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[[Image:Looney Tunes.png|thumb|250px|right|''Looney Tunes'' opening title from mid-1950s]]
'''''Looney Tunes''''' is a [[Warner Bros.]] [[animated cartoon]] series which ran in many movie theatres from [[1930]] to [[1969]]. It preceded the ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series and is Warner Bros.'s first [[animated theatrical series]]. The regular Warner Bros. animation cast also became known as the "Looney Tunes" (often misspelled, intentionally or not, as "Looney [[Toon]]s").
The name ''Looney Tunes'' is a variation on ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'', the name of [[Walt Disney]]'s concurrent series of music-based cartoon shorts. ''Looney Tunes'' originally showcased Warner-owned musical compositions through the adventures of cartoon characters such as [[Bosko]] and [[Buddy (Looney Tunes)|Buddy]]. Later ''Looney Tunes'' shorts featured popular characters such as [[Porky Pig]], [[Daffy Duck]], [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Elmer Fudd]], [[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester]] and [[Tweety Pie|Tweety]], [[Marvin the Martian]], [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Taz]],
[[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner]], [[Foghorn Leghorn]], [[Yosemite Sam]], [[Pepé Le Pew]], [[Speedy Gonzalez]], and many others.
Originally produced by [[Harman-Ising Pictures]], ''Looney Tunes'' were produced by [[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Leon Schlesinger Productions]] from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, and the newly renamed [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]] continued production until 1963. ''Looney Tunes'' were outsourced to [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]] from 1964 to 1967, and Warner Bros. Cartoons re-assumed production for the series' final two years. From 1942 to 1969, ''Looney Tunes'' was the most popular cartoon series in theaters.
==History==
In the beginning, both ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' drew their storylines from Warner's vast music library. However, eventually the two series distinguished themselves by ''Looney Tunes'' becoming the umbrella for the studio's various recurring characters, while ''Merrie Melodies'' continued with the use of one-shot characters. Also, from 1934 to 1943 ''Merrie Melodies'' were produced in color and ''Looney Tunes'' in black and white; after 1943, however, both series were produced in color; the only real difference between the two series was in the variation between the opening theme music and titles.<ref>{{cite book
|last= Barrier
|first= Michael
|authorlink= Michael Barrier (historian)
|year= 1999
|title= Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age
|location= Oxford
|publisher= Oxford University Press
|isbn= 0-19-516729-5
}}</ref> Both series also made use of the various Warner Bros. cartoon characters. By 1937, the theme music for ''Looney Tunes'' was "[[The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]]" by [[Cliff Friend]] and [[Dave Franklin]]; the theme music for ''Merrie Melodies'' was an adaptation of "[[Merrily We Roll Along (song)|Merrily We Roll Along]]" by [[Charles Tobias]], [[Murray Mencher]] and [[Eddie Cantor]].
[[Image:Looney Tunes B&W.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Black and white ''Looney Tunes'' opening title from [[1943]].]]
In 1930, Warner Bros. became interested in developing a series of musical animated shorts in order to promote their music. They had recently acquired the ownership of [[Brunswick Records]] along with four music publishers for US $28 million. Consequently, they were eager to start promoting this material in order to cash in on the sales of sheet music and phonograph records. Warners made a deal with [[Leon Schlesinger]] to produce cartoons for Warner Bros. Schlesinger hired [[Rudolph Ising]] and [[Hugh Harman]] to produce their first series of cartoons. [[Bosko]] was ''Looney Tunes'' first major star, debuting in the short ''[[Sinkin' in the Bathtub]]'' in 1930. When Harman and Ising left the Warner Bros. in 1933 over a budget dispute with Schlesinger, they took with them all the rights of the characters and cartoons which they had created. Schlesinger had to negotiate with them in order to keep the rights to the name ''Looney Tunes'' as well as for the right to use the slogan ''That's All Folks!'' at the end of the cartoons.
