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1. 

   6/27/08

   pointlessbanter

   My favorite Looney Toons one was the Last of the Mohicans. Which I think can't be played anymore because it would be considered racially insensitive.
   
   The butler in it made me laugh as a kid.

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   1. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      I'm trying to think of which one this was.
      
      I know there are probably a LOT that can't be run anymore for various reasons.
      
      I was terribly fond of Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a half century, as well as Robin Hood. Really, anything involving Daffy's beak getting blown off made me really happy.
      
      (Wow, that sounds wrong when typed out. )
2. 

   6/27/08

   kdawg68

   left you a comment. I learned never to look down if you find yourself hovering over a cliff - especially if you see an anvil fall.

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   1. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      Absolutely-- because we know the laws of Warner Brothers physics are such that you can stay in mid-air indefinitely as long as you remain unaware of your location.
3. 

   6/27/08

   aningeniousname

   Great post Thrift. As much as I enjoyed Bugs bunny I don't think he was a patch on Pepe le Pew or Foghorn Leghorn, I could watch a skunk try to mate a cat all day and then still laugh myself silly watching a rooster try to avoid marrying a prissy chicken.

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   1. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      I liked Foghorn quite a bit myself-- how he abused that poor egg-headed genius chick. And his interactions with the Dog were always pretty funny, too.
      
      Monsieur Le Pew, I always wanted to call the local police regarding him to press stalking charges.
   2. 

      6/27/08

      brigid

      I like Pepe Le Pew especially because he reminds me of Dad. In fact, Dad sent Mom a Pepe Valentine one year. Extremely appropriate.
      
      (I will note that Dad doesn't go after anything that moves. He's extremely attached to Mom. Attached in a rather Pepe-esque way. Mom even reacts the way some of those poor cats do sometimes.)
   3. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      Brigid-- um, is your dad not a blogger we all know pretty well here at BC? Because, if so, this image makes me really smile.
4. 

   6/27/08

   Anniepooh

   I love the Gremlin episode. We own that one on a really old VHS tape! Gosh, too many to name - we didn't miss a chance to watch BB!

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   1. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      Oh, that was a good one. And it's been years since I've seen these episodes. I wonder if they even run them anymore.
5. 

   6/27/08

   Anniepooh

   Ah ... Falling Hare:
   www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1xqrdtJs8w
   
   If that doesn't get you chuckling today, nuttin' will.

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   1. 

      6/27/08

      Anniepooh

      What have I done???? I could sit here and watch these all day. Oye - the time-sucking fabulousness of YouTube.
   2. 

      6/27/08

      Anniepooh

      Hair Raising Hare is there, too! Must. Turn. Off. Computer.
   3. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      I've been totally absorbed for some minutes now. Must stop.
      
      Of course you realize, this means war.
   4. 

      6/27/08

      Anniepooh

      Jen, this is all your fault!
   5. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      Oh-- That's right!
      
      What a maroon, I am!
6. 

   6/27/08

   JDh888

   while i love BB, another cartoon of similar ilk is my favorite ... the talking frog. classic.
   
   youtube.com/watch?v=i1vH2rjUshk

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   1. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      Ah, Michigan J. Frog-- yes, indeedy!
   2. 

      6/27/08

      JDh888

      sorry, internet funky, pls delete the repeat if you can
   3. 

      6/27/08

      rmaxwell142

      I absolutely LOVE this episode! It's a definite favorite, now and when I was a kid too!
   4. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      Oh, the fun doesn't seem to wear off when you're an adult.
7. 

   6/27/08

   JDh888

   while i love BB, another cartoon of similar ilk is my favorite ... the talking frog. classic.
   
   youtube.com/watch?v=i1vH2rjUshk

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      6/27/08

      aningeniousname

      That is one of the best cartoons ever.
8. 

   6/27/08

   lotusb

   Your hilarious! I think bugs definitely taught me that eating carrots makes you sarcastic. As a child I would chew on carrot sticks, lean against the wall and ask my Mom, "whats up"...of course referring to her as "Doc".

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   1. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      Ha-- yes, I can definitely see the correlation. I recall WANTING to eat carrots for just that reason.
      
      I also recall my mother reacting with some surprise when I called someone a "maroon."
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      6/27/08

      lotusb

      LOL!!!
9. 

