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Join us as we take a look at FOUR Shorts that, in one way or another, were the early foundational work for Bugs Bunny! We look at his Happy Rabbit era with 'Porky's Hare Hunt' and 'Hare-Um-Scare-Um' Jordan looks at a rather freaky one (and he's not the only one who agrees) with Prest-O Change-O, and Marc looks at a Chuck Jones short that ALMOST get…
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Join us as we take a look at some more, well, risque and politically incorrect Looney shorts made during WWII! Jordan looks at a world where the Axis of Evil were birds..cause sure in 'The Ducktators' Marc sees what American hero Daffy Duck does to take down Adolf in 'Daffy The Commando' And we finish with...the best way to teach kids about the war…
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Opening our new series of movie episodes based around films heavily inspired by the Looney Tunes, Marc and Jordan look at an incredibly zany movie they both grew up with that could not exist without the works of Tex Avery, 1994's The Mask. Together with colleague Brandon Hardy from Varicon Video, they discuss their background with the film, the inf…
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Join us as we continue our look at the works of Tex Avery by looking at some more of his MGM output! We look at Tex's first directorial effort, during a time of war, with 'Blitz Wolf' Jordan sees the beginnings of a iconic character in Droopy Dog with 'Dumb-Hounded' and we conclude with a short that has a plot that's pretty straightforward, except …
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Join us as we kick off the road to our next movie episode by looking at some more shorts from Tex Avery! Specially his Warner Years starting with his first directorial effort, Gold Diggers of '49. We then jump ahead to a Porky effort that brought in a voice actor by the name of Mel Blanc in 'Picador Porky' And we conclude with his final Black and W…
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Join us as we take a look at three cartoons that are going to be on the next LT: CC Volume 3! (Hey didn't we do this two months ago?) Marc looks at the humble beginnings of a dumb ass with "Egghead Rides Again' Jordan sees how a small elephant becomes a big problem in 'Punch Trunk' And we both watch Chuck Jones' last Wile Coyote/Road Runner Cartoon…
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Join us as take a look at even more Wile Coyote/Road Runner shorts! Jordan reviews Guided Muscle, a 1955 short that just emits pure joy out of us! Marc reviews Little Go Beep, a 2000's short directed by Spike Brandt, where we see the origins of the chase between baby Wile E. and baby Road Runner. And we both review Whizzard of Ow, a short from the …
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That's right, you've waited LONG ENOUGH, It is time for us to look at Chuck Jones' First Original Character with a look at Sniffle the Mouse! Jordan sees Sniffles just get absolutely smashed in his first appearance in 'Naughty But Mice' Marc sees Sniffles...just being there at a bookstore in 'Sniffles And The Bookworm' And we both see Sniffles adap…
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Join us as we...actually have some things to say about these three Foghorn Leghorn cartoons! Marc looks at a Henry Hawk/Foghorn short that actually adds personality to Leghorn in 'The Leghorn Blows At Midnight' Jordan watches Robert McKimson and crew take on a character who has a serious sense of PTSD (How funny!) in 'Sock-A-Doodle-Do' And we both …
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Join us as we take a look at Looney shorts that, in one way or another, haven't aged well! Jordan looks at a short that takes place in the MYSTICAL ISLAND KNOWN AS...Hawaii with Bugs in 'Wackiki Wabbit' Marc takes a look at a McKimson short in which Bugs goes to BAGHDAD (oh boy) in 'A Lad-In His Lamp' And we both watch a Tweety/Sylvester short that…
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Join us as we look at shorts produced by the team of David DePatie, Friz Freleng, John Dunn, and Bill Lava..also known as our definition of hell! We look at Freleng's last directorial short at Termite Terrace with Nuts and Volts, The Pink Panther earns an Academy Award with 'The Pink Phink' And we conclude with a look at their original (?) Characte…
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Join us as we take a trip back to the underlooked Looney spin-off known as Taz-Mania! Jordan looks at an episode in which Taz comes on a road trip with his father and uncle who sound VERY familiar to Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in 'Road To Taz-Mania' Marc looks at an episode in which Taz comes on a road trip with his father and uncle who sound VERY Fa…
