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Cartoon Network is a cable channel created by Turner Broadcasting System in 1992. It launched on 1 October of that year, beginning its broadcast with the Looney Tunes short "Rhapsody Rabbit".

Initially created following the Turner company's purchase of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon library, the network also housed the color Looney Tunes shorts produced before 1948, which were under Turner's ownership at the time; these shorts were also being shown on fellow Turner-owned channels TNT and TBS.

Cartoon Network has international stations globally. These other stations show different programming that fits their popularity with audiences.

In 2000, Cartoon Network/Turner launched Boomerang USA. This led to the creation of more Boomerang channels globally.

Since 4 March 2019, the channel has been part of Warner Bros., following the redistribution of Turner's assets to other subsidiaries within WarnerMedia (now Warner Bros. Discovery), the parent company.[1]

Dubbed Versions[]

Main article: Dubbed Versions

Reruns of Looney Tunes[]

In 1996, as a result of Warner Bros. merging with Turner Entertainment, Cartoon Network was allowed to show more Warner Bros. cartoons. However, since most of the post-1948 Looney Tunes cartoons were still under contract to be shown on Nickelodeon and ABC, Cartoon Network would not be able to show them until 10 October 1999 (Nickelodeon) and 9 September 2000 (ABC). However, the ones that aired on Kids' WB! had started airing on Cartoon Network in January 1997. In 2001, airings of classic Looney Tunes shorts on Cartoon Network changed from Bugs 'n' Daffy to The Looney Tunes Show (not to be confused with the 2011 series of the same name). However, Bugs 'n' Daffy still aired until 2004 but mostly during watershed hours. They could also be seen on The Acme Hour, Late Night Black & White (Black and White shorts only), The Chuck Jones Show (Chuck Jones directed shorts only) and The Bob Clampett Show (Bob Clampett directed shorts only). Shorts shown on Late Night Black & White, late night showings of The Acme Hour and The Bob Clampett Show tended to have much less censorship than the shorts shown on the other anthology series earlier in the day with the latter being completely uncut and was later reran on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's adult-oriented block, at the tail end of the block.

In the meantime, reruns of Taz-Mania appeared on Cartoon Network in late 1996. In the same year, a marathon of Animaniacs was shown, despite the program not joining the regular schedule until August 1998, when the first 45 episodes of Animaniacs were shown on Cartoon Network. The other 54 episodes remained with Kids' WB! for the 1998-1999 season and were carried over to Cartoon Network in 1999, although they did not leave Kids' WB! until 2000, and Tiny Toon Adventures joined it in September 1999. However, Tiny Toons and Animaniacs were eventually removed from the channel's schedule by 2001 as they moved to Nickelodeon, in Tiny Toons case, back to Nickelodeon. Taz-Mania was removed from the channel's schedule by 2003. In 2002, Cartoon Network picked up reruns of The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries and ran them until 2005. During that time, the final episodes of the show aired on the channel. Cartoon Network aired The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries again from 2009 to 2010 and once more in 2015. In the latter year, the show also aired on Boomerang for the first time.

In May 2003, Baby Looney Tunes moved to Cartoon Network exclusively. Baby Looney Tunes started airing 16 September 2002, one month later The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries. Only Season 1 showed new episodes on the channel Kids' WB! This season the channel showed reruns and new episodes after Kids' WB! channel. Season 2 now airing new episodes in this channel. Duck Dodgers premiered 23 August 2003.

When Boomerang was launched as a separate cable channel in 2000, the Looney Tunes shorts were shown on the network until 2007, where they were dropped from Boomerang's daily line-up and would not return to the schedule until October 2013.

As a result of the network's reface in June 2004 and the commercial failure of Looney Tunes Back in Action, the Looney Tunes shorts were dropped from Cartoon Network's regular schedule altogether after 3 October 2004 (with "Bewitched Bunny" the last short aired at the time), although Duck Dodgers remained until 2007. Starting 29 August 2005, Boomerang reran the series until 26 March 2010, and Baby Looney Tunes remained until 2010. Boomerang started airing reruns on the same day as Duck Dodgers, and it was still airing as of 1 July 2019. However, Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas has aired every December since its release as part of the channel's Christmas marathons. Also, Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales and Tweety's High-Flying Adventure still aired occasionally. Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special also aired on the network for the first time in October 2009.

