#the merrie history of looney tunes

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backgrounds by robert gribbroek from hair-raising hare (1946) directed by chuck jones

[dailylooneys]

Unnatural History

(1959, Abe Levitow)

[funnyfaceflea]

It's Bob Clampett's Birthday!

Happy birthday to Bob Clampett! 🥳🥳🥳 Also one my favorite directors that came out of Termite Terrace!

Mentored under Tex Avery, Clampett was known for his zany, surrealistic approach to cartoons, incredibly quick and exaggerated animation (mainly accredited to his top animator, Rod Scribner), and ironic humor. He is also remembered for his two hit television series, Time for Beany and it's all-animated counterpart Beany and Cecil, which cements his place in animation history in both television and theatrical shorts!

Let's celebrate by watching some of his best cartoons today! ❤️

[spongebob-connoisseur]

Three! Three Peter Lorre fishies!

[toon-feasts]

Merrie Melodies “Pigs is Pigs” (1937) dir. Friz Freleng

[crazy-addict]

Four Looney Tunes That I Think About on a Regular Basis

(AKA the ‘50s had the best)

Rabbit of Seville 1950

What’s Opera Doc? 1957

Rabbit Fire 1951

One Froggy Evening 1955

[gaykarstaagforever]

So Warner Bros. hired former Disney animator Rudolf Isling and he created Foxy here for them in 1931.

Then Walt saw it and called Isling to ask, "...Are you serious with this shit?" And Isling agreed to try something else.

And he came up with this:

This is Bosko.

Yes.

YES.

Official Warner Bros. lore today calls him "an American dog-like creature."

Because if they said "monkey," they know that would just make it worse.

Yes, Leonard. His consistent personality was the issue here.

Jesus.

[reddyrabbit]

To be fair, at least the gimmick for Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes was that they were essentially suppose to be music videos for songs actually owned by Warner Bros at the time. Merrie Melodies was the color series and Looney Tunes was the black and white series for about a decade.

Also, the real connection is that Harman and Ising were originally Disney employees who got fired and wanted to make cartoons to rival his. They made the first Looney Tunes cartoons for Warner Bros. and then went to MGM to make Happy Harmonies. It's less "We're ripping off Disney" and more "We know how much of a jerk the guy is, so all of our work is us parodying him."

Fascinated how long the history of other studios trying to copy what Disney is doing in American Animation

[sean-gaffney]

What's Left of the Looney Tunes?

So you’re a Looney Tunes fan, and you’re waiting with baited breath (Greetings, Bait!) for the cartoon list for the next Collector’s Choice Blu-Ray.  And as you wait to see if they add that 1953 Friz Freleng or 1958 Robert McKimson cartoon, you must be thinking:  Surely they’ve released every single cartoon at SOME point since the 1980s, right?  Well, except for the really racist ones.  Right?

Nah.  There’s 129 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies that have never been officially released, restored or unrestored, on home video at all.  And, to be honest, most of them are unlikely to be on the Collector’s Choice sets.  Let’s take a look at the last bastions against having all 1000 LT/MM cartoons available.

Bosko.  Now, there are a few Bosko cartoons available.  There’s 38 Bosko cartoons from 1930-1933, not counting the weird ones like the Talk-ink Kid pilot or whatever Bosko and Honey was.  Of those, 11 have been released officially.  This leaves 27 in limbo.  This is a shame, there are some really good Bosko cartoons.

Buddy.  Even worse, to be honest.  23 Buddy cartoons were made, 5 have had some official release.  That leaves 18.  Now, there’s a reason for that.  They’re awful.  (Also, two of those 18, Buddy of the Apes and Buddy in Africa, also fall under one of the later categories we’ll get to.)

Seven B&W Merrie Melodies.  Two of these, Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land and Goin’ to Heaven on a Mule, are basically banned for content.  Those Were Wonderful Days, Why Do I Dream Those Dreams, The Girl at the Ironing Board, The Miller’s Daughter, and Rhythm in the Bow, are simply not available, possibly as they’re dull.  However, they have been restored.  (As has HtTfHL.)

