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HHHNNNNNG!!!!!!

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Something I drew to support the Animation Guild negotiation rally.

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THE HYPE! If it doesn't come to UK! I'm excited for my friends and the rest of America who are flocking down to see it! If we can get this movie big, maybe Coyote vs Acme will have a fair chance of being uncancelled!

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If The Day The Earth Blew Up can do it, so can this movie! COME ON PEOPLE! Looney Tunes needs to win back that love it once had!

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The hype! The happiness! THE EXCITEMENT!

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Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies 1944 Episode 6: I Got Plenty of Mutton

Written by Melvin Millar

Directed by Frank Tashlin

Animated by Izzy Ellis

Backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas

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It’s early, but I’m notoriously bad at keeping surprises. All the more time to do yourself a favor and watch one of the greatest cartoons ever made–Frank Tashlin’s The Stupid Cupid!

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he means well. it’s his love language

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New trailer just launched for The Day The Earth Blew Up. EEEEEE!!!!!

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Love Tom and Jerry? Come and follow my new blog dedicated JUST for them!

So, why a Tom and Jerry blog?

First off, why a stupid question? Or...aren't there enough Tom and Jerry blogs? Or maybe you're asking "Are you daffy?", no, he's a duck!

I love Tom and Jerry, I have been a fan since we rented a video tape of it in the 90s alongside Beauty and the Beast, out of the two tapes, we watched Tom and Jerry the most, but I did enjoy the Disney flick too. After we finished Beauty and the Beast, we put on Tom and Jerry and although I was familliar with the names and the characters (we used to have a Tom and Jerry Kids video given to us by my grandparents, what an introduction huh? LOL) I didn't know they were older than what at the time, in their fifties? So it was a real treat getting to watch some classis on video.

The first cartoon I ever saw was The Little School Mouse and already, my brothers and I were hooked, the scene that got us our jollies the most in that particular cartoon was the chalkboard lesson with the little doodles Jerry had done. Tapping his stick to teach baby Nibbles (or Tuffy) on how to deal with cats, it seemed all harmless and normal right? That's when Jerry taps the board again and my brothers read out "Cat chases mouse, mouse runs in hole, cats say bad words!", no really! We used to think that was extremely hysterical! Heck it was so funny even Nibbles laughs in the cartoon!

From then on, we watched the tape over and over until it was time to take it back. Other fond memories of this tape was the cartoon lined up after School Mouse and that was Cruise Cat, I can remember hearing Aloha Oe and immediately thought to myself in my head "Oh hey, that tune! I heard that in a Felix the Cat cartoon", I had a rare gift of picking up certain pieces of music haha. Cruise Cat was another fun cartoon, again this gave us another memorable highlight and that was my first taste of Tom talking. We all know the golden rule, Tom and Jerry DO NOT TALK! But we can kinda read their expressions and body language clearly, that's the fun and beauty of Tom and Jerry, uttering a word wouldn't be just as fun. BUT when they DO talk, it's just for a brief silly gag and doesn't usually last very long, something they totally ignored in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. This topic may come around later on.

