It's been almost 2 years, yet there hasn't been any conclusive episode. I will wait.

And Warner Bros never had any terrible mergers again.

This has been a fantastic retrospective telling the history of Looney Tunes and WB animation. Really hope an eighth installment is still in the works!

After watching these retrospectives, I've noticed a pattern of grudges: Hugh Harman with Walt Disney, Chuck Jones with Bob Clampett, Tex Avery with Leon Schlesinger, Rudy Lariva with Chuck Jones. The Lariva 11 are proof that holding grudges is bad for business.

Norman Normal is like an alternate reality where animation had continued being for general / adult audiences in America, I wish more shorts like it would have been produced.

As a former traditional animator (y'know, paper and pencils) I can honestly say that doing full, not limited, animation, doesn't take much more time if you have a core staff of good, experienced animators who can work efficiently. Disney animated DUMBO in something like six months. Once executives started calling the shots it was all over, though.

One way "The Road Runner Show"'s theme song stayed in the public mind long after 1973 was its appearance in the background in one scene of "The Shining".

Since we're near the end I just want to say this: this is the best Looney Tunes, heck, the best animation documentary period. Every time I think I know where something is going, a new fact takes me by surprise. I legit never knew stuff like DFE moving into the old WBA building or that they tried to pitch a ton of new LT ideas to keep the studio afloat. Stuff like this and Defunctland's recent work gives me a sense of happiness and wonder that KZfaq, which was once thought of a website where kids screamed at Mannequin heads and remixed news reports, can now contain stuff that rivals the likes of Hollywood in terms of journalism and research.

The story of Termite Terrence's revival sounds like those "We got the band together" stories from hell. Complete with the devil in the form of Jack Warner lol

Even when doing a retrospective documentary on looney tunes, KB still can't escape the grip that is anime.

I am waiting for the next part which is the resurgence in popularity for the brand at the tail end of the 1980's and the 1990's. Especially since the 1990's is seen as the silver age of animation.

We now come to the worst time in history for Looney Tunes, both in terms of the quality AND actual quantity, given that most of the staple characters were totally retired during this decade.

Just finished binging this full series of 7 videos, loved it. I hope you're still planning on doing the conclusion

Pink Panther, anime discussion, 60s politics, and the New Hollywood system? All in one video? Finally, content aimed JUST for me! This was really good Kaiser!! Your discussion into the changing social/political attitudes of the 1960s is extremely instrumental to talking about that decade of entertainment in general. You can’t talk 60s cartoons without at least mentioning the hippies and the Black Panthers lol. But anyways, great job!

Butch Catsidy actually wasn't that bad an idea, if he had been Sylvester's initial replacement instead of Daffy then at least those cartoons wouldn't have felt so awkward. I also remember a Vulture character who was Speedy's antagonist in one of the 50s shorts they could have brought back

Ex-CUSE me, sir, but at that time it was definitely called “Japanimation”!

I know you had mentioned in your Patreon announcements this one was a struggle to research due to the scattered documentation and lack of information since this is the era of Looney Tunes no one really wants to talk about. But I have to say, you did it justice; your work was definitely not in vain. This episode is an excellent and illuminating entry of not just Looney Tunes, but animation history in general.

You know... In a lot of ways, it's a good thing that studio had its final days in the 60s. Times were changing and old fashioned attitudes were being challenged. Limited animation became a thing that eventually led to the founding of anime with Tezuka, which then, through the influence of western cinema, gave us some absolutely amazing stuff of which the list is endless. It's unfortunate the death of a studio needs to happen for the new things to take it's place, but I still love them old cartoons and they're such a staple for everyone over the last 100 years. From the Western film makers to the East, I don't think there's a corner of this globe that hasn't been affected by the Warner bros cartoon studio stuff. One of my favourite things ever, and I highly recommend you look it up, was Christopher Lee being interviewed about Peter Cushing. Both of them were HUGE cartoon fans, especially of the old era and they would both watch the cartoons together and enjoy them as you would. When Cushing was quite ill and towards the end of his life, Lee came to him with two cartoons. A Tom & Jerry cartoon featuring Spike (Cushing loved to quote "That's mah boy!") And the other was a Sylvester and Tweety Cartoon, Snow Business, because Sylvester was another favourite of Cushings. From Lee's words, he said that Cushing went from being quite ill and frail to roaring with absolute hilarity and laughter all in the space of these 6 minute little silly cartoons that were made to be forgotten. For an ill old man, he got to experience a nice window of joy and happiness for a brief period of time. I think that's more important than any award, any medal, any trophy that these things could have won over the years. They provided a delightful moment of happiness and escape that entertainment is meant to provide. Thanks for this Kaiser. You did a great job.

