February 22, 2005

Nyaaaaah! What's up, Doc?

In a move decried by millions of us who grew up watching the Bugs & Tweety/Roadrunner Hour as part of our Saturday morning cartoon fare, WB is revamping five of its popular characters, plus another not so popular character, for a new show set far into the future, 2772 to be exact.

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So as to appease those traditionalists that love Bugs, Daffy, Taz, and the gang just as they have appeared since the 1930's, Buzz, Daf, Spaz, and the others are their distant relations. From what the Big Guy in Charge said on MSNBC, marvin4.jpgBuzz ain't gonna be your granddaddy's bunny. He is sleek and has a whole new attitude. Roadrunner's kin is called Roadster while his toonmate gets a most drastic moniker makeover and will be known simply as Slick.* The sixth member is called Lexi, and, for the life of me, I sure don't remember any characters of that ilk appearing in Merry Melodies or Looney Toons. I do suppose, however, they had to find a female character of some sort. The WB lineup is particularly masculine, what with Petunia Pig being the most famous femme-mem of the WB cast.

Some in the current fold are keeping a keen eye on the situation.

Spork: verbatim

*I'd somehow envision his being called Sky Captain in the World of Acme or something.

Posted by Tiger at February 22, 2005 03:40 PM | TrackBack
Comments

I'm keeping open-minded, even though the initial look is a bit of a turnoff ...

BTW Cool new look for tha blog, dude, speaking of makeovers. Me likey.

Posted by: brykmantra at February 22, 2005 06:21 PM

The evil Looney Toons are coming, the evil Looney Toons are coming!!! Run for the hills!

Posted by: Daneris at February 22, 2005 06:30 PM