For a brief period of time in spring 2005, Looney Tunes shorts were shown on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim, with episodes of The Bob Clampett Show airing every day from 29 March through 21 April, and then Toon Heads from 22 April through 1 May. The two shows aired at the 5:30am Eastern timeslot, which had just been taken from Cartoon Network. As Adult Swim did not air on Friday evenings/early Saturday no episodes of the shows aired on that day, but they aired every other night. Beginning on 2 May, the anime Case Closed took the 5:30am slot, and the cartoons disappeared from the network after that.

The channel had aired a New Year's marathon 1 January 2009, and they finally brought the Looney Tunes shorts back to their regular schedule in November 2009, only to drop them again in January 2010. The shorts returned to the network again 25 March 2011, only to be dropped once more. As of late 2018, Boomerang’s rerun rotation has been reduced to only showing 25 post-1948 shorts. However, compared to Cartoon Network which aired a large variety of shorts including pre-1948 and post-1964 Looney Tunes shorts back then, that rarely changes.

The Looney Tunes Show premiered on the channel in May 2011. Midway through 2013, Cartoon Network returned to showing Looney Tunes shorts daily and also returned them to its sister channel Boomerang in October 2013 after a six-year hiatus. Baby Looney Tunes returned for reruns in 2015 as promotion for the Uncle Grandpa episode "Uncle Grandpa Babies" before getting a regular early morning slot as well.

Both shows were dropped in early 2016 along with New Looney Tunes. The Looney Tunes shorts returned to the schedule in September 2017 only to be dropped a week later in order to make way for more Cartoon Network kid-related originals like The Amazing World of Gumball, Craig of the Creek, Summer Camp Island, and others as well as newer shows by Warner Bros. Animation such as Teen Titans Go! and Unikitty. They were moved to Boomerang and its streaming service. New Looney Tunes reruns came back briefly in 2019 on Cartoon Network before being removed again; however, the show returned to the lineup again on 31 October 2022 until 22 June 2023.

On 5 July 2021, Looney Tunes Cartoons made its linear premiere on the channel but was removed from the lineup after two weeks. As part of the first ACME Fools event, the show briefly returned to the schedule on 1 and 3 April.

On 1 April 2023, as a part of the second ACME Fools event, Looney Tunes reruns ran for an entire day on Cartoon Network, from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET. This included the classic shorts, The Looney Tunes Show, New Looney Tunes, and Looney Tunes Cartoons, which also returned to the schedule until 2 September. The Looney Tunes Show would later return to the lineup on 2 June until 24 September.

Tiny Toons Looniversity premiered on the channel on 9 September 2023, a day after its debut on Max. Because of this, Looney Tunes Cartoons was dropped from the lineup.

On 23 September 2023, Looney Tunes reruns aired at 10:00 a.m. for half an hour.

On 25 September 2023, Baby Looney Tunes returned to the channel and replaced The Looney Tunes Show for two days before leaving the schedule again. The Looney Tunes Show returned to the channel three weeks later, on 16 October.

On 17 December 2023, Christmas episodes of The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, Baby Looney Tunes, The Looney Tunes Show, and New Looney Tunes aired on the channel as part of the Holiday Programming Jamboree block.

On 1 April 2024, as a part of the third ACME Fools event, a marathon featuring the classic shorts, The Looney Tunes Show, New Looney Tunes, Bugs Bunny Builders, and Tiny Toons Looniversity ran from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.

Censorship[]

Main article: Cartoon Network and Boomerang Censorship

In contrast to network television stations ABC, CBS and FOX, as well as Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and by proxy, Boomerang, TBS and TNT, were fairly light when it came to censoring for comic slapstick violence and dangerous behavior that did not involve suicide, though the gasoline drinking scenes in "Show Biz Bugs" and "Curtain Razor" were subject to censorship. Conversely, the siphoning gas scenes from "Lumber Jerks" and "There Auto Be a Law" were left uncut.

However, much like network television and Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Boomerang edited many cartoons for suicide gags mostly involving hanging from nooses and putting a gun to one's head, as well as outdated racial and ethnic stereotypes (mostly of African-Americans, East Asians, and Native Americans). "Freddy the Freshman" and "The Queen Was in Her Parlor" were edited for outdated Jewish stereotypes, and "Freddy the Freshman" was also edited for its stereotypical depiction of a male homosexual. Mild swearing was censored in the cases of "The Rebel Without Claws" (two uses of the word "damn") and "I Was a Teenage Thumb" ("Morty, you ass. This fish is full of people!"). Daffy's near-swearing ("You smug son of a...") in "(Blooper) Bunny", the word "jackass" on "Tale of Two Mice", "Falling Hare", and "Russian Rhapsody", and the use of the phrase "Hell's Angels" in the 1964 version of "Dumb Patrol" were never censored.

