Every "Looney Tunes" Reviewed (Part 8)

[@glowworm2]

"Stop, Look and Hasten" is one of my favorite Coyote and Roadrunner shorts. That Burmese tiger trap gag (complete with putting a phony Latin scientific name for the tiger when it emerges out of the trap) and the epic leg muscle vitamin gag that ends with the Chekhov's gun/brick joke of the pop up wall finally working are absolutely brilliant. Also that "Stop in the name of humanity!" sign, Coyote hold up when he sees the train coming at him will never stop being funny.

[@EsmeMarion]

wake up babe, new Hick Critic Looney Tunes video

[@SkiKoala]

The Honeymooners spoofs were spot on with the show. As a fan of the series, those episodes always made me laugh.

[@edennettles1537]

The reason for the animation downgrade was due budget cuts from releases made after the 1953 studio shutdown (Most noticable in McKimson's unit since none of his original animators returned unlike Friz Or Jones' Units) due to lower audiences in theaters due to the rise of television and many other factors

[@the_most_ever_company]

For me, even by 1948-1953 when you compare the animation to the 1940-1946 output you can see some laziness or rigidity creeping in. A lot of this has to do with the replacement of Leon Schlesinger with Eddie Selzer and the fact that the once-freewheeling funhouse atmosphere was subsumed by a more corporate businesslike environment with much more focus on the bottom line. They had to get more creative with the writing and characters around this time in order to make up for the fact that their animation budgets were starting a steady decline that would worsen after 1953 and continue worsening. At first it may have almost been a good thing (if your name isn't "Bob Clampett") but definitely by 1955 or so the visual decline becomes obvious and it just gets worse from there as story, humor, & character are affected as well

[@stephenholloway6893]

Another factor was the US Supreme Court ruling ordering the studios to sell their theaters that began the slow decline in animated shorts being shown in theaters as well. But yeah television played an larger role in that part.

[@kongboy4585]

Fun fact: rabbit rampage was remade into the new looney tunes episode “one carroter in search of an artist” which bugs is once again being messed with by the animator, revealed to be Daffy Duck at the end

[@cursiveM]

so that basically means that after like 6 decades daffy finally got his revenge

[@kongboy4585]

@@cursiveM basically yes

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@kongboy4585 That, and “One carroter in search of an artist” had more gags than Rabbit Rampage… if anything, it felt more like a proper sequel to Duck Amuck (and more deserving of the Rabbit Rampage name) than the actual Rabbit Rampage.

[@edennettles1537]

"By Word Of Mouse" "Heir Conditioned" and "Yankee Dood It" were made because Friz was funded by a foundation to make shorts that would encourage capitalism which was due to The Cold War

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

Is it just me, or are there so many unique characters named “Ralph” in this set of shorts?

[@doddsino]

I actually started this myself, something I've wanted to do for a very long time. Here's what I recommend if you do so, start at the beginning and once you get to 1937...stop, then skip ahead to 1963 to 1969, then go back to 1938 and finish out the series. And while those later shorts are bad, I actually think I'd rather sit through them over the earlier "things come to life and dance" era. In both cases, Friz Freleng is absolutely phones in. While Jones and McKimson might reuse gags or animated sequences rarely, Friz shamelessly reuses it.

[@denereo-da-stereo]

You can tell that around 1954, McKimson was starting to creatively burn out. He had been consistently working at the studio since the Harman-Ising era, and being straight up fired from the studio during the 1953 shutdown, Barely being rehired, took a major budget cut, all of his animators in his unit being laid off (Rod Scribner, Emery Hawkins, Bill Melendez, and his little brother, Charles McKimson) really Screwed Up his creative freedom. And it was neat before he burned out, he had the guts created one more Staple Looney Tunes character (Tazmanian Devil). In retrospect, I feel really bad for McKimson. Honestly, I was hoping to see Wile E. Coyote or the Roadrunner on the thumbnail. But regardless this was another great installment of your hope to be magnum opus. Also, if you need any booze to get you through the DePatie-Freleng, Format Films, and Seven Arts era cartoons, I would be much obliged to provide.

[@extrahistory8956]

Fellow Looney Tunes history enjoyer here, I am glad that someone else has enjoyed the wonderful _Merrie History of the Looney Tunes_ series just as much as me.