“Anime” was originally called Japanimation. “Anime” as a term DIDN’T really catch on until AFTER Naruto went Mainstream in the US (around 2005-2007) because of Toonami. While “Anime” was used before then it wasn’t as widely used as “Japanimation” was. If you don’t believe me, then go watch Season 1 of Veronica Mars (Dated September 2004) among other Mainstream Series & Movies from before then and compare it with stuff (released in September 2005 & later) when the English Dub premiered in the US. Also go look up reviews of Anime Movies & Shows and you won’t see that term used to often until after 2005 or so.

Looney Tunes should make a Suicide Squad parody with the late 60s characters. It just seems like something they'd do to acknowledge Bunnie and Claude, Cool Cat, Merlin the Magic Mouse, etc.

This is good, but I'd like to point out just a couple of errors, mostly regarding the Roadrunner cartoons. Several of the Roadrunner clips you credit to Rudy Larriva are actually from "Rushing Roulette" and "Sugar and Spies", which were both directed by Robert McKimson in-house at DePatie/Freleng, and they're notably much better than the "Larriva 11". You even specifically credit "Sugar and Spies" to Larriva. There's also the bit about Larriva making the Roadrunner shorts deliberately bad to somehow spite Chuck Jones. It's true they didn't get along, but Jones created the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote nearly a decade after he and Larriva had worked together, and Jones' "Rules" for the series were never set in stone, and were published in one of his autobiographies years after the cartoons were made. The truth is, Friz Freleng and David DePatie made the decision to outsource those cartoons to Larriva's Format Films studio because they didn't have the time or budget to make a dozen new Roadrunner shorts in addition to the Pink Panther and Speedy Gonzales, and something had to give. Format was happy to have the business, and did what they could with a meager budget and "canned" musical score. There's also a clip of Merlin the Magic Mouse you credit to Daws Butler, when it was actually voiced by Larry Storch. Other than that, good job.

2:22 Walt Disney technically died of cardiac arrest following his lung cancer surgery, but lung cancer counts as a co-morbidity. EDIT: He died of circulatory arrest and had chemo instead of surgery, but lung cancer was still a co-morbidity. EDIT: he had chemo, not surgery.

Man...the 60s really were turbulent for pop culture in all facets. Given your touching on the changing face of animation in this time period, you ever read the IDW miniseries "The Comic Book History of Animation"? Really fascinating and inventive work by Fred Van Lente and his collaborators.

There's so much that happens in the modern era that I wouldn't be surprised if it stretched into a longer video (if not videos). Revival in the 70s, the first video games, spin-off TV shows and films, crossovers, the first Looney Tunes comics, the 2010s-2020s re-revival, gonna be jam packed if nothing else. Absolutely banger video!

Couple of notes one, while Daws Butler did voice Merlin in his debut short, Larry Storch took over afterwards and two, 2 of the Roadrunner shorts were directed by Robert McKimson including the last DFE Roadrunner short.

The main thing I remember about Cool Cat is that, as a '90s kid, I had a vague idea that he was the same character as the Cheetos mascot.

Can't wait til we get to the Tiny Toons and Taz era of WB cartoons! Should be a surreal!

48:07 Actually, the Blue Ribbon reissues didn’t stop in 1968. They actually lasted another year and ended up stopping 4 months after the final new Looney Tunes short was released (the final one if you are wondering, was Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z, reissued on December 27, 1969). So if you are sad about the poor note that the produced Looney Tunes theatrical shorts ended on (even though I think it wasn’t that bad) try to think that the official final scene of Looney Tunes was of Wile E Coyote being allowed his cartoon to end before he hits the ground instead of Cool Cat leaving a cartoon that many people think is poor and racist.

alright let's see the next episode

30:48 The Ant and the Aardvark is very popular in Germany, owing its success in no small part to the German dub which took many creative liberties such as turning the Aardvark into a female character