Over time, edits done to get rid of cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, gun violence that went beyond comic slapstick, and cuts for time, often caused by the network airing a PAL version of the short instead of an NTSC version, were made. The cuts on Cartoon Network and Boomerang were often inconsistent; a cartoon that once appeared edited on the network will appear uncut some time later, and vice versa. At times, they seem hypocritical; a cartoon with an offending scene gets cut, but the same offending scene is left in on another cartoon, or an offending scene in a cartoon is cut, yet a more dubious scene in the same cartoon is left in inexplicably.

In spite of these inconsistencies, mostly made in such installment shows as The Bugs and Daffy Show (a.k.a Bugs and Daffy), The Looney Tunes Show, Late Night Black and White, and The Acme Hour, there were shows like ToonHeads and The Bob Clampett Show that aired Warner Bros. cartoons with little to no cuts for historical reasons and even aired Warner Bros. shorts that would rarely get screentime due to objectionable content, such as "Russian Rhapsody", "Bacall to Arms", and the Private Snafu shorts.

Other notable edits and censorship moments on Cartoon Network include:

  • The "You Beat Your Wife" sequence on "Wideo Wabbit" was cut on Cartoon Network similarly to the WB version, but Cartoon Network used more advanced digital editing to erase the offending title, muted Bugs' first mention of the title, leading Bugs to say "Welcome, welcome..." and then have his lips move while saying nothing, and edited the rest of the sequence to make it look like Elmer was having trouble answering what his name was and what he does for a living rather than answering whether or not he's stopped beating his wife.
  • The scene near the end of "The Hasty Hare" where the Friz Freleng-looking astronomer writes a letter of resignation after seeing Bugs and the spaceship with many stars and planets attached to it was cut on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in America (overseas feeds, including those in countries where English is not considered an official language, have this uncut) to remove a shot of the letter that reads, "I resign! When I start seeing things like this, it's time to take up turkey farming!".
  • The scene near the end of "Roman Legion-Hare" where Bugs remarks after Emperor Nero and Yosemite Sam are chased to the top of the column by the lions "Well, like the Romans say, E. Pluribus Uranium" was cut on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in America, while overseas versions have the line uncut.
  • The end of "Drip-Along Daffy" where, after Daffy tells the audience, "I knew I'd clean up this one-horse town" and pushes a DSC cart, Porky asides, "Lucky for him, it is a one-horse town", which has been argued online as either a cut to get rid of the scatological implications of that line or cut because the short was at PAL speed on an NTSC network and went over its allotted time, though, according to the comments section of a fan-made review video of this short on YouTube, the reason the ending was cut was because Cartoon Network acquired a copy of "Drip-Along Daffy" that was edited for international audiences (similar to the versions of "Gonzales' Tamales" where Sylvester's line, "I'll getcha if I have to eat every one of these things!" as he's going through the box of hot peppers is cut in most televised versions in the United States and overseas) and Cartoon Network did not like airing that version, as they had no problem with the end line, but did not have a choice, as they could not find the version with the original ending. This also would explain why, as of 2019, Boomerang now airs "Drip-Along Daffy" uncut, as they acquired a new version with the original ending.
  • Cartoon Network USA banning the Speedy Gonzales cartoons, then airing them sporadically following complaints from viewers who did not think Speedy Gonzales was a negative stereotype of Mexicans, only for them to be pulled altogether from both Cartoon Network and Boomerang USA as of 2013. The Speedy Gonzales cartoons were still shown regularly on various overseas Cartoon Network and Boomerang feeds.
  • Cartoon Network banning twelve Bugs Bunny cartoons (known as the "Twelve Missing Hares") from airing on the 2001 version of their "June Bugs" weekend marathon that would have seen every Bugs Bunny cartoon ever made. Despite this, "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" and "What's Cookin' Doc?" have aired uncut on The Acme Hour and The Bob Clampett Show, respectively; "Frigid Hare" aired on a special installment of the 2002 version of The Looney Tunes Show following Chuck Jones' death with Bugs' line about not going back to work until July 1953 cut (the "Eskimo piehead" line would not be edited until later); "Herr Meets Hare" aired in full on a ToonHeads special about World War II cartoons, "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips" aired in clips on the same special during montages showing how the WWII cartoons had references to recycling scrap metal, how cruel and violent the treatment of the Japanese tended to be in these kind of shorts, and how, because of outrageously offensive and outdated stereotypes, a lot of WWII cartoons are either banned from airing on American TV or do air, but are edited; "A Feather in His Hare" has aired in Cartoon Network's early days between 1992 and 1995, as well as on some overseas feeds; "Which Is Witch" aired on Cartoon Network's June Bugs 2000 marathon with the pressure cooker sequence edited like it was on CBS and Nickelodeon in the '80s and '90s; and "Any Bonds Today?" aired with the Al Jolson-style blackface part creatively obscured with a page-turning screen wipe on the "ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons" special, while "Horse Hare", "Mississippi Hare", and "Bushy Hare" were still shown on some overseas feeds. This leaves "All This and Rabbit Stew" as the only Bugs Bunny short that has never aired on Cartoon Network or Boomerang globally at all due to being part of the Censored Eleven. A ToonHeads special was to be made about these twelve Bugs Bunny cartoons (along with a ToonHeads special about the worst cartoons ever made), but was shelved for potentially being too controversial and because ToonHeads was ending its run.[2]

