot into a castle and meets a mad scientest & Gossamer, the sneaker wearing orange monster.


"Jeepers Creeper", Officer Porky goes investigate a haunted house inhabited by a ghost that sounds like Goofy (provided by same voice actor Pinto Colvig)


"Scaredy Cat", Porky & Sylvester moves into a house filled with pyschotic mice

"Transylvania 65-000", Bugs outsmarts Count Bloodcount with magic spells 

"The Impatient Patient", Messager boy Daffy goes to see Dr. Jerkyl to cure the hiccups, but stumbles upon his monster alter ego

"Bewitched Bunny", After Bugs saves Hansel & Gretal (Hansel?, Hansel?), Witch Hazel decides to have rabbit for her stew



Disney:

"Lonesome Ghosts", one the best  cartoons featuring Mickey, Donald, & Goofy that featured the gang as ghost hunters. Recently aired after "The Corspe Bride" on ABC Family.

"Pluto's Judgement Day", After Mickey scolds Pluto for chasing a cat, Pluto has a nightmare featuring a trial   filled with cats

"The Mad Doctor", Mickey tries to save Pluto from a mad scientest at a spooky castle

"Donald's Lucky Day", Donald is sent to deliver a mysterious package on Friday the 13th

"Trick or Treat", After Donald heckles his nephews, Huey, Dewy, & Louie asks a witch to gets them candy from their uncle Donald

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The pilot episode of the Canadian cartoon "Angora Napkin" has been uploaded.  Based on a graphic novel of the same title. It's basically a combination of "Josie & The Pussycats"  & "Ren & Stimpy".

Not familiar with the graphic novel, though might check it out for curiosity,

It aired on Canada's Teletoon  network last  Halloween and now available in Itunes for free.


"Abra-cadaver"... the gals tries to fend off zombies

"Go Fish"...Beatrice (with green dress) meets Dolphin Boy while fishing and the band, all starving for food, goes to an underwater city inhabited by fish & other sea creatures. Trouble is ahead when Bea & Molly  snacks on the Royal seamonkey family thinking they were shrimp.

Enjoyed both, though the second story was better.  If this is made into a series, this would make a good addition for Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim". (Might be possible since there's some Canadian imports on the channel)

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The upcoming Foghorn Leghorn DVD will have both full screen & widescreen option! 

As long it's not double-sided. Though I'll wait 'til there's a review...

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Watched "Christmas In Tattertown" on YouTube, which was a Nickelodeon Christmas special from 1988 directed by Ralph Bakshi.



It was originally to be made into a series, but got abandoned. The pilot aired as a special on Nick until 1992. Bakshi owns the rignts of the special and have planned to release it on DVD. Guessing rights to Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" might've prevented the DVD release.

Though would've made a great extra on the "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" DVD from the past year.

The animation is a notch above the '80's "Mighty Mouse" series, though not as funny. Still OK. The designs are a homage to cartoons from the 1930's with a jazz soundtrack to match.

The cartoon is about a girl named Debbie and two dolls accidentally sucked into Tattertown, where discarded items comes to life. One of Debbie's dolls Muffet turns into an outlaw and runs off from her owner. Debbie and her rag dog meets other discarded items, which some appear to know her (guessing old toys), and tries to explain to them about the meaning of Christmas.
 

Chuckled a few times, from the dog's reaction to the teddy bear's torn arm to the scene  when Debbie smashed a robot that's trying to cut a tree.

Don't think it would've made a good series since the characters are bland and there was no explanation/back story to Muffet becoming a troublemaker, which she decides to takeover Tattertown for no apparent reason. Also some characters appear to know Debbie without explanation, though appeared as strangers to others.   





Some other things I've noticed:

a rabbit hopped out of a trolley resembled Oswald, which starred in "Trolley Troubles" (1927)
a couple that resembles Bosko & Honey makes cameo
a gorilla bartender, which appeared on "Lady Play Your Mandolin" cartoon (1931)

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About future Looney Tunes & MGM cartoons DVDs releases from a Jerry Beck interview from an online interview

Would get the Tom & Jerry set if it contains other MGM shorts. Good that the Road Runner cartoons aren't repeats.

-Roadrunner will make the next Super Stars wave in 2011!
--Good News: It will be new-on-DVD cartoons and not a rehash
--Bad News: Some of the cartoons will be from the late 60's (Larriva and McKimson). But it's not that bad of news if you love Roadrunner and Coyote cartoons no matter who directed them.

-A Sylvester and Friends disc will also be released as well as another Bugs (no word if it's a rehash)

-A Tom and Jerry Golden Collection set is in the works!

-Looney Tunes on Blu-Ray is being put into consideration as well as a Censored 11 DVD set which will also include more offensive cartoons (can you say "Tokio Jokio"?).


-Bosko cartoons might make it to the Warner Archive cartoons soon