Blasphemy! (Sorry Wabbit)

[Old Dude]

Buzz Bunny to replace Bugs Bunny?

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~78~2714803,00.html

Note: I advise yez not to google for "Buzz Bunny" because ... well, just take my word for it.

[Mile High Shack]

I saw this on the news last night

I think this is probably close to number 1 all time of worst ideas thought up by a marketing deptartment

[Rascal]

Buzz Bunny to replace Bugs Bunny?

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~78~2714803,00.html

Note: I advise yez not to google for "Buzz Bunny" because ... well, just take my word for it.

oh come on you can't say something like that and not expect people to go look it up.

I think I've heard of it before. Yeap I have.

[Hogan11]

There's so much evil in the world.....:pity:

WB might as well make it anime also while they're at it.

[Mile High Shack]

I sincerely hope that WB loses it's collective asses on this for spitting on Mel Blanc and Chuck Jones' graves

[Mtbrncofn]

Yep, I'm with Shack on this one.

[Nuggets4]

You would think that the Google results for that would stop WB.

Then again, you would think the blasphemy would stop them from doing it in the first place........

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

The World will end.

IT development will come to a complete halt

Code Toads cannot possibly function without a weekly dose of Bugs Bunny

[johnstkr]

Ah the smell of New Coke

[JCMElway]

But,

Have you ever watched any of the cartoons that kids actually like these days? Ever since getting past my teenage years, I look at the cartoons kids watch and I'm totally nonplussed.

This could end up bombing out, but I wouldn't be surprised if their target audience responded to it....

J

[Jason in LA]

They said they are doing this to keep up with modern kids. They don't know what they are talking about. My 8 year old son watches a lot of the old cartoons on Cartoon Network. He watches old TV shows too. His favorite is The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. He can rap the entire theme song. He also watches re-runs of The Cosby Show and Full House. He likes older movies as well. He loves Problem Child, The Goonies, Sandlot, and some others.

The point is that there is no need to keep up with the modern kids. Kids still react to what we did when we were kids.

TV also sucks for adults. The only current sit-com that I watch is That '70s Show. I don't even know what shows are on. I watch the re-runs of Seinfeld (best show ever). During the prime time hours I'm watching Discovery. Biker Buildoffs, American Choppers, American Hotrods, Overhauling, Rides. They have a new show, It Takes a Thief, that's pretty good. Mythbusters is cool.

The only reality show that I've been able to get excited about is The Amazing Race. That show is great. I don't really care about the rest.

TV just sucks. Changing Bugs and Daffey is just one more sign of that.

[DrFate]

They said they are doing this to keep up with modern kids. They don't know what they are talking about. My 8 year old son watches a lot of the old cartoons on Cartoon Network. He watches old TV shows too. His favorite is The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. He can rap the entire theme song. He also watches re-runs of The Cosby Show and Full House. He likes older movies as well. He loves Problem Child, The Goonies, Sandlot, and some others.

The point is that there is no need to keep up with the modern kids. Kids still react to what we did when we were kids.

TV also sucks for adults. The only current sit-com that I watch is That '70s Show. I don't even know what shows are on. I watch the re-runs of Seinfeld (best show ever). During the prime time hours I'm watching Discovery. Biker Buildoffs, American Choppers, American Hotrods, Overhauling, Rides. They have a new show, It Takes a Thief, that's pretty good. Mythbusters is cool.

The only reality show that I've been able to get excited about is The Amazing Race. That show is great. I don't really care about the rest.

TV just sucks. Changing Bugs and Daffey is just one more sign of that.


There is an enormous divide between what people want and what the corporate types think people want. Just like that little chump Clay Aikens - they tried to 'punk' him up with hair and clothes and whatever. It never occurs to them that he has fans because he isn't like everyone else. Those old shows are head and shoulders above what is on today.

