Saturday, May 23, 2020

On The Air: Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020)

Four days away from its official launch, HBO Max serves up a watch party for Looney Tunes Cartoons. Bugs Bunny (Eric Bauza) is our announcer.

On tap:

Tweety & Sylvester in "Boo! Appetweet".

Bugs & Elmer Fudd in "Plunger", a silent spot.

Daffy Duck in "Bubble Dum".

Edit, 2/1/21: The video has been privatized. In its place, we'll use the show logo, like so:


"Boo! Appetweet" draws most of its inspiration from Tex Avery, specifically the oft-copied Droopy gags. "Plunger" is what it is, a fun filler. "Bubble Dum" presents two iterations of Daffy in one. Yes, he's the screwball duck we remember, but he's also a bit of a dimbulb, as presented on The Looney Tunes Show, because who else would think "street gum" is good to eat?

Plus, the Behind the Scenes bit with Bugs showing how he's drawn is a good way, as he points out, of acknowledging his 80th birthday.

Rating: A.

3 comments:

Silverstar said...

I'm liking what I've been seeing so far. These shorts are what The Looney Tunes Show should have been, IMO. Also, nice of Bugs to acknowledge his 80th birthday; didn't know it was coming up.

MisterSig said...

These cartoons are like a sweatshirt you haven't worn in a while. The instant you put it on, you feel instant comfort and a bit of nostalgia. Props to Candi Milo for pulling off the Granny voice we've heard in many of those Freling-directed Tweety shorts.

hobbyfan said...

Candi did a great job channeling the spirit of June Foray, Granny's original portrayer. I kept waiting for Granny to return to find the house a mess, but, nope.

And, yeah, Bugs (and, to a lesser extent, Elmer) is part of the Class of 1940. What a group, dominated, IIRC, by superheroes.....