A bland white-washed version of Bosko called [[Buddy (Looney Tunes)|Buddy]] became the star of the ''Looney Tunes'' series for the next few years. With the animators working in the [[Termite Terrace]] studio, they debuted of the first truly major ''Looney Tunes'' star, [[Porky Pig]], who was introduced in 1935 along with [[Beans (Looney Tunes)|Beans the Cat]] in the ''Merrie Melodie'' cartoon ''[[I Haven't Got a Hat]]'' directed by [[Friz Freleng]]. Beans was the star of the next Porky/Beans cartoon ''[[Golddiggers of '49]]'', but it was Porky who emerged as the star instead of Beans. This was followed by the debuts of other memorable ''Looney Tunes'' stars such as [[Daffy Duck]] (in 1937) and the most famous of the ''Looney Tunes'' cast, [[Bugs Bunny]] (in 1940). Bugs appeared mostly in the color ''Merrie Melodies'' and formally joined the ''Looney Tunes'' crew with the release of ''[[Buckaroo Bugs]]''. Schlesinger began to phase in the production of color ''Looney Tunes'' with the 1942 cartoon ''[[The Hep Cat]]''. The final black-and-white ''Looney Tune'' was ''[[Puss n' Booty]]'' in 1943. The inspiration for the changeover was Warners' decision to re-release only the color cartoons in the ''[[Merrie Melodies#Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies|Blue Ribbon Classics]]'' series of ''Merrie Melodies''. Bugs Bunny made a cameo appearance in 1942 in the Avery/Clampett cartoon ''Crazy Cruise'' and also at the end of the [[Frank Tashlin]] 1943 cartoon ''[[Porky Pig's Feat]]''. Schlesinger sold his interest in the cartoon studio in 1944 to Warner Bros.
The ''Looney Tunes'' series' popularity was strengthened even more when the shorts began airing on network and [[syndicated television]] in the 1950s under various titles and formats. However, since the syndicated shorts' target audience was children and because of concerns over children's television in the 1970s, the ''Looney Tunes'' shorts began to be edited to remove scenes featuring innuendos, racial remarks, curse words, ethnic stereotypes and extreme violence.
[[Image:1962 Looney Tunes intro.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''Looney Tunes'' opening WB graphic from the mid-1960's]]
The original ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical series ran from 1930 to 1969 (the last short being "[[Injun Trouble (1969 film)|Injun Trouble]]", starring [[Cool Cat]]). During part of the 1960s, the shorts were produced by [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]] after Warner Bros. shut down their animation studios. The shorts from this era can be identified by the fact that they open with a different title sequence featuring stylized limited animation and graphics on a black background and a re-arranged version of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down," arranged by [[William Lava]]. (When [[Seven Arts Productions|Seven Arts Associates]] merged with Warner Bros. in 1967, the logos were updated, replacing all regular WB elements with the [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]] logo, as well as new theme music.) Theatrical animated shorts went dormant until 1987 when new shorts were made to introduce ''Looney Tunes'' to a new generation of audiences. New shorts have been produced and released sporadically for theaters since then, usually as promotional tie-ins with various family movies produced by Warner Bros. This lasted until 2004.
[[Image:Looney Tunes-W7.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]] logo used on the final ''Looney Tunes'' shorts.]]
In the 1970s through the early 1990s, several ''Looney Tunes'' feature-film [[compilations]], which continued until 1988, and [[television specials]] were produced, mostly centering on Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck, with a mixture of new and old footage.
In 1976, the ''Looney Tunes'' characters made their way into the amusement business when they became the mascots for the two Marriott's Great America theme parks (Gurnee, Santa Clara). After the Gurnee park was sold to [[Six Flags]], they also claimed the rights to use the characters at the other Six Flags parks, which they continue to do presently.
In 1988, several ''Looney Tunes'' characters appeared in cameo roles in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. The more notable cameos featured Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, and Tweety. It is the only time in which Looney Tunes characters have shared screen time with their rivals at [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]—particularly in the scenes where Bugs Bunny and [[Mickey Mouse]] are skydiving, and when Daffy Duck and [[Donald Duck]] are performing their "Duelling Pianos" sequence.
