[SUW] Favorite Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies Character

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[Beerball]

My name is Elmer J. Fudd. I own a mansion and a yacht.

[The Poojer]

i picked other and then found out i was wrong...my other would have been 'the animaniacs', i incorrectly thought they were a looney tunes/merry melodies cartoon....they were actually a speilburg/amblin production

[JinVA]

Foghorn Leghorn. I knew my answer before I finished reading the question.

[KD in CA]

I don't see how you could put anyone but Daffy in the #2 slot after Bugs. Fudd would be #3.

 

As far as the less common characters, I'll go with, I say, I'll go with.......Foghorn Leghorn.

[Chef Jim]

The Monster

[erynthered]

Taz

[PushthePile]

Yosemite Sam all day.

[Fezmid]

As far as the less common characters, I'll go with, I say, I'll go with.......Foghorn Leghorn.

I couldn't stand Leghorn when I was growing up. His voice/speech just drove me crazy.

[Astrojanitor]

gots to be Daffy. have you seen "Duck Amuck"? holy hell that's good stuff. Plus the entire concept of the character was a giant in joke against Leon Schlesinger (the guy in charge of WB animation at the time--he was spastic and spoke with a lisp). Character is just one big giant subversive injoke...got to love it

[Fezmid]

Bugs vs Elmer rap:

 

http://www.livevideo.com/video/embedLink/D...-bunny-rap.aspx

[Steely Dan]

The Monster

 

His name is Gossamer. There is one cartoon where he's called Rudolph.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCoumFSKFU

 

Here's anotha.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZteC3FYvj_Q

 

 

gots to be Daffy. have you seen "Duck Amuck"? holy hell that's good stuff. Plus the entire concept of the character was a giant in joke against Leon Schlesinger (the guy in charge of WB animation at the time--he was spastic and spoke with a lisp). Character is just one big giant subversive injoke...got to love it

 

 

Did you get that from "Chuck Amuck"? Chuck Jones Autobiography? Great book.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_glS-YoYqqw

 

The reason Daffy Duck hates Bugs so much is because before Tex Avery made Bugs Bunny's first cartoon "A Wild Hare" Daffy Duck was going to be the signature star of Merrie Melodies. The Bugs usurped that role from Daffy.

 

I went with Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius. Gotta love a guy who never gives up on A. Catching the Roadrunner and B. His faith in ACME products.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXU9SntbatE

[Astrojanitor]

His name is Gossamer. There is one cartoon where he's called Rudolph.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCoumFSKFU

 

Here's anotha.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZteC3FYvj_Q

 

 

 

 

Did you get that from "Chuck Amuck"? Chuck Jones Autobiography? Great book.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_glS-YoYqqw

 

The reason Daffy Duck hates Bugs so much is because before Tex Avery made Bugs Bunny's first cartoon "A Wild Hare" Daffy Duck was going to be the signature star of Merrie Melodies. The Bugs usurped that role from Daffy.

 

I went with Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius. Gotta love a guy who never gives up on A. Catching the Roadrunner and B. His faith in ACME products.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXU9SntbatE

 

I'm writing my thesis on Popeye cartoons. I spend all day reading animation history and that story pops up from time to time. I know I did read it in Stefan Kanfer's "Serious Business" which is a pretty good pop history of animation.

[Chef Jim]

I'm writing my thesis on Popeye cartoons. I spend all day reading animation history and that story pops up from time to time. I know I did read it in Stefan Kanfer's "Serious Business" which is a pretty good pop history of animation.

 

Ok then you're the best person to ask this. What obscenities did Popeye mutter under his breath all the time?

[Astrojanitor]

Ok then you're the best person to ask this. What obscenities did Popeye mutter under his breath all the time?

 

The dialog was completely ad libbed by Jack Mercer--meaning there are no scripts or script notes in existence. Mercer swears (pun!) up and down that he never once uttered a blue word. because of all the mumbling, listening to Popeye is like an aural Rorschach test. The only "naughty" word anyone can really agree on being present is "sex." The one thing we do know is Popeye talks about sex all of the time. he talks about his own sex appeal and he describes what body parts arouse him. there are a lot of visual metaphors that allude to Popeye getting it on. Lots of erections in Popeye. the Fleischer's other big cartoon, Betty Boop, was also sexual as hell. They eventually got censored out of production, but Popeye seems to skate mostly because them mumbling makes his thought process difficult to nail down. To resist going on a whole rant, long babble short: sex and hell, Popeye says a lot of sex and hell

[DC Tom]

Other - Herm Edwards.

[BarkLessWagMore]

Agree that Daffy is an obvious #2, but aside from him I was a huge Marvin fan. Loved the Marvin and Duck Dodgers cartoons.

 

Oh yeah, the Herm Edwards vote is hilarious. I'll choose ICE.

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Screwy Squirrell

[Dante]

I love all the characters but Yosemite Sam was so consistently funny. Another character that didn't appear that much that I liked was

[Chef Jim]

The dialog was completely ad libbed by Jack Mercer--meaning there are no scripts or script notes in existence. Mercer swears (pun!) up and down that he never once uttered a blue word. because of all the mumbling, listening to Popeye is like an aural Rorschach test. The only "naughty" word anyone can really agree on being present is "sex." The one thing we do know is Popeye talks about sex all of the time. he talks about his own sex appeal and he describes what body parts arouse him. there are a lot of visual metaphors that allude to Popeye getting it on. Lots of erections in Popeye. the Fleischer's other big cartoon, Betty Boop, was also sexual as hell. They eventually got censored out of production, but Popeye seems to skate mostly because them mumbling makes his thought process difficult to nail down. To resist going on a whole rant, long babble short: sex and hell, Popeye says a lot of sex and hell

 

That is good stuff. I gots to go back and watch me some Popeye.