Seven B&W Looney Tunes.  Mostly the same as above.  The Daffy Duckaroo and Tokio Jokio are banned for content, though we may see Duckaroo someday (Native American caricatures have traditionally been less banned than Black and Asian caricatures).  Saps in Chaps also has some Native American gags, I think.  As for The Fire Alarm, Joe Glow the Firefly, Gopher Goofy and Nutty News, they’ve been restored but never released.

The rest of the “Censored 11”, of which Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land was the first.  As most cartoon fans know, this is not a catch all of all racist WB cartoons, it’s just the ones that were owned by Associated Artists productions.  So yeah, Sunday Go to Meetin’ Time, Clean Pastures, Uncle Tom’s Bungalow, Jungle Jitters, The Isle of Pingo Pongo, All This and Rabbit Stew (a Bugs Bunny cartoon), Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, Tin Pan Alley Cats, Angel Puss and Goldilocks and the Jivin’ Bears.  They’ve all been restored.

The dog cartoons.  There are a bunch of one-shots that have no regular characters but all involve dogs, and (likely as they don’t have a “star” and aren’t really great) they’ve never come out.  Pappy’s Puppy, Mixed Master, A Waggily Tale, Dog Tales.  All but Pappy’s Puppy are restored.

Miscellaneous “banned for content” cartoons.  Which is Witch (a Bugs Bunny cartoon), Tom Tom Tomcat (a Tweety and Sylvester cartoon), and two REALLY late cartoons, Hocus Pocus Pow Wow and Injun Trouble.  None of these have been restored.

Random missing 50s stuff.  A Bone for a Bone (Goofy Gophers), Sock a Doodle Doo (Foghorn Leghorn), Easy Peckin’s, Quack Shot (Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd), Trick or Tweet (Tweety).

60s stuff that’s still actually Warner Brothers.  There’s about 10 or 12 early 60s cartoons that just aren’t very good, and that’s why they’re not out.  They’ve all been restored except Unnatural History and What’s My Lion, which are two of the worst LT/MM shorts that ever came out – not for content, they’re simply pathetically unfunny.

All the post-64 stuff.  There’s a pile, I won’t break them down one by one.  Mostly Daffy/Speedy cartoons, the nadir of both characters.  A few of the Roadrunner cartoons that weren’t stuffed onto that one DVD a while back.  They’re here as no one wants to watch them.

The post-67 stuff, aka the nightmare years.  Cool Cat, Merlin the Magic Mouse, Bunny and Claude… those.  (Though actually, both Bunny and Claude shorts HAVE been released.)  They’re here for the same reason – unpopularity.

Note this doesn’t even get into the cartoons which were fine to release in the 1980s on VHS but *aren’t* fine to release now (all the Merrie Melodies that weren’t banned but have racial stereotypes, such as the Inki cartoons, a huge number of cowboy and Indian cartoons, and Bugs Bunny’s unfortunate wartime cartoon).  Or all the stuff that’s restored and out on Max, but has never hit a DVD or Blu-Ray (half of the 30s Merrie Melodies).  Or the stuff that’s unrestored, not on Max and has never hit a DVD or Blu-Ray (the other half of the 1930s Merrie Melodies).  Or Holiday for Drumsticks, what’s up with that?

In any case, when they announce the cartoons for the 4th set in a week or so, you can look at this list and see if it has any of those.

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Eh... What's up, Doc?

That's a classic cartoon crossover! 🐰🐭

Bugs Bunny, the ever-wise-cracking rabbit, and Mickey Mouse, the cheerful icon of Disney, seem to be sharing a moment on stage. Bugs is holding a carrot, perhaps taunting Mickey with it.

Would you like to know more about either character or their respective studios?

Bugs Bunny, the ever-wise-cracking rabbit from Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, and Mickey Mouse, the cheerful icon of Walt Disney Productions, seem to be sharing a moment on stage. Bugs is holding a carrot, perhaps taunting Mickey with it.

Would you like to know more about either character or their respective studios? I can provide you with information about their origins, famous cartoons, and their impact on popular culture.

