More Thanksgiving Looney Tunes
More Looney Tunes on Thanksgiving day - see below for more information. The
Family Channel,noon (EST) Thanksgiving day, will be showing The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie,
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, and Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.
WOW!! That's quite a line up.
Monday, October 27, 1997
Warner Bros. Animation Art book!
'Warner Bros. Animation Art', a NEW book from the authors of 'Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies' -
Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald, has been released. This book focuses on WB animation art unlike their last
book - which is great I might add! The new book has pics of limited edition cels,
plus history, photos, and original artwork. The book currently retails for $50 (US) until the end of December,
after that it will go up to $75. Can you say stocking stuffer?
Sunday, October 26, 1997
Playmates WB figures finally arrive Playmates Toys has finally shipped the WB action figures!!
As mentioned on this page on May 5th, the action figures feature two-packs based on classic Looney Tunes
characters: Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote from " Gee Whiz-z-z " , Bugs Bunny and Tasmanian Devil from " Dr.
Devil & Mr. Hare " , Bugs Bunny and Gashouse Gorilla from " Baseball Bugs ", and Daffy Duck and Marvin Martian
from " Duck Dodgers " . Each set also comes with accessories unique to the characters.
Playmates has also announced a deluxe figure pack from the cartoon " Knighty Knight Bugs " which would include Bugs Bunny,
Yosemite Sam with color-changing powder burn face, and Gerry the " Idjit Dragon. " Also, figure sets based on " Tortilla Flaps "
(Speedy Gonzales and the Vulture) and " Birds Annonymous " (Sylvester, Tweety, and B.A. Cat). These items however,
have not been released yet.
Tuesday, September 23, 1997
Super Bugs-a-thon
The TBS station is once again having it's annual Thanksgiving day Bugs Bunny fest.
The four (4) hour toon-fest runs from 6:05 am -10:05 am EST.
Sunday, September 21, 1997
Another very Special Birthday today!!!
Happy 85th Birthday, Chuck Jones!!!! The creator/director of Road Runner & Wile E. and so many
other characters turns 85 today. It has also been announced that Chuck has been signed on by Warner Bros.
as a consultant for the cartoon division at WB. Well, here's a wish for many more birthdays, Chuck.
Tuesday, September 16, 1997
A very Special Birthday today!!!
Happy Birthday Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote!!!! Forty-eight years ago today my fav pair
of characters made their debut. Yes, September 16 1949 is the day when "Fast & Furry-ous
was released. Happy Birthday guys!!!!
Saturday, September 6, 1997
Missing Web Site - Part II!!
Well, it looks like Jon Cooke's LT site is back online. Don't know what the prob. was and he has not answered back via email yet, so...
But, he is back and up and running.
Friday, September 5, 1997
Missing Web Site!!
It appears that Jon Cooke's Looney Tunes site has vanished from the face of the Web!!!
Now, I was there yesterday and browsing the animation newsgroups today and there was no mention
anywhere about his fabulous site shutting down. Hmmmmm, could he have forgotten to
pay his ISP bill this month???? I will keep on top of this and report when info.
becomes available. Stay tuned folks.
Wednesday, August 6, 1997
Update on Re-Mastered Looney Tunes
Jon Cooke's Looney Tunes site NOW has a special page devoted to informing you of which
LT toons have been re-mastered and what parts of those toons were done. Go to the
Looney Tunes Re mastered Cartoons List
for all the latest information.
Thursday, July 24, 1997
Bugs Bunny on Broadway
I don't know how long it's been around but, " Bugs Bunny on Broadway " is being performed here
in Michigan and other states. Bugs Bunny cartoons are shown via big screen projection
while an orchestra plays choreographed classical music to it. Some of the featured toons are
1952's " Long Haired Hare ", 1957's " What's Opera, Doc? ", and 1950's " Rabbit of Seville ". Tickets and
show information for all areas can be found at Ticketmaster.com
Re mastered Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network
I have recently seen some pre-1948 LT toons on the Cartoon Network that were very crisp in color leading
me to believe that these are possibly re mastered. Also attributing to this hypothesis is the fact that
at the end of these cartoons appears this statement: " All Logos and Characters are Trademarks of Warner Bros. Inc. "
and it also gives musical copyright and patent credit to Warner Bros.
Saturday, July 19, 1997
New Hallmark Christmas Ornaments
Noticed on Jon Cooke's site that
Hallmark has two (2) NEW Looney Tunes ornaments out
for the 1997 Christmas season. The TAZ ornament is motorized with TAZ rotating around the tree!