[JCMElway]

TV also sucks for adults. The only current sit-com that I watch is That '70s Show. I don't even know what shows are on. I watch the re-runs of Seinfeld (best show ever). During the prime time hours I'm watching Discovery. Biker Buildoffs, American Choppers, American Hotrods, Overhauling, Rides. They have a new show, It Takes a Thief, that's pretty good. Mythbusters is cool.

My wife and I are addicted to 24. Great show!

[Mile High Shack]

My wife and I are addicted to 24. Great show!

indeed it is...it's a good spy thriller show

some of the stuff is far fetched, but it's TV

[Nuggets4]

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/MK-AE066_KIDS_C02152005203828.jpg

That would be Buzz Bunny.

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB110852081412556108-IdjeoNhlaZ4n5yranuHaauEm4,00.html

[Mile High Shack]

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/MK-AE066_KIDS_C02152005203828.jpg

That would be Buzz Bunny.

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB110852081412556108-IdjeoNhlaZ4n5yranuHaauEm4,00.html

man it's blasphome to even post a picture of that damn thing

[bendog]

The current bugs cartoons suck. I coulnd't get my kid to watch. But the old ones by chuck jones, different story. They're dated now, but the storyline and the lack of humor is the problem of looney toones today.

[Sean]

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/MK-AE066_KIDS_C02152005203828.jpg

That would be Buzz Bunny.

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB110852081412556108-IdjeoNhlaZ4n5yranuHaauEm4,00.html


Damn, Bugs isn't supposed to look evil.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/MK-AE066_KIDS_C02152005203828.jpg

That would be Buzz Bunny.

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB110852081412556108-IdjeoNhlaZ4n5yranuHaauEm4,00.html

Hope Elmer shoots him soon.

[bendog]

bugs had an evil side. but the new thing is ...... like soooo obvious.

[Smilin Assassin]

hmmmmm....

[Jason in LA]

I thought it was going to be a little change. Like the Card's logo, and like the Seahawk's logo. They just made them look a little more sleek. But that new Buggs is totally different. That's just bad. Kind of like all these new uniforms.

[bendog]

who dhat? not a coyote, please?

[Hogan11]

That thing doesn't even look like a rabbitt.

Man, I hope the whole idea backfires on WB big time.

[baja]

Sign of the times........ Bad times!

[baja]

I am so glad I got to experience the 50's and the 60's

No aids, love-ins and rock and roll. None of this politicaly correct bull shiit either.

And Buggs Bunny was just a very clever wabbit.

[-Slap-]

I sincerely hope that WB loses it's collective asses on this for spitting on Mel Blanc and Chuck Jones' graves

Me, too.

They needed edgier characters?

Who talked trash better than Bugs Bunny? I mean, he used to reduce Elmer J Fudd to a wimpering mess on a regular basis and Elmer was a millionaire who owned a mansion and a yacht.

What a bunch or Maroons! The character who made this decision must be regular Ta-ra-ra-Goon-de-ay!

http://pc59te.dte.uma.es/cdb/series/warner/bitmaps/bugs.jpg

The Tiny Toons suck and this new idea will suck fifty times worse.

[baja]

This is a colossal bad idea.

"That"s all folks"

[Tombstone RJ]

I don't see what the big deal is. If you still want to see the old Bugs Bunny and friends, Boomerang and Cartoon Network will show those cartoons on a regular basis.

WB is trying to compete with Spongebob Square Pants and the Simpsons, but what WB doesn't seem to understand is that those characters are funny for adults, not just kids. In fact, I think that if the WB wants to make money, they should make new cartoon characters that appeal to adults, not kids.

Then, kids will start watching it, I guarantee it. Kids like what adults like.

I think adults determin the popularity of chartoon characters, just as much as kids do, if not more. The Simpsons (adults love it), Spongebob (adults love it), Beavis and Butthead (for adults, one of my favorites), Family Guy (for adults), Futurama (for adults), etc...

[Nuggets4]

I saw all of the characters on "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" tonight. Wow.....this is gonna be a DISMAL failure.