So...umm...why another cartoon blog? What else is a cartoon crazy middle aged woman gonna blog about that's fun, nostalgic and full of excitement, slapstick, mischief and has been round since 1940 winning the hearts of so many movie goers? First off, it's Tom and fur-iggin Jerry! I've only ever met a few people in my life who actually don't like'em, it's shocking because according to them, it was always the same thing over again. Err...I'm pretty sure that's what William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were thinking. Who knew an academy award nominated cartoon -Puss Gets The Boot- would go on to become a hit and then another cartoon comes into the theatres. Tom and Jerry (originally named Jasper and Jinx) started off as a stay at home duo. Tom was a house pet, pampered and always getting beaten with a broom by his owner, Jerry...well, he's just a little mouse having to put up with Tom's antics while battling to get away from his clutches, after all, cats do play with mice, they toy with them and toss them around, it's no surprise that Tom hasn't yet killed this little mouse without leaving him flat on the porch (then again, I'm pretty sure MGM would be getting loads of angry letters and mousetraps). I know I'm late to the party, but Tom and Jerry are now 85 years old. Lucky! They were born Year of the Dragon (Alongside Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny AND two Disney films Pinnochio and my favorite Fantasia). It's a real bummer we aren't going to get a full on complete Tom and Jerry set (yet or at all) on blu ray fully uncut, but we can still cherish the memories, the fun, the laughter, even the tears of such an iconic, fantastic duo, we have the boys at MGM to thank. Bill and Joe, I really wish I could buy you a pint! When the boys have been giving chase, playing pranks, raiding the fridge (heck, that's four bottles of milk stolen and two blocks of cheese out of my fridge), have flattened each other with irons, cymbols, waffle irons, piano lids, have let our crazily entertaining painful screams, gasps, have made us laugh, cry and come back for more, there truly is only ONE Tom and Jerry. Fred Quimby's cartoons were a treat! They were fun, they were beautfully animated and dare I say it? They were sometimes even heartwarming! Without Tom, there wouldn't be Jerry and without Jerry, there wouldn't be Tom. So here's hoping this blog gives me many more rambles and memories and hope they bring back many memories for you all to share too. A little late, but here's to eighty four years of gags, pranks, screams, yelps, yowls, mischief, humor, jokes, cartoon violence and laughter, thank you Tom and Jerry for being there for me, for you, for everyone, but most of all, a heavenly thank you Bill and Joe. With that being said, Tom and Jerry can now let go of their paws shaking, while Jerry tips a wink, fingers crossed behind his back while a a lit bomb is on the ready. Tom can go back to chasing Jerry, strapping him to a rocket, using him as a paddleball, using him as fishing bait, trying to make a sandwich with him as a an appetizing hors d'oeuvre or a mouse sandwich with cocktail sticks pinning the slices together ready for cutting like a saw in half magic trick. He can continue playing with Jerry like a yoyo or...just luring him out with the cheese and failing with his paws caught in the mousetrap, poor Tom, always getting the last laugh...and laugh he indeed gets, thanks a lot Jerry. Whether you were rooting for poor Tom OR laughing at him, or rooting for Jerry and laughing back at him, it doesn't matter, whether they have both shared a happy ending of triumph or a failure and a bad ending, Tom and Jerry had something for everyone and every single watch, we always had a good time! Happy belated eighty fifth Tom and Jerry, you truly are one of a kind. Forever, the best of enemies, or frienimes? Or enimends? Whatever, without one, where would the other be? Other than in the ice box stealing the last of your cheese, milk and other yummy delights!?!? Eighty five years. Dooooon't yooouuu believe it!

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I love this! Lovely to see it getting positive reaction! Looney Tunes needs more love! For over 70 years, they are still masterpieces, but now this is getting my hyped for this movie. I mean, a full on animated Looney Tunes flick that looks promising and funny? GET DOWN!

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GOLDEN AGE OF LOONEY TUNES REFERENCE GUIDE

Golden AGE Of Looney Tunes  Volume 1 Disc #1 Side 1:    •    Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931)      •    Shuffle Off to Buffalo (1933)      •    Page Miss Glory (1936)      •    I Love to Singa (1936)      •    Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)      •    Speaking of the Weather (1937)      •    Katnip Kollege (1938)   Disc #1 Side 2:    •    The Wild Hare (1940)      •    Daffy Duck and Egghead (1938)      •    Odor-Able Kitty (1945)      •    A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)      •    I Haven’t Got a Hat (1935)      •    Life with Feathers (1945)      •    Walky Talky Hawky (1946)   Disc #2 Side 1:    •    Cinderella Meets Fella (1938)      •    Hamateur Night (1939)      •    Thugs With Dirty Mugs (1939)      •    Cross Country Detours (1940)      •    Dangerous Dan McFoo (1939)      •    The Bear’s Tale (1940)      •    The Crackpot Quail (1941)   Disc #2 Side 2:    •    Wabbit Twouble (1941)      •    Horton Hatches the Egg (1942)      •    The Hep Cat (1942)      •    A Corny Concerto (1943)      •    Kitty Kornered (1946)      •    The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)      •    The Big Snooze (1946)   Disc #3 Side 1:    •    The Night Watchman (1938)      •    Old Glory (1939)      •    Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940)      •    The Dover Boys (At Pimento University) (1942)      •    My Favorite Duck (1942)      •    The Aristo-Cat (1943)      •    Inki at the Circus (1947)   Disc #3 Side 2:    •    Rhapsody in Rivets (1941)      •    Pigs in a Polka (1942)      •    Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)      •    Duck Soup to Nuts (1944)      •    Hare Trigger (1945)      •    Back Alley Oproar (1948)      •    Tweetie Pie (1947)   Disc #4 Side 1:    •    The Heckling Hare (1941)      •    Hare Tonic (1945)      •    Hare Ribbin? (1944)      •    Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944)      •    A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947)      •    The Unruly Hare (1945)      •    Gorilla My Dreams (1948)   Disc #4 Side 2:    •    Nasty Quacks (1945)      •    Hair-Raising Hare (1946)      •    The Bashful Buzzard (1945)      •    Daffy Doodles (1946)      •    Little Orphan Airedale (1947)      •    Baby Bottleneck (1946)      •    Book Revue (1946)   Disc #5 Side 1:    •    The Coo Coo Nut Grove (1936)      •    Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938)      •    Hollywood Steps Out (1941)      •    What’s Cookin’ Doc? (1944)      •    Hollywood Daffy (1946)      •    Swooner Crooner (1944)      •    Slick Hare (1947)   Disc #5 Side 2:    •    Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)      •    Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943)      •    Rabbit Transit (1947)      •    Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)      •    The Old Grey Hare (1944)      •    Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948)      •    Haredevil Hare (1948)  

