April 17, 2003

• Newsflash from ANIMATION BLAST:

  Synergy Or Sin-ergy? Here’s an unbelievable but true bit I heard yesterday. In all their infinite wisdom, Warner Bros execs have decided that the classic Warner characters should make cameo appearances in their current TV shows, likely as a promotion for the forthcoming Looney Tunes feature BACK IN ACTION. For example, the Road Runner will be making an appearance in one of the WB’s action-adventure cartoons (like STATIC SHOCK) and the Tasmanian Devil is scheduled to appear on MUCHA LUCHA! It’s unclear whether the characters are going to be animated into the shows or if they’re going to be cheaply superimposed on top, but any way you look at this, its imbecilic, inappropriate and insulting to the legacies of Jones, Clampett, Freleng, Avery and McKimson. It’s good those directors are all gone so they don’t have to witness their creations being desecrated for the sake of a buck.

  Yes it’s true! The Tazmanian Devil is making an appearance in a forthcoming episode of ML. 

  Eddie says: I’m all for desecrating sacred characters and pulling them down from their lofty pedestals! MWA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAA! And I think directors like Tex Avery had such a playful sense of fun and disregard for tradition, they wouldn’t give a rat’s ass anyway! Lighten up, Amid.

   

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