Disney or Looney Tunes?
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Yes.
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Woot!
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Sorry Looney Tunes was usually on free network TV while Disney was cable TV
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Looney Tunes is seemingly more original. I haven’t done the research on Old Bugs and friends. So, with my limited knowledge and scores of Saturday mornings with antenna tv, they score way higher with me.
However Old Walt & Co is well documented where they get their stuff from - reworked Brothers Grim, legend, or tricking original thinkers like Pamela Tavers. In the long run, were generations entertained and exposed to great original ideas? Yes and I can appreciate people liking Disney. Yet, I think the harm outweighs the benefits when independent plays/movies or mere book reading does so much more for society. Disney prompts and promotes an entertainment lethargy.
So, yes, I believe cartoon violence of Looney Tunes is beign and on par slap stick every generation of mankind had. Yes, I believe the Egyptians would love Bugs to Naked Gun. I believe Disney does violence to the craft of story telling and degrades society.
I am ok if yall agree with Mr. Harvey about the opinion as it is only an opinion on the entertainment conplex and there are bigger fish to fry lol
Darn typing fish made me hungry for fish and chips again…
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Disney might be cool but Looney Toons was childhood memory, but Disney ain’t bad either tbh… It took gave us some memorable shows.
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I’m not sure I can decide, current output notwithstanding.
Looney Tunes was a big part of my childhood as was Warner Bros. other cartoon short series, Merrie Melodies. The gallery of characters from both are as iconic as those from The Walt Disney Company. The shorts lived on slapstick and cartoon physics. Many of these cartoons , especially in the Merrie Melodies line, were very original in their stories and gags, however both series eventually began to repeat themselves as time went on.
Disney has long been known for its feature length animated films and family friendly live action fare, but people tend to overlook that Disney’s earliest works were also cartoon shorts, many under the banner of Silly Symphonies. The massive success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs altered the trajectory of the Disney Company forever.
That being said, The Walt Disney Company maintained a prolific output of cartoon shorts for many years after. Sadly these cartoon shorts have been heavily overshadowed by the films, especially as the output of cartoon shorts declined across all the studios during the rise of television and the transition to theaters only showing a single movie in each theater.
Prior to that movie houses often showed cartoons, a newsreel, chapters from a few different serials, a short film, a lower budgeted B-picture and then a prestigious A-picture made on a larger budget and featuring the most famous movie stars at the time.
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies found a second life on television as compilation shows featuring the older theatrical cartoon shorts. The same was true of Tom and Jerry with new cartoon shorts of this duo often being commissioned through other studios after the transition to television.
The Disney cartoon shorts lived on thanks to television for a while but mostly through a more limited means of distribution such as The Mickey Mouse Club or the Wonderful World of Disney. And the longevity of these shows were nothing compared to the run of compilation shows that featured Warner Bros. cartoons.
Both studios have recently attempted to revive their respective properties, though with limited success.
The Walt Disney Company is responsible for popularizing many fairy tales and probably brought many children, and adults, to libraries to read up on the original source materials. For many decades the Walt Disney name was synonymous with quality family entertainment as was Warner Bros. animation house.
Both companies eventually filled unique niches in the entertainment industry, both created iconic characters and generated a huge library of fondly remembered works. It is hard for me to pick one over the other.
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Why can’t we have both?
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I learned how to roll a cigarette from Bugs Bunny when I was five.
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Not to mention, that 1941 Mickey Mouse flick, “The Sorcerer” (??) was some deep, dark sh*te. Fact: (Walt) Disney was a very troubled man and suffered from deep, crippling depression. It really showed in that film. I recall seeing some of it as a child and actually being frightened.
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Agreed! Both can coexist in my world! 
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Parents these days: “Cartoons are so violent!”
Those same parents grew up watching a coyote try to kill a roadrunner. 
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For Cartoons shorts Loony Toons, but for actual full length animated movies Disney does it better.
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Looney toons!!
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It depends.
Based on artwork, Disney.
Based on snarkiness, Looney Tunes.
Based on realism, Disney. (Walt, why’d you kill off Bambi’s mother?).
Based on fond Saturday morning memories, Looney Tunes.
Bugs Bunny or Donald Duck (I still don’t understand why Mickey always got top billing)
Here I go, trying to apply intellect to cartoons.
I refuse to pick one over the other.
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Actually it depends. As said above both gave us great shows, some were better than others
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Are these the only two choices?
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