God I've been waiting for this video for so long. Didn't realize the Rudy Lavarra's Roadrunner shorts might've been born of a grudge, but considering Jones held a grudge towards Clampett, not out of the question. One thing that also might explain Daffy's attitude in the Daffy/Speedy shorts might be that McKimson was forced to use the more Jones-esque version of the character, and as you showed earlier in this series, he wasn't comfortable with that portrayal. That and him being burnt out like crazy, would explain why Daffy's personality is more mean spirited in those shorts

Though eventually pulled off the air, I did enjoy Bosko shorts rerunned on Nickelodeon back in the later 80s and early 90s. I even remember commercials signaling "Goodbye Bosko!"

A couple things about Chuck Jones' activity during this time. It seems to me that The Dot and the Line may have been a hangover from his UPA phase and you forgot to remind everyone how he knew Dr. Seuss from working together during WWII (see Episode 3).

Note: Irv Spector was a former story artist and animator for Famous/Paramount Cartoon Studios who got his association with the studio back when it was still Fleischer located in Miami around 1939. He apparently left the studio around 1962/1963 to work for Hanna Barbera and Ed Graham before joining the Warners/DFE Crew

This series is criminally underappreciated. I'm still waiting for the day when the algorithm gives you the bump you deserve.

I really appreciate the research made on what the old animators and directors were doing at the time, and the concext od the others things happening in the 60s too, really makes this documentary series special to me!

I’m so sad you didn’t mention this, but the Porky Pig show actually ran for many years in Latin America, especially in my home country, Chile. The show had reruns until 2009, somehow, and at some point, they actually edited the episode order themselves so that people didn’t notice there were only 26 episodes.

When you commented on Chuck Jones creating "The Dot and the Line" for MGM (as well as "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"), you forgot to mention "The Bear that Wasn't" (based on the book by Jones' old stablemate, Frank Tashlin) and "The Phantom Toolbooth" a part live action and part animated feature with Butch (Eddie Munster) Patrick as the hero, Milo.

This has been a fantastic series. As a lifelong Looney Tunes fan, these videos have continued to educate and enthral with your in-depth history. Great work.

I am a HUGE fan of DePatie-Freleng cartoons like The Pink Panther. DFE was trying to be either Filmation or Hanna-Barbera(I also like them,too!)by having the same staff members go from studio to studio. For example,LaVerne Harding started working at Walter Lantz,then she did "The Yogi Bear Show" for Hanna-Barbera. Soon she went to DFE as animator until the very last cartoon "Pink Panic". Then she went to WB-Seven Arts and finally Filmation Studios in 1970.

Oh my God! Finally! I actually thought this part wouldn't come out, given how long this came out after the previous one. But considering how much history is in this, it's no wonder this took 10 months to complete! The most overlooked era of the original Looney Tunes is finally covered! Great video as usual! The ending twist was a real surprise, though! I'm very happy you're going to cover the history of Looney Tunes past 1969, very few have. I'm already excited for the new part! It was also nice to hear about the humble beginning of DePatie-Freleng. But the fact that WB/7-Arts tried to get Bob Clampett as a director was new to me. I'm not surprised why he didn't come back, though. I've never heard of a reason why Rudy Larriva supposedly starting hating Chuck Jones later on. But this video gives a good suggestion.

Yes I am happy for more of that Marrie History of the Iconic Looney Tunes. Too bad it's about the dang 60's shorts. 😐 Also, Love that you mentioned The Pink Panther shorts and Beatles Clips. Also P.S. That Bugs Bunny ad with The Monkees for Kool Aid was a trip. Edit: Thanks for the Likes.

