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.