[@jonathanadair6847]

Saying there were no good cartoons in the late 50s and 1960’s is something that is clearly not true.

[@glowworm2]

There are definitely still a few gems coming up. Unfortunately, once Bill Lava takes over for the music, some of the shorts start to fall a bit flat. Let's not even get started on when the Speedy and Daffy shorts start to fall into play. We're not quite there yet, thankfully.

[@lucthevelociraptor9321]

I remembered Rabbit Rampage just as much as Duck Amuck well of just how classic both cartoons are. Excellent Review as always as we're almost there to the end.

[@glowworm2]

I always assumed that the "Hansel" joke in Bewitched Bunny was that both Bugs and the prince were confused by how to pronounce that name and that yes, it is a rather odd sounding name. I mean, we generally pronounce it with a long a sound, but here, Hansel pronounces it with an exaggerated German accent and great emphasis on the short a sound, making it sound even more bizarre. Also, I just watched this short the other night and the part where the prince walks out the door to the heroic sounding music while still puzzling over that name is one of my favorite gags in this one. Also, Witch Hazel is one of my favorite lesser known Looney Tunes characters.

[@ThePixarlampDude]

A ton of mixed receptions this time around. But even still, I'm excited for what you think of the next 200 shorts because the amount of downfall they have in them makes for very interesting watching as there could be a rare diamond in the rough for you. Again, congrats on making this far!

[@felixleidig8307]

its amazing how many distinct and different Roles sylvester the cat was able to play way more then bugs

[@zeroni77]

worth the wait.

[@fayremead]

12:40 -- the bit in "By Word of Mouse" where consumers get bigger yet cheaper TV sets over the years, then the mouse reduces the profit margin (and, not shown here, cuts costs), makes this cartoon perhaps the most pertinent of the Sloane Foundation-sponsored trilogy if you do a little extra thinking . . . because with many consumer products of the 1950s and beyond, quality control was sacrificed in the name of cost-cutting and manufacturing as much product as possible. So those bigger and cheaper TV sets had their reception defects magnified, and suffered more breakdowns. Many libraries have old phone directories (with their glut of TV repair listings) or back issues of Consumer Reports to verify the above.

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

Overall dip in quality aside, I will say that you're starting off with a BIG one in Part 9, otherwise known as the swansong of good taste. Also, have you considered doing the post-60s theatrical Looney Tunes shorts? They include another appearance of Michigan J. Frog, another instance of Daffy as Superman, and a Sylvester Jr. cartoon without Hippety Hopper in them.

[@thehickcritic]

Yes, I have considered making videos regarding the other Looney Tunes properties. I can't say when exactly something like that would happen, but I do expect to go over them at some point.

[@glowworm2]

I always really loved "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers" and "The Duxorcist" and consider them both to be on par with classic Looney Tunes shorts.That and television used to air those shorts almost as much as the classics.

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

That sounds great! But if you do plan on making a review series on Walt Disney Animation Studios shorts, I have to say that division never truly stopped making new shorts. So you'll have to set some boundaries if you don't want that series to be longer than your Looney Tunes ranking. If anything, MGM sounds like an easier studio to tackle next, if only because it had a shorter lifespan than WB does.

[@lucasmorais7646]

​@@thehickcritic I suggest maybe doing reviews of Taz Mania, The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries and Duck Dodgers. Maybe not as good as Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs but still very entertaining TV series featuring Looney Tunes characters as protagonists. Bonus points for The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries for having seven episodes animated by TMS, which means almost theatrical animation quality-wise.

[@Lars_E_Mou]

I believe that both Friz and Chuck make a funny deal to borrow each others characters as cameos in "Dog Pounded" and "No Barking". They both was also made in 1954.

[@s.nifrum4580]

13:17 to 13:27 I don’t know why I found this so funny but I laughed and I laughed hard

[@TaylorZanderFrancis]

From what i heard, Bea Benaderet's first cartoon was Little Red Riding Rabbit, so wasnt the voice of Dora Standpipe. It was an actress named Marjorie Tarlton, who voiced cute voiced characters in Looney Tunes at that time. IMDB lists her under additional voices for the chartoon, but theres no other female roles in it, to my memory. Also, according to some online sources, Marjorie Tarlton is still alive, which would make her 101 years old this year.