For example, Bugs Bunny is known for his witty remarks, his signature "Eh... What's up, Doc?" catchphrase, and his ability to outsmart his adversaries. Mickey Mouse, on the other hand, is celebrated for his cheerful personality, his iconic appearance, and his role as a symbol of Disney's magic.

I can also tell you about the history of their studios. Warner Bros. is a legendary American entertainment company that has produced numerous iconic cartoons, films, and television shows. Walt Disney Productions, now known as The Walt Disney Company, is a global media conglomerate that has created some of the most beloved animated characters and films of all time.

So, what would you like to know more about?

Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse are sharing a moment on stage. Bugs is holding a carrot, perhaps taunting Mickey with it.

Would you like to know more about either character or their respective studios?

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[best-tv-theme-song]

Polls will start to be posted within the next week or so.

Bracket list under the cut!

UPDATE: LIST CANCELLED

*Starred shows have multiple theme songs or I have combined shows in a franchise in an effort to include as much as possible. These will have preliminaries built-into their polls on the first round. This is how it works: 1. all of the songs will go into a poll together against one other show; 2. the COMBINED votes for those songs will determine which show wins that poll; 3. only the top voted song for that show/franchise will move on, if the show has won the poll. (If you are confused it will make more sense when we start, I promise!)

The 100

30 Rock

9-1-1*

The Addams Family

Adventure Time*

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

All That

The Amazing World of Gumball

American Dragon: Jake Long

Animaniacs

Arcane: League of Legends

Arrested Development

Arthur

Assassination Classroom*

Austin & Ally

The Backyardigans

Barney & Friends

Barry

Batman*

Bear in the Big Blue House

Ben 10*

Better Call Saul

Beverly Hills, 90210

The Big Bang Theory

Big Time Rush

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Black Sails

Bluey

Bob the Builder

Bob's Burgers

BoJack Horseman

Bones

Boy Meets World

The Brady Bunch

Breaking Bad

Bridgerton

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Buffy the Vampire Slayer*

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Charmed

Cheers

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Choo Choo Soul

Code Lyoko

Codename: Kids Next Door

Cold Case

Community

Cory in the House

Cowboy Bebop

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend*

Criminal Minds

CSI*

Cyberchase

Danny Phantom

Daredevil

Dawson's Creek

Death Note*

Desperate Housewives

Detective Conan

Dexter

Dexter's Laboratory

Diff'rent Strokes

Digimon*

Doctor Who*

Dora the Explorer

Downton Abbey

Dragon Ball*

Dragon Tales

Drake & Josh

Ducktales*

ER

Ever After High

The Fairly OddParents

Firefly

The Flintstones

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Fraggle Rock

Frasier

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Friends

Fringe

Full House

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood*

Futurama

Game of Thrones

George Lopez

George of the Jungle

Gilmore Girls

Glee

The Golden Girls

Good Omens

Gravity Falls

Grey's Anatomy

H2O: Just Add Water

Hannah Montana

Hannibal

Happy Days

Hawaii Five-0*

His Dark Materials

Horrible Histories

House, M.D.

How I Met Your Mother

How It's Made

Hunter × Hunter

Huntik: Secrets & Seekers

I Dream of Jeannie

I Love Lucy

iCarly

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The Jeffersons

Jeopardy!

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*

Jonas

Justice League

Kim Possible

The Last of Us

Laverne & Shirley

Law & Order*

LazyTown

The Legend of Vox Machina

Leverage

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Little Einsteins

Lizzie McGuire

Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies

The Love Boat

M*A*S*H

Mad Men

Madoka Magica*

The Magic School Bus

Malcolm in the Middle

The Mandalorian

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Merlin

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mob Psycho 100

The Monkees

Monster High

The Muppet Show

Murder, She Wrote

Murdoch Mysteries

My Babysitter's a Vampire

My Hero Academia*

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

The Nanny

Naruto*

NCIS

Neon Genesis Evangelion

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

New Girl

NFL (various network themes)*

Ninjago

The O.C.