In 1988, [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] aired all the unaired cartoons in a show called ''Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon'' until 1999. To date, ''Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon'' is the longest-airing [[animated series]] on the network that was not a [[Nicktoon]].
In 1996, ''[[Space Jam]]'', a feature film mixing animation and [[live-action]], was released starring Bugs Bunny and [[basketball]] player [[Michael Jordan]]. Despite its odd plot and mixed critical reception,<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/space_jam/ "Movie Reviews: Space Jam".] Retrieved on [[2008]]-[[January 23|01-23]].</ref> the film was a major box-office success, grossing nearly $100,000,000 in the U.S. alone,<ref>[[Jerry Beck|Beck, Jerry]]. ''The Animated Movie Guide'' ([[2005]]). [[Chicago, Illinois]]: [[Chicago Review Press]].</ref> and introduced a new character named [[Lola Bunny]].
In 2000, Warner Bros. decided to make the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' library exclusive to fellow Time Warner properties, specifically [[Cartoon Network]]. Immediately prior to this decision, Looney Tunes shorts were airing on several networks at once: on Cartoon Network, on Nickelodeon (as ''Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon''), and on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (as ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show]]''). The latter two had been particularly long running series, and the Warner Bros. decision forced the two networks to cancel the programs. This is the main reason why ''Looney Tunes'' are seldom seen on television today.
In 2003, another feature film was released, this time in an attempt to recapture the spirit of the original shorts: the live-action/animated ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''. Although it earned relatively positive reviews from critics<ref>Rosenbaum, Jonathan. [http://www.chicagoreader.com/moviesarchives/2003/1103/031121.html "Joe Dante Calls the Toon"] ([[2003]]). ''Chicago Reader''. Retrieved on [[2008]]-[[January 25|01-25]].</ref> and has been argued by animation historians and fans as the finest original feature-length appearance for the cartoon characters,<ref>[[Jerry Beck|Beck, Jerry]]. ''The Animated Movie Guide'' ([[2005]]). [[Chicago, Illinois]]: [[Chicago Review Press]].</ref><ref>{{cite web
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In 2006, [[Warner Home Video]] released a new, [[Christmas]]-themed ''Looney Tunes'' direct-to-video movie called ''[[Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas]]'' featuring a wide array of characters working in a mega-store under the Scrooge-esque Daffy Duck. The movie parodies the famous book by [[Charles Dickens]], ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.
Since the days of the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], the ''Looney Tunes'' characters have been featured in numerous video games, such as a same-titled one that came out on [[Game Boy]] in 1992. It was later remade for the [[Game Boy Color]] in 1999; it was not a best seller and received poor reviews.
The ''Looney Tunes'' characters have had more success in the area of television, with appearances in several originally produced series, including ''[[Taz-Mania]]'' (1991, starring [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|The Tasmanian Devil]]), ''The [[Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries]]'' (1995, starring [[Sylvester the cat]], [[Tweety Bird]] and [[Granny (Looney Tunes)|Granny]]), ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'' (2002, which had a similar premise to ''[[Muppet Babies]]''), and ''[[Duck Dodgers (TV series)|Duck Dodgers]]'' (2003, starring [[Daffy Duck]], [[Porky Pig]] and [[Marvin the Martian]]). The Looney Tunes characters also made frequent cameos in the 1990 spinoff series ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', where they played teachers and mentors to a younger generation of cartoon characters, plus occasional cameos in the later shows ''[[Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[Histeria!]]'' Most recently, ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'', a futuristic version of the characters, aired on [[Kids' WB!]] It had a large fanbase, although the show was greeted with negative criticism from audiences familiar with the original versions of the characters.
Although the cartoons are seldom seen on mainstream TV, thanks to revival theatrical screenings, and the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection|Golden Collection]]'' [[DVD]] box sets, the ''Looney Tunes'' and its characters have remained a part of Western animation heritage.