[@laurianelivi]

Another wonderful review, I just want to make a point, this package of cartoons are when the WB Cartoons studio was shutdown for the first time, the animation seems off because budgets being cut, the Friz's cartoons about economic education and McKimson's cartoons about televison were because Friz were trying to get budget from another places not just from Warners and McKimson were trying to get public attention putting television references on his cartoons. Just Chuck was doing great beacuse of his fascination with UPA and his units was like the A unit from the studio. Unfortunately is just downhill from now on. (Sorry for my english lol loves from Brazil).

[@KillaCoyoteGuy03]

The reason why the animation dropped is due to budget cuts during that time, with every studio that still released theatrical cartoons, as television was starting to pop off and studios started focusing on television animation rather than theatrical. Not to mention, it was harder for studios to sell their cartoons to theaters due to their being a less demand for them.

[@allencthulhu]

By Word of Mouse; Heir Conditioned; and Yankee Dood It were all commissioned and paid for by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and were meant to be used for economic literacy.

[@juliamavroidi8601]

I had no idea there were this many Goofy Gophers or Claude Cat cartoons before watching this series Or Hippety Hopper for that matter

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

Yeah, especially since nobody remembers them. Taz was only in *FIVE* Golden Age shorts, yet HE is a beloved member of the Loony Tunes crew!

[@doddsino]

​@@northstarpokeshipper2148 It certainly helps that Taz was used in a lot of merchandising during the 90's while LT was seeing a resurgence. Oh and Taz having his own show too. 😅

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

@@doddsino Yep. Still Doesn’t help the fact that most people (myself included) will find it surprising that several forgotten or even hated LT Characters appeared more than Taz did during the Golden Age of Cartoons.

[@mets137781]

Yeah others have mentioned the cost issues with the animation but the other thing to consider is that the UPA influence, more abstract backgrounds and characters along with limited animation (ironically drawing influence from the dover boys), is seep in. Even the disney shorts of this era see simplified abstract backgrounds. Since it was also cheaper it makes sense why it was adopted.

[@travisdelafuente1150]

I always thought that Ralph Wolf was Wile E Coyote and it felt just so weird for him to be near a sheepdog and sheep when he would just go and catch the roadrunner.

[@glowworm2]

I knew Ralph was a separate character but was always intrigued as a kid to hear Wile talk and chase after Bugs Bunny.

[@Evanthemovieguy]

You can definitely tell that the animation in McKimson's cartoons especially is starting to go dowmhill around this time. Less so with Friz's cartoons, but still a tad. Though Chuck Jones always seemed to adapt pretty well to a more limited animation style, I've noticed. And yeah, this collection was definitely a step down from the last 4, but still pretty solid! Three Little Bops and One Froggy Evening are both in my top 10. But it looks like this will be the beginning of a gradual decline regardless.

[@denereo-da-stereo]

Yeah, At that point, McKimson was creatively burning out.

[@doddsino]

​@@denereo-da-stereo It wasn't just that. McKimson's unit was dismantled in the early 50's and he literally had to fight tooth and nail to get it back, albeit with pretty large budget cuts. McKimson suffered from a lot of stress during this period, probably one of the reasons he died prematurely when everyone else in his family lived to be in their 80's and 90's.

[@mangoman2637]

Well, as I expected, this part was a severe downgrade from the last. The animation felt really rough around the edges, mainly on McKimson's shorts but also on Freleng's shorts sometimes as well. Another thing to note is that a lot of the gags in some shorts felt too overdone and run into the ground, but it was almost 30 years since they started so they can't all be new. Even though the true terror will begin in part 10, part 9 will start to be the drastic downfall, with the main directors becoming too burnt out to direct on their own, needing help from other co-directors. I still know that part 9 will feature some absolutely god-tier shorts and even part 10 will feature some pretty decent ones. One last thing to note about the future of this series is that from 1962-1964 (not counting the dark age because we all know about it) both Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng will leave the studio, leaving us with only Bob McKimson, who is undeniably the weakest director around that time and throughout the 60's will create some AWFUL, truly AWFUL cartoons.

[@allencthulhu]

What if Michigan J. Frog in singing mode, is just the guys imagination (read: delusion) and he's just a normal frog.

[@plasquatch]

13:18 This was on an episode of the excellent anthology program Toon Heads, and the announcer pronounced it as "From A to Z's."