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Join us as we take a look at EVEN MO-Uhh, the last three shorts from Taz's golden era at WB! Marc looks at a Bugs/Taz episode that has a...interesting turn of phrase in it in 'Bedevilled Rabbit' Jordan actually finds good things in a John Dunn written short in 'Bill of Hare' And we both are flabbergasted by the ending of 'Dr Devil and Mr Hare'…
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If you're on Spotify, you can watch and listen to this commentary through Spotify Video. If you listen to TNQAF on another podcasting service, the video feed will also be up on our YouTube Channel. Released from the Patreon vault, One of our most recurring gags came from this 1975 Special that was put onto the LT: GC. Figured it was about time we s…
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Join Us, and some Special Guests, as we look at Looney/Adjacent TV Episodes! Marc and Jordan look at Tiny Toons' First (AND LAST) Christmas Special with 'It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special' Mike from Cinemarketing joins us as we look at the Emmy Winning 'A Pinky and The Brain Christmas' And we conclude with Jonathan from This Means Podca…
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Join us as we look at some shorts featured on the most recent Looney home media Release! Jordan looks at a short that has three Looney directors working on it (but not much else) in 'Ghost Wanted' Marc learns all about the reference humor of Jerry Colonna in 'The Wacky Worm' And we both watch an early Jones/Maltese effort of a Cat and Fish in 'Fin …
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Join us as we take a look at three more Looney shorts we, for one reason or another, don't like! Marc looks at a late 30's short in which Jazz is hip and cool and there's cats or whatever in 'Katnip Kollege' Jordan reviews a Porky short that has a VERY FAMILIAR ENDING in 'Curtain Razor' And we both look at a Wile Coyote short written by John F--kin…
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Join us as we take a look at even more shorts that are entirely based on Music! Jordan looks at a late 50's Jones Era Short in which he may have used Bugs to send a message about the state of Warner Animation in 'Baton Bunny' Marc looks at a Freleng/Maltese combination of a construction crew constructing the world's tallest building with 'Rhapsody …
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Join us as we finally examine the middle step between The Looney Tunes Show and Looney Tunes Cartoons with Wabbit/New Looney Tunes. Marc looks at the first episode in which Bugs becomes Buddhist and helps a squirrel take on ninjas in 'Buddha Bugs/Now and Zen' Jordan watches the New Looney Tunes era with Bugs taking on Legally Not Columbus, as well …
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Join us as we take a look at two episodes from two different eras of Animaniacs! Jordan looks as the Warners do a send-up of 1930s shorts in 'Ragamuffins' And experience Woodstock the way it was meant to be seen: through the eyes of a cartoon squirrel in 'Woodstock Slappy' Marc takes us to the distant year of 2023, as Dr. Scartchensniff takes a Ube…
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Join us as we take a look at EVEN MORE Fairy Tale-Themed Shorts. This batch is exciting as we take a look at TWO Tex Avery shorts: Marc looks at a satirical take on Cinderella with 'Cinderella Meets Fella' Jordan sees Avery's unit make jokes about Mother Goose and...stories that aren't Mother Goose in 'A Gander At Mother Goose' And we conclude with…
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JOIN US on this fine Columbus Day as we take a look at an 1990's TV Special entitled 'Columbo Goes To College' With a title like that you'd expect Peter Falk to do keg stands and get all kinds of laid, but no, as it is two borderline homoerotic college students who kill their professor, and it is up to Columbo to solve the case!…
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Join us as we take a look at even more Looney shorts that parody Hollywood! This time, we take a look at shorts done in the early days of Hollywood beginning With Beans (Remember him?) in 'Hollywood Capers' Marc living his Homer Simpson Dream of seeing Dogs played by Celebrities in 'Hollywood Canine Canteen' And we both watch a Tex Avery directed s…
