Of Course You Realize THIS Means Podcast - A Looney Tunes Discussion

I'm joined by Mike Manalo for this heartbreaking episode of the podcast.

It is with profound sadness that we remember Eric Bauza, the celebrated actor, animator, and 3x Emmy Award Winner who breathed new life into the Looney Tunes and carried a torch for fans of all generations of legacy characters.

It is now our job to continue carrying that torch!

We miss you and love you man!

This week's podcast brings another member from Heroes Reforged to the Looney side with Agustin Rios.

Topics include Dynamic Duo casting, The Batman Part 2 Update, Skydance merger with Paramount/WB and our thoughts on the latest DC project LANTERN'S!

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Follow our show for the latest in the #Loonesaince!

Sabina Graves joins me in doing a recap of our Horror Experiences this Halloween Season which featured a LOT of Warner Bros. Properties being licensed out across all parks or inspiring haunted mazes therein.

Catch up on all your Spooky Vibes with this latest episode of the podcast!

Six Flags Fright Fest - Looney Tunes Land, Merch, Trick R' Treat, Final Destination, Conjuring

Universal Horror Nights - Sinners

Knott's Scary Farm - Inked

#FrightFest #BugsBunny #LooneyTunes

The long awaited Full Discussion of Coyote Vs Acme is here!

Dan Sendker, author of Dance of the Comedians sits in to discuss the film, attending the Hollywood Premiere and more shenanigans around the film!

Subscribe to the Youtube for more Coyote Vs Acme content including our chat with VO artist Eric Bauza and Director Dave Green!

Chuck Jones Center for Creativity is hosting a special event on Aug. 25th featuring artist Ben Olsen and author Dan Sendker.

Craig Kausen reveals what his and his Mom, Linda's first reactions were to seeing Coyote Vs Acme!

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Chuck Jones Center of Creativity Event - Aug. 25th!

Welcome to our Road to Acme Series!!

We recently sat down with the multi-talented Carlos Lutterbach who served many roles in the Animation department behind bringing Wile E. Coyote to life in Coyote Vs Acme out August 28th!

You can follow him on instagram here: @cale_lutterbach

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Warner Bros. Pictures Animation arrived at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with a bold message: the era of canceled releases and corporate caution may be coming to an end. In this episode, we break down WBPA’s ambitious new feature slate, from The Cat in the Hat and Bad Fairies to Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Prehistoria, Margie Claus, Dynamic Duo, Hello Kitty, and The Lunar Chronicles.

We also discuss the newly announced Powerpuff Girls movie, potential future projects involving Tom and Jerry, ThunderCats, and Meerkats, and whether Bye Bye Bunny could eventually return.

On the Looney Tunes front, we take a closer look at Daffy Season, the first theatrical Looney Tunes short in more than a decade, which will play before The Cat in the Hat. We explore its soccer-themed premise, CGI-rendered characters, classic catchphrase humor, and the significance of Warner Bros. Animation reconnecting with the legacy of Termite Terrace.

The DC animation slate is just as packed, with updates on My Adventures with Green Lantern, DC Super Powers, Krypto, Starfire!, Mister Miracle, Knightfall Trilogy, Joker: Laugh Riot, and the upcoming Absolute Batman animated series from comic writer Scott Snyder. We also discuss Adventure Time: Bubblegum and Marceline, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Conan the Barbarian, and the continuing expansion of Warner Bros. Animation’s television universe.

Plus, we react to the latest Coyote vs. Acme 101% debut on RT and what this new slate could mean for Warner Bros.’ future in animation.

Topics include:

• Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s Annecy announcements
• The Cat in the Hat and Daffy Season
• Bad Fairies, Prehistoria, and Dynamic Duo
• The new Hello Kitty feature and Powerpuff Girls movie
• DC’s upcoming animated projects
• Joker: Laugh Riot and Absolute Batman
• The legacy of Termite Terrace and the future of the Looney Tunes
• Coyote vs. Acme and Warner Bros.’ changing animation strategy

This week's podcast is all new with a special rundown of all new themed locations you can visit around Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas Texas including the new Looney Tunes Land at Six Flags Magic Mountain!