[@danworks9559]

Do you think you will ever do a similar series to this for other cartoons like Disney shorts tom and jerry? Ps, i think the “By Word of Mouse” cartoon was made because friz freleng was dealing with some budgetary problems so made a short for some college or university that wanted to show how good capitalism was, sort of like how many KZbinrs take Raid Shadow Legends sponsorships so their channel can keep producing content.

[@thehickcritic]

Yes I'd like do both Disney and MGM cartoons someday, probably not right away after Looney Tunes is done, but they are something I want to do.

[@canaisyoung3601]

3:20-3:29: You see, that's where you're wrong. Chuck Jones has been trolling the censors since he first started the Pepe cartoons, though an argument can be made that it wasn't apparent until "Wild Over You".

[@jakeblake415]

"Knight-mare Hare" was a main inspiration for the video game "Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time!" Anybody remember that?

[@passievruchtentv]

YES

[@evelyngomez9944]

Another Fabulous video from The Hick Critic, here's some notes I would like to talk about on some of these cartoons. Mark Anthony also makes a cameo in "No Barking" Wile E Coyote also tried to poison bugs with carrots (but failed) near the end of "Operation Rabbit" Bugs shaking what looks to be like a baby will never get old to me. If I had a nickel for everytime a year of cartoons first aired on Jan 1st, and ended on Dec 31st I would have 2 nickels... I thought the cartoon "Heir-Conditioned" was a Bugs Bunny cartoon, cuz my 7 year old self didn't know wtf the word "heir" meant. A cartoon about Daffy and Porky up in space, with a VERY similar setting to the cartoon "Duck Dodgers in the 24th in a half Century!", And STILL no Marvin (not even a cameo)?!? Now that's a true Looney tunes sin right there. The Sam and Ralph cartoon called "A Sheep In The Deep" has a certain scene in it that might help answer your questions about them at least a little bit. Tweet Zoo might be one of my favorite Sylvester and Tweety cartoons . I love the gags in that one especially the ending!! The narrator in "Go Fly A Kit" might actually be the main protagonist's dad...

[@mets137781]

Also to give you an idea of how big the Honeymooners were consider the Flintstones basically lift the premise wholesale and put it in the stone age.

[@flippyfrogman]

Yeah, I can agree with your point about the 50’s animation. I love 50’s Looney Tunes, don’t get me wrong, but yeah, the animation is more flat and stuff than, say, the 40’s. The animation is good, but not as good as the what came before it. I’ve always thought that and I’ve never really heard anyone point it out

[@doddsino]

It wasn't exclusive to Warner, but it's probably the most notable because of the level of talent they had behind the scenes. Heavier lines, flat limited animation, little to no shading. It's not as bad as it would get in the 1960's, but it's still okay. The thing that bothered me the most was the redesigns to the characters. Always dug the early 40's design of Bugs and Daffy in general, and seeing them both get flatter heads, larger eyes and just rougher designs in general.

[@flippyfrogman]

@@doddsino Yeah, this is kind of related to your point, a lot of the backgrounds got less painted and had more solid colors. They looked nice but you can tell they were cheaper to make

[@mets137781]

yeah this is UPA influence seeping in

[@glowworm2]

15:54--and yet the Wayans Brothers had the bright idea to make a live action movie based on this short called "Little Man." Yeah, any one who's ever seen this short instantly knew where they got the premise for this one from.

[@Thot_Patrol_USA]

I’ve seen Little Man. I don’t remember anything about it but I saw online nobody really liked it

[@glowworm2]

I’ve never seen it myself but know for certain that when the trailer for it came out, many Looney Tunes fans immediately recognized that this film was inspired by Baby Buggy Bunny, and this was not a good thing.

[@robbiewalker2831]