On [[October 22]] [[2007]], ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons became available for the first time in [[High Definition]] via [[Microsoft|Microsoft's]] [[Xbox Live]] service, including some in Spanish.<ref>{{cite press release |title= From Looney Tunes and iCarly to Shrek and SpongeBob SquarePants, Xbox 360 Launches Massive Library of Family Games and Entertainment |publisher= [[Microsoft]] |date= [[2007-10-22]] |url= http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/oct07/10-22XboxFamilyContentPR.mspx |accessdate = 2007-11-06 }}</ref>
Looney Tunes can currently be seen on the [[Kids WB!]] website. <ref>[http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/corpcomm/press_release.jsp?id=WBEUnveilTWorksOnlineAnimationSpring2008 "Warner Bros. Entertainment To Unveil T-Works Immersive Online Animation Experience For All Ages In Spring 2008"]. ''Warnerbros.com''. Retrieved on [[2008]]-[[January 21|01-21]].</ref>
==Controversy==
===Stereotypes===
A '''handful''' of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts from the [[World War II]] era are no longer aired on American television nor are they available for sale by Warner Bros. because of the racial [[stereotype]]s of [[African-Americans]], [[Jew]]s (especially in the earlier cartoons, despite the fact that all four of the Warner brothers that the studio was named for were Jewish as well<ref>[http://www.germanhollywood.com/warner.html "The Warner Brothers: Albert, Harry, Jack, and Sam Warner"]. Retrieved on [[2008]]-[[January 23|01-23]].</ref>), [[Japanese people|Japanese]], [[Chinese people]], and [[Germany|Germans]] (especially during WWII, as in "[[Tokio Jokio]]") included in some of the cartoons. Eleven cartoons that prominently featured stereotypical black characters (and a few passing jokes about Japanese people, as was the case with ''[[Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs]]'' and ''[[Jungle Jitters]]'') were withdrawn from distribution in 1968 and are known as the [[Censored Eleven]]. This has caused dismay among some animation enthusiasts, who feel that they should have access to these shorts. There has been some success in returning these cartoons to the public; in 1999 all [[Speedy Gonzales]] cartoons were made unavailable because of their alleged stereotyping of [[Mexicans]], but because the level of stereotyping was minor compared to the World War II era cartoons as well as the protests of many [[Hispanics]] who said they were not offended and fondly remembered Speedy Gonzales cartoons from their youth, these shorts were made available for broadcast again in 2002.
In addition to these most notorious cartoons, many Warner cartoons contain fleeting or sometimes extended gags that reference then-common racial or ethnic stereotypes. The release of the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3]]'' includes a disclaimer at the beginning of each [[DVD]] in the volume given by [[Whoopi Goldberg]] which explains that the cartoons are products of their time and contain racial and ethnic stereotypes that these days would be considered offensive, but the cartoons are going to be presented on the DVD uncut and uncensored because editing them out and therefore denying that the stereotypes existed is almost as bad as condoning them.
A written disclaimer, similar to the words spoken by Goldberg in Volume 3, is shown at the beginning of each DVD in the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4]]'' and ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]]'' sets:
{{quotation|The cartoons you are about to see are products of their time. They may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society. These depictions were wrong then and they are wrong today. While the following does not represent the Warner Bros. view of today's society, these cartoons are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming that these prejudices never existed.}}
===Dubbed versions===
WB has also had controversy over [[Turner Entertainment]]’s "[[Dubbing (transferring)|dubbed]] version" prints, used on many pre-1948 cartoons beginning in 1995. These versions were actually new ones derived (hence the "dubbed" moniker) from earlier-generation prints of whatever versions of shorts were available, even if they were the altered "blue ribbon" prints. These "dubbed versions" had many alterations. They have a generic end card (with either orange or red rings), with a disclaiming copyright to Turner, thus replacing the original colored cards (ala Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies). Many animation fans have believed that changing the end card was a bad move on many of the pre-1948 cartoons, especially "[[The Old Grey Hare]]", which features a static version of the end card shaking from an off-screen explosion. Because of the generic end card, this ending gag was obliterated in the dubbed version, though there is also a second dubbed version which preserves the gag. In this version, the original end card shakes, and the Turner disclaimer fades up at the end.