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Disc #1 Side 1 - Musical Madness:

   You Don’t Know What You’re Doin’! (1931) *    Goopy Geer (1932) *    Three’s a Crowd (1932) *    We’re in the Money (1933)    Honeymoon Hotel (1934)    The Lady in Red (1935)    The Penguin Parade (1938)

Disc #1 Side 2 - Early Wabbits:

   Prest-O Change-O (1939)    Hare-um Scare-um (1939)    Elmer’s Candid Camera (1940)    Elmer’s Pet Rabbit (1941)    Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt (1941)    Hold the Lion, Please (1942)    Fresh Hare (1942)

Disc #2 Side 1 - Frank Tashlin:

   The Major Lied ‘Til Dawn (1938)    Cracked Ice (1938)    Brother Brat (1944)    Plane Daffy (1944)    A Tale of Two Mice (1945)    Behind the Meat-Ball (1945)    Hare Remover (1946)

Disc #2 Side 2 - Chuck Jones:

   The Little Lion Hunter (1939)    The Draft Horse (1942)    Flop Goes the Weasel (1943)    Lost and Foundling (1944)    Fair and Worm-er (1946)    What’s Brewin’, Bruin? (1948)    Rabbit Punch (1948)

Disc #3 Side 1 - Bob Clampett:

   Goofy Groceries (1941)    The Wacky Wabbit (1942) *    Buckaroo Bugs (1944) *    An Itch in Time (1943) *    The Gruesome Twosome (1967) *    Draftee Daffy (1945) *    Bacall to Arms (1946) *

Disc #3 Side 2 - McKimson & Davis:

   Acrobatty Bunny (1946) *    Hollywood Canine Canteen (1946) *    The Mouse-Merized Cat (1946) *    One Meat Brawl (1947) *    Mexican Joyride (1947) *    Mouse Menace (1946) *    Catch as Cats Can (1947) *

Disc #4 Side 1 - Fables & Fairy Tales:

   Beauty and the Beast (1934) *    Little Red Walking Hood (1937) *    A-Lad-In Bagdad (1938) *    Robin Hood Makes Good (1939) *    Tom Thumb in Trouble (1940) *    A Gander at Mother Goose (1940) *    Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (1943) *

Disc #4 Side 2 - The Art of Daffy:

   Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943) *    The Wise Quacking Duck (1943) *    Daffy - The Commando (1943) *    The Stupid Cupid (1944) *    Birth of a Notion (1947) *    To Duck….or not To Duck (1943) *    What Makes Daffy Duck (1948) *

Disc #5 Side 1 - Best Supporting Players:

   The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940) *    Hop, Look, and Listen (1948) *    Roughly Squeaking (1946) *    The Goofy Gophers (1947) *    Scent-imental Over You (1947) *    Crowing Pains (1947) *    Of Fox and Hounds (1940) *

Disc #5 Side 2 - Variations on a Theme:

   Tick Tock Tuckered (1944) *    Good Night Elmer (1940) *    Bedtime for Sniffles (1940) *    A Pest in the House (1947) *    Trap Happy Porky (1945) *    The Unbearable Bear (1943) *    Daffy Duck Slept Here (1948) *

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Disc #1 Side 1 - Harman-Ising:

   One More Time    Red-Headed Baby    Pagen Moon    A Great Big Bunch of You    The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives    One Step Ahead of My Shadow    The Dish Ran Away With the Spoon

Disc #1 Side 2 - Bugs Bunny:

   Wackiki Wabbit    Hare Force    Super-Rabbit    Herr Meets Hare    Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears    Stage Door Cartoon    Easter Yeggs

