On this week's podcast, Andre Meadows from the Youtube Channel "Black Nerd Comedy" swings by to help break down our First Look at Tiny Toons Loonversity! “Tiny Toons Looniversity,” premieres this fall on Cartoon Network and Max. The half-hour animated comedy series reboots Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television’s Emmy Award-winning “Tiny Toon Adventures” for a new generation, following Babs, Buster, and the rest of the crew to Acme Looniversity. At the esteemed institution of higher hijinx...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 13 min
This week on the podcast, Emmanuel Cruz, the Tooney Tenor aka 'Manny' graces the podcast to bring some insight into the latest Looney batch of shorts to hit HBOMax! This is looking to be the penultimate slate of cartoons from the Looney Tunes Cartoons team headed by Pete Browngartd, so we point out the highlights and look forward to the future! Want to support the podcast? Check out the Fiverr link to get started on your own journey to become a Fiverr Affiliate: Fiverr For Artists! Did you have ...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 22 min
This week on the podcast, Isi the Scribe brings his expertise on the real world of wildlife behind the animals that inhabit the Looniverse! We also discuss the latest ACME Fools videos, WB100 Celebration and the latest Digital Looney Tunes Movie Release coming this Summer! NEWS: On April 1st, we were given not 1 but 23 videos celebrating the Warners Catalogue of films and tv shows including, The Matrix, Harry Potter, IT, Casablanca and Adventure Time to name a few! These videos were dubbed brill...
Apr 10, 2023•57 min
On this week's Podcast, Looney Tunes is once again in the news and the Annie Nominated Storyboard Artist/Writer and Director of Looney Tunes Cartoons, Michael Ruocco, is here to talk about it! Plus the WINNER for the Taz x Scooby-Doo Funko Pop! is revealed! NEWS: A house for sale on the website Rightmove.Co.Uk, a room has been featured to hold a stunning amount of Tazmanian Devil Plush and one giant Bugs Bunny! Would this sweeten the offer for you? https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/12905225...
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 20 min
We're BACK! Sabina Graves (Gizmodo, This Means Podcast Producer) rejoins the podcast to discuss the latest and greatest with the Looney Tunes Franchise; including a re-cap of our trip to Six Flags: Fiesta Texas and the Vegas Philharmonic at the Smith Center to catch Bugs Bunny at the Symphony! The Looney Tunes are celebrating the Lunar New Year with a slew of merchandise that includes collaborations with brands from BOSS, UNIQLO, KOHL'S, UNIQUE VINTAGE, MOSCHINO, GAP, and SCOTCH & SODA just ...
Jan 26, 2023•47 min
(Artwork by @CareenIngle) King Tweety is NOW (as of Nov. 22nd, on HBOMax... a little else remains, but we'll get to that.) (Podcast artwork by @DiolotDraw) Apologies for the delay on this episode. We recorded this before the holiday's and they became hectic. But NOW you get to hear this wonderful episode featuring the voice of Granny, Candi Milo and the film's director Careen Ingle! Both are returning guests so if you want to go back and hear what they had to say, I highly recommend it! (Copyrig...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 13 min
On this special edition of the Podcast: Composer and Conductor George Daugherty swings by to talk about the Debut of Bugs Bunny at the Symphony opening in Las Vegas this weekend, which will catapult a full world tour of the classic 'Looney Tunes' cartoons alongside a Live Orchestra for fans and families to enjoy! We discuss how Bugs Bunny on Broadway humble beginnings; the legacy of Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes composers Milt Franklyn & Carl Stalling; with many detours along the way! The...
Jan 07, 2023•1 hr 14 min
On this week's Podcast, Looney Tunes History is highlighted as well as Director of Looney Tunes Cartoons, Ryan Kramer drops by to discuss tackling these larger than life characters for a modern audience! Congratulations to friend of the podcast and vocal superstar Eric Bauza on his first Emmy win! Eric won the Emmy for Voice Performance on Looney Tunes Cartoons where he plays, Bugs, Tweety, Daffy, Marvin the Martian and more! Director Spotlight: Ryan Kramer After getting his start in animation, ...