The Office

One Day at a Time*

One Piece

Only Murders in the Building

Orange Is the New Black

Ouran High School Host Club

The Owl House

Parks and Recreation

The Partridge Family

Phil of the Future

Phineas and Ferb

Pinky and the Brain

Pippi Longstocking

Pokémon*

Power Rangers

The Powerpuff Girls

Pretty Little Liars

The Price Is Right

The Proud Family

Psych

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

Reading Rainbow

Reba

Red Dwarf

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Riverdale

Rugrats

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat

Sailor Moon

Sanford and Son

Saturday Night Live

Schitt's Creek

Scooby-Doo*

Scrubs

Seinfeld

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Sesame Street

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Sherlock

The Simpsons

Smallville

Sofia the First

Sonny with a Chance

The Sopranos

Spider-Man

SpongeBob SquarePants

Star Trek (instrumental themes)*

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Stargate*

Steven Universe

Stranger Things

Succession

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody*

Suits

Taskmaster

Ted Lasso

Teen Titans

Teen Wolf

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teletubbies

That '70s Show

That's So Raven

Theory of Love

Thomas & Friends

Tokyo Ghoul

Total Drama

Totally Spies!

Transformers*

True Blood

The Twilight Zone

Twin Peaks

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

VeggieTales

Veronica Mars

Victorious

Voltron: Legendary Defender

W.I.T.C.H.

The Walking Dead

WandaVision*

Welcome Back, Kotter

The West Wing

Westworld

What We Do in the Shadows

The White Lotus

Wild Kratts

Winx Club

The Wire*

The Witcher

Wizards of Waverly Place

Wonder Pets!

Wonder Woman

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

The X-Files

Xena: Warrior Princess

Yellowjackets

Yu-Gi-Oh!*

Yuri on Ice

Zoboomafoo

Zoey 101

[dailylooneys]

Unnatural History

(1959, Abe Levitow)

[sleepy-stories]

After Julius the Cat, finished up his last few shorts in 1927. He was quickly replaced by a new character around this time.

In 1927, Disney and Iwerks debut Oswald the lucky rabbit. Oswald was the only and 1st rabbit character, predating 13 years ahead from Bugs Bunny's debut. He was mainly animated by Harman, Ising and Friz.

During his first short, "Poor Papa", Universal studios,—mainly Charles Mintz, criticized Oswald being or looking too old...So, they made him young. But the Rabbit kids, ALL 420 of them, wouldn't be seen after this point until 2010. (Epic Mickey)

For Oswald, he stayed with disney for 26 out of 27 shorts from 1927 to 1928.

But by 1928, Oswald was secretly and Quickly removed from disney and brought into universal studios as their 1st cartoon and cartoon character Ever.

From 1928 to 1950s, he was stuck there. They change a lot on his design; From black to white to greyish brown to black. Even his relationships changed from ortensia to fanny to unfamiliar character to back to ortensia. to know this weird information, fanny was changed to lover to his sister.

So, you can see an accidently incest happened there but was quickly forgotten. because people forgot about fanny until the internet dig through for her.

Now here's my take on my ted talk theory on the toon rabbit on being a butterfly effect rabbit to ALL cartoons, even those that weren't directed to him (inspiration wise), his influence effect did. From being taken away from disney to go universal studios to back to disney.

TimeLine that connect with the butterfly effect:

1927 - 1928: Disney lost his animators to charles mintz and even taking oswald with them

1928-1929: Ex disney animators ended up quitting/being fired by mintz. so they started solo before going warner bros with already created character name bosko. Over at Disney they once again secretly made Mickey when completing the oswald shorts.

1929 - 1934: Harman and Ising left Warner Bros to Mgm and created Bosko there. But they had a working with them, his name was William Hanna.

1933-1935: Friz returned back to warner bros in 1933. He helped out in merrie melodies which was flavored to others than the looney tunes, because of Buddy. In 1935, he created new characters that only one would be knew by his outro, Porky Pig. Porky Pig was in the same titled like Disney's Pete as the OLDEST CONTINUED looney tunes character

1938: Bosko completed his short with William Hanna.

1939: Harman created Peace on Earth. The two (Ising and Harman) would stayed until 1941 - 1942, leaving William behind.