Looney Shows on Cartoon Network[]

Gallery[]

Videos[]

Connections[]

  • Tom Kenny voices the Mayor, Mitch Mitchelson, and the narrator in the Powerpuff Girls, Yani the Yanitor in Dexter's Laboratory, Snailboy in Cow and Chicken, Eduardo in Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, Scoutmaster Lumpus and Slinkman in Camp Lazlo, Ice King and Gunter in Adventure Time, and Sumo in Clarence.
  • Kath Soucie voices Dexter's Mom, Agent Honeydew, LeeLee and Ponypuff Princess in Dexter's Laboratory Bubbles and Ms. Keane in the What-A-Cartoon Powerpuff Girls pilots Maryanne and Julie Smith in the Subsequent series and Ray Ray Lee in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee.
  • Frank Welker voices Phillips Luzinsky, The Infraggable Krunk and Monkey in Dexter's Laboratory Abracadaver in The Powerpuff Girls and Numbuh Zero in Codename: Kids Next Door.
  • Tara Strong voices Bubbles in The Powerpuff Girls, Ben in Ben 10, Terence in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Roger Radcliffe, Lila and Melissa O'Malley in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, and Truffles in Chowder.
  • Jeff Bennett voices Dexter's Dad on Dexter's Laboratory, the titular Johnny Bravo, Ace, Big Billy, Grubber, Major Man, and Professor Dick Hardley on The Powerpuff Girls, Drix on Ozzy and Drix, Mr. Boss and Mr. Fizz on Codename: Kids Next Door, Cletus and Loki on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Raj, Samson, Commander Hoo-Ha, and Walrus on Camp Lazlo, Azmuth in Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, and Bloppy Pants and Bendy on Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends.
  • Carlos Alazraqui voices Lil' Aurturo in The Powerpuff Girls, Monroe and Michael Lee in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Lazlo in Camp Lazlo, and Salty Mike in Squirrel Boy.
  • Maurice LaMarche voices Father in Codename:Kids Next Door, Principal Pixiefrog in My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Bella Noche in Adventure Time, and Man Boy in The Powerpuff Girls (2016).
  • June Foray voiced Madame Argentina in the Powerpuff Girls.
  • Candi Milo voices Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory (replacing Christine Cavanaugh), Madame Foster, Coco, Cheese, and Crackers in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Ophelia Ramirez, Barbara Lee, and Mrs. Gomez in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, and Mom and Teacher in Cow and Chicken.
  • Charlie Adler voices Cow, Chicken, Red Guy, I.R. Baboon and Cousin Boneless Chicken in Cow and Chicken and the spin-off, I Am Weasel, and Snowman and Libbermouth in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
  • Cree Summer is the voice of Abigail Lincoln (AKA Numbuh Five), Cree Lincoln, and The Delightful Children from Down the Lane on Codename: Kids Next Door, Frightwig in Ben 10 and Ben 10: Omniverse and The Cave Witch on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
  • Rob Paulsen voices Major Glory in Dexter's Laboratory, Brick and Boomer in The Powerpuff Girls, and Buck Tudrussel in Time Squad.
  • Dan Castellaneta voices Earl in Cow and Chicken.
  • Jim Cummings voices Fuzzy Lumpkins in The Powerpuff Girls, Cruel Veterinarian and The Great Fusilli in Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Nasalmancer in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Buford in Mighty Magiswords and Lord Boxman in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes.