Where have you been this summer?

This week's podcast is all about gambling and how it has infiltrated our daily lives thanks to mobile gaming, betting apps and the accessibility of casino like games targeted toward kids.

Together with author, Anita Ondine Smith, we traverse the tricky landscape of the gambling world with Bugs Bunny as our guide and his run-ins with gambling throughout the franchise.

It was such a privilege to host Anita in this conversation around her book and journey.

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And as always, that's NOT all folks!

"We've got Hoops!"

Our Patreon Exclusive Commentary for the 1996 Looney Tunes Classic is now available on main!

I'm joined by Jacquis Neal and Isabella L. Price as we discuss the comedy, the drama and the animation behind the Michael Jordan/Bugs Bunny team up film.

What's your fondest memory of seeing Space Jam? Did you see it in theaters?

Let us know in the comments!

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That's NOT All Folks!

With Looney Tunes Cartoons and Bugs Bunny Builders having concluded, I open up a discussion for what's next.

Looney Tunes Cartoons Drops on May 19th!

Space Jam Returns to theaters May 20th!

The Tooney Tenor Drops In to Discuss The VISUAL Gag of the Pupils on Display!

The Billionaire Media Mogul Ted Turner who gave longevity to The Looney Tunes has passed and we saw Mortal Kombat 2 so well.. Get over here

Mortal Kombat 2 in theaters on May 8th. It’s a bloody break neck good time that makes fans proud.

News:

Ted Turner - Passed May 6th, 2026.

Created Cartoon Network, TNT, TBS, (the basic Cable set up), Cartoon Network mainly aired Looney Tunes, MGM and Hanna Barbera shows. Rhapsody Rabbit was the first cartoon to be broadcast on Cartoon Network when the channel launched on October 1, 1992.

Cartoon Network Shows: What a Cartoon! Series featured pilots forJohnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, The Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Mike, Lu & Og. The network also had popular original programming like Ed, Edd n Eddy, Samurai Jack, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Codename: Kids Next Door. But its first original break out hit was Genndy Tartakovsky’s Dexter’s Lab.

Annecy Preview

Daffy Season - Special Event 35 Mins!?

The Cat in the Hat Special Look as well as Bad Fairies.

Batman: Knightfall Pt1 - Feature!

Game News: Lego Batman

Mortal Kombat review

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight - releasing May 22nd for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC with a 72 hour early access period starting on May 19th for those who did the premiere pre-order.

Easter Eggs Revealed

Gotham City Radio After Hours with Conroy

‘The voice of Gotham’s Night’

The intro pays tribute to the iconic opening to the BTAS animated series opening with an added Robin on the roof who at the end gets left hanging by Batman in classic Lego fashion

Daffy Season

From Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Daffy Season a Looney Tunes short film. Daffy is ready for Duck Season, but Elmer is too immersed in his new obsession – soccer – to come hunting. Slowly the world around Daffy turns into a zombie-esque nightmare as the Tunes become obsessed with the sport.

Technical specifications

Category

Short films

Running time

35min

Country of production

USA

Publics

Family

Credits

Direction

Todd WILDERMAN, Hamish GRIEVE

Production

WARNER BROS. PICTURES ANIMATION INC., Susan SLAGLE ROGERS

Script

Jenny Jaffe, Hamish Grieve, Todd Wilderman

Special Delivery!

This week's Podcast is brand new and it's HUGE!

Thank you to Universal Studios for inviting the podcast out to cover Scooby-Doo meets the Universal Monsters at Fan Fest!

Superman Experience: Defenders Unite launched alongside the Warner Bros. Studio Tour in Burbank and we got to experience it first hand!

Speed Racer on 4K is coming to Blu-Ray and that remaster was presented across the nation in IMAX for the first time since 2008 and it was GLORIOUS!

The Matrix at the Cosm was spell-bounding!

Listen for our commentary on all of these events as Warner Brothers shows off their IP in new and exciting ways with emerging technology!