   6/27/08

   CrotchetyOldMan

   How can I pick a favorite? Though the one where Elmer was hunting, and Bugs and Daffy kept changing the sign from Duck season to Rabbit season was a favorite.
   
   
   
   And, of course, the episode with the Monster.
   
   Thanks for ending my week with a laugh.
   
   As for what they taught me? Hmmm. Maybe this is where my wariness of nature began. Cartoon mayhem is still mayhem.

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   1. 

      6/27/08

      ThriftShopRomantic

      Ah, the Monster. And here's a bit of trivia-- does anyone here KNOW what the name of that Interesting Monster is?
      
      I'll share the answer if no one else guesses.
10. 

    6/27/08

    CrotchetyOldMan

    Reading the comments, I just remembered some of my favorite cartoon moments. Any of the war propaganda ones were great.
    
    Bugs became a real hero, a Marine.

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11. 

    6/27/08

    CrotchetyOldMan

    Stumped.
    
    Just knew he was Interesting Monster.

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       He actually did have a name.
       
       And his name was...
       
       "Gossamer."
       
       I personally loved that he was all hair and sneakers.
12. 

    6/27/08

    CrotchetyOldMan

    That may be one of the greatest bits of trivia ever.

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13. 

    6/27/08

    barryfromtexas

    Um ... kiss your enemies :))

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       OH... Good one. When someone says they hate you, you smooch them up and say, "Well, I LIIIKE you."
       
       Kill em with kindness.
       
       Or dynamite.
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       6/27/08

       Theresa111

       I absolutely would get a thrill when he would smooch his enemy right on their mouth. HA!
14. 

    6/27/08

    CrotchetyOldMan

    I always expected dynamite to be readily available when I got older. Just thought it was available at every corner store. I was so disappointed that it wasn't.

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       I know-- that and nitro seemed to be everywhere.
15. 

    6/27/08

    rmaxwell142

    I learned pseudo-Latin from Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons! For example "eatius slobbius" for the Coyote. LOL
    
    youtube.com/watch?v=qhDfik6iFuU&feature=related

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Absolutely. How else can you prove you're a super-genius without coyote-Latin?
16. 

    6/27/08

    saraho

    Just be yourself. I learned that from Owl Jolson in "I Want to Singa."

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       A great lesson!
17. 

    6/27/08

    Theresa111

    I still find it extremely hard to look away from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. There is something that reaches out and anchors me to my sofa and I feel compelled to drift into the world produced by the cartoon animators. Great post Jenn.

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       I'm still over here enjoying your blog comment where you spelled out Porky Pig's stuttering.
       
       Reading it instead of hearing it, just totally cracked me up.
    2. 

       6/27/08

       Theresa111

       I can be so funny sometimes
    3. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       It's Friday and it's kinda what I needed.
18. 

    6/27/08

    crpitt

    Am I the only one that hates that bunny?

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       DeadRooster

       Are you kidding? NO ONE hates Buggs Bunny!
    2. 

       6/27/08

       crpitt

       Not kidding at all, I hate him and his chums.
    3. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Aw, it's okay. I've heard folks have similar opinions about, say, Woody Woodpecker. Me, I was never much of a Tom and Jerry fan. Or Speed Racer (even as a kid, I felt the animation was designed to cut corners.
    4. 

       6/27/08

       brigid

       Speed Racer animation *did* cut corners. >.> It was a pretty stupid show, from someone who never finished an episode.
       
       Anyway, I really like the old Warner Bros. and MGM cartoons. Practically grew up on them. Wish we weren't so politically correct now so I could see them in their original glory.
19. 

    6/27/08

    Anok

    He taught me all my stealth ninja tricks, dontchya know
    
    I was watching some of the original Bugs cartoons (before they seemed to settle on any of the characters too much) and whoah, man, they would NOT be allowed on TV today, that's for sure D

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       There were a lot that they don't run anymore according to a Wikipedia article I'd been reading.
       
       Bunny as ninja-- I can see it.
    2. 

       6/27/08

       Anok

       Oh yeah, I couldn't imagine with all of the racial material? I mean, Bugs in black face for goodness sake!
    3. 