[Taco John]

Cats And Dogs! Living Together! Mass Hysteria!

[Taco John]

I don't see what the big deal is. If you still want to see the old Bugs Bunny and friends, Boomerang and Cartoon Network will show those cartoons on a regular basis.

WB is trying to compete with Spongebob Square Pants and the Simpsons, but what WB doesn't seem to understand is that those characters are funny for adults, not just kids. In fact, I think that if the WB wants to make money, they should make new cartoon characters that appeal to adults, not kids.

Then, kids will start watching it, I guarantee it. Kids like what adults like.

I think adults determin the popularity of chartoon characters, just as much as kids do, if not more. The Simpsons (adults love it), Spongebob (adults love it), Beavis and Butthead (for adults, one of my favorites), Family Guy (for adults), Futurama (for adults), etc...



I agree. Bugs started out as an adult cartoon...

[-Slap-]

All of those characters started out as movie shorts for the Warner Brothers films. Hell, many of the kids on this board probably don't even remember the days when they showed cartoons before movies in the theater.

Lots of them were for the war effort and you see some pretty crude stereotypes depicted of our opponents. There are also more than a few WB cartoons out there showing black folks as lazy dice shooting pickaninnies.

I really don't see how this speaks to the utter perversion of established characters, though.

[Clockwork Orange]

Bugs started out as an adult cartoon...

http://www.findcoolmovies.com/fritzi/pics/fritz02.gif

Bugs aint got nothin' on Fritz. ;)

[RhymesayersDU]

Cats And Dogs! Living Together! Mass Hysteria!
Great Ghostbusters Reference.

Also, rep to the guy who posted a picture of "Poochie" from the Simpsons.

But yeah, back to the issue at hand... This is so weak. And I agree with whoever said they should market these shows to adults. It's true, kids will eat it up if adults watch the shows.

[Nuggets4]

My 5 year old cousin loves the Family Guy. Doesn't get one joke in it, but loves the show anyway.

[alkemical]

I don't see what the big deal is. If you still want to see the old Bugs Bunny and friends, Boomerang and Cartoon Network will show those cartoons on a regular basis.

WB is trying to compete with Spongebob Square Pants and the Simpsons, but what WB doesn't seem to understand is that those characters are funny for adults, not just kids. In fact, I think that if the WB wants to make money, they should make new cartoon characters that appeal to adults, not kids.

Then, kids will start watching it, I guarantee it. Kids like what adults like.

I think adults determin the popularity of chartoon characters, just as much as kids do, if not more. The Simpsons (adults love it), Spongebob (adults love it), Beavis and Butthead (for adults, one of my favorites), Family Guy (for adults), Futurama (for adults), etc...


I'd put the simpsons above those other characters (spongebob) - I would put the simpsons up there with the looney tunes.

[Mile High Shack]

UPDATE...BUGS SAVED THANKS TO 11 YEAR OLD KID!!!!

http://www.saveourlooneytunes.com/index.htm

Eh, what's online, doc?