Hats off to KaiserBeamz! This is the animation documentary that has more facts per square inch than any other I’ve ever seen. It was great to see someone give La Verne Harding her due. For a VERY long time, Ms. Harding was the ONLY female animator in the big-time animation business. The ladies who worked in the Ink & Paint Department did not animate - they traced the animators’ PAPER drawings onto the celluloid material (and after World War II, a clear plastic called Mylar), and painted the colors of the characters on the back sides of the pen-and-ink tracings. And speaking of colors, you hit it right on the head with your “colorful” description of Jack Warner. However, with the provenance (Google it, kids) of some of the credited people involved with your research, Mr. Beamz, I did spot an error. There may be a problem with that photo of the late, great Voice Actor and my friend & voice acting coach (thanks, Corey!) Daws Butler. How did he get a first name like Daws? Well, his full name was Charles DAWSON Butler. And if you knew the man, who stood a towering 5’2” (NOT a typo!) and was the creator of over a thousand ORIGINAL character voices, such as Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss and Huckleberry Hound [for Hanna-Barbera] BOTH the Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton characters [for Warner Bros], and Cap’n Crunch, Quisp and Quake [for the Quaker Oats Company], and dozens of characters for the “Fractured Fairy Tales” [for Jay Ward Productions’ Rocky and Bullwinkle shows], you’d know he just wasn’t the “Charlie” or “Chuck” kind of guy. So he used a shortened version of his middle name, starting well before his cartoon and commercial career). But back to the photo. It appears to me to be the last guy to have his own CBS Network radio comedy show, The Stan Freberg Show! It starred Stan, Daws Butler and another longtime friend, June Foray (Witch Hazel for Disney, Warner Bros. AND Walter Lantz!). The witch is believed to be the only character who appeared in cartoons for THREE animation studios)! Incidentally, Stan and Daws INVENTED the comedy record (the kind that wasn’t necessarily just a spoof of someone’s hit song)! Ed Ryba Lifetime Member, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Hollywood Section

You know, looking back as a kid and watching Looney Tunes on tv in the late 90s/early 2000s, I always enjoyed them..but for some reason I always groaned when that Seven Arts Animation logo popped on screen and that offbeat Looney Tunes theme would play. I couldn’t explain it back then, but I could clearly tell that this was a drop in quality compared to the cartoons that, while I could tell they were older, had waaay more laughs and felt more lively. Now I understand why.

So glad your still doing these. Ever thought about tackling some of the other big Animation studios? Would love to see documentaries about Hanna Barbera, MGM or Filmation as well. Might be something to look into when you wrap up the History of the Looney Tunes.

I always had an idea that either Rocky and Mugsy or the Mexican Yosemite Sam would have been a better reoccurring antagonist than Daffy, who is one of my favorite Looney Tunes characters.

This was extremely cool. I waited a while to watch it but I'm very impressed - I always wondered what was up with Seven Arts watching those weird Cool Cat shorts as a kid, and I feel like the documentation for this stuff is spread out over so many different places that having a concise, focused documentary like this is extremely helpful. I had no idea DePati-Freleng just...took over the old building. Wild times those were.

For some reason, I thought this was (and maybe it *was*) intended to be the final part in this series... And it's been so good that I would have been satisfied had that been the case. But I'm glad to see that you're extending into the modern era. Not so much because I watched the newer Looney Tunes shows (I didn't), but because I was a kid in the 90's and I'm interested to hear about the Tunes' resurgence in popularity in that decade (I'm assuming from being re-broadcast on Cartoon Network and, of course, Space Jam). Anyway, I've really, truly loved this series (in addition to all your fantastic anime content), and am very excited for the conclusion! Keep up the awesome work, KB!

After the long-time wait and patients, this long-awaited continuing story of the rise and fall of the Golden Age of Looney Tunes has arrived for us to enjoy, many thank you so much for having this latest episode available for us to watch on KZfaq, KB! And on top of that, looking back on animators: Chuck Jones (Tom and Jerry, How The Grinch Stole Christmas), Bob Clampett (any Looney Tunes cartoons), Friz Freling, David DePlate (The Pink Panther cartoons) and others aftermath from their Looney Tunes cartoons...

The Larriva Road Runner shorts were actually produced by Herb Klynn's Format Productions, as DePatie-Freleng was VERY busy with the Pink Panther cartoons, as well as commercials and other outside assignments (including Gerry Chiniquy animating the "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" opening title).

Your pulling the weird history of this era into one place is much appreciated. I only ask that you attribute "Sugar and Spies" to Robert McKimson.

Glad to hear you're going to continue this series. I'm very curious about the history behind some of the various Looney Tunes revivals.

