Warner Bros Studio Stores Looney Tunes Characters Part Too
Warner Bros Studio Stores Looney Tunes Characters Part Too
Looney Tunes was the mainstay of American animated series of cool cartoon shorts from Warner Bros, side by side with is cousin series Merrie Melodies, 1930 thru 1969. The Looney tunes series popularity when it hit the syndicated television in the 1950’s Looney Tunes began to be edited for racist-ethnic caricatures,(such as stereotypical profiling (many times racist) of African-Americans, Mexicans, Jewish, Native-Americans, Asian and Germans as Nazis. Now the over-the-top violence scenes were also edited, specifically truly deadly stunts performed by different characters that could have these imitated by the impressionable viewers (specifically the younger audience). And lastly but not least, the suspect and shady personal vices, such as smoking, drinking alcohol(as well as being a drunk character) and happily devouring pills. In 1999 all Speedy Gonzales was removed from Cartoon Network, for stereotyping Hispanics, but many Hispanics protested and they returned in 2002.
Nickelodeon in 1988 then aired (on cable) all the non-aired cartoons, the cool show Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon. The film Space Jam live-action and animation in 1996. Several films and a variety of Looney Tunes charters television series. And a complete DVD series of their cartoon (I plead guilty to having most)
Porky Pig, debuted in 1935. And as time went on Porky’s character was solidified. Both in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. His trademark at the end of later Looney Tunes cartoons, as Porky’s head breaks through a bass drum head- ‘Th-th-th-that’s all Folks (with a bit of his usually stutter). Eventually, it fell upon Bugs Bunny to close the cartoon with the classic Brooklyn accent “AND Dat’s De End!”. Porky would recoup from his pronunciation problems as evidenced here: “What’s going on?” could turn into ‘What’s guh-guh guh to “What’”s happening?”, great form of to compensate for Porky’s stutter. Mel Blanc a master of many Looney Tune voices said the stutter was more to be suggestive of grunting pigs.
Porky was the second most popular cartoon character with 162 shorts(cartoon or appearances) not including later cartoons or appearances.
Porky was usually the straight man in cartoon with actions creating humor whether he was the brunt of escapade or bystander looking on.
As an aside Porky never wore pants except in three cartoons. Porky player with an array of famous Looney Tune characters from Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, and a cameo with Speedy Gonzales. Porky was fine with being a sidekick whereas daffy and bugs feuded as to whom was the Alpha.
A blooper reel from 1938 has Porky being the one to do carpentry work and smashes his thumb with the hammer as he is pounding nails. With a painful look, Porky cries ‘Oh, son of a bi-bi-son of a bi-bi-bi..gun-Then Porky looks right into the camera and grinningly says, “Ha-ha-ha-h! You thought I was gonna say ‘s-son of a bitch, didn’t ya?
And Porky’s romantic interest was Petunia Pig.
Porky Pigs true love was Petunia Pig, who was introduced in 1937. Petunia has long black braided hair with bows a blouse and a dress. Petunia was in several cartoons and their true love coming to fruition was always sidetracked by a combination of errors, misunderstandings or just crazy situations. As the 1940’s emerged, Porky’s cartoon prominence was taken over by the zanier and more boisterous character of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. So slowly Petunia Pigs presence in cartoon became occasional but was kept in Warmers merchandizing.
As an aside, the pairing of Porky Pig and Petunia Pig was a parody of a Disney cartoon five years earlier where Mickey Mouse marries his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, whereas whatever romantic overtures that Porky had towards Petunia usually brought about the laughter of his rotund lover interest.
Daffy Duck, the zany and brazen at times black duck was first introduced in 1937. A star of many Looney Tune and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Daffy being the third most popular character with 130 shorts (cartoons) this does not include newer appearances. What set Daffy apart was the Daffy was completely unrestrained in all situations, loud and assertive and a truly combative protagonist or the opposite. This was a new dynamic to theatre(where cartoons were seen before T.V.) goers and was a subject of conversations. Daffy Duck had his unique lisp, Mel Blanc the voice of many cartoon character said the reason being with a mandible that was extended it would hinder his speech.
