Of Course You Realize THIS Means Podcast - A Looney Tunes Discussion
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Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
On this week's podcast, seasoned animator for both Disney and Warner Bros. Robert Griggs!! We chat about the history and inspiration of The Looney Tunes franchise and which director's inspired him the most with this retro take!
Scotch & Soda: Men's and Women's Apparel Inspired By The Free Spirit of Amsterdam - Championing Individuality, Authenticity and The Power of Self-Expression Through Unique Designs
Shorts Discussed:
Daffy Magician Vingette #3 - Vintage Porkys
Pain Rent (2023)
Boarding Games (2023)
Poolside Pest (2023)
Kitty Krashers (2023)
Elmer's Candid Camera (1940)
Check out some storyboards below from those shorts above.
Robert also did the Monster designs for the intro to this Halloween Spectacular last year! This is his favorite bugs drawing to date.
He also crafted this poster for the title card during Boarding Games (2023)
And he's the one behind these poster designs!
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Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
On this week's podcast, producer Brendan Hay sits down with me to discuss the inspirations behind the NEW prequel series, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai! We chat about Bob Clampett's Falling Hare (1943) and Pete Browngartd's High Speed Hare (2021) as well as other pop culture Gremlins like the one in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet and more!
Scotch & Soda: Men's and Women's Apparel Inspired By The Free Spirit of Amsterdam - Championing Individuality, Authenticity and The Power of Self-Expression Through Unique Designs
How did this series come to be?
What was the secret backstory to Elle's parent's tragic death that was too disturbing for Amblin?
Have you ever eaten chocolate dipped carrots?
Will there be a Season 2? And MUCH MORE!
Gremlin spotted at Midsummer Scream:
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai is now available on Amazon as well as streaming on Max! I can't recommend this show enough for both Horror fans as well as Gremlins fans.
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Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
The Instagram Reached 10K followers! Thank you all who follow the show!
This week's episode is all about the expansion of the Looniverse that was previewed during SDCC 2023! The Podcast was invited to the Indigo Ballroom where TWO FULL episodes of the new Tiny Toons Reboot, played for a very receptive audience!
BuzzNav joins the show to break it all down and thankfully he experienced many of the same amazing things I did involving these cherished characters.
The Tiny Toons Theme dropped online for all to see and it was glorious!! I equate it to the opening of Jurassic World!
The surprise here is that the classic Looney roster will directly effect the plot of these Toony Adventures around Campus!
Jeff Bergman who voices Foghorn Leghorn held his own panel on Sunday where he revealed he's dropping his own docuseries about the life of Mel Blanc and his legacy with the Looney Tunes!
Looney Legends in Conversation:
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Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
On this week's podcast, Mike Manolo returns to watch some brand promotions with The Looney Tunes dating all the way back to the 50's!
During the Bugs Bunny Show, subsequently retitled, The Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Show; then finally The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, brand commercials were created to advertise Tang, Alphabits and Koo-laid to kids!
Surprisingly these commercials are very well done, due a large part to the fact that Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimsom and even Tex Avery returned to work on them!
And of course Mel Blanc was there to provide those familiar voices.
NEWS ACROSS THE LOONIVERSE:
The award winning concert that was supposed to premier in Los Angeles in the new Peacock Theater has now been POSTPONED! We do not know when this will be resolved, but keep it right here for updates!
The Tiny Toons Looniversity Panel has been transformed to just a screening at SDCC this year. We were supposed to have all of the newly announced cast take the stage, but now it'll just be a screening of the episodes. While we are bummed, we understand the reasoning and our hearts are with those SAG-AFTRA Members who worked on the show and are currently striking.
The series is produced by Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Animation.
GAY PUR-EE (1962) Dir. Abe Levitow Written by Dorothy Jones and Chuck Jones
This release is set to include 3 Newly restored Looney Tunes cartoons;
For Scent-imental Reasons, French Rarebit and Louvre Come Back. Two of those are Pepe LePew cartoons!
THIS MEANS PROMOS:
From line-dancing to LeAnn Rimes to sporting the latest flip phone in 2003, the Looney Tunes have sure made their way around the Brand Marketplace as promotion artists. The voice talent included Joe Alaskey, Mel Blanc, Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson and even Mel's son, Noel Blanc during these years of endorsment.
From TARGET to WAL-MART and from KOOL-AID to TANG, the Looney Tunes sure could sell product. Something Dan Romanelli taught us a few years back when we was first on and sold carrot cake baked goods with Bugs' famous namesake.
If you haven't seen these commercials, you're in luck! They're all on youtube and surprisingly in good quality! I highly recommend checking them out when you can.