By Brandy McDonnell
The Oklahoman

TULSA - When Thomas Adams saw the plans for a futuristic Looney Tunes cartoon spin-off, he thought the new characters looked dark rather than daffy.
Instead of simply complaining, the 11-year-old decided to take action. With support from his parents and help from a family friend, Thomas created the Save Our Looney Tunes Web site to protest plans for the new animated television series.
The Tulsa boy's online petition has received more than 33,200 signatures from people in all 50 states and several foreign countries, including Argentina, Romania and Japan. The petition has also gained support from U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq.
"I didn't think anybody else was going to do it, so I had nothing to lose," Thomas said. "I wanted to take a stand."
In February, Warner Bros. announced plans for a new children's series called "Loonatics," scheduled to air Saturday mornings starting in fall. The show will feature descendants of classic Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Wile E. Coyote, as sleek superhero action figures. The new characters, with names such as Buzz Bunny, will battle evil in 2772.
A fan of the classic Looney Tunes, Thomas saw images of the new characters on the news and took an instant dislike to them.
"They're evil-looking. ... They're dark," Thomas said.
Responding to The Oklahoman's inquiry about Thomas' petition, Sander Schwartz, president of Warner Bros. Animation, said the Loonatics will not replace Bugs Bunny and pals.
"We're delighted that the public holds so dear to their heart the classic Looney Tunes characters. This new series and its new characters are descendants of the classic characters (and inspired by them) and will not in any way replace the Looney Tunes; they're just joining the family. We take the great history of Looney Tunes very seriously and are charged with the mission of preserving and protecting those beloved cartoons for all time," Schwartz said in an e-mail.
If Warner Bros. wants to make the "Loonatics" superhero series, Thomas would prefer the company make it independent of the Looney Tunes. He doesn't think the company should remake the classic characters.
"Would you change the Mona Lisa?" he asked with a laugh. "If anything, if they want to make the new ones, they should make them as evil twins (of the Looney Tunes) and make them the bad guys and let the good guys always win."
When Thomas and friend Ashten Hubbard, both fifth-graders at Holland Hall School, saw pictures of the Loonatics on news shows, they decided something had to be done. They started circulating a petition at school, but Thomas worried it wasn't reaching enough people to make a difference.
Thomas' parents, John and Rachel Adams, suggested he put his petition on the Internet. When she realized Thomas really wanted to pursue the idea, Rachel Adams contacted family friend Rod Copeland, who has a Web design business.
"I wanted to make sure it would be secure for kids. ... We definitely didn't think it would ever get to be such a big deal," she said.
Thomas spent two evenings with Copeland, writing the text and helping design the Web site. About a week after he heard about the Loonatics, his Save Our Looney Tunes site was online.
The boy and his parents signed the petition and sent e-mails about the site to friends and family. The first day, the site got 300 responses, his mother said.
"When you see how fast the Internet really works, I was amazed that after just a couple of days, we got a response from Australia of all places," she said. "It's been interesting watching the ebb and flow."
As word has spread, the petition has averaged 500-2,000 signatures a day, John Adams said. A 2-year-old was the youngest to sign; a 91-year-old grandmother, the oldest.
After a few days, the petition was getting more signatures than the family's personal computer could handle, the father said. Copeland had to start funneling the responses to his business computer.
In the past month, Thomas has received about 3,000 e-mails from the site, and all but a couple have been supportive. His father said the family is having its computer upgraded to better handle the huge response, and Thomas is trying to make time to read and respond to all the messages.
"He gets so many positive pats on the back," John Adams said. "Most of them are glad to see a young person take a stand."
While some of the e-mails are from teens and preteens supporting Thomas' effort, the boy said many of the messages are from adults who grew up with the classic Looney Tunes and don't want to see them remodeled into futuristic, martial arts-style characters. He even received an e-mail from a woman who grew up with famed Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones, who said she didn't think Jones, who died in 2002, would like the Loonatics.
"It's like (the Looney Tunes are) evolving into what's trendy, instead of being true to what they are," Rachel Adams said. "We tell Thomas to be true to himself ... and we feel like he's listening and applying the message to this situation. As parents, we're very proud of that."
Thomas, who is considering becoming a cartoonist or comedian, said he plans to leave the petition up until summer, then send it to Warner Bros. His goal is to get 100,000 signatures and influence the company to cancel or change its plans for the "Loonatics" series.
"I wasn't really thinking that it might work (at first). ... But when I saw how many people really liked the old Looney Tunes, I got really excited and confident about it," Thomas said. "I can't believe I even did it right now."
Contributing: The Associated Press

[TheDave]

Did anyone see the spoof they did on this...

http://www.csh.rit.edu/~rage/TLGmedia/anim_pages/anewbunny.htm

WARNING: nothing over the top, but probably not Safe for work or kids... come to think of it, it's pretty over the top (for a cartoon)...view at your own risk