Earlier versions of Daffy Duck were having him the definition of zany, bouncing around, zooming around with Daffy shrieking “HOO-HOO! HOO-HOO!”. As time went on the final blueprint for a Daffy emerged.
Many of Daffy’s characters are classic “The Scarlet Pimpernickel, Duck Rodgers in the 24th and a 1/2st Century, Daffy The Commando infamous for hitting Adolf Hitler in the head with a giant mallet. Stupor Duck and Robin Hood Daffy.
A superb pairing of Daffy and Bugs Bunny created a who new series of cartoons and in enters Elmer Fudd. There was always the arch-rival aspect to all the cartoons between Bugs and Daffy.
There too was a pairing with Speedy Gonzales where Daffy always kept the mice away from food or water until Speedy stepped into the cartoon.
Daffy too was in some live action films and television and was merchandised as well.
Granny from the tweedy-Sylvester cartoons, was actually named Emma Webster and first appeared in cartoons in 1937 in a spoof of Little Red Riding Hood, called Little Red Walking Hood. Granny was more Tweety’s owner than Hector or Sylvester and in the 1950 cartoon short Canary Row was Granny established as a permanent fixture in many Tweety and Sylvester films. Became known for cartoon shorts in the 1950-60’s and has since popped up here in there in the world of cartoons. The sweet widow and the ultimate protector of her most loved canary tweety. Don't be fooled by the diminutive little old lady, she has outwitted Sylvester in his vocation to make Tweety his feast, with cleverness or a bop to Sylvester's head. Always bespeckled with her trademark grey hair bun and the schoolmarm attire, with the fell and look of days gone by, she commuted in old Ford Model T or horse and buggy. There’s the humor of her concept of fads thinking a bikini was a one-piece swimming outfit. And after the mid-1950’s Granny began to come into the present in both attire and with careers where Granny was a nurse or bus driver.
As an aside so was the sole protagonist in several cartoon shorts a fun y one had Porky Pig and Daffy Duck portraying two keystone-like cops who mistakenly take Granny for a crook disguised as her.
To this day, many relate to Tweety saying “I tat I taw a Puddy Tat” when Tweety was living with Granny.
Marc Anthony, the lovable bulldog, first appeared in cartoon shorts in 1951 in cheese chasers. Marc Anthony and is most notable for his appearance with Pussyfoot, with whom Marc Anthony is truly completely devoted to with motherly-like love. Pussyfoot (or kitty or Cleo, a slight allusion to Marc Anthony and Cleopatra)) a black and white Tuxedo Cat.
Of all the cartoon shorts with these two, ‘Feed the Kitten”, is their most classic for the pair Marc adopts the kitty, but then receives a very stern warning from his owner-not to “bring one more thing into this house! Not one, single, solitary thing!” When it appears to Marc Antony believes Pussyfoot has been made into a cookie is forlorn and shattered.
As an aside in Monsters Sully believes the little human girl he is protecting has fallen into a trash compactor and as a homage replicates Marc Anthony’s actions.
going through all the changes as marc believes Pussyfoot is now a cookie until to his surprise all is well with pussyfoot.
There is also ‘Feline Frame-up where a meanie cat Claude Cat is bullying and causing trouble for the duo.
Both have made film cameos in different films.
Brain is an egocentric who sounds like Orson Wells (kinda looks like him)and always scheming whereas Pinky is a rather nice mouse but sadly quite feebleminded, not without some brain power his being hyperactive and heavily unstable tend to squash his thinking powers. The basic plot in each escapade is Brain feverishly plots and contrives to take over the world with almost without exception into a fiasco that never ever works. This due in the most part to Pinkys imbecility, the convoluted plan of the Brain, Arrogance that oozes from the Brain being a sorry anchor and just circumstances and in most case each episode is a parody of a film or novel.