1940: William still being mgm and the same with Ising and Harman, he ended up partnering, which partnership would lasted until their deaths. He ended up creating a duo characters with Joe Barbera. the duo was Tom and Jerry.

and onward to the future and this effect continues strong. People...their fans loved these characters and their cartoons throughout the years. More was added and more was forgotten.

But it did started with a Rabbit being removed by disney in 1927/1928.

New things were created too, like the fantasound, 1st animated film and more!

Side note: Tex Avery and June Foray had their big start with rabbit as well. which effected more with animation.

Tex being a director for about 2 shorts in universal studios. but he ended up being let go in 1935. and in a few months after his honeymoon, he went to warner bros. Tex helped out with the looney tunes more than you think. (will mention this more..hopefully in porky pig and Bugs bunny.) he helped porky pig and bugs bunny's personality and their career as a whole. and he also created characters there as well, like egghead, elmer fudd and daffy duck. tex created more after leaving warner bros for mgm.

for june foray, she started her voice acting career outside of radio with oswald the lucky rabbit. and after that was history for her.

[screwball-duck]

happy 88th birthday to porky pig!

march 2nd, 1935, i haven't got a hat first appeared in theaters. this marks the first every appearance of the magnificent character porky pig. the short was directed by friz freleng and featured the first appearance of many lesser looney tunes characters, including beans the cat, oliver owl, ham and ex, and little kitty. in this short, porky pig is featured reciting the poem paul revere's ride for a class talent show.

fun facts about porky pig!

porky pig was originally voiced by joe dougherty, who had an actual stutter. friz freleng hired him for this reason. this is why the stutter porky has at first seems more genuine than when mel blanc voices porky. the part was recast and given to mel blanc in 1937 because it became too expensive to keep doing retakes of dougherty's lines and recording sessions took hours.

the first cartoon mel blanc voices porky in is porky's duck hunt (1937), which also happens to be the first appearance of daffy duck.

mel blanc continued dougherty's stutter, but tried to make it reminiscent of the noises of actual pigs. when mel blanc took over, looney tunes also began the gag where porky would struggle to say a word and then replace it with another word, which he would say in perfect clarity.

porky was originally intended to be a child, beginning in his first cartoon and represented in cartoons like porky's poppa (1938). in 1939, bob clampett (one of the best directors to ever work on looney tunes) permanently made porky a young adult.

porky wears pants in exactly three cartoons: porky's badtime story (1937), tick tock tuckered (1944) (a remake of porky's badtime story), and brother brat (1944).

porky pig's most common pairings were with gabby goat, daffy duck, petunia pig, sylvester, and charlie dog.

rover's rival (1937) by bob clampett was the first looney tunes cartoon to not only feature the merry-go-round broke down, the theme song for looney tunes, but also feature the end card with porky pig bursting through the looney tunes drum saying "that's all folks!" this end card was used till 1946, although i don't know which specific cartoon was the last cartoon that featured it.

porky's original design featured him having a large snout and a fat body. he was later redesigned to be smaller, but his face remained similar. this is the design you can see in the first edition of his end card. his design was changed to the porky we all know and love after that, which you can see in the second edition of his end card. his final and most popular design was created by bob clampett. in new looney tunes (2015), they reverted back to his original design, which luckily didn't affect any other designs of him.

porky mentors hampton pig in tiny toons adventures (1990). his descendent in loonatics unleashed (2005) is pinkster pig.

the rap sequence in space jam: a new legacy is the worst thing to happen to porky pig in the history of looney tunes (this obviously isn't a fact but am i wrong?)

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

That time Disney released cartoons made by Max and Dave Fleischer on home video... Under the Disney name, no less!

I don't own a volume of "The Fabulous Fleischer Folio" (yet), but these releases - put together by Kit Parker Films - are quite fascinating amongst Disney's home video history.

Ever since the mid-1980s, they did indeed license titles not made or financed by the company, to put on video. Usually this was through the Buena Vista Home Video label, but I guess because the colorful Fleischer cartoons were not that dissimilar to Disney's animated output over the years, these were straight-up Walt Disney Home Video titles for a while... Until they weren't. Later versions of the original volumes, known as "Max Fleischer's Cartoon Capers", were Buena Vista titles.

