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#3051: Dec 1st 2023 at 9:27:14 AM

Wouldn't be the first time. Leon Schlesinger sold the Looney Tunes to WB for reportedly a small amount of money (even for that period) because he genuinely didn't see much worth in them.

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#3052: Dec 1st 2023 at 9:34:50 AM

Even for the current management I genuinely don't believe they'd want to sell off the Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera catalog.

Maybe, just maybe, the streaming rights are what this guy means... but Prime already has both. They've even got the obscurer H-B series like The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley and the Dumb and Dumber cartoon.

[up] WB was still distributing the shorts, though, so it was just cutting out the middleman.

Edited by Aldo930 on Dec 1st 2023 at 9:38:37 AM

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rwinger24 Since: Jan, 2023
#3053: Dec 3rd 2023 at 7:12:22 PM

https://twitter.com/DAlvarezStudio/status/1708333266925654404

https://twitter.com/benjaminjs/status/1706474035184558226

So, Lola Bunny was never intended to be the chef. But in fact it was Pepé Le Pew. They pitched him as a chef who learned to respect women and put his passion into food instead. And some executive thought it was too much baggage (at the height of his controversy) and given that they were so focused on female empowerment, they thought of having Lola be perfect at everything was the easy way to do it. (I think no one on the writing staff saw the classic cartoons as satire/farce of what was common in the 1940s/1950s but times have changed and they were more concerned with what is appropriate for kids.)

(Another source said this was in the development phase until Internet pressure "banned" him.)

Edited by rwinger24 on Dec 4th 2023 at 3:07:11 AM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#3054: Dec 3rd 2023 at 7:31:19 PM

Another source said this was in the development phase until the executives from Warner Media saw Pepé problematic

"Another source?"

None of the sources you posted said anything about who specifically was responsible. Just that they considered it, and then decided against it.

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#3055: Dec 3rd 2023 at 8:15:11 PM

[up]x2 Wasn't Pepe a news reporter in at least one episode of the show? I remember him being a news reporter whose in the middle of a storm...

rwinger24 Since: Jan, 2023
#3056: Dec 4th 2023 at 6:41:34 AM

“Who Bopped Bugs Bunny?”. From the original Tiny Toon Adventures.

Elmer Fudd was a weatherman in one episode of The Looney Tunes Show. They depicted him as a news reporter in most episodes.

And the chef concept was something in development at the same time Space Jam was in production. It might have been something among the writing staff, Amblin execs, or the Cartoon Network/HBO Max higher ups that voted against it.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#3057: Dec 4th 2023 at 9:10:56 AM

And the chef concept was something in development at the same time Space Jam was in production. It might have been something among the writing staff, Amblin execs, or the Cartoon Network/HBO Max higher ups that voted against it.

Yeah, but a post ago you were definitively saying that they did mandate this for Tiny Toons and that you had a source.

Now you're adjusting that to they "might have?"

rwinger24 Since: Jan, 2023
#3058: Dec 4th 2023 at 10:39:28 AM

All we know was that there is just one article saying that WB has no plans to use Pepé. And that was over 2 years ago. Dave Alvarez said in an Instagram comment that Pepé was once considered to being Tiny Toons but is banned due to Internet pressure.

I can imagine that WB did not to want to promote Pepé's likeness even in cameos probably out of fear.

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#3059: Dec 4th 2023 at 10:41:12 AM

[up] I dont wanna be mean but I am starting to believe you are making things up.

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#3060: Dec 4th 2023 at 10:44:35 AM

> I can imagine that WB did not to want to promote Pepé's likeness even in cameos probably out of fear.

I mean he is a skunk so the fear is natural..

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rwinger24 Since: Jan, 2023
#3061: Dec 4th 2023 at 11:36:26 AM

[up][up][up]I am not. I saw the character has been banned from nearly everything in 2021. And his cameo in Animaniacs was an exception since it was produced before they decided to no longer use him.

