Of Course You Realize THIS Means Podcast - A Looney Tunes Discussion

This week's podcast is truly a special one as we cover the roughest, rip roarnist, varmint in all creation, Yosemite Sam! I'm joined by Chuck Jones Gallery Fine Artist Ben Olson to discuss this and so much more!
 
The first set pics from Coyote Vs Acme have made their way online!
Complete with Will Forte and a truly 'Looney' name for the attorney's office his character works for within this film! 
 
 Shorts Discussed:
Hare Trigger - (1945) Dir. Friz Freleng
Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948) - Dir. Friz Freleng
High Diving Hare - (1949) - Dir. Friz Freleng
Sahara Hare (1955) - Dir. Friz Freleng
Hook, Line & Stinker (2022) - Dir. David Gemmill
 
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The long running Looney Tunes Franchise ran into some problematic shorts during war time and we're here to break it all down in this podcast with pop culture writer Mike Manolo and producer Stephanie Sandmeier!
 
The Looney Tunes created shorts from 1941-1944 that focused on selling a specific image to the US public in movie theaters, that would persuade men and women to support the war for the Allies. America was pushed into the war with the bombing of Pearl Harbor and that's when the Japanese soldier became an image subjugated to awful steroetypes that not only effected kids' perceptions of asians abroad, but here in the States as well. This was a terrible time of insensitive depictions of asians and pacific islanders.
Films Discussed:
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood - Directed by Clara and Julia Kuperberg. The film is now available on HboMax.
Shorts Discussed:
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur - (1939) Chuck Jones
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips - (1944) Friz Freleng
Tokio Jokio - (1943) Norman McCabe
Looney Tunes News:
Casper Caveman and Fido from Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur have entered the World of Mayhem in all their time traveling glory!
These shorts are all in the public domain and it's important that we don't forget what was created before so that we may learn from this mistakes.
 
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The World Celebrated Bugs In Drag the Day Before 'Bugs Bunny Day' So you know what that Means!
"MARSHA!"
Hello and Welcome to the best Looney Tunes Podcast on the web! This week on the pod, I sit down with Jenny Lorenzo (Jellystone, Victor and Valentina) to discuss the Gender Politics in Classic Cartoons namely, Bugs in Drag!
"In the 1992 movie Wayne's World, Garth Algar asks the question, "Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played a girl bunny? His buddy Wayne didn't, but Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, and the Tasmanian Devil are just a few of the many males who have been bewitched, bothered and bewildered by Bugs' seemingly endless wardrobe of women's clothing." - A passage from the Ultimate Looney Tunes Guide. 
 
Looney Tunes In the NEWS:
Porky's Hare Hunt (April 30th, 1938) - First Appearance of The Happy Rabbit (prototype for Bugs Bunny)
 
Apparently He’s Never Watched Bugs Bunny!
This conversation ties into why Bugs was trending the literal day before 'Bugs Bunny Day' (April 30th), due to the out of touch words of Ron DeSantis who claimed that old cartoons didn't challenge gender norms. 
Cartoon Shorts Discussed: 
Hare Trimmed - Dir. Friz Freleng (1953) Story by Warren Foster - "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride."
Bedevilled Rabbit - Dir. Bob McKimsom (1957) Story by Tedd Pierce - "She's a nice lady."
Rabbit Seasoning - Dir. Chuck Jones (1952) Story by Michael Maltese - "I would just love a duck dinner. "
 
 
Snippet from the Jerry Beck penned, Ultimate Looney Tunes Visual Guide!
 
 
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Welcome to the best Looney Tunes podcast on the web! I'd like to invite you 
On this episode of the podcast, I'm joined by Elijah and Vanessa from Kicking and Screaming Podcast, (not the Jenna Elfman one!) to discuss RetroGaming with Looney Tunes &Tiny Toons!
Our experiences range drastically with Tiny Toons/Looney Tunes video games so we go deep into the wabbit hole!! 
 
 
THE KING TWEETY TRAILER DROPPED!!
Much is to be said about this new entry into the film lexicon of Looney art!
 
Shorts Discussed: 
Virtual Mortality - David Gemmill (2021)
Portal Kombat - David Gemmill (2021)
 
 
  
 
MULTIVERSUS (A SUPER SMASH BROS STYLE FIGHTING GAME)
has a TRAILER!
https://www.multiversus.com/en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C24Z-eStaBI
 
GAMES DISCUSSED:
 
Tiny Toons Games: 
Buster Breaks Loose: Full Game Play SNES - Super Mario Bros. Overlay
Tiny Toons buster's hidden treasure sega genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog Overlay - Game Play
Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge - SNES - GAME PLAY
LOONEY TUNES GAMES
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout - NES - Game Play
Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage - SNES (Sunsoft)- Game Play
Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions - SNES (Sunsoft) - Game Play
Bugs BunnyL B-Ball - SNES Gameplay 
Road Runner's Death Valley Rally: Full Game Play
Space Jam - Windows/PlayStation/Saturn - OOO THE CHILDHOOD FEELS!
Looney Tunes: Space Race - Dreamcast - The Nightmares!
Looney Tunes World of Mayhem - Mobile Gaming
Looney Tunes: Sheep Raiders - PS1
Buster's Bad Dream - Gameboy Advance
 
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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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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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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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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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