3:20: To think most of Pepe’s shorts would tell the audience “he’s a skunk, therefore his stench drives away everybody including cats”, but yeah, the lack of smell in the story does make it problematic, and the ending didn’t make it any better, as it gave non-looney tunes fans ammo for their SJW riots. 4:11: Admittedly, this is a personal favorite short of mine, as Sylvester actually wins in the end in this “Kangaroo-Mouse” short. And it ends with Sylvester getting “black balled” even when he became the new “Grand Exhalted Poobah”. 7:05: Well, I do find it interesting that Tazboy (yes, that’s also his name) can speak at all. Usually he does grunts and squeaks, as that is part of his irl species, but giving him this low gruff voice compliments his character as well, mostly speaking in broken English, with “What for you bury me in the cold cold ground” being one of his famous lines. 9:17: I think it’s more on pronunciations rather than the names themselves. It’s possible that Bugs Bunny was reading Hansel as if the first syllable is pronounced similar to “Hand”, but is surprised that when the titular boy said his name, the first syllable is pronounced similar to “Hun”. 13:16: It’s “From A to {Snoring sound}”. Also, I’m surprised nobody made Little Nemo into a Cartoon Series. 16:16: My Theory on Foghorn still hanging out with Egghead Jr. could be that he’s trying to teach himself how to raise children, if he were to go steady. 21:17: I consider “Hare Brush” to be the long-awaited sequel to “Hare-Brained Hypnotist”, as Elmer was hypnotized to be a rabbit, but there’s no confirmation on whether or not Bugs returned Fudd to normal; so if Bugs failed to do so, this short feels like a continuation to that story. 21:57: This is also one of the few shorts where Pepe found out why someone who isn’t a skunk is running away from him; but unlike the short where he was pursuing a dog in a skunk costume, when he found out Penelope had a stripe painted on her back, he decided to cover his stripe and continue to pursue Penelope as if he were a cat. 26:35: You saying Daffy having to pay for all the damages with the cash he swindled is not payment enough? 31:35: it is revealed in the official sequel “Another Froggy Evening” that Michigan J. Frog wants a friend who understands him and sing along with, and that his croaks can be understood by Martians like Marvin. 32:58: Ah yes, the short where Bugs and Elmer take multiple personalities from wearing funny hats. 33:22: For once, I agree with you on that fact; plus this is a short where they played around with an element of the pied piper in which rodents are summoned through a flute, and it ends with Sylvester being mulled by multiple bulldogs, because he changed the flute’s structure. 34:04: A great short for taking an experimental direction; I’d argue that the Looney Tunes are like the Muppets, if their Vaudiville antics were in Hollywood rather than a Broadway show. 51:13: Here’s a little history lesson for those of you who lived under a rock: Freddie Seltzer HATED Tazboy, he says it was the most obnoxious character of all. Taz hasn’t made an appearance since Devil May Hare, but Jack Warner visited Seltzer about Tazboy. It turns out fans of Looney Tunes were going crazy-go-nuts over Tazboy and sent letters saying they want to see more Taz cartoons. Taz is reintroduced in a similar way that the previous Taz short did, because there might be some people who didn’t know why Taz is such a hotshot.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Re: 3:20 -- the only other Pepe Le Pew cartoon that doesn't make a mention of his stench is Dog Pounded, though that's debatable because that's a Friz Freleng Sylvester and Tweety cartoon with Pepe in a quick cameo (kinda wish it was a full cartoon. If Tiny Toon Adventures did it with Fifi La Fume and Furball, then they could have done it here), but, yeah, I don't know what's worse: how sexually disturbing it is (which, yeah, I do kind of see why today's cancel culture would object to Pepe with this cartoon, but where were they in the 1990s when sexual harassment in the workplace was a big deal, thanks to the Clarence Thomas hearings, or that commercial that ended with "That's sexual harassment and I don't have to take it" or that Simpsons episode where Homer gets accused of grabbing a college girl's butt? Either they were kids not giving a second thought to anything in the adult world or they weren't born yet) or the fact that Nickelodeon aired this freely with no cuts to it in the 1990s, yet that Rocko's Modern Life episode where Bev Bighead seduces Rocko to make her husband jealous got crap-canned after two airings. It's back now on Paramount Plus, thank God, but, the hypocrisy of it all...

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@canaisyoung3601 Speaking of “sexual harassment in a workplace” Bah Humduck had Pepe as being an employee to Daffy, who rightfully berates Pepe for being physical with Penelope; then again, Penelope didn’t object to kissing Pepe under the mistletoe at the end of the DTV movie, so… yeah, this is also why cancelling Pepe for existing is just plain dumb. If anything, they should be cancelling Alex from a Clockwork Orange for being more of a sexual deviant than Pepe, who is just a helpless romantic.

[@brfan984]

What’s Opera, Doc? (1957) starts the next part.

[@glowworm2]

Ah, then I was off by one short on predicting which hundred would be covered for this one. I thought for certain this one would end with this short being covered.

