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27 Apr 2005 11:57:00 PM |
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OT: Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny |
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/27/cartoon.controversy.ap/index.html
Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny
Petition convinces network to make characters less menacing
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 4:09 PM EDT (2009 GMT)
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) -- Eleven-year-old Thomas Adams thought Warner
Bros. had gone daffy when he saw the company's plans for a new cartoon
called "Loonatics," based on Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes pals.
The grimacing, hollow-eyed, power-fisted prototypes of a futuristic
Bugs, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner struck the boy as dark and scary.
In the words of Daffy Duck, he found them "dethh-picable."
Now, nearly two months after starting an Internet petition drive
against the TV series' fall debut, Thomas has gotten the company's
attention.
Warner Bros. Entertainment spokesman Scott Rowe said his company wants
the thousands of fans upset by the made-over characters unveiled in
February to know "that's NOT all, folks." (Warner Bros. is a division
of Time Warner, as is CNN.)
Those "early drawings" have been revised into characters that are
softer and less menacing, he said.
"We heard the outcry from fans, including Thomas," Rowe said.
That's enough to draw an emphatic "YESSS!" from the lanky fifth-grader
who started the stir with fewer than 20 signatures on a piece of paper
at his private school.
Thomas couldn't figure out what was up with the plans to turn the old
Looney Tunes gang into their Japanese anime-styled descendants. The
prototypes depicted sword-eared superheroes, such as "Buzz Bunny,"
battling evil in the year 2772.
"Those weren't the Looney Tunes I know," said the boy, whose favorite
classic character is the Tasmanian Devil "besides Bugs, of course."
Thomas' parents, Rachel and John Adams, suggested he might have more
success by taking his drive to the Web. A family friend who runs an
Internet design business was willing to help.
Between piano lessons and shooting hoops, the boy pedaled his bike to
the friend's house over several evenings to work on the site's
content. On February 28, www.saveourlooneytunes.com came on line.
The petition asked Warner Bros. to create entirely new characters for
the series instead of "ruining" the old ones.
Within days, the response had overwhelmed the family's home computer.
By late March, more than 25,000 people from around the world had
signed the petition. After a CNN story on Thomas aired in mid-April,
the site had tallied 80,000 signatures and 95,000 hits, the family
said.
"Keep up the fight," fellow fans urged in their e-mails, calling the
boy an inspiration.
The passion of fans for the old characters is understandable, said Bob
Bergen, the voice actor behind Porky's stutter and Tweety's "putty
tat" the past 15 years.
"They've been around since the 1930s," he said. "They've been around
as long as classic motion pictures."
Bergen, who decided at age 5 he wanted to be Porky Pig and "just
pursued it," is not involved in the new series' development, but he
cautions fans against rushing to judgment before it airs.
"The kids who are going to be seeing this are not as versed in classic
Looney Tunes as these fans are," he said. "Let the target audience be
the judge."
The "Loonatics" -- scheduled to air Saturday mornings come fall on
Kids' WB! -- is aimed at 6-to-11-year-olds. Test groups loved it, Rowe
said.
It's not intended to replaced the original characters, which appear in
new episodes on Cartoon Network and classic shows on the network's
station Boomerang.
"We just wanted to create something that would be accessible and fun
to a new generation of kids," he said.
He said the redrawn characters will be unveiled at a later date but
that "Loonatics" will remain an action-adventure show.
Thomas, who has dreams of becoming a cartoonist or comedian, hopes
Warner Bros. also will continue to create new episodes for the old
Looney Tunes gang.
Thrilled to have made a difference in a way his mother calls "a David
and Goliath story," the young activist is considering a new protest.
"I was thinking about doing one against homework," he said.
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press
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Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Sean C" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny |
28 Apr 2005 09:43:56 PM |
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In article <v3r0711k4drnrj1b7m54hv3umb3a11krni@4ax.com>, stoney
<stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/27/cartoon.controversy.ap/index.html
Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny
Petition convinces network to make characters less menacing
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 4:09 PM EDT (2009 GMT)
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) -- Eleven-year-old Thomas Adams thought Warner
Bros. had gone daffy when he saw the company's plans for a new cartoon
called "Loonatics," based on Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes pals.
The grimacing, hollow-eyed, power-fisted prototypes of a futuristic
Bugs, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner struck the boy as dark and scary.