In almost all cases, the original end title music was kept, although sometimes an earlier or later version of the closing theme is heard on the titles.
These "dubbed versions", which continue to be shown on cable and broadcast television to this day, are not representative of the original theatrical release versions of the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" shorts. Despite Warner Bros./Turner's best efforts to include the best available versions of the shorts possible on DVD, several "dubbed version" cartoons have been released on DVD, either in special 2-disc editions of the WB/Turner classic films or on their ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection'' 4-disc DVD sets.
===Colorization===
In [[1967]], the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts company reissued all the black-and-white ''Looney Tunes'' in a primitive [[film colorization|colorization]] process. The original prints were sent to [[South Korea]] where artists re-traced each cartoon frame-by-frame in color.
These cartoons continued to be seen over the decades, and even some of the hand-colored cartoons ended up on low-budget bargain-bin home video labels (the hand-colored versions were copyrighted, but it has been suggested they too have fallen into the [[public domain]]).
Then, in [[1990]], [[1992]] and [[1995]], Warner Bros. released the classic black-and-white shorts again in color, but this time using a digital colorization process rather than re-coloring them frame-by-frame as in [[1967]]. The digital color versions have aired on the Turner networks ([[Cartoon Network]] and [[Boomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang]] except on the programming block ''Late Night Black And White''). Incidentally, the [[1967]] hand-drawn color versions continued to be seen on the Turner networks until Looney Tunes were pulled from the airwaves in [[2007]].
==Ownership==
In the early 1950s, Warner Bros. sold its black-and-white ''Looney Tunes'' to Sunset Productions. Warners insisted that the opening and closing titles be changed to remove all references to Warner Bros. The cartoons were distributed by Guild Films until it was sold to [[Motion Pictures for Television]]. In the 1960s, [[Seven Arts Productions]] bought that company. In 1967, Seven Arts merged with Warner Bros. to create [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]] thus putting those films back in Warners' ownership.[http://www.geocities.com/argussventon/cartoondistributors/guildfilms/sunset.html]
In 1957, [[Associated Artists Productions]] (a.a.p.) acquired for television most of Warner Bros.' pre-1948 library, including all ''Merrie Melodies'' (except for "[[Lady Play Your Mandolin]]") and color ''Looney Tunes'' shorts. Unlike the sale to Sunset Productions, a.a.p. was allowed to keep the Warner titles intact and simply inserted an "Associated Artists Productions presents" title at the head of each reel so each ''Merrie Melodie'' cartoon had the song ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (song)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' playing twice (while each ''Looney Tune'' had both songs playing once each).[http://www.geocities.com/argussventon/cartoondistributors/aap/aap.html] a.a.p. was later sold to [[United Artists]], who merged the company into its television division—[[United Artists Television]].
In 1981, UA was sold to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], and 5 years later, [[Ted Turner]] acquired the MGM library—which also included U.S. rights to the [[RKO Pictures]] library, in addition to its own pre-1986 material, the classic Warner Bros. library, and some of UA's own product, in an attempt to take over MGM. Turner's company, [[Turner Broadcasting System]] (whose [[Turner Entertainment]] division oversaw the film library), merged with [[Time Warner]] in 1996, thus the classic library was once again under ownership of WB (although technically they are owned by Turner, with WB handling sales and distribution).
All the while, starting in 1967 WB was able to retain the rights to "Lady Play Your Mandolin" and the black-and-white ''Looney Tunes'', even though a number of them fell into the public domain (WB holds the original film elements)—a majority of these public domain shorts have been released on many low-budget independent home video labels. As of 2006, all WB's animated output (including the post-'48 shorts WB also kept) are under the same Time Warner umbrella of ownership.