Disc #2 Side 1 - Chuck Jones:

   The Squawkin’ Hawk    Inki and the Mynah Bird    From Hand to Mouse    Fin N’ Catty    Fresh Airedale    The Eager Beaver    House-Hunting Mice

Disc #2 Side 2 - Fritz Freleng:

   Pigs is Pigs    The Cat’s Tale    Lights Fantastic    Ding Dog Daddy    The Wacky Worm    Peck Up Your Troubles    Racketeer Rabbit

Disc #3 Side 1 - Early Avery:

   I Wanna Be a Sailor    Circus Today    Aviation Vacation    Aloha Hooey    Holiday Highlights    Crazy Cruise    The Cagey Canary

Disc #3 Side 2 - Tashlin/Clampett:

   Little Pancho Vanilla    Booby Hatched    I Got Plenty of Mutton    Farm Frolics    Falling Hare    Birdy and the Beast    Russian Rhapsody

Disc #4 Side 1 - Sports:

   Freddy the Freshman    Boulevardier From the Bronx    Along Flirtation Walk    Sport Chumpions    Greetings Bait    Screwball Football    Baseball Bugs

Disc #4 Side 2 - The Evolution of Egghead:

   Egghead Rides Again    Count Me Out    Johnny Smith and Poker Hontas    A Day at the Zoo    Believe It, or Else    A Feud There Was    Confederate Honey

Disc #5 Side 1 - Porky and Daffy:

   Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur    Slightly Daffy    Ain’t That Ducky    Wagon Heels    Along Came Daffy    Nothing But the Tooth    The Up-Standing Sitter

Disc #5 Side 2 - Politically Incorrect:

   Wake Up the Gypsy in Me    He Was Her Man    Sioux Me    The Mighty Hunters    A Feather in His Hare    The Early Worm Gets the Bird    Inki and the Lion

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Disc #1 Side 1 - Bugs Bunny:

   The Wabbit Who Came to Supper    The Hare-Brained Hypnotist    The Case of the Missing Hare    Hare Conditioned    Buccaneer Bunny    Rhapsody Rabbit    Any Bonds Today?    A Wild Hare - original version

Disc #1 Side 2 - Early Chuck Jones:

   The Good Egg    Ghost Wanted    Snow Time For Comedy    The Bird Came C.O.D.    Dog Tired    Fox Pop    The Weakly Reporter

Disc #2 Side 1 - Friz Freleng:

   The Trial of Mr. Wolf    Double Chaser    The Sheepish Wolf    Hiss and Make Up    Holiday for Shoestrings    The Gay Anties    Of Thee I Sting

Disc #2 Side 2 - Cartoon All-Stars:

   Tom Turk and Daffy    I Taw a Putty Tat    Two Gophers From Texas    Conrad the Sailor    Doggone Cats    A Horsefly Fleas    Hobo Bobo

Disc #3 Side 2 - Radio Daze:

   Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee    The Woods are Full of Cuckoos    Let It Be Me    Little Blabbermouse    Malibu Beach Party    Quentin Quail    Hush My Mouse

Disc #3 Side 2 - Frantic Forties:

   Hop, Skip, and a Chump    A Hick, a Slick, and a Chick    Meatless Flyday    The Foxy Duckling    Bone Sweet Bone    The Rattled Rooster    The Shell-Shocked Egg

Disc #4 Side 1 - Wacky Blackouts:

   Land of the Midnight Fun    Wacky Wildlife    Ceiling Hero    Fresh Fish    Saddle Silly    Foney Fables    Bug Parade

Disc #4 Side 2 - Ben Hardaway & Cal Dalton (and Private Snafu):

   Love and Curses    Gold Rush Daze    Bars and Stripes Forever    Hobo Gadget Band    Fagin’s Freshman    Busy Bakers    Snafuperman    Spies

Disc #5 Side 1 - Sniffles:

   Naughty But Mice    Little Brother Rat    Sniffles and the Bookworm    The Egg Collector    Sniffles Bells the Cat    Toy Trouble    Brave Little Bat

Disc #5 Side 2 - Merrie Melodies:

   The Queen Was in the Parlor    I Love a Parade    The Organ Grinder    Billboard Frolics    Flowers For Madame    September in the Rain    You’re an Education

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Disc #1 Side 1 - Black & White Classics:

   It’s Got Me Again! (1932)    Moonlight for Two (1932)    A Great Big Bunch of You (1932)    You’re Too Careless with Your Kisses (1932)    I Wish I Had Wings (1932)    Young and Healthy (1933)    I Like Mountain Music (1933)