[@BenildaChiucinco]

9:42 sequel to tom and jerry expect jerry is the mouse and tweety is a bird.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Oh, come on! Quack Shot (13:59) wasn't bad enough to warrant a 5/10. It is kind of basic and typical for its genre, but not bad. Then again, I'm being biased because I loved this one as a kid and still do. And I hate to be Little Miss Pretentious Film School Student, but what The Cats' Bah lacks in Looney Tunes style wacky comedy, it makes up for in artistically using the background, layouts, and camera angles to convey mood, particularly the fear of being lost in a foreign country and amorously pursued by a stranger. The Cats Bah would make a great horror movie, what with today's fears of women ending up missing or sex-trafficked while traveling to other countries, particularly those where women's rights are a foreign concept. And the beginning really captures the dangerous sexuality of Pepe Le Pew (and is a good spoof of the original "Continental" series, but I prefer the Christopher Walken version from Saturday Night Live. Thanks to the fact that the original "Continental" series hasn't been preserved for future generations, the parodies like The Cats Bah and the SNL spoof are the only evidence that this show existed), and what's worse is that the camera is actually the point of view of a reporter interviewing Pepe about the greatest love of his life. This is also reflected in the ending where Penelope ends up chained to him. That cartoon is more artistic than actually funny, and I'm amazed Nickelodeon aired it uncut and frequently (it was on the last installment of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon in 1999) when a similar tale of dangerous seduction on Rocko's Modern Life ("Leap Frogs") was banned. And "Past Perfumance" does deserve its 7/10 rating (someone who did a knockoff of your videos rated that cartoon a 1/10, but that's only because he never really liked the Pepe cartoons. I may not like his decision, but I understand why he did it), but the ending where Pepe finds out that the female skunk he's been chasing is a cat, but still goes after her anyway is one of those endings that people like me like to analyze and read into. And to add more about "The Cats Bah": Chuck Jones has been trolling the censors since he first started the Pepe cartoons (though he was more trolling Eddie Selzer, since Selzer hated those cartoons, yet happily accepted the Oscar for "For Scent-imental Reasons"), though an argument can be made that it wasn't apparent until "Wild Over You". And I don't know if No Parking Hare intentionally was making commentary on imminent domain, but, Homeless Hare definitely did.

[@macsnafu]

I thought the "Hansel" comment in Bewitched Bunny was simply Bugs trying to point out the Hansel and Gretel folk tale for the viewer. Otherwise, no, I can't explain it.

[@OtisNotibrus]

24:12 Not in the UK.

[@EsmeMarion]

From A to Z-Z-Z-Z always stuck out in my mind as a kid. I guess the surreal nature and the relatable plot just... got me, I dunno.

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

The 1950s is my favourite decade of Looney Tunes cartoons, but the second half of the decade is noticeably less consistent. By this point, the ones done by Friz and Bob are just good on average as opposed to incredible. It's mainly the ones by Chuck Jones that provide the most consistent laughs and emotional expression when watching. The 1960s will be interesting; it has its moments, but it's far from great.

[@glowworm2]

There's still definitely a few gems and guilty pleasures in there for me. "From Hare to Heir" is hilarious to me.

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

@@glowworm2 I took a liking to "Norman Normal" in particular.

[@glowworm2]

@@fictionalmediabully9830 "Norman Normal" is a breath of fresh air at that point, honestly!

[@cursiveM]

i would like to bring up some things about this list: 1. i also don’t understand warner bros’ appeal with the honeymooners. was it the w.c. fields of television to the wb? then again this is coming from a guy who has never seen a single episode of the show either. 2. i think you pronounce “from a to z-z-z-z” in the same way you pronounced “gee whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z.” either that or you pronounce it like “z-z-zee.” 3. i also find the amount of hippety hopper cartoons so bizarre. i get that there are 14 of these shorts, but they are released at such a schedule that it feels like the buddy era all over again. 4. somebody has already said it, but financial issues play a medium sized part of this era of lt/mm. and i would like to go into the history of how, but i don’t want to sound like the only guy who knows this information, so go see “the merrie history of looney tunes” if you haven’t already. 5. i’m surprised the writers seemed ticked off at bugs bunny at this rate too. like- i never looked at “a star is bored” at THAT angle before, but if this cartoon is supposed to be a commentary on “over-popularity and over-protection of the star,” they did a fine job at it. and besides, if they were done with bugs at this point, why not make this his last short rather than “false hare”. 6. i do also want to know why chuck jones took so long to start some of his rr cartoons. did he and mike maltese run out of ways the coyote could catch the roadrunner half way into the production or “there they go-go-go?” did the 1960’s roadrunner cartoons, especially the larriva 11, manifest itself into the gambling bug from “early to bet”, travel back in time via a convenient wormhole, and bit chuck jones, making him start almost every roadrunner cartoon as lengthy as possible? also, if you want to talk about slow roadrunner cartoon intros, look at “soup or sonic,” because it takes so darn long for wile e. to just fall.