I'm always glad to see these specials and to learn from them. They're all worth the wait, informative, and come from a place of love. The respect for the creators and an honesty in discussing them is something I appreciate. The coverage of possibly controversial topics never feels like it's coming from someone's agenda. All in all, these installments are master classes in how to do documentaries on animation. I'll be teaching a course on the history of comic books next semester, and so I made a special point to watch this on my laptop with the lights turned out. Its style and its rhythm will likely influence parts of what I'll do in the presentation of material. If you rewatch all of these videos, you will get a sense of how to help or hinder creativity in general.

Been looking forward to this one for a while for I know next-to-nothing of the Looney Toon's 'Dark Age'. That aside, this have been a fantastic series and that has put previous DVD extra connected to these classic animated shorts to shame. Please keep up the amazing work on this and all your other videos!

42:03 I’d love to hear you talk more about this so-called “anime”

I'm thrilling to see the next video talking about the rebirth of Looney Tunes, the Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng return to Warner Bros., the end of DePatie-Freleng, the new shorts, the 90s new craze about Looney Tunes, Space Jam, Back in Action, etc.

Where is the next part?

Given the limitations the Era had from DFE to Seven Arts in terms of whom they could use it's almost an miracle that any new shorts were made after the studio was closed before DFE entered the picture. I can't blame Friz and David for not returning to Warner especially with the benefits United Artists gave them, and they did own a portion of the original Pink Panther copyright as well.

This did mark a tragic end for a series of pretty successful shorts. If I can only think of one good cartoon from that era, it has to be Norman Normal (albeit not being an LT/MM short). The shorts felt very out of place and unwanted if they wanted to keep the series alive. Overall, I enjoyed the documentary as a whole. It was interesting to see how they felt flat short by the late 60s due to the many social/cultural changes happening in America. Can't wait to see more from you in the future~

You know, months back, I'd recently realized something about the classic period of Looney Tunes (1930-1969) as a whole: animation historian John Canemaker once said about Walt Disney's 1940 feature film, Fantasia, "It's a sacred monster of a film." I've realized (and this is just my opinion) the classic LT & Merrie Melodies cartoons shorts, as a whole, are the same way; it's a sacred monster of a cartoon series. When you get to the cartoons that aren't that great (whether they're bad, average, okay or even just good), you tend to feel like it was reasonably entertaining or not bad, but you wish it was done better at best or you're just flat-out bored and you just want to watch the great LT cartoons at worst. However, when you get the LT cartoons that range from great to downright wonderful, you just really get this feeling of happiness, like you just watched something that makes you feel not just good, but really good. Film historian & film critic Leonard Maltin once said, in an interview on Cartoon Network in 1998, "Warner Bros. made a ton of perfect cartoons" and I have to agree; there are plenty of LT cartoons that I consider not only perfect, but a 10/10 and an A+. But even when watching the LTs that I consider an 8/10 (A-) or a 9/10 (A), I still think "That cartoon was really good" and I still get that feeling of happiness out of it, regardless of whether or not it's perfect. If anything, I'd argue the classic LT shorts show that not everything has to be perfect to get one's approval; even if something is just good, but not great, it's still far from being a total loss.

This man should make “the magic history of Disney theatrical shorts”

Fun fact, all of his looney tunes videos have more views than his anime videos

Fun Fact: Later On, The Colored Versions Of the Old Cartoons Were Switched to Done On Computer (BTW Not Done By Korea Instead Some Company Named CST Enterprises) And Now Moves Like the Black and White Versions

Finally! You plan on releasing a supercut maybe someday?

"He had hit his mid-70s, and was now looking back at the vast studio empire that he had watched his brothers build with their own two hands and had stolen out from under them after they did all the hard work." I had to stop the video, I was laughing too hard!

That 60s style intro was always my cue to change the channel.

This was also the era where the studios themselves were coming apart. Besides the Warner/Seven Arts/Kinney mess, Paramount ended up with Gulf + Western and gobbling up Desilu; 20th Century-Fox shutting down until enough money could be found to restart it, Universal was bought by MCA, Columbia struggling and having the Screen Gems division holding it together. And there was the long, slow death of the classic MGM. Those were the days.

Glad to see Warner Bros, while never returning to the heights of the golden age, learnt from their past mistakes and never thought of deprioritizing their animated projects due to an ill-fated corporate merger and new owners that just don’t understand the public’s interests.

