Happy anniversary to one of Chuck Jones’ greatest shorts, and one of Bugs Bunny’s best, “What’s Opera, Doc?” (1957).
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This is truly a groundbreaking short in terms of Maurice Noble's art direction, Milt Franklyn's Wagner music arrangements, and Michael Maltese's writing balancing high-brow classical music to Bugs and Elmer's usual rivalry. It all makes this an amazing cartoon.

July 1st is the start of the #LooneyOlympics all-for-fun fanart challenge.

Here are the 31 medals representing all 31 prompts including characters drawn and designed by @awinger24.

1. Opening Ceremony
2. Swimming (Daffy Duck)
3. Synchronized Swimming (Mac and Tosh Gopher)





4. Diving (Yosemite Sam, High Diving Hare)
5. Water Polo (Gossamer)
6. Gymnastics (Penelope, Tweety, Granny)
7. Trampoline (Sylvester)

Happy Birthday to Arthur Davis, an underrated director and animator for Warner Bros. Cartoons. He joined Termite Terrace in 1942. He took over Bob Clampett's unit in 1945 until it was dissolved 2 years later. He was one of Friz Freleng's animators. #LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt Davis started as an animator at Max Fleischer's New York studio. He tapped out the famous "bouncing ball" of those 1920s sing along cartoons. He later worked at Charles Mintz / Screen Gems. He later left there with Frank Tashlin for Leon Schlesinger in 1942.

We honor Mel Blanc who was born on this day, May 30th in 1908. For 52 years, he was the voice of Looney Tunes. His Warner Bros. cartoon legacy lives on as a new generation of talent like Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, and Bob Bergen voice the Tunes in new iterations. #LooneyTunes

Mel Blanc joined Leon Schlesinger Productions in 1936 as he voiced a drunken bull in the short "Picador Porky". He replaced Joe Dougherty as the voice of Porky Pig in "Porky's Duck Hunt" which jumpstarted in his longtime career for Warner Bros. Cartoons.

Today's #VideoWednesday, Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc 3 - Looney Tunes All-Stars: Part 1
#LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt This disc features 14 cartoons. 12 directed by Chuck Jones, and 2 directed by Bob Clampett. This one shine a spotlight on marquee Looney Tunes stars. Audio commentaries and music only tracks included too.

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Today's #VideoWednesday, Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc 2 - The Best of Daffy & Porky.

#LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt This disc contains 14 cartoons with audio commentaries, music only tracks, and lots of bonus features. All shorts feature Daffy Duck and Porky Pig together or separate.

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Today's #VideoWednesday begins our long weekly retrospective of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection one disc at a time.

#LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt Video releases of the Looney Tunes were dormant after the release of Looney Tunes Presents and Collector's Edition series (and Japan's I Love Tweety series). Enter 2003, Warner Bros. was gearing up towards Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

Tonight’s #VideoWednesday will highlight the first #LooneyTunes DVDs made available anywhere in the world. Released in Japan in April 2001, here is the “I Love Tweety” series.
#LooneyTwt Warner Bros. is in the process of restoring and remastering their animated catalog. Tweety gained a cult following in Japan so it made sense to capitalize on that while also serve it as a testing ground for potential future DVDs.

Today's #VideoWednesday, we are taking a look at the 2nd and final wave of Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition released on June 2001, months after the AOL Time Warner merger was approved.

#LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt Enter 2000. America Online is preparing to merge with Time Warner. The only Looney Tunes videos being released that year are Taz's Jingle Jams, Bugs Bunny's Halloween Hijinks, and the 1st #LooneyTunes direct to video movie, Tweety's High-Flying Adventure.

Today's #VideoWednesday, we are continuing our look at Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition with the last two volumes of the November 1999 wave as the new mil-looney-um approaches. Volumes 9 and 10. #LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt Our Friday coverage begins with Volume 9: A Looney Life, with a look at 13 shorts from director Friz Freleng.

