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 Jonathan Graves @TheDarkPilgrim. Rate, Subscribe & Like on iTunes and follow @ThisMeansPodcast because That’s NOT All Folks!
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Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Welcome to the Tune World, Doc!
In this week's episode, Animation Supervisor and Director Joey Capps stops by to discuss working on some of the biggest properties in animation and film, along with bringing the Looney Tunes back to the limelight in Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020-Present).
Looney Tunes Cartoons and Space Jam: A New Legacy have been nominated for Best Animated Series and Best Kid's Movie, respectively. Head on over to Nickelodeon's main page to put in your vote and have your voice heard!
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CASTING NEWS:
Wile E. Coyote has found his attorney in Will Forte & Lana Condor has been cast in a mystery role for Coyote V. Acme (2023) along with John Cena for Dave Green!
WarnerMedia has launched the #Tweety80 Campaign including 4 murals that artists from around the globe have contributed on with 3 being in Austin, Tx and 1 being on the WB Studio Tour in Burbank, CA!
Shows Discussed: Teen Titans Go!, Venture Bros., Steven Universe, Looney Tunes Cartoons.
Movies Discussed: Teen Titans Go! to the Movies!( 2017), Birds of Prey (2020).
Shorts Discussed: A Tale of Two Kitties (1942) , Mummy Dummy (2021), Basketball Bugs (2021), and Practical Jerk (2022).
The Murals:
Head on over to Looneytunes.com for more about the artists!
A Tale of Two Kitties (1942) was released in November of that year and introduced the world to tweety bird; then featherless as they were a baby bird and one not to be underestimated. The two cats attempting to capture and eat Tweety were caracatures of Abbot and Castello, aptly named Babet and Catstello. This short one the Oscar that year for Best Animated Short.
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
This week's podcast spotlights when animation directors decided to "kill" for a laugh! John Duarte steps in to discuss the many deaths of Bugs Bunny with me on the podcast this week! We also had a return of Roger Rabbit that I couldn't pass up along with a new toy line by Super 7!
Shorts Discussed:
What's Opera Doc (1957) Chuck Jones
A Wild Hare (1941) Tex Avery
Hare Force (1944) Friz Freleng
Unruly Hare (1945) Frank Tashlin
Hare Triggered (1945) Friz Freleng
Hare Conditioned (1945) Chuck Jones
The Grey Hounded Hare (1949) Robert McKimson
MOVIES:
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
New Shorts:
Mummy Dummy
Rotund Rabbit
Honorary Mentions:
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
Rabbit Punch
OTHER MEDIA:
Family Guy: Stewie B. Goode
Looney Tunes in the News:
CASTING NEWS: John Cena has been cast as the head of ACME (will there be a reference to Steve Martin who played a similar role in Back in Action?
The Synopsis for ACME V COYOTE: Wile E. Coyote, who after ACME products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the ACME Corporation. The case pits Wile E. and his lawyer against the latter’s intimidating former boss (Cena), but a growing friendship between man and cartoon stokes their determination to win.
We also touch on the passing of Space Jam Executive Producer and Ghostbusters director, Ivan Reitman. RIP.
NEW ETIHAD AIRWAYS COMMERCIAL!
https://www.etihad.com/en-us/fly-etihad/flying-with-children/littlevip
New Trailer: Rescue Rangers
While not WB or LT it does feature a small cameo from Roger Rabbit who hasn't been seen since 1988!
SUPER 7!
Super 7 has released a new line of action figures based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)!
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Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Welcome Love Birds,
This week my lovely wife joins me to review the latest special; Looney Tunes Cartoons Valentine's Extwavaganza! Starring Porky, Petunia, Daffy and Bugs Bunny!
LOONEY TUNES NEWS!
The first ever Looney Tunes Brickheadz includes a two set of Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner! Available now: https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/road-runner-wile-e-coyote-40559
Three Shorts are included this time and they are all pretty great!
Duck Chocolate: Daffy Duck eats Porky Pig's chocolates box for Petunia Pig.
Our big question is who does this guy look like to you? Or is it some random man Porky sees himself as while getting ready to meet Petunia for their date?
Traffic Cop Stop: Lead Foot: Daffy erases Porky's head with his lead foot and has a family with the new monstrosity, a Daffy head with a Porky body!
Bunny and the Beast: Bugs Bunny comes face-to-face with a unexpected admirer. (inspired by Gorilla My Dreams 1948 short!
Playboy Penguin joins the Mayhem!
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Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Welcome back to the best Looney Tunes Podcast on the internet! This week I'm joined by my long time friend and Looney Tunes fan, Austin Bouse who brings a unique perspective on Michigan J. Frog and asks the question, is he a time traveling demon or just a metaphor for art and commerce?