I get a kick out of the diagonal banner saying "From the creator of Popeye and Betty Boop!" Popeye, as many in the know about this kind of stuff would know, was the creation of E. C. Segar in his comic strip THIMBLE THEATRE... Which later became POPEYE THE SAILOR, after the character instantly caught on... Which was ten years into the strip's existence. That's how you know he's an icon. But I guess "From the adapter of the comic strip POPEYE" would be a mouthful when you're trying to get someone to take this tape off the rack circa 1991, lol.

These tapes are a rather curious mix of cartoons. You have some films in Fleischer's "Color Classics" series that ran from 1935 to 1941, when making cartoons or any kind of film in color was still a HUGE deal. Walt Disney and his crew had done their first in 1932 with FLOWERS AND TREES, one of their Silly Symphonies in which Color Classics was an answer to. Ditto... Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Happy Harmonies, Swing Symphony, you get the idea. And then some post-Fleischer Studios efforts from Max, such as his 1948 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER cartoon made for Jam Handy Organization that was more or less overshadowed completely by the Rankin-Bass special over a decade later. And even, for some reason, cartoons that didn't involve either Fleischer brother... Like the Paramount Screen Song cartoon THE GOLDEN STATE, which came out in 1948.

During this period, Disney had also done volumes of things like a Welsh cartoon called SUPERTED, the late '70s PADDINGTON cartoon, Australian Western FIVE MILE CREEK, and many more. Later on, this would be a strictly Buena Vista Home Video thing. That's how you got "Disney" releases of things like the classic Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons, compilations of '80s ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, a stop-motion Barbie workout tape, and many more.

But to think... Walt Disney and Max Fleischer, two titans of animation who both relentlessly innovated the medium in the 1920s and 1930s... And were rivals to some degree or another for a good while... That was, until Max's son Richard Fleischer directed the studio's live-action epic 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, which was released in 1954. Apparently Walt and Max were good friends thereafter. Neither Fleischer, however, saw the amount of success Walt and his people would enjoy into the '50s and early-to-mid '60s. Could you imagine an alternate history where the Disney studio went under during World War II, and that it was the Fleischer Studio that stayed together and became what the Disney company is now? It's a fun thought to ponder...

Anyways, if you thought that Don Bluth movies that 20th Century Studios had under their umbrella now belonging to Disney (THUMBELINA, ANASTASIA, TITAN A.E.) was weird, there's these Disney-released Fleischer video volumes...

[summer-solo-day]

13/?? Childhood TV Shows You Should Watch

Title: The Bugs Bunny Show

Seasons: 27

Episodes: 684

Run Time: 22-66 minutes

Original Air Date: October 11, 1960 - September 2, 2000

Synopsis:

The show is a long-running American animated anthology television series hosted by Bugs Bunny that was mainly composed of theatrical Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons released by Warner Bros. between 1948 and 1969. The show originally debuted as a primetime half-hour program on ABC in 1960.

After two seasons, the show moved to Saturday mornings, where it remained for nearly four decades. The show's title and length changed regularly over the years, as did the network: both ABC and CBS broadcast versions of The Bugs Bunny Show.

In 2000, the series, then known as The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show, was canceled after the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies libraries became the exclusive property of the Cartoon Network family of cable TV networks.

My Rating: 10/10

My Reasoning:

Absolutely another classic in television history! I mean who doesn't know Bugs Bunny at this point, right? It has classic humor that I personally find hilarious. It also mixes different types of humor as well, slapstick, irony, satire, sarcasm ect...

There are points of it that are controversial or politically driven, so as a disclaimer, I think you should always watch it with the time period in mind. It does get better with the episodes closer to the modern era. I think maybe you should always check the specific episode summary before watching [if something like that is too triggering for you].

Overall though, I find the characters funny and charming. I feel like all the characters are written in a way that they are memorable and interesting. It's definitely worth checking out and watching some episodes. While the sheer number of episodes is daunting, you obviously don't have to watch all of them haha just pick some that you are interested in and watch those.