Of course there's still more. There's the recovery of the A.A.P. shorts with a detour through Atlanta. The Looney Tunes becoming theme park mascots. And of course, a theatrically released, 90-minute Nike commercial!

I know most folks want to hear more about the early stuff and the good stuff, but this is the era I was excited for you to get to. I'm all sickos.jpg over here

It feels sad that this was how things had to go. Still I didn't know that one of the guys who made the looney tunes ended up making the Peanuts specials so that was cool to learn about.

I've been bingeing this series the past few months and I'm happy to see a new installment come out. I can't wait to see the direction the final part takes as the Looney Tunes have seen many highs and lows (and a couple of spectacular spin-offs) since the end of the '60s.

So, is there a chance of the next and final part touching upon what some of the major Warner Bros animators and directors did after 1969 like you did in this video with Chuck Jones, Bill Melendez, and Bob Clampett? Such as what Chuck's Phantom Tollbooth failure leading to MGM Animation closing in 1970 and his various animated works until his death in 2002, Friz Freleng's time at DePatie Freleng (also explaining why it closed in 1980) after he stopped producing the Looney Tunes in 1967 and the various projects he did until his death in 1995, Tex Avery's time at Hanna Barbara until his death in 1980, Robert McKimson's projects during the 1970s until his death in 1977, Frank Tashlin's death in 1972, Bob Clampett's feuding with Jones during Bugs Bunny Superstar and his death in 1984, Art Davis and Norm MacCabe's stuff until their deaths in the early 2000s, Mel Blanc's death in 1989, and even what Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising did after leaving MGM and touching on their deaths in 1982 and 1992 (you did it for Rollin Hamilton, Ben Hardaway, and Jack King's deaths in the 1950s) considering they were the creators of the franchise.

The WB 7Arts years were the absolute bottom of the barrel for LT cartoons. And it's a drive-in theater, not a drive though theater. 😂 But yeah, good stuff! 👍👍👍 all the way!

This video was totally worth the wait. Thank you for putting so much hard work and intensive research into this series.

Absolutely amazing and astounding analysis about ancient animation. I hope that alliteration is able to bring you even one smile, because your series has brought me hundreds.

The King Has Returned Finally After All That Waiting It's Here

So excited that another Merrie History is coming 😃 Any anticipated date yet 👀 pretty pleeeeez

Hey man, I want to thank you for doing this series. I’m a history major and animation is my favorite medium, so this is right up my alley. I’ve also been sick this week, so this show has been a great distraction.

Yes Bunny and Cluade are from the bad era.....but I kinda love them and they are adorable.

I came here for Pink Panther and his cousin Kool Kat and I'm gonna stay for the other incredible Facts during their creations!

I don't ever recall 'Rabbit Hood' airing on CBS. It aired in the syndication package in my area. Not sure it it had the hammer pounding scene intact, but that fade away clip looked like it was from A 90's broadcast. (Say 'Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends') The 'Beanstalk Bunny' clip was definitely from CBS because the way they jump cut to the next scene made it look more like A damaged film print.

Rightfully off-putting as it is, it makes sense both in-universe and in meta that Daffy turned so sour at the beginning of the Speedy era. After years of being in the wabbit's shadow, now he was top of the hill as Bugs was on studio lockdown. With his ego and anger having noone to direct at above him, not to mention the fact his return to stardom came as everything was circling the drain, this would lead him to lash out at all those beneath him, at least until Speedy somehow got him to calm down offscreen in the Format Films era. He realized it was all gonna end soon enough and decided to go out holding hands rather than clenching fists.

I can't believe the series is over, I just want to say thank you, I can't even say how many times I watched and watched the series, I just admired your dedication for these videos, you're wonderful and thanks for teach so many people who don't know about the history of the boys from termite terrace and the Looney Tunes gang! You're the greatest! Thanks for all of this (I'm crying).

After watching this video, I think I understand now why my mom doesn't appreciate animation the same way me and my siblings do. The 60's were her childhood!

In 1962 Chuck Jones attempted to make a television series of Road Runner and Wile E Coyote with a pilot called Adventures of the Road-Runner but once the pilot was made, Warner Bros executives rejected it so he edited it into three seperate shorts: To Beep or Not to Beep, Zip Zip Hooray! and Roadrunner a Go-Go. Adventures of Road-Runner was even going to include photoage from A to Z-z-z-z-z. This was probably inspired the idea of The Road Runner Show but no one knows for sure.

