Of Course You Realize THIS Means Podcast - A Looney Tunes Discussion
Welcome Folks, to the BEST podcast that explores Wacky Wabbits, Screwy Ducks and the artistry of all classic Looney Tunes shorts, re-imaginings and motion picture appearances. Hosted by Warner Bros. fan and father, Jonathan Graves. Rate, Subscribe & Like on iTunes and follow @ThisMeansPodcast on Instagram, threads and Blusky because That’s NOT All Folks!
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Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
(Artwork by @CareenIngle)
King Tweety is NOW (as of Nov. 22nd, on HBOMax... a little else remains, but we'll get to that.)
(Podcast artwork by @DiolotDraw)
Apologies for the delay on this episode. We recorded this before the holiday's and they became hectic. But NOW you get to hear this wonderful episode featuring the voice of Granny, Candi Milo and the film's director Careen Ingle!
Both are returning guests so if you want to go back and hear what they had to say, I highly recommend it!
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Topics Include:
Daily Water Intake
The State of WB/Looney Tunes - (Pre-HBOMax removal)
Colonialism
Non-Binary Characters
AI-Generated Art and so much more!
Comment below with your favorite short starring Candi Milo as Granny! Or your favorite joke from King Tweety!
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Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
On this special edition of the Podcast: Composer and Conductor George Daugherty swings by to talk about the Debut of Bugs Bunny at the Symphony opening in Las Vegas this weekend, which will catapult a full world tour of the classic 'Looney Tunes' cartoons alongside a Live Orchestra for fans and families to enjoy!
We discuss how Bugs Bunny on Broadway humble beginnings; the legacy of Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes composers Milt Franklyn & Carl Stalling; with many detours along the way!
The chat also features first hand stories between George and the original directors of those classic cartoons! “What’s Up, Doc?” A brilliant blend of classical music and classic animation!
He also shared with us an exclusive look at the cue sheet written by Chuck Jones for What's Opera Doc!
This was written prior to anyone drawing a single frame of animation for the short!!!!! Incredible!
Check out website: BugsBunnyattheSymphony.net for FULL TOUR SCHEDULE DATES!
Bugs Bunny At The Symphony has toured the world, and now makes its Las Vegas premiere with The Las Vegas Philharmonic. The world’s most iconic Looney Tunes — What’s Opera, Doc?, The Rabbit of Seville, Corny Concerto, and more than a dozen others— will be projected on the big screen, while their exhilarating original scores are played live by the orchestra. This iconic concert spotlights beloved favorites as well as five brand-new animated shorts, and their classically-infused music. Conducted by George Daugherty. Created by George Daugherty & David Ka Lik Wong.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
On this week's Podcast, Looney Tunes History is highlighted as well as Director of Looney Tunes Cartoons, Ryan Kramer drops by to discuss tackling these larger than life characters for a modern audience!
Congratulations to friend of the podcast and vocal superstar Eric Bauza on his first Emmy win! Eric won the Emmy for Voice Performance on Looney Tunes Cartoons where he plays, Bugs, Tweety, Daffy, Marvin the Martian and more!
Director Spotlight: Ryan Kramer
After getting his start in animation, he was nominated for his first Annie for his work on Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness before being tapped by Pete Browngardt to work on Uncle Grandpa! These connections placed him perfectly to step into the director chair on a plethora of Looney Tunes shorts for the HBOMax series!
Shorts Discussed: (There are more than what's on this list so just be aware that you may have to stop the show if you're watching along)
Rhino Ya Don't - Sylvester and Tweety at the Zoo; inspired by the Friz Freleng Tweet Zoo (1957)
Multiply and Conquer; Wile e finally catches Road Runner but less is more.
Key-Tastrophe; Inspired by Daffy Doc directed by Bob Clampett.
Ho Ho Go; Holiday Special short.
Falling For it; ends with a beaten up and on fire porky busting through the classic WB animation drum to exclaim that’s all folks for the end. What an end! They also acknowledge their full names of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig when Daffy mistakenly says their cats.
Pest Coaster; the classic Bugs' in Drag gag returns.
and more!!
Happy Holidays from the Podcast!
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Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
On this week's podcast, Animation Director Todd Shaffer and Senior Animator Alain Sequin from Tonic DNA sat down with me to discuss their work on The Looney Tunes Cartoons series currently available on HBOMax; Space Jam: A New Legacy and over on Disney+ the latest feature Disenchanted!
Tonic DNA is a Montreal-based studio that specialize in a vast range of animation techniques including 2D, 3D, Motion Design, Stop-Motion, VFX and Live-Action. Tonic DNA had a hand in some of the most memorable Looney Tunes Cartoons including; Big League Beast, Puma Problems and Graveyard Goofs! They also did the promo piece called Dynamite Dance which launched the whole shabang!
The Credits for Goofy Graveyard!
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Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
This week's podcast welcomes back a legend in the history of Hollywood, Dan Romanelli who created WB Consumer Products and helped bring Michael Jordan to Space Jam!
You can already listen to the first appearance of this former Head of WB Products in the archives where he goes in-depth with Space Jam's production, Mel Gibson opening WB stores and so much more!
In this episode, we hear some of the ways Tweety was re-invigorated for consumer products as well as current projects with Mad Max and Clint Eastwood's company, MALPASO Productions.
Movies Discussed:
Looney Tunes Back in Action!