[@chrisrj9871]

The 1950s had its own look and aesthetic. I'm pretty sure these 1950s Looney Tunes shorts were just going by that same look. If all their cartoons since 1942 looked like 1942, it would have gone stale and unfashionable really quick. It can't have all been due to money restraints. I think the 1950s wanted a "less is more" kind of approach to animation and artwork.

[@weirdogaming-lb6go]

I love your videos can you make a Tom and Jerry one next

[@felixleidig8307]

i would argue that Jones made a third trilogy the crime spoof one with Deduce you say , China Jones and Boston Quackie

[@Solomon0424]

On Yankee Dood it, this one is not that bad. On the plus side, Sylvester actually wins for once. The cartoon is bland but not that bad when Sylvester is on screen.

[@dani2190]

Feline Frame Up is a pretty good Marc Anthony cartoon not the best but still good. Bugs and Thugs is my favorite of the Bugs vs Rocky and Mugsy honnestly that ending gag of it, it's so funny. Claws for Alarm is just so funny especally that ending. Devil May Hare is a really first Taz outing and plan funny. Bewitched Bunny pretty good I love that cartoons where Bugs helps out someone else. Baby Buggy Bunny ia a really funny cartoon and I do like seeing Bugs not knowing the truth until final act. Beanstalk Bunny is my favorite of the fairly tale type cartoons also Bugs and Daffy in the glass dome is just funny. Honestly while I do LOVE Duck Amuck I like Rabbit Rampage just a little bit better personly. Jumpin Jupiter was my first cartoon with the Porky and Sylvester plot (I had the Marvin the Martian VHS) and honestly its pretty good. One Froggy Evening is one of the BEST cartoons ever also the frog was also fun fact: the mascot of the WB channel in the 2000s. Honestly Rocket Squad is pretty good even when I was a little kid. Rocket-Bye Baby is not the best even when I was a kid I didn't really care for this so much so that whenever I play the tape I would fast forrard that cartoon. Deduce, You Say is really funny. Three Little Bops is really cool. Ali Bubba Bunny is one of my favorite Bugs and Daffy carttons. Go Fly a Kit is really heartwarming and creative. Tweety and the Beanstalk is pretty creative. Boyhood Daze is just fun also a Davey and Golieth actor was in Looney Tunes AWSAME! Also in May there's going to be a brand new Looney Tunes Blu Ray comming out so can't wait for that.🐻

[@InfinityandBeyondEdd]

YES!

[@ThatJohnKillion1970]

Another Hippety Hopper cartoon? Woof! That's a lot of air time for a character who was barely passable as a one-trick pony.

[@felixleidig8307]

really ? RABITSON CRUSOE is higher than a classic like sahara hare or roman legion hare.....cant understand

[@passievruchtentv]

Why not make these podcast episodes?

[@CarpettinginMotel.townson]

40:45 you should watch the Tick cartoon

[@johnyujcha6191]

Yeah i actually like Pepe a good bit but cats bah is the only cartoon i straight up dislike. Ending included. Really scent and For scentimental reason being my favorites.

[@Edalgm]

What short(s) would you consider a 0/10

[@evanwladkowski5386]

There’s gotta be some in the 1960’s

[@lennahcmarblesmonstersandm6070]

​@@evanwladkowski5386It turns out he never gave any 0's

[@sugarsmile7852]

I think you should watch the merrie history of looney tunes by kaiserbeanz to know more about what happened

[@Spirit-7456]

my favorite cartoon is yankee doddle bugs 10:31

[@joannatrojanowska7504]

Part 9

[@felixleidig8307]

He is called Hector not Butch

[@itsjoshua2508]

First