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Join us as we take a look at 3 shorts done by the....dreaded Seven-Arts era of Looney Tunes cartoons! We look as Speedy and Daffy mess around in 'Speedy Ghost To Town' The OH SO HIP WITH THE KIDS, W.C Fields The Mouse in 'Merlin The Magic Mouse' and we conclude with what's the best one (by...default) with 'Bunny and Clyde (We Rob Carrot Patches)…
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Join us as we take a look at an interesting point in Pop Culture history where Bing Crosby, esteemed singer and actor got pissy at Termite Terrace! Marc looks at a short that says TERRIBLE things about Bing Crosby and how he treats his fans in 'Let It Be Me' Jordan looks at a short that's also about Bing Crosby (but barely) in 'Bingo Crosbyana' And…
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Join us as we take a look at some more One Shot Shorts directed by Chuck Jones! Jordan sees an alien baby get transferred to human parents in 'Rocket-Bye Baby' Marc watches the most scandalous Looney short ever made, but may have something else to say, in 'Nelly's Folly' And we both watch the 1995 sequel 'Another Froggy Evening'…
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Join us as we take a look at the (kinda) One Shot Shorts of Robert McKimson! Jordan looks as McKimson does a Baseball short that seems a bit too familiar with 'Gone Batty' Marc watches McKimson's team handle a Sylvester vs Mouse cartoon that takes things a BIT too far in 'The Unexpected Pest' And we both look as a bunch of men talk about what the w…
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Join us as we take a look at the One-Shot Shorts of Friz Freleng! Marc looks at Friz's attempt at a Fantasia-esque setup in 'Holiday for Shoestrings' Jordan sees a quite exaggerated tale of Red Riding Hood in 'The Trial of Mr. Wolf' And we both watch a short that we SWEAR wasn't directed by Robert McKimson in 'Goo Goo Goliath'…
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Join us as we finally take a look at the LARGLY UNDERAPPRECIATED Looney Tunes director, Arthur Davis! Jordan looks as Daffy and Porky fight it out in a department store that legally isn't Macy's in 'Riff Raffy Daffy' Marc looks at another Daffy-lead short, this time as a salesman in 'The Stupour Salesman' And we both look at a short that has the MO…
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JOIN US as we take a look at some more Porky Pig shorts, with VERY SPECIAL GUEST BOB BERGEN! We see as Porky and Daffy try to handle a influx of babies in 'Baby Bottleneck' Porky trying not to get killed by the creature known as Bluebeard in 'Bye Bye Bluebeard' AND WE CONCLUDE with the winner of our Porky Short VOTED BY YOU THE LISTENER as Porky tr…
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Join us as we conclude our coverage of Bugs Bunny shorts with June Bugs! We look at a Bugs Bunny short that Jordan saved from an awful shorts episode with 'The Grey Hounded Hare' We then look at Marvin The Martian's second-ever appearance with Bugs in 'The Hasty Hare' and we conclude June Bugs with one of Marc's favorite Looney endings ever with 'S…
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Join us as continue looking at Bugs Bunny shorts with June Bugs! We watch Bugs's attempt to try to take down this damn turtle once and for all in 'Hare Transit' Bugs meeting the infamously...one short character Pete Puma in 'Rabbit's Kin' And we conclude this week's episode with a look at a early Chuck Jones Bugs short as Bugs runs through a shoppi…
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Join us as we continue our viewing of even more Bugs Bunny shorts! Marc looks as Bugs takes on a mischievous magician in 'Case of the Missing Hare' Jordan takes a look at an early Yosemite Sam/Bugs short in 'Rabbit Every Monday' And we both see as Bugs goes against railroad worker Elmer in Frank Tashlin's only credited Bugs short with 'The Unruly H…
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Join us as we begin our month-long celebration of Bugs Bunny with June Bugs! We start by looking as Bugs attempts to fly a plane with a criminal Yosemite Sam on board with 'Hare Lift' Followed by Bugs taking on the Big Bad Wolf (and some horrible little pigs) in 'The Windblown Hare' We then conclude with Bugs becoming the Easter Rabbit (Hooraaay) i…
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Join us as we take another look at the misadventures of 'Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries' Marc looks at an episode that has a VERY interesting release date as Tweety and Sylvester take on San Francisco in a Bogey Film in 'The Maltese Canary' And Jordan looks at an episode that asks the question: What if Mr. Potter from It's A Wonderful Life got his …
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