Comment below with your favorite Looney Tunes Theatrical Experience!
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Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
On this week's podcast, I'm joined by a very good friend and talented freelance writer, Tamara Brooks to pose our opinions on the Friz Freleng's adaptions of Robert Louis Stevenson's sinister work; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Halloween Season winds down. And being big DC fans, we discuss the latest news regarding James Gunn and Peter Safran taking over lead roles at DC Studios for Warner Brothers! We also discuss the recent layoff at Cartoon Network as the Discovery/WB merger continues to take shape.
News comes our way courtesy of Deadline; that James Gunn and Peter Safran will lead the DC film and tv division going forward for their superhero properties. I think this is a strong move in the right direction to correct the current trajectory the DCEU was on and with the stellar success of Black Adam it appears there is a lot of fans that want more from their beloved superheroes over there.
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Looney Tunes World of Mayhem unvieled their seasonal Monster and that became the topic of this podcast; Hyde Sylvester from Dr. Jerkyll's Hyde! Definitely nightmare inducing!
Shorts Discussed:
Dr. Jerkyll's Hyde (1954) Dir. Friz Freleng
Hyde and Hare (1955) Dir. Friz Freleng
Hyde and Go Tweet (1960) Dir. Friz Freleng
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) Dir. Bob Clampett
We also discuss the short lived companion piece of Tree for Two which was the only other short to star Chester and Spike (Alfie)!
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
On this week's podcast, I'm honored to host Julie and Tim Cahill, the creative team behind Carrotblanca (1995) as well as writers on multiple landmark Looney Tunes projects within the Looniverse! Julie is also the very first female to write on a WB produced project with these characters!
Join me as we dive deep into the rabbit hole and travel through their lurid careers; no left turns in Albuquerque here!
CARROTBLANCA CONCEPT ART:
Can you believe this film came out of a whimsical conversation between Tim and Julie as they watched Casablanca on one of their first dates!? What a story! What a Legacy!
CARROTBLANCA NEWSPAPER CLIPPING:
It was almost attached to Batman Returns, but WB wanted it to elevate a lesser known film to help boost it's Box Office. Here in the US, it was attached to Amazing Panda Adventure. In the UK, it was attached to Pebble and the Penguin!
TWEETY as USMARTE
Uncanny Canary!
BABY LOONEY TUNES CONCEPT ART!
So CUTE, but we all know who they grow up to be! :D
HIT OR MISSUS (Unproduced Looney Tunes Movie)
What a project this could have been. I truly hope we can circle back to this in the future.
TOM AND JERRY CONCEPT ART FOR THE KARATE GUARD
Who doesn't love the cat and mouse game; with samurai!
Looney Tunes Projects Discussed:
Carrotblanca (1995) Dir. Douglas McCarthy; Written by Tim & Julie Cahill - Parody of Carrotblanca!
Tweety's High Flying Adventure (2000) Written by Tim & Julie Cahill and Tom Miinton.
TV Shows Discussed:
Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries (2000)
Hysteria (1998)
Baby Looney Tunes (2001)
My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005)
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Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Hey Folks!
We were treated to a surprise yesterday as Cartoonito dropped a brand new Halloween short just before the end of spooky season and it's filled with Easter Eggs to the larger Looniverse!
The bite-sized short is only 3 minutes long and unlike the usual fair from this series, non of the character create any conflict that prevents them getting the job done so this is just for fun!
It starts with a Transylvania 6-5000 reference with the backdrop design appearing visually similar to that of Count Bloodcount! Then we get those magic words by Lola, "AbraCadabra" and BAM, a bat with a top hat drops down! This is a direct visual homage to what Count Bloodcount looks like in Bat form.
When Tweety flies in dressed as a ghost, he spooks Sylvester and I took this to be a reference to Boo Appetweet! The Looney Tunes Cartoons short released in the first batch of shorts way back in 2020.
Then the jobs are dished out and the rest of the costumes are revealed.
Porky is dressed as a pumpkin; this is for a gag later on that made me laugh out loud. Wile E. is dressed as the scarecrow, "If I only had a brain." Lola is a magician, making the Halloween magic happen. Bugs Bunny is dressed as Witch Hazel and later in the episode appears with the mask he wore in Broomstick Bunny; the "Ugliest" Witch of all! Petunia is dressed as a Astronaut and that's just silly. AND DAFFY IS BATMAN!
During his candy check, he has the line, "Taste Tested and Bat-Duck Approved!" The utterance of BatDuck is a verbal reference to when Plucky Duck dressed as Batman in Tiny Toon Adventures! What a callback!
The citizens of Looniburg show up as their costumes are equally as adorable. Pussyfoot is dressed as dracula, Hippity is dressed as a pirate AND EGGHEAD IS DRESSED AS A GREMLIN FROM FALLING HARE!!! SO COOL!
Unlike the other entries, the Looney Builders have no problem getting these trick or treaters their tasty candy making it just a sugar filled outing and a ultra cute one at that.
Bugs wearing this mask from Broomstick Bunny is just an excellent homage and truly inspired me to make this blog for those that might miss it this holiday season!
You can watch this one right now on Youtube at the link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuhjE982oLE
Be sure to watch the shorts mentioned as well or introduce them to the kids for additional cartoon treats this Halloween!
Comment with your favorite homage in this and what's your favorite Looney Tunes Halloween short?!
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