Something else they did surprisingly well was mix live action elements alongside the cartoon characters interacting with them. The techniques seen on display above helped filmmakers Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg when they made Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
Many of the commercials spoken about during this episode stemmed from The promotions in between the cartoons of The Bugs Bunny Show (1959-1969)
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Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
On this week's podcast, I review the latest Looney Tunes feature film, Taz: Quest for Burger with Taz himself!! I also rundown, the latest news from the month of June in the Looniverse!! And believe me, it's more than you think!
Taz: Quest for Burger is a delightful film aimed at a younger audience, but is the character of TAZ still intact? I get into all fo that in the show so be sure to listen and watch Taz: Quest for Burger now available on VOD!
VUDU
Looney Tunes News:
The Voice Cast for Tiny Toons Looniversity has been revealed as well as character bios!
Check out the show when it drops on Max this Fall!
GIVEAWAY ALERT!!
We just passed 5K on Instagram so we are giving away a New Era Bugs Bunny Ballcap to one lucky winner! Check the link to see how to enter!
We also got word recently that Tazmania will be airing for the first time ever on Cartoon Network on Saturday Mornings this month! Check local listing for times and availability.
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Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
This week on the podcast, Chandni Parekh, the voice of Lola Bunny in 'Bugs Bunny Builders' graces the podcast to bring some insight into the work of show runner Abe Audish and the team do to bring the latest Looney Tunes project to kids and fans alike!
Bugs Bunny Builders is available to watch on Cartoonito, Cartoon Network and stream on MAX!
The much beloved film-and-orchestra concert Bugs Bunny at theSymphony is returning to Los Angeles for the first time in eight years, and in a new home . . . the spectacular Microsoft Theater. The gala return performance takes place on Sunday, July 30, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., with 16 classic Looney Tunes shorts projected on the gigantic screen, while a large live symphony orchestra, conducted by Emmy Award winner George Daugherty, plays the iconic original Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn scores live! In addition, an onslaught of Looney Tunes-themed activities will greet concert goers in the Microsoft’s Foyer, creating an unprecedented deluxe experience in Los Angeles for fans of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and the rest of the gang.
We'd also love to offer a 20% discount on tickets to followers of the Podcast! it's the "Friends Of Bugs Bunny" Discount
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(Photo: Eric Bauza (Left) Abe Audish (Center) Chandni Parekh (right)
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Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
On this week's podcast, Andre Meadows from the Youtube Channel "Black Nerd Comedy" swings by to help break down our First Look at Tiny Toons Loonversity!
“Tiny Toons Looniversity,” premieres this fall on Cartoon Network and Max. The half-hour animated comedy series reboots Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television’s Emmy Award-winning “Tiny Toon Adventures” for a new generation, following Babs, Buster, and the rest of the crew to Acme Looniversity. At the esteemed institution of higher hijinx learning, they form long-lasting friendships and perfect their cartoony craft while studying under the greatest cartoon characters in history, the Looney Tunes. The series is produced by Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Animation.
Buster and Babs are back! Confirmed we have Ashleigh Crystal Hairston voicing Babs Bunny and yet to be announced cast for the rest!
Is Tweety swol or are those he's signature large feet on his Legacy Campus Statue?
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The Looney Tunes in the trailer for Tiny Toons Looniversity!
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Tiny Toons Looniversity Drops this Fall on MAX!
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Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
This week on the podcast, Emmanuel Cruz, the Tooney Tenor aka 'Manny' graces the podcast to bring some insight into the latest Looney batch of shorts to hit HBOMax! This is looking to be the penultimate slate of cartoons from the Looney Tunes Cartoons team headed by Pete Browngartd, so we point out the highlights and look forward to the future!
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NEWS:
The Discover/WB Merger is taking shape this past week as they announced that the new platform will be losing HBO and be called MAX.
We got a trailer for Secrets of the Mogwai and a release time frame of the fall for Tiny Toons Loonivesity!
SHORTS SPOTLIGHT:
Jonathan and Manny's #1.
SKYSCAPER SCRAP:
Sylvester chases a sky-high snack set to the soothing tones of antics and The Thieving Magpie.
CRUMB AND GET IT - Jonathan's #2/Manny's #3
A throwback to the DePatie/Freleng era of Looney Tunes with Daffy and Porky!
YOSEMITE SAMURAI - Manny's #2
Yosemite Sam is big in Japan.
LIVIN' THE DAYDREAM - Jonathan's #3
Ralph Phillips’s daydreams get out of hand while shopping with his Mom.
FUNNY BOOK BUNNY - Honorable Mentions
Elmer writes and draws his own revenge comic, but the drawings have other plans.
OTHER HONORABLE MENTIONS:
PAIN RENT
FEATHER OF THE BRIDE
BULLSEYE BUNNY
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