Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is the Warner Bros. animated cartoon series featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and other characters, running from 1930 onward.
As an adjective, looney tunes (also loony tunes) means crazy or absurd: The whole plan sounds looney tunes to me.
The spelling plays on "loony," itself from "lunatic."
- Porky PigStuttering cartoon swine
- SylvesterForest-derived masculine name
- TweetySmall yellow bird
- Road RunnerSwift blue bird
Daffy Duck · Elmer Fudd · Yosemite Sam · Foghorn Leghorn · Wile E. Coyote · Marvin the Martian · Speedy Gonzales · Pepe Le Pew
Major film studio
- cel animationDrawing on transparent sheets
- storyboardPlanned visual sequence drawings
- voice actingUnseen performer's vocal art
- character designVisual development of personas
Merrie Melodies · Mel Blanc · Chuck Jones · Golden Age · frame-by-frame · animator
Exaggerated physical humor
- gagsJokes or silencing devices
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- dynamitePowerful blasting compound
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
chase scenes · fourth wall · catchphrases · sight gags · pratfall · explosive · backfire · disguise
Sixth day's early hours
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- vintageQuality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- timelessUnaffected by eras
syndication · reruns · baby boomer · Gen X · VHS · after school · generational · iconic
Bugs Bunny
Daffy Duck · Elmer Fudd · Yosemite Sam · Foghorn Leghorn · Road Runner · Wile E. Coyote · Marvin the Martian · Speedy Gonzales · Pepe Le Pew · Lola Bunny
Warner Bros
Major film studio
- cel animationDrawing on transparent sheets
- storyboardPlanned visual sequence drawings
- voice actingUnseen performer's vocal art
Merrie Melodies · Mel Blanc · Chuck Jones · character design · Golden Age · frame-by-frame · animator
slapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
mallet · chase scenes · fourth wall · catchphrases · sight gags · pratfall · explosive · backfire · disguise · trickster
Saturday morning
Sixth day's early hours
timeless · syndication · reruns · baby boomer · Gen X · VHS · after school · generational · iconic
- cartoonsBugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Simpsons, Donald Duck
- animationanimation, animator, animators, cartoons, animated cartoons
- Warner BrosBugs Bunny, Tweety, Tweety Bird, Sylvester, Porky Pig
- Animation HistoryWalt Disney, Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie, golden age, cel animation
- WarnerMediaWarner Bros, HBO, CNN, TNT, TBS
- 70s CartoonsScooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Jabberjaw
Looney TunesDisney
Major entertainment conglomerate
Mickey Mouse · Fantasia · Bambi · Snow White · Cinderella
Looney TunesBambi
Animated woodland fawn
Sesame Street · Blue's Clues · Winnie the Pooh · Care Bears · Precious Moments
tune, cartoon, tuning, loony, tunes, tuner, tuned, cartoonist, tuners