The day has FINALLY arrived for Looney Tunes fans to REJOICE! The Trailer for Coyote Vs ACME has dropped online for the public and it's GLORIOUS!

What a day!

Sabina joins to breakdown all the goodies included in the frames released of Coyote Vs Acme coming to theaters August, 28th!

The Teaser Trailer for DC's Clayface also dropped based on the version of the character in Batman: The Animated Series and that shit is horrific!

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WE'RE SO BACK!

Looney Tunes hasn't always had the best track record, but for once, things are looking up! Just don't look down.

Wile E. Coyote is set to headline his feature length film alongside Will Forte, Lana Condor and John Cene and thanks to Ketchup Ent. it has been rescued from the WB archive!

A year ago, WB set the film for a Tax Write-Off and washed their hands of it unless someone were to come along and purchase it from them for a large amount of money!

We can thankfully report that Ketchup Ent. did just that and the film has an August 28th, 2026 release date!

Listen in as we express our joy of that initial news, celebrate the legacy of Val Kilmer (who is ironically back in the news due to Ai) and talk about The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie which is streaming on Max and available on Amazon!

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Follow Our Guest: Dan Sendker and buy his book, Dance of the Comedians! 75 Years of Coyote and Road Runner!

BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY RETURNS TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL TO CELEBRATE BUGS BUNNY’S 85th ANNIVERSARY, AND THE CONCERT’S 35th ! JULY 11 and 12 PERFORMANCES WILL SPOTLIGHT ICONIC CLASSIC LOONEY TUNES CARTOONS PROJECTED ON THE BOWL’S BIG SCREENS, WITH THEIR ORIGINAL SCORES PLAYED LIVE, PLUS SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS! Looney Tunes will take the Hollywood Bowl by storm on Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12, as the beloved film-and-live-orchestra concert Bugs Bunny at the Symphony returns to the world-famous venue just in time to celebrate Bugs Bunny’s 85th Anniversary, and the concert’s 35th ! To ring in the momentous occasion, conductor/co-creator George Daugherty will lead the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra as a record 17 spectacular classic Looney Tunes are projected on the Bowl’s big screens, while the dazzling and iconic original scores of Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, inspired by the great masters of classical music, are played live. Onscreen, Bugs is joined in his unforgettable musical exploits by cohorts Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Michigan J. Frog, and many others. Tickets on Sale now!! @HollywoodBowlOfficial​

The Gremlins are back and thanks to Warner Bros. I was able to attend Wondercon this year to ask the creative braintrust around the animated series what they're excited for audiences to see in the 2nd half of The Wild Batch dropping April 10th!

This conversation had loads of behind the scenes goodies for Gremlins fans and discussion of current Looney Tunes media including Joe Dante's thoughts on The Day the Earth Blew Up!

This week's podcast is all new with Tiny Toons SUPER-FAN Swara Salih!

News:

Scooby-Doo Live Action series in the works at Netflix!

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Tiny Toons Looniversity Season 2 Recap

#SaveTinyToons

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Welcome to the Looniverse!

Our Review of the First Ever Theatrically Released Animated Looney Tunes Feature, The Day The Earth Blew Up! IS HERE!

Featuring a guest spot by Director Pete Browngardt from the Q&A conducted by AnimationIsFilmFestival back in October 2024!

We get very nerdy with this one and we hope you like it!

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The Merrie Go Round Broke Down is a universally known piece of music that begins almost ever Looney Tunes cartoon short, and composer Joshua Moshier carried on it's use within the franchise to grand heights in the Looney Tunes animated feature, The Day the Earth Blew Up! Now Playing!

Joshua sits down with me to discuss the film's composition as well as behind the scenes orchestra members and easter eggs you'll hear throughout the films swift 90min runtime.

Check out Joshua Moshier's other work including his self produced LP Semipermanence @JoshuaMoshier.com.

The Full Soundtrack is available thanks to WaterTowerRecords and EnjoyTheRideRecords.Com.

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