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.
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
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."https://twitter.com/DAlvarezStudio/status/1708333266925654404
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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
“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.
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?"
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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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
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.
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.
As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.

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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