Disc #1 Side 2 - Early Avery:

   don’t look now    i only have eyes for you    ain’t we got fun    a sunbonnet blue    the sneezing weasel    the mice will play    detouring america

Disc #2 Side 1 - Freleng Follies:

   she was an acrobat’s daughter    sweet sioux    the lyin’ mouse    my little buckeroo    the fighting 69 1/2th    rookie revue    fifth column mouse

Disc #2 Side 2 - Musical Madness:

   the merry old soul    mr. and mrs. is the name    into your dance    country mouse    bingo crosbyana    the fella with a fiddle    now that summer is gone

Disc #3 Side 2 - Pesky Pets:

   the cat came back    country boy    dog daze    dog gone modern    the curious puppy    stage fright    snowman’s land

Disc #3 Side 2 - Objects d'art:

   those beautiful dames    little dutch plate    i’d love to take orders from you    toy town hall    my green fedora    streamlined greta green    shop, look & listen

Disc #4 Side 1 - Animal Antics:

   pop goes your heart    i wanna play house    i’m a big shot now    when i yoo hoo    at your service madame    a star is hatched    plenty of money and you

Disc #4 Side 2 - Supplemental material (CAV):

   hare ribbin’ (director’s cut)    the return of mr. hook (U.S. Navy)    the good egg ( U.S. Navy)    tokyo woes (U.S. Navy)    my dream is yours (excerpt from film)    two guys from texas (excerpt from film)

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For Valentine's Day I decided to watch The Stupid Cupid and Love Among the Toons.

https://www.wco.tv/looney-tunes-golden-collection-season-4-episode-30-the-stupid-cupid

https://www.wco.tv/tiny-toon-adventures-season-1-episode-32-spring-in-acme-acres

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here it is. the entire scene in high quality for your viewing pleasure (and of course a HOOHOO for ambience). enjoy :)

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Layout drawing for The Wise Quacking Duck (1943).

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My Top Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies Cartoons That Might Make You Think Twice About L'amour...

Wish you were hare! - Bugs Bunny xxoo💋 With the most overrated and overly commercialised traditional lovey dovey holiday just around the corner, what better way to laugh it off with some WB classics? Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies have provided us with some hilarious laughs in many ways, romance included. But...love is not just a beautiful thing! It's not all loudest wolf whistles calling "BAAAAABY!", it's not all excited lustful barking and growling, it's not all rabbit baby wants, rabbit baby gets! Nope! Love sucks! And I'm pretty sure Looney Tunes will tell us so with it's tongue in cheek to dark and tragic humor. Or will it inspire us to love again?

I SHAN'T be including any specials, so no Bugs Bunny's Valentine, or anything after the golden age, I'm only focusing on the classic theatrical shorts. If WatchMojo dare touch on this and copy my list...ooooohhhh willl I blow my stack!?!?! LOL So, ladies bunnies in drag, before you start emerging out of rabbit holes, dressed up hollering "Yoo hoo!" with a flirty little wave, fluttering your mascara covered eyelashes, making smoochies with your red lips, making the guys go gaga, holler, howl, wolf whistle and go straight up Tex Avery, before you go strutting past with your hands on your hips as they sway and wave, with sultry bedroom eyes, lots of makeup on, giggling like a girl, blowing kisses accompanied to Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby or Oh You Beautiful Doll, before you accidentally get your skirt caught and ripped off exposing your scut, sneakily dancing with scissors and snipping off a man's trousers, hurting hunters with your naughty guns (and I mean shotguns...not err...those...), putting on a high falsetto and claimiing that Chivelry ain't dead and of course, going in for the kill kiss making the other go red as a tomato, then take off that disguise after they have fallen into the trap making you shout rather approrpirately "What a maroon!" (see what I did there?) HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, BUGS! Wascally wabbit! (NOTE: a scut is a short tail, that of a deer or rabbit or a hare) Men, before you think twice about bringing out the finest wine, expensive champagne, flowers, chocolates, your best formal wear, rose petals on the bed, candles burning, soft music playing in the background and doing your best Charles Boyer/Pepe Le Pew impression with a red rose between your teeth playing smoochy face and dancing with a striptease to It Had To Be You, growling and purring suggesstively, putting on your sexiest smirk and puckering up your lips uttering "Let us play games!", offering/baring gifts to your new gir (or Bugs in disguise), leaning