       6/27/08

       IanThal

       Dehumanizing racial stereotypes in children's entertainment were pretty common well into the 1960s-- they have a long history though. Even in commedia dell'arte, a 16th century Italian comedic form that I perform, many of the characters are based on stereotypes of different towns.
       
       Even then, Bugs Bunny is an stereotype as well-- he speaks with a weird hybrid Bronx/Brooklyn accent and so represents a New York wiseguy who has utter contempt for everyone from out of town and takes pleasure at giving people a hard time.
    4. 

       6/27/08

       brigid

       Er. Loony Toons were not children's entertainment originally. In fact, most were rather pointedly aimed at an adult audience. It's only recently that they came to be considered kid shows.
       
       And I want to see the politically incorrect side of Loony Toons! One: some of the edit jobs look like they took a chainsaw to the short. Two: historical interest. Three: inflammatory or not, they're still funny (to me).
    5. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       I believe the DVD set they put out a few years ago isn't edited for that material. Which, honestly, is making me want to Netflix them now. It's been years.
    6. 

       6/27/08

       Anok

       Oh I understand Ian - cartoons were never intended for kids, anyway.
       
       They were almost always political in nature, even if only mildly so.
       
       They did however, poke fun at just about everyone and everything - so at least they were biased across the board
    7. 

       6/28/08

       IanThal

       They were for a general audience. That means that both kids and adults were in the audience for Loony Toons. We didn't have the age-niche marketing we see now begin to develop until years after the classic Bugs and Daffy cartoons had been made-- and ethnic/regional/racial stereotypes were quite common in the popular media (including children's entertainment) for a long long time. Adults rarely feel guilty about exposing their children to their prejudices-- especially the ones that they don't realize are prejudices.
    8. 

       6/29/08

       brigid

       Loony Tunes: Equal opportunity parody. I can't think of a single group they *didn't* make fun of.
20. 

    6/27/08

    gosmelltheflowers

    Thanx for sharing..
    
    Bugsy taught us its cool to crunch carrots.

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       I wonder just how many kids were willing to eat their carrots because of him.
    2. 

       6/28/08

       Arcticulates

       Not only crunch carrots, but when you do, you look nonchalant to the onlooker/enemy!
21. 

    6/27/08

    flamingpoodle

    Bugs told me it's not gay to cross dress while you're playing Wagner.

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       I thought the Brunhilde look really suited him.
    2. 

       6/27/08

       IanThal

       How do you know Bugs wasn't gay?
    3. 

       6/28/08

       flamingpoodle

       I don't, but it wasn't gay when he cross dressed while playing Wagner, and it certainly isn't when I do!
22. 

    6/27/08

    teddydruid

    I am the personification of While E. Coyote, always chasing the road runner. (girl)
    
    Bugs Bunny rocks! What ever happened to good cartoons like it?

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Okay, Teddy: then here's my only opportunity to help the coyote out--
       
       When you see what looks like a tunnel on the side of a hill ahead of you-- STOP RUNNING. PLEASE.
23. 

    6/27/08

    brigid

    Bugs taught me that if you get the feeling you're being watched, you probably are.
    
    He also taught me that guys will apparently go after anything that remotely looks female regardless of species. (Ew.)

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    1. 

       6/27/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Valid points both of them.
       
       Also, diseases will make giant colored polka dots appear on your tongue. That is how you'll know you're sick. That and you'll see spots before your eyes.
24. 

    6/27/08

    lulubelleb

    Bugs taught me to like opera and classical music.
    
    What's Opera Doc?
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxF4d8FcQ-I&NR=1
    
    Rabbit of Seville
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ3efT1kqXs&feature=related
    
    Baton Bunny
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCnWd7x2_A&feature=related
    
    Rhapsody Rabbit
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljaopwpc6hs&feature=related

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    1. 

       6/28/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       So true-- and some of those pieces to me are inextricable from Bugs Bunny imagery, even though I'm now familiar with them as the classical pieces they are!
    2. 

       6/29/08

       brigid

       I still make Dad sigh and shake his head when some famous classical piece starts playing and I say, "I know that! That was on Loony Tunes!"
       
       He usually mutters "What have I done" after that.
25. 

    6/27/08

    Seabuckthorn

    That was extremely funny - I'm going to be sending it to my friends.

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    1. 

       6/28/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Glad you enjoyed it-- thanks for chiming in!
26. 