Dec 20, 2022•30 min
On this week's podcast, Animation Director Todd Shaffer and Senior Animator Alain Sequin from Tonic DNA sat down with me to discuss their work on The Looney Tunes Cartoons series currently available on HBOMax; Space Jam: A New Legacy and over on Disney+ the latest feature Disenchanted! Tonic DNA is a Montreal-based studio that specialize in a vast range of animation techniques including 2D, 3D, Motion Design, Stop-Motion, VFX and Live-Action. Tonic DNA had a hand in some of the most memorable Lo...
Dec 06, 2022•35 min
This week's podcast welcomes back a legend in the history of Hollywood, Dan Romanelli who created WB Consumer Products and helped bring Michael Jordan to Space Jam! You can already listen to the first appearance of this former Head of WB Products in the archives where he goes in-depth with Space Jam's production, Mel Gibson opening WB stores and so much more! In this episode, we hear some of the ways Tweety was re-invigorated for consumer products as well as current projects with Mad Max and Cli...
Nov 14, 2022•45 min
On this week's podcast, I'm joined by a very good friend and talented freelance writer, Tamara Brooks to pose our opinions on the Friz Freleng's adaptions of Robert Louis Stevenson's sinister work; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Halloween Season winds down. And being big DC fans, we discuss the latest news regarding James Gunn and Peter Safran taking over lead roles at DC Studios for Warner Brothers! We also discuss the recent layoff at Cartoon Network as the Discovery/WB merger continues to take sh...
Nov 07, 2022•50 min
On this week's podcast, I'm honored to host Julie and Tim Cahill, the creative team behind Carrotblanca (1995) as well as writers on multiple landmark Looney Tunes projects within the Looniverse! Julie is also the very first female to write on a WB produced project with these characters! Join me as we dive deep into the rabbit hole and travel through their lurid careers; no left turns in Albuquerque here! CARROTBLANCA CONCEPT ART: Can you believe this film came out of a whimsical conversation be...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Hey Folks! We were treated to a surprise yesterday as Cartoonito dropped a brand new Halloween short just before the end of spooky season and it's filled with Easter Eggs to the larger Looniverse! The bite-sized short is only 3 minutes long and unlike the usual fair from this series, non of the character create any conflict that prevents them getting the job done so this is just for fun! It starts with a Transylvania 6-5000 reference with the backdrop design appearing visually similar to that of...
Oct 28, 2022•12 min
Happy Spooky Season Folks! Welcome to your best source of news surrounding the beloved Looney Tunes! In this podcast you'll find an abundance of horrors! Starting off with Looney Movie News Layoffs and a possible cancellation! THE HORROR! THE HORROR! On this week's podcast, I'm joined by the talented host of Getting Strange with Steffany Strange, TV personality on CW's Spirit Squad, Host of Something Scary and tiktok personality Steffany Strange! We give our opinions on the latest Halloween Spec...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Hello Folks! Welcome to your best source of news surrounding the beloved Looney Tunes! For this episode, I'm Joelle Monique Returns to try and convince me yet again, that The Looney Tunes Show is excellent, while we look into current events surrounding WBD (Warner Bros/Discovery) and who Tina Russo and subsequently Melissa Duck are! Do you know? Who will purchase this series? Batman: Caped Crusader is an animated reimagining of the Batman mythology by way of Batman: The Animated Series ‘ own Bru...