Our coverage of this week long #VideoWednesday continues with Volumes 7 and 8 of "Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition".
#LooneyTwt #LooneyTunes Vol. 7: Welcome to Wackyland. This video contains 13 shorts directed by Bob Clampett.

Today's #VideoWednesday, we are continuing our look at Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition with these two volumes.

#LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt Vol. 5: Musical Masterpieces. Similar in theme to the Curtain Calls LaserDisc, but the presentation and variety of shorts selected are drastically different.

Our coverage of this week long #VideoWednesday continues with Volumes 3 and 4 of "Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition". #LooneyTwt #LooneyTunes

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Volume 3: The Vocal Genius. This tape contains 14 cartoons highlighting the best of Mel Blanc. Not just from accents and speech impediments, but the timing and delivery of his lines coming from the characters that he voiced.

Welcome to a special week long edition of #VideoWednesday. The first wave of what is considered to be the final line of #LooneyTunes VHS tapes ever made. The largest selection for the format. "Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition".
#LooneyTwt According to The Bugs Bunny Video Guide by Greg Method...

"With the Looney Tunes Presents line aimed squarely at children and with everything else going out of print, Warner Home Video began looking for a new way to sell the cartoons to the more serious animation fans.

Today's continuation of #VideoWednesday follows the final line of Looney Tunes videos marketed to children and families, "Looney Tunes Presents". Launched in June 1999 and ended in April 2000.

#LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt This series focuses on the most popular Looney Tunes characters in terms of licensing. Tweety is the company's top-selling character (not to mention he brought in $50 million in merchandise during 1998 alone).

Tonight's #VideoWednesday... the last of the Modern #LooneyTunes VHS tapes. And "Looney Tunes Presents".

#LooneyTwt "Chariots of Fur" (August 1996). This tape includes Chuck Jones' final Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoon released in 1994. It also includes 5 more favorites.

"Beep, Beep"
"Operation: Rabbit"

An extension to last night’s #VideoWednesday. This is the final #LooneyTunes LaserDisc set released 25 years ago in Japan on October 1998 by Pioneer LDC.

“Bugs & Friends”. This set contains 30 cartoons with new dubbed version prints. 7 are all new to video. This collection includes 3 discs, 5 sides with a different focus on one character. There is Daffy, Tweety, Speedy, Road Runner and Marvin.

Tonight's #VideoWednesday, we will look at the last two LaserDisc sets in #LooneyTunes history.

- The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 5, released in April 1997.
- Bugs and Friends, Japanese LaserDiscs released in 1998. The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 5, priced at $99.99, is the last set in MGM/UA's long running collector's series.

This featured all new dubbed version prints by Turner which were commissioned in 1995.

Tonight’s #VideoWednesday, The Stars of Space Jam. This five volume collection was made to promote the 1996 movie (despite no trailer included before each tape). It was also released on LaserDisc in Japan in 1997, and on DVD in 2018 with different prints. #LooneyTunes



First up, Bugs Bunny. The cartoons featured are many home video debuts. “Hot Cross Bunny” (McKimson), “Barbary-Coast Bunny” (Jones), “Homeless Hare” (Jones)…

Baby Looney Tunes made its Cartoon Network debut on September 16th, 2002. It premiered early on Kids’ WB! on September 7th. The first #LooneyTunes series for a preschool audiences, but also one of the first shows from Warner Bros. Animation to be produced in widescreen (16:9). The series started off as a toy line in the late 1990s. Companies like Tyco and Dakin released a set of merchandise under the name "Looney Tunes Lovables". And there were a couple of music albums (Born to Sing) produced as well that would become song segments in the show.

On this #VideoWednesday, we will check out the final wave of Authentic and Original Looney Tunes Cartoons releases. Priced at $34.98 and available on May 18, 1994, they are the final #LooneyTunes compilations Warner Home Video released on LaserDisc. #LooneyTwt Out of the 84 cartoons selected for this wave, 40 of them are all new to video in the United States. They consist of three themed discs and three character collection discs.