UA (under the pre-WB/Turner-merger management of [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]]) officially released numerous compilations of the classic pre-'48 cartoons on [[VHS]] and [[Laserdisc|LaserDisc]], most of these under the title ''The Golden Age of Looney Tunes''. Today, Warner Home Video holds the video rights to the entire ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' animated output by virtue of WB's ownership of Turner Entertainment—this is why their ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection]]'' DVD box sets include cartoons from both the pre-'48 Turner-owned and post-'48 WB owned periods. For many years, the pre-'48 cartoons have been shown on TV with severe age-wearing, due in part to UA being uninterested in keeping the prints fresh - with these DVD box sets, the pre-'48 shorts are being restored and remastered to eliminate the age-wearing.
== Awards ==
Five of the Looney Tunes have been selected to the [[National Film Registry]]:
* ''[[What's Opera, Doc?]]'' (1957) selected in 1992
* ''[[Show Biz Bugs]]'' (1957) selected in 1996
* ''[[Duck Amuck]]'' (1953) selected in 1999
* ''[[Porky in Wackyland]]'' (1938) selected in 2000
* ''[[One Froggy Evening]]'' (1955) selected in 2003
Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Animation):
* ''[[Tweetie Pie]]'' (1947)
* ''[[For Scent-imental Reasons]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Speedy Gonzales (short)|Speedy Gonzales]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Birds Anonymous]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]'' (1958)
Academy Award nominations:
* ''[[It's Got Me Again!]]'' (1931-1932)
* ''[[Detouring America]]'' (1939)
* ''[[A Wild Hare]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Rhapsody in Rivets]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Pigs in a Polka]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Greetings Bait]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Swooner Crooner]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Life with Feathers]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Walky Talky Hawky]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Mouse Wreckers]]'' (1948)
* ''[[From A to Z-Z-Z-Z]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Sandy Claws]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Tabasco Road]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Mexicali Shmoes]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Mouse and Garden]]'' (1960)
* ''[[High Note]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Beep Prepared]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Nelly's Folly]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Now Hear This]]'' (1962)
==Republic of Ireland==
* [[The Den (television)|The Den]]
* [[Cula 4]]
* [[RTE 2]]
==United States==
* [[Boomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang]] (2000-2007)
* [[Cartoon Network]] (1992-2005, brief return in 2006)
* [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] (1988-1999)
* [[Turner Network Television|TNT]]
* [[TBS (TV network)|TBS]]
* [[Syndication]] (1955-)
* [[The WB]] (1995-2001)
* [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1960-1968, 1971-75, 1985-2000)
* [[CBS]] (1966-1973, 1975-1985)
==United Kingdom==
* [[Cartoon Network]] (1993-)
* [[CN Too]] (2006-)
* [[Boomerang]] (2000-)
* [[BBC One]] (2002-)
* [[BBC Two]] (2002-)
* [[CBBC Channel]] (2002-)
* [[ITV]] (1955-2002)
* [[CITV]] (1983-2002)
==See also==
*[[List of Looney Tunes characters]]
* [[Merrie Melodies]]
* [[Termite Terrace]]
* [[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography]]
* [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection]]
* [[Looney Tunes CDs]]
* [[Looney Tunes Video Show]]
* [[List of modern Looney Tunes characters]]
* [[Duck Dodgers (TV series)|Duck Dodgers]]
* [[Baby Looney Tunes]]
* [[Space Jam]]
* [[Tiny Toon Adventures]]
* [[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]
* [[Taz-Mania]]
* [[Chuck Jones]]
* [[Friz Freleng]]
* [[Tex Avery]]
* [[Bob Clampett]]
* [[Mel Blanc]]
* [[June Foray]]
==References==
===Notes===
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==External links==
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* [http://www.cartoonspot.net/looney-tunes/looney-tunes-characters.php Looney Tunes characters] on the Cartoon Spot
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