We first discuss the talented amphibian in his debut short One Froggy Evening, which premiered in theaters on Dec. 31, 1955!
Together we discuss their long history with the Looney Tunes Franchise, spotlight Michigan J. Frog and the cartoon short from the 1955 short, One Froggy Evening!
We also check out the under-seen Chuck Jones sequel short Another Froggy Evening, which was released on October 6, 1995.
He went on to have other appearances in Tiny Toons and Animaniacs which we also touch on briefly.
LOONEY TUNES IN THE NEWS:
Looney Tunes Cartoons Season 4 Release and Poster:
Yosemite Sam has caught a stinker!
https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv-streaming/warnermedia-kids-kicks-off-2022-with-baby-bears-looney-tunes-craig/
A New Looney Tunes Podcast by Story Pirates is a HIT!
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bugs-bunny-daffy-duck-star-221423304.html
THE WORLD OF MAYHEM:
Michigan J. Frog joins the Looney Tunes World of Mayhem!
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Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
In this week's episode, Sabina returns to talk about theme park celebrations at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Universal Studios Hollywood and their Grinchmas celebration!
MERCH!
Six Flags Magic Mountain:
Merchandise across brands!
TEDDY FRESH:
DOLLSKILL:
GRINCHMAS at UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD
HALLMARK ORNAMENTS:
TARGET STOCKINGS:
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
BUY THE BOOK FOR THE LOONEY TUNES FAN IN YOUR LIFE HERE
On this week's podcast, author Jaime Weinman chats about his new book all about the history of the Looney Tunes and of course, we dedicate a chunk of that conversation to Tweety Bird who turns 79 this month!
Still from A Tale of Two Kitties (November 21st, 1942)
Bob Clampett
Tex Avery
Daffy Duck with the Tex Avery Statue parody from Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020)
Eric Bauza the new voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird and so many more in Looney Tunes Cartoons, Space Jam: A New Legacy, World of Mayhem, Multiversus, Animaniacs and on and on!
Jaime Weinman is an expert on television and popular culture; he has written for Vox, Vice, Maclean's, Literary Review of Canada, and Canadian Screenwriter.
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Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Sabina Graves returns to help review Space Jam: A New Legacy and offer up our opinions on the latest film featuring the Tunes!
We also touch upon James Gunn's almost inclusion of Wile E. Coyote in The Suicide Squad.
And the Creepy AF Space Jam masks that are going to be in stores for Halloween this year! They are truly giving me Purge vibes!
Space Jam: A New Legacy is currently in theaters and on HBOMax until Aug. 15th!
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Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
With Space Jam: A New Legacy in theaters and on HBOMAX now, I thought I would release my exclusive interview with some key members of the cast & crew!
Firstly, I'd like to thank Cakeworthy for sending this beautiful jersey my way that I wore on my third viewing of the film at the Alamo Drafthouse in Los Angeles, CA.
Link to buy: CAKEWORTHY SPACE JAM JERSEY
The Interviews:
Friend of the Podcast and co-star of Space Jam: A New Legacy, Eric Bauza, sits down to talk Tunes! In the film, he lends his voice to Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian, and Foghorn Leghorn. We get to discuss the Legacy of the Looney Tunes, his clothing line RetroKid.CA and his role in HBOMax’s Original Series Looney Tunes Cartoons where he portrays Bugs Bunny!
Gabriel Iglesias sat down with the podcast to discuss taking on the role of Speedy Gonzales in Space Jam: A New Legacy and backing up the mouse to his critics. He was also forthcoming about wanting to continue to voice the character if given the opportunity as well as what it was like to enter the Matrix!
Malcolm D. Lee sat down with the Podcast and discussed the process behind bringing your favorite characters to the big screen, along with what it was like working on the film during the pandemic. He also discusses ideas that didn't make the final cut, such as a scene where all of the Looney Tunes get into a fight with each other and who could have portrayed Granny when the Tunes were turned photorealistic by the nefarious Al G. Rhythm (Don Cheadle).
Space Jam: A New Legacy is in now Theaters and available for 30 days on HBOMax!
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A Podcast By Looney Tunes Fans for Looney Tunes Fans!
Hello fellow animation buffs, comedy lovers and Wascally Wabbit followers! If you're looking for a chat about the greatest animated shorts to ever grace the silver screen, then you've come to the right place! Download the latest episode and allow your mind to re-examine what made those vintage shorts stand out as comedy gems, all the while keeping an eye on the future of the franchise!
Our host, Jonathan Graves is an ultra passionate, animation enthusiast with a knack for digging into the creative psyche. He watches cartoons daily and keeps up on all new film and restoration releases. He is also a content creator with a eye for editing and has eclectic taste in movies & music.
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