  • Mako Iwamatsu voiced Aku in Samurai Jack and spoke in the ending theme to Dexter's Laboratory.
  • Mark Hamill voices Stickybeard in Codename: Kids Next Door, White Kitty in The Powerpuff Girls, Larry 3000 in Time Squad and Skips in Regular Show.
  • John DiMaggio voices The Scotsman in Samurai Jack, Schnitzel in Chowder, Jake the Dog in Adventure Time, Ralph in We Bare Bears, and Four Arms, Maurice and Zombozo in Ben 10 (2016).
  • Steve Blum voices Jamie in Megas XLR, Vilgax, Heatblast and Ghostfreak in Ben 10, Techmo, John Sorrenstein and Carter in Regular Show, and Ham Sandwich Jones in Uncle Grandpa
  • Lara Jill Miller voices Julie in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Juniper in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, and Fink in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes.
  • Fred Tatasciore voices Ripjaws, Cannonbolt, Way Big and Future Ben in Ben 10, Mannish Man in Adventure Time and Muscle Dad in Regular Show.
  • Kevin Michael Richardson voices The Boogie Man in The Powerpuff Girls, Demongo in Samurai Jack, Donny in Adventure Time, Mr. Gus in Uncle Grandpa, and Beef Jerky in Apple & Onion.
  • Eric Bauza voices Belly Bag in Uncle Grandpa, Allegro in The Powerpuff Girls (2016), and Phil the Theif, Hoppus and King Rexxtopher in Mighty Magiswords.
  • Kari Wahlgren voices Charmcaster in Ben 10, Kimmy in Sym-Bionic Titan, Shannon in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, and Parka Denizens 1 & 2 in Infinity Train.
  • Keith Ferguson voices Bloo in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Colonel Candy Corn, Dr. Donut and Prince Gumball in Adventure Time, Officer Murphy and Ranger Martinez in We Bare Bears, and Parka Denizen 3 in Infinity Train.
  • Roger Craig Smith voices Thomas, Low Five Ghost, Briggs and Frank Smith in Regular Show, Belson Noles in Clarence, and Diamondhead, Forever Knight and Steam Smythe in Ben 10 (2016).
  • Phil LaMarr voices Hector Con Carne in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne, Samurai Jack in Samurai Jack, Wilt in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Marcus Conner in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Bull Sharkowski in My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Philly Phil in Class of 3000, Noville in Mighty Magiswords, and Bernard Williams in Craig of the Creek.
  • Nancy Cartwright voices Lu in Mike, Lu & Og.
  • Tom Kane voices Professor Utonium, HIM, and Talking Dog in The Powerpuff Girls and Mr. Herriman in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
  • S. Scott Bullock voices Wendell in Mike, Lu & Og, Thor and Wrongness in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Captian Ridiculous, Captain Handy, and Lord Nickelbottoms in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, and Giant Coffee Bean in Regular Show.
  • Dee Bradley Baker voices Dad in Cow and Chicken, Og in Mike, Lu & Og, Mr. Werkaut in What Ever Happened to... Robot Jones?, Wallabee Beetles (AKA Numbuh Four), Toiletnator, Tommy Gillian, and The Delightful Children from Down the Lane in Codename: Kids Next Door, Philip in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Gus and Boomfist in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Stinkfly and Wildmutt in Ben 10, Cinnamon Bun, Mr. Cupcake and Chet in Adventure Time, Lion in Steven Universe, and Ghoms in Infinity Train.
  • Jessica DiCicco voices Flame Princess in Adventure Time.

