Looney Tunes, once a Warner Brothers Cartoon, now a reference to HBO management

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So, the beloved Warner Brothers 'Looney Tunes' cartoons so many of us grew up with are being re-introduced on the HBO Max platform.  The original shorts were produced from 1930 till 1969.  HBO Max plans to produce another 200 or so, staying 'true to the originals', says the executive producer.   With one change.    There will be no guns.

Yosemite Sam will be disarmed.  I have no idea how that even works.

Elmer Fudd will continue to chase Bugs Bunny, but with a scythe instead of a shotgun.

TNT, dynamite, falling boulders, Acme rockets and bombs will all remain part of the new production.  They were considered 'grandfathered in'.  But no guns.  Too violent.

WTF!

New Looney Tunes cartoons to keep bombs, rockets, blades...but no guns

[MartyZ 692]

Wow, a scythe huh? So it's better for kids to see the grim reaper chasing bugs bunny instead of a hunter. Makes perfect sense. Holly cow, this world is definitely coming to an end.

[matty 810]

8 minutes ago, MartyZ said:

Wow, a scythe huh? So it's better for kids to see the grim reaper chasing bugs bunny instead of a hunter. Makes perfect sense. Holly cow, this world is definitely coming to an end.

You forgot the hammer--they certainly won't 

 

[Handyman 5,682]

Maybe this will finally wake up the Fudds. Someone took their guns away.

[AlDente67 563]

Colin Noir did  rant on this the other day, and he included  clips of the new cartoons where Fudd is chasing Bugs madly trying to cut his in half with the thing.  It was bizarre.

Luckily I have the full collection of all Looney Tunes in a very large collection.  HBO will not be able too replicate those even if they didn't make this rule.  Guys like Mel Blanc and the other writers were what made them classics because they wrote the plots and jokes.  Similar to the original Ren & Stimpy where John Kric wrote the story lines and voices Ren.  He left after a couple of seasons and they tried to keep it going with Billy West, which was not nearly as amusing.

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Hmmm. Elmer Fudd never killed a rabbit his whole life, did he?

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