I look forward to future installments. I know almost nothing about the Looney Tunes of the '70s and '80s, and I'm curious to hear what you have to say about shows like Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, and Taz-Mania.

Don't forget Walter Greene composed cartoon shorts from 1966 to 1967.

Sugar and Spies wasn't directed by Rudy Larriva but Bob McKimson.

Your videos covering the history of Looney Tunes is always a treat to watch and something everyone looks forward to. Thank you for always putting out such good content. I also have to say that this video might have unintentionally answered a question I had in my head that got brought up from another retrospective video I watched that talked mentioned 7 Arts Warner Bros. Long story short, it was a video talking about Hammer Films and how they had struck a deal with 7 Arts warner bros to have them distribute their films out to the USA, however the deal was cancelled after many years and it was never explained why, your video is giving me an idea on an answer that it might have just been 7 Arts giving away their shares after they saw that they weren't getting much out of it. it feels interesting how Retrospectives can link a bunch of things you wouldn't think would be related

Daffy Duck was really nasty in these 60's episodes with Speedy Gonzales almost evil. In the 50's cartoons with Bugs Bunny Daffy's bad nature came more from jealousy than pure malice. He was jealous, greedy, selfish, cowardly, but still lovable and Daffy sometimes, albeit incompetent played hero like Stupor Duck. In these 60's shorts with Speedy however he was just plain cruel and villainous, completely unlovable. In one episode, SNO' EXCUSE he wouldn't share any of wood with a freezing Speedy: "Are you kidding?" He exclaimed "Rodents should thtarve to death!" and slammed the door on him. In one episode he whipped a mouse for daring to set foot on his plantation. That's not the Daffy we all know an love.

Honestly I don't think the Daffy/Speedy shorts or the Larriva Road Runner shorts were that bad, and I don't think Rudy purposefully made them bad, I think he just saw an opportunity to do things different from Jones and took it.

Would you ever consider expanding this docu-series with details about Hanna-Barbera and MGM? Both seem equally fascinating!

I now know the meaning of the phrase "History was written by the winners." I have a ton of books about Looney Tunes which all tend to skip over this era (the most I saw was a single two-page spread in "Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide." THAT'S IT), and after watching this, I can see why: while the circumstances surrounding their creation is fascinating, if unflattering, the cartoons themselves are an absolute drag to talk about. Yours is easily the most comprehensive document of this era that I've ever seen, because it's one of the ONLY ones I've ever seen. It also fills in a blank for me as to why cartoons in the 70s and 80s were so famously awful: 50s and mid 60s: Cartoons get cheaper and have to meet tighter deadlines, but the animators are still mostly left alone to do their jobs. Late 60s and 70s: TV executives, already spending peanuts on cartoons for TV, respond to complaints about too much violins on TV by censoring old cartoons and mandating that all the new cartoons made from that point on be as inoffensive as possible (ever wonder why Mystery Inc. always runs from monsters instead of fighting them on Scooby Doo?) as an overcorrection, which means the cartoons can't even be interesting enough to distract from their cheapness, further cementing their reputation as cheap, harmless entertainment for babies. 80s: Ronald Regan (who, like Jack Warner, is an asshole) removes the FCC's regulation on product placements in TV & movies and program-length advertising on TV, resulting more toy commercials during children's shows and, eventually, cartoons based on the toys themselves, so now cartoons are not only ultra-cheap and achingly inoffensive, they're also literal 20 minute commercials for useless products.

And just as you think it can`t get any worse than that, there comes Filmation with their Looney Tunes / Groovie Goolies crossover.

i remember in an interview friz said.. he was happy about not being used in the later shorts

1 year later and we still didnt get teh final part of the merrie history of looney tunes and the uploader didnt say a single word telling us when the final part will come out.

i have a strange suspicion that the next installment will be *zany to the max*

I'm 40. I remember growing up watching the Looney Tunes on T.V down here in East Texas and even wandered as a little girl why is this AAP shows up and then the "official" WB opening comes on. And thank you for the info on that. I also crack the hell up when you show that one pic of Jack Warner and say "Asshole" 🤣🤣

This was uploaded on my birthday😮😮🎉🎉😭 This is the best gift ever!