Looney Allusions[]

  • Some of the commercial bumpers of The Bugs and Daffy Show aired on Cartoon Network during the "Powerhouse" era homages various Looney Tunes shorts, including those from WB's post-1948 package, which wasn't previously alluded to at all during the show's Checkerboard Era bumpers, right down to the voice-overs [3];
    • The opening and closing bumper which Daffy gets jealous of all the attention Bugs gets the attention, complete with Daffy's unsuccessful attempts to make himself noticed, is a reference to "Show Biz Bugs".
    • The most often-repeated bumper of Bugs and Daffy using Reverse Psychology on each other to get the off-screen hunter (likely to be Elmer Fudd) to shoot each other via pantomime, which ends with Daffy always getting shot and losing his feathers, is a reference to Chuck Jones' "Hunting Trilogy" cartoons "Rabbit Fire", "Rabbit Seasoning" and "Duck! Rabbit! Duck!". In addition, the part where Daffy taunts Bugs by sticking his tongue before getting shot is a direct reference to a similar gag from "Rabbit Seasoning".
      • In a few variations of this bumper, Elmer Fudd is mentioned.
      • In one variation of this bumper, there is a voice-over telling Bugs to get out of the pot of soup which the rabbit mistakes for a jacuzzi, which is an allusion to similar gags of Bugs bathing in a pot of stew before realizing that he's been cooked in it from both "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" and "Wackiki Wabbit".
      • In one variation of the bumper, there is a voice-over saying that Daffy goes crazy from coffee consumption. Ironically, it was Bugs that did go crazy from coffee consumption in The Looney Tunes Show episode "Off Duty Cop" instead of Daffy.
    • The bumper where Yosemite Sam repetitively attempts to shoot down a tap-dancing Bugs is a reference to a similar gag from "Bugs Bunny Rides Again".
      • In one variation of this bumper, there is a voice-over mentioning Yosemite Sam as a wanted criminal in 15 states for robbing banks and shooting dancing bunnies, which is a direct reference to Yosemite Sam's wanted poster in his debut cartoon "Hare Trigger".
    • An often-repeated bumper which involves Penelope Pussycat accidentally getting a white stripe on her back by sneaking under a bench with wet white paint, only to end up getting chased by the amorous Pepe Le Pew, is a homage to similar gags in "Little Beau Pepe", "Touché and Go" and "Who Scent You?".
    • The bumper which involves Bugs, in his barber outfit from "Rabbit of Seville", giving Gossamer a haircut, is a reference to Bugs giving Gossamer a hairdo from "Water, Water, Every Hare" and Bugs giving Elmer a haircut from "Rabbit of Seville", although the end result where the newly-shaved Gossamer is revealed to be nothing left except his sneakers is a reference of a scene from "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century" where Gossamer is reduced to nothingness after Porky uses electronic clippers to shave him.
      • In one variation of the bumper, there is a voice-over saying that Elmer wouldn't have turned out all right if Bugs had never met Daffy. This voice-over line is even satirized in the movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action where the Reverse Psychology gags between Bugs, Daffy and Elmer did go wrong without Daffy, except that Bugs is the one suffering from this instead of Elmer.
    • The bumper where Sylvester uses a fan strapped on his back to fly upwards to the cage to catch Tweety is a reference to a similar gag from "Tweetie Pie", except that the end result is changed where instead of Tweety unplugging the fan from it's cord from outside the cage, Tweety instead uses a screwdriver, causing Sylvester to repetitively spin away into dizziness.
      • In one variation of the bumper there is a voice-over suggesting to Sylvester get Granny to open a can of tuna for him instead of eating Tweety, which is a reference to "A Street Cat Named Sylvester" where Granny opens a can of cat food for Sylvester to eat, therefore distracting the cat from eating Tweety for a while.
    • The bumper where Tweety tricks Sylvester to eating a bomb resembling a dummy of Tweety himself is a homage to the gag from "I Taw a Putty Tat" where Tweety tricks Sylvester to eat a bottle of alum when hiding in the cupboard.
    • In some variations of each of these aforementioned bumpers, music from "Box Office Bunny" could be heard.
  • The "Chasers Anonymous" bumper of The Bugs and Daffy Show aired on Cartoon Network during the "Powerhouse" era reuses character animation from "Hare Trigger", "Wideo Wabbit", "Tweet and Sour" and "Goldimouse and the Three Cats" [4].

References[]

  1. ↑ Feiner, Lauren. "WarnerMedia reorganizes its leadership team after AT&T acquisition", CNBC, 4 March 2019. 
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHNTv3oQoE8
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-yn5i2U2IU&ab_channel=RetroCCN
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU-aOOHUpdU&ab_channel=RetroCCN


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