Sep 16, 2022•56 min
Hello Folks! Welcome to your best source of news surrounding the beloved Looney Tunes! For this episode, I'm joined by Long Time Looney Tunes' Fan, Comedian and Rotten Tomatoes Correspondent, Mark Ellis to discuss the latest happenings over at Warner Bros/Discovery and break down the storytelling convention of Breaking the 4th Wall in film, Tv and Podcasting?! We start off with the news that broke via TvLine.com! The following projects are NOW in need of being purchased to stream and my bet is o...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 3 min
On this week's podcast, I'm joined by Adam Hlavac (Heroes Reforged) and Sabina Graves (i09) to celebrate every worm's hero; Henery Hawk who choices to go after chickens instead of eating what his Mother provides. As well as, the WB/Discovery Earnings Call and speculate what it could mean for the Looney Tunes Franchise! SHORTS DISCUSSED: The Squawkin' Hawk (1942) - Dir. Chuck Jones The Chuck Jones Gallery was kind enough to provide an image of a production cel from this short for you to see! Chec...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 10 min
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 Isi the Scribe to continue where Elijah and Vanessa from Kicking and Screaming Pod left off on RetroGaming with Looney Tunes Racing! Buckle up because we go deep into the wabbit hole!! HOT WHEELS EXPANSION: Featuring Looney Tunes Cars and a brand new Track! SHORTS DISCUSSED: You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) MULTIVERSUS (A SUPER SMASH BROS STYLE FIGHTING GAME) has a OPEN BET...
Aug 06, 2022•51 min
You made it! Here is the third part of my SDCC Looney Tunes Coverage! In the Indigo Ballroom, Warner Brothers Animation gracefully conducted a coup de grâce of epic proportions to their competition with 5 New Projects surrounding their Looney Tunes and Tiny Toons IP that are in production simultaneously! And that's not to mention, Coyote Vs. Acme which is another feature film we're getting next year! Eric Bauza moderated the panel and brought out Alex Kirwan, Abe Audish, Nick Cash, Erin Gibson, ...
Jul 28, 2022•42 min
ZOINKS!! I was invited to the MultiVersus Roundtables with Matthew Lillard (Shaggy) and Tara Strong (Harley Quinn) as well as Game Developer Tony Huynh and Producer Sheloman Byrd! MultiVersus is a cross platform Brawler with the Warner Brothers Catalogue of character to choose from including Bugs Bunny and Taz! The Open Beta is NOW available everywhere! I just got back from Comic-Con where we MultiVersus had their own panel where they announced LeBron James from Space Jam a New Legacy who will b...
Jul 27, 2022•21 min
IT'S HARD HAT TIME! Join me as I interview the Production Cast and Crew for the latest Looney Tunes show, Bugs Bunny Builders! It'll debut on July 25th on Cartoonito and July 26th on HBO MAX! I just got back from Comic-Con where we had an incredible Looney panel from Bugs Bunny Builders to Bye Bye Bunny and Tiny Toons Looniversity! I can't wait to share with you all of my thoughts on the future of this franchise! In this episode, I'm joined with Abe Audish (Showrunner/Creator) Chandni Parekh and...
Jul 26, 2022•20 min
If you haven't checked out my podcast with 'King Tweety' Director, Careen Ingle, I highly recommend doing so now! WELCOME to the LOONIVERSE! Podcast Producers, Writer and Wife, Sabina Graves, joins me on this episode where we break down all of the latest Looney Tunes announcements over the past month and offer up our review of King Tweety! Available here: https://www.amazon.com/King-Tweety-Eric-Bauza We give King Tweety high praise for being a film that is entertaining from beginning to end with...
Jul 11, 2022•39 min
" This Podcast, is for me?! " - Tweety That's right Tweety, this podcast IS all about you and your NEW movie, KING TWEETY! Hey Folks! Welcome to the best Looney Tunes Podcast out there! On this episode of the podcast, I was fortunate enough to have the director of KING TWEETY (2022), Careen Ingle (Jellystone, Unikitty) who discusses the project and what she went through to bring this story to life. The NEW Looney Tunes film is available to own on Home Video and across all VOD platforms RIGHT NOW...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 5 min
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 Fr...
May 21, 2022•46 min
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 so...
May 13, 2022•1 hr
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 di...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 7 min
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 Discuss...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 29 min
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 hea...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 20 min
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 ...
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 7 min
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 b...
Feb 11, 2022•31 min