All I can think about it that Pepé will never be seen again as what the trades say.

I have read the sources. All I know is that WB is still not going to use Pepé. And I'll probably die before I see him again. I just want him back because Space Jam: A New Legacy was such a betrayal to the Looney Tunes.

They must unerase Pepé Le Pew. And all I can think about is that the executives will do anything to make sure Pepé will never be seen again in decades. Unban Pepé and you will make some of your fans happy.

Edited by rwinger24 on Dec 4th 2023 at 4:11:56 AM

rwinger24 Since: Jan, 2023
#3062: Dec 4th 2023 at 11:47:13 AM

Edited by rwinger24 on Dec 4th 2023 at 1:56:09 AM

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#3063: Dec 4th 2023 at 11:48:02 AM

plz dont double post

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#3064: Dec 4th 2023 at 11:58:12 AM

I have read the sources.

I think the reason people think you’re making things up is because you keep saying you have sources, but then don’t actually give them, and the sources you do give don’t say what you’re claiming at all.

rwinger24 Since: Jan, 2023
#3065: Dec 4th 2023 at 12:02:22 PM

Alright. I just don't want the character banned forever. Just hearing those buzzwords make it sound so fatal.

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#3066: Dec 4th 2023 at 12:29:47 PM

[up] You are the one who keeps insisting Warner Bros wants to bury him

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#3067: Dec 4th 2023 at 12:31:01 PM

pretty sure you have to burn the skunk instead of burying it..

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#3068: Dec 4th 2023 at 12:43:07 PM

I just want him back because Space Jam: A New Legacy was such a betrayal to the Looney Tunes.
Are you saying A New Legacy was bad because it didn't have Pepe in it?

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rwinger24 Since: Jan, 2023
#3069: Dec 4th 2023 at 1:46:18 PM

Space Jam: A New Legacy is bad because the movie is inconsistent with its tone, Bugs Bunny is out of character, it is predictable, and they made Lola Bunny nothing but a female empowerment pawn, and Zendaya's performance does not convince me.

Edited by rwinger24 on Dec 4th 2023 at 1:56:24 AM

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#3070: Dec 4th 2023 at 1:49:44 PM

you're kinda..repeating yourself there pal

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rwinger24 Since: Jan, 2023
#3071: Dec 4th 2023 at 1:51:27 PM

I definitely am. And what is the point about worrying about Pepé Le Pew. I do want to see him back. I just don't want it to be a decades long wait.

Edited by rwinger24 on Dec 4th 2023 at 2:18:01 AM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#3072: Dec 4th 2023 at 2:18:44 PM

well could you please stop repeating yourself?

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Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#3073: Dec 4th 2023 at 2:30:43 PM

You can still find Pepe cartoons pretty easily, so it's not like he's been erased from existence.

rwinger24 Since: Jan, 2023
#3074: Dec 4th 2023 at 2:39:43 PM

[up]I will stop repeating myself. And I don't even know the future yet. Still too early to assume the worst that can happen. I just want to be a fan and enjoy what we have now. Even if we all agree or not.

Moving on, I am not a fan of the choice to make Buster and Babs twins as much as anyone else.

I enjoyed Looney Tunes Cartoons although the limited character pairings can get repetitive. It is a return to form to say the least as it is taking a back to basics approach to it.

And I feel that censorship within the Looney Tunes should be eased back. Hearing that there are still a handful of shorts sitting on the shelf is still a missed opportunity. Hoping they get released one day.

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#3075: Dec 4th 2023 at 2:58:28 PM

Guys I have an important thing I want to mention, some Me TV affiliates are starting to replace Toon In With Me, the very last place to watch Looney Tunes and other cartoons on Broadcast TV, with News casts from CBS. If you want to keep the very last classic cartoon block alive and the last broadcast one period, watch the show as much as you can and tell Me TV in any way you can how much you want them to stop this decision.

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