    6/27/08

    jackpayne

    If you try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to kick yourself in the ass. For some reason I always think of that axiom every time I contemplate the old Warner Bros.Looney Tunes cartoons, M.C.d by my idol, Elmer Fudd.
    
    I know you can fix any problem with a large enough hammer, but where on earth did that monster hammer (or mallet) come from--the one that Tweety Bird always pulled out of nowhere for defense against all adversaraies?

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    1. 

       6/28/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Well, it probably was an Acme Insta-expandable Hammer. It's in their mail order catalog.
    2. 

       6/29/08

       brigid

       The hyperspace mallet, priceless. Everything's funnier with mallets.
27. 

    6/27/08

    applet

    EAT CARROTS ALL DAY!

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28. 

    6/28/08

    voodooKobra

    Loud whistling sounds from above are NOT to be ignored.

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    1. 

       6/28/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       VERY good point.
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       6/28/08

       clioandme

       
29. 

    6/28/08

    barryfromtexas

    Dynamite never kills anyone - you just get blackened and disheveled!

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    1. 

       6/28/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Absolutely. And IF for some reason you DO happen to get killed... you get a harp and wings! (I believe Daffy once blew himself up by drinking nitro glycerine with such an outcome.) He was fine later, though.
    2. 

       6/29/08

       brigid

       Well, technically one of the times he was a ghost in a devil costume. I think they recycled that gag a couple times.
30. 

    6/28/08

    offendedblogger

    Bugs Bunny was the ultimate equal opportunity offender.
    
    My favorite, hands down, was the "Hillbilly Hare".

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    1. 

       6/29/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       We really did learn a lot of folk tunes from Looney Tunes, too. "Jimmy Crack Corn", "Camptown Races," etc. I think it was good for us to have to hear stuff that wasn't necessarily of our generation.
       
       Now it seems cartoons are fairly tailor-made to the kid audience.
    2. 

       6/29/08

       clioandme

       And they're aimed at the most generic international audience possible without any national bias. I think that's a shame. Who wants to see the same thing in every country with no identifiable cultural context?
    3. 

       6/29/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       The Animaniacs, I think, captured a lot of the same kind of hip multi-leveled tone of the orignal Looney Tunes, stuff. But there aren't a ton of cartoons that do that.
    4. 

       6/29/08

       brigid

       Oh yes. Being ethnocentric does have certain advantages. (Like all the things I learned about Japan by reading Japanese comic books. Translated, of course.)
31. 

    6/28/08

    Arcticulates

    Daffy Duck was my favorite!

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    6/28/08

    cranelegs

    i learned that elmer fudd for the most part didn't have strong hunting skills but that man knew fashion.

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    1. 

       6/29/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       He was stylin' with that hunting cap of his, eh, Bob? Elmer Fudd, fashion icon extraordinaire....
33. 

    6/29/08

    jackpayne

    Ah, we have all profited, immensely, throughout life, from all the sage wisdom emanated from that Elmer Fudd Factory of Buggs Bunny-style Sappery.

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34. 

    6/29/08

    brigid

    If you are mean to someone it'll come back to bite you in the butt. Possibly literally.

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    1. 

       7/02/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Heh, yes- quite, quite true.
35. 

    7/02/08

    kdawg68

    For you, Jen - apparently I've got nothing on "psychic Goofy" as a horse racing handicapper.
    
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh32PePVGBs

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    1. 

       7/02/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Hey, thanks Kdawg-- I will check this out before work starts today, when I'm not on dial up. Woo-hoo!
    2. 

       7/02/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       Now we have a nice idea of all you (and Goofy!) go through in choosing horses.
    3. 

       7/02/08

       kdawg68

       makes this madness suddenly seem more understandable, eh?
       
       www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/grammar-police-and-outlaws#comment_444542
36. 

    7/02/08

    Manictastic

    I learned from Bugs Bunny that I should always carry a carrot just in case someone tries to shoot me.
    
    Oh and you'd be amazed how many people actually tried shooting me already.

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    1. 

       7/02/08

       ThriftShopRomantic

       I think the word is "interested," Mani. "Interested to know how many people actually tried shooting you already." HEHEHEHE
    2. 

       7/02/08

       Manictastic

       Thank god I don't live in Texas or Alabama ay