In the words of Daffy Duck, he found them "dethh-picable."
Mess with Bugs Bunny? I'll moidalize da bums!
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny |
28 Apr 2005 12:33:06 AM |
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stoney wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/27/cartoon.controversy.ap/index.html
Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny
Petition convinces network to make characters less menacing
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 4:09 PM EDT (2009 GMT)
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) -- Eleven-year-old Thomas Adams thought Warner
Bros. had gone daffy when he saw the company's plans for a new
cartoon
called "Loonatics," based on Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes pals.
The grimacing, hollow-eyed, power-fisted prototypes of a futuristic
Bugs, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner struck the boy as dark and
scary.
In the words of Daffy Duck, he found them "dethh-picable."
Now, nearly two months after starting an Internet petition drive
against the TV series' fall debut, Thomas has gotten the company's
attention.
Warner Bros. Entertainment spokesman Scott Rowe said his company
wants
the thousands of fans upset by the made-over characters unveiled in
February to know "that's NOT all, folks." (Warner Bros. is a division
of Time Warner, as is CNN.)
<snip>
Thrilled to have made a difference in a way his mother calls "a David
and Goliath story," the young activist is considering a new protest.
"I was thinking about doing one against homework," he said.
What a great kid. Now if we could only get rid of product
licensing, or at least, force Warner Bros. to pay Chuck Jones'
family and estate his fair share of the money.
I heard about this "creative license" (destructive license is
more like it) of the Looney Tunes characters. Hell, I hate
the "baby" LTs and anything "derived" from the originals. You
can't even see the originals anymore. When I was growing up
in the 1970s, the "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour" featured only
*four* cartoons, each of twelve minutes or more.
When was the last time anybody showed the originals in their
entirety? "What's Opera Doc?" and "The Barber of Seville" are
classic comedy; you can't listen to Wagner without laughing
after that (and try watching "Apocalypse Now!").
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...."
(Bill Bergen? Feh. Mel Blanc was, is, and will ever be the
only true voice of the Looney Tunes cast.)
Bob Dog
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Divine retribution is an idol threat.
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| User: "jimmicus" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny |
29 Apr 2005 02:39:19 AM |
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wrote:
stoney wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/27/cartoon.controversy.ap/index.html
Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny
Petition convinces network to make characters less menacing
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 4:09 PM EDT (2009 GMT)
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) -- Eleven-year-old Thomas Adams thought Warner
Bros. had gone daffy when he saw the company's plans for a new
cartoon
called "Loonatics," based on Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes pals.
The grimacing, hollow-eyed, power-fisted prototypes of a futuristic
Bugs, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner struck the boy as dark and
scary.
In the words of Daffy Duck, he found them "dethh-picable."
Now, nearly two months after starting an Internet petition drive
against the TV series' fall debut, Thomas has gotten the company's
attention.
Warner Bros. Entertainment spokesman Scott Rowe said his company
wants
the thousands of fans upset by the made-over characters unveiled in
February to know "that's NOT all, folks." (Warner Bros. is a
division
of Time Warner, as is CNN.)
<snip>
Thrilled to have made a difference in a way his mother calls "a
David
and Goliath story," the young activist is considering a new
protest.
"I was thinking about doing one against homework," he said.
What a great kid. Now if we could only get rid of product
licensing, or at least, force Warner Bros. to pay Chuck Jones'
family and estate his fair share of the money.
I heard about this "creative license" (destructive license is
more like it) of the Looney Tunes characters. Hell, I hate
the "baby" LTs and anything "derived" from the originals. You
can't even see the originals anymore. When I was growing up
in the 1970s, the "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour" featured only
*four* cartoons, each of twelve minutes or more.
When was the last time anybody showed the originals in their
entirety? "What's Opera Doc?" and "The Barber of Seville" are
classic comedy; you can't listen to Wagner without laughing
after that (and try watching "Apocalypse Now!").
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...."
(Bill Bergen? Feh. Mel Blanc was, is, and will ever be the
only true voice of the Looney Tunes cast.)
Bob Dog
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Divine retribution is an idol threat.
Happily, here in the UK we can still see them every day on one of the
satellite channels. The best part of my day is sitting down with my
2-year-old son and watching the classics just before he goes to bed.
Although to be honest, he prefers Tom & Jerry.
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| User: "Sean C" |
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28 Apr 2005 09:49:27 PM |
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In article <1114666386.121506.44260@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
What a great kid. Now if we could only get rid of product
licensing, or at least, force Warner Bros. to pay Chuck Jones'
family and estate his fair share of the money.
I heard about this "creative license" (destructive license is
more like it) of the Looney Tunes characters. Hell, I hate
the "baby" LTs and anything "derived" from the originals. You
can't even see the originals anymore. When I was growing up
in the 1970s, the "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour" featured only
*four* cartoons, each of twelve minutes or more.
When was the last time anybody showed the originals in their
entirety? "What's Opera Doc?" and "The Barber of Seville" are
classic comedy; you can't listen to Wagner without laughing
after that (and try watching "Apocalypse Now!").
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...."
When I play "Medal of Honor" online, my name is "Kill the Wabbit."
Classic episode.
--Sean C
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny |
28 Apr 2005 10:04:12 PM |
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Sean C wrote:
In article <1114666386.121506.44260@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
When was the last time anybody showed the originals in their
entirety? "What's Opera Doc?" and "The Barber of Seville" are
Make that "The Rabbit Of Seville".
classic comedy; you can't listen to Wagner without laughing
after that (and try watching "Apocalypse Now!").
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...."
When I play "Medal of Honor" online, my name is "Kill the Wabbit."
Classic episode.
Listen to this:
http://humor.doboj.net/pjesme/elmer_fudd-kill_the_wabbit.mp3
Bob Dog
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Divine retribution is an idol threat.
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| User: "" |
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29 Apr 2005 10:21:03 PM |
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wrote:
Sean C wrote:
In article <1114666386.121506.44260@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
When was the last time anybody showed the originals in their
entirety? "What's Opera Doc?" and "The Barber of Seville" are
Make that "The Rabbit Of Seville".
classic comedy; you can't listen to Wagner without laughing
after that (and try watching "Apocalypse Now!").
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...."
When I play "Medal of Honor" online, my name is "Kill the Wabbit."
Classic episode.
Listen to this:
http://humor.doboj.net/pjesme/elmer_fudd-kill_the_wabbit.mp3
Bob Dog
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Divine retribution is an idol threat.
Posinelly doc, I prefer Bob Clampett.
(The "Three BEars" that Chuck Jones did were a HELL of a lotter funier
than the unfunny WO,D? ***** was, but RoF and LONG HAIRED AHRE are
funny.)
"But HENRY"..
"BOY'S CAMPAIGN SAVES BUGS BUNNY"
Well---I HOPE SO (Daffy and Porky's big palooka manager [1943]).
(First use of Raymond Scott's immortal POWERHOUSE in toons,by the
way;))
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| User: "Sean C" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny |
29 Apr 2005 01:06:31 AM |
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In article <1114743852.749070.43050@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
Sean C wrote:
In article <1114666386.121506.44260@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
When was the last time anybody showed the originals in their
entirety? "What's Opera Doc?" and "The Barber of Seville" are
Make that "The Rabbit Of Seville".
classic comedy; you can't listen to Wagner without laughing
after that (and try watching "Apocalypse Now!").
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...."
When I play "Medal of Honor" online, my name is "Kill the Wabbit."
Classic episode.
Listen to this:
http://humor.doboj.net/pjesme/elmer_fudd-kill_the_wabbit.mp3
Bob Dog
Oh yeah, love that song :) Many's the day I've song a few verses from
that song with my nephew when he's up to visit. Needless to say, we're
a strange family.
Sean C
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Boy's campaign saves Bugs Bunny |
29 Apr 2005 08:10:41 AM |
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Sean C wrote:
In article <1114743852.749070.43050@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
Sean C wrote:
In article
<1114666386.121506.44260@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...."
When I play "Medal of Honor" online, my name is "Kill the
Wabbit."
Classic episode.
Listen to this:
http://humor.doboj.net/pjesme/elmer_fudd-kill_the_wabbit.mp3
Oh yeah, love that song :) Many's the day I've song a few verses from
that song with my nephew when he's up to visit. Needless to say,
we're
a strange family.
My brother and I can quote Monty Python chapter and verse, so
to speak. It makes for strange conversations, especially in
the presence of friends.
Me: Spam, spam, spam, spam!
Him: Shut up! Bloody vikings!
Bob Dog
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Divine retribution is an idol threat.
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