Questions tagged [looney-tunes]
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros series consisting of famous characters like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
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Why did Looney Tunes characters become hostile to each other while they were good childhood friends?
When I first watched the 2002-2005 series Baby Looney Tunes I wondered what was the significance of making this series while the characters were hostile to each other as adults from the first episodes ...
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Why does the roadrunner say "beep beep"?
What is the reasoning behind having the roadrunner say "beep beep" constantly? Do real roadrunner birds make a similar sound?
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Was Looney Tunes considered a cartoon for adults?
My siblings and I watched Looney Tunes growing up. This was before I was aware there was such a thing as cartoons for adults. Adults wouldn't really watch Looney Tunes, except when they were with us.
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How was Looney Tunes originally watched?
The Looney Tunes series started in the 1930s. How did people originally watch it? I don’t imagine a lot of kids grew up with a television. Did people go to the cinema for 5-minute shorts?
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Who are Daffy duck's nephews parents?
In A haunting we will go, as seen Daffy duck has nephews and three of them. What I am confused about is we never actually see the nephews parents, nor who they even are.
Who are the parents of Daffy ...
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Was Bugs Bunny a gay character?
I remember as a child watching some cartoons of Bugs Bunny, where Bugs was dressed like a woman and/or kissing Elmer Fudd in the mouth.
Have there been any official reports regarding Bugs Bunny's ...
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Looking for a Looney Tunes movie/episode [closed]
I'm looking for a Looney Tunes movie or an episode I recall watching as kid about ten years ago. Could you help me finding its name?
The scenes I remember are as follows:
The plot consists of a ...
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Were the 1934 St Louis Cardinals Team the Inspiration for Daffy Duck?
The following commentator writes:
Historical baseball discoveries:
Dazzy Vance was amazing.
The '34 Cardinals had Dizzy Dean, Daffy Dean, Dazzy Vance and Ducky Medwick.
Now we know ...
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Why is Bugs Bunny's first name "Bugs"?
As per Wikipedia Bugs Bunny was created in 1940 by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons).
So does any one know why his first name is "BUGS"?
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Did Sylvester ever catch Tweety?
I watched so many cartoons about Sylvester & Tweety but I cannot remember in any of those seeing Sylvester catching Tweety; does anyone remember in any serious cartoon about them somehow Sylvester ...
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Why is crossdressing so common in Looney Tunes and related WB Cartoons?
Going back to the beginning of Warner Bros cartoons, I always seen Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and other characters like Elmer and Taz crossdressing for various bits. Why is this such a reoccurring theme ...
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Was Bugs Bunny always The Animator?
In the frankly cinematic masterpiece that is the 1953 short film Duck Amuck, the titular Daffy Duck is tortured by an unseen artist, the implied hand of god of a film/cartoon known as the animator. ...
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Why is Bugs Bunny confused by the name "Hansel?"
I believe the cartoon is entitled Bewitched Bunny. Unfortunately, I don't have a video describing the scene.
In short, Bugs Bunny (dressed as a truant officer) shows up at the witch's house who is ...
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"What's up doc?" - Is Bugs Bunny impersonating someone?
It turns out that Bugs Bunny was impersonating someone when he ate the carrot.
Was he also impersonating a contemporary actor when he asked What's up doc? or is that a Bugs Bunny original?
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Was Bugs Bunny impersonating someone when he ate the carrot?
I've heard that when Bugs Bunny was first shown eating a carrot, he was impersonating a popular movie of the time. People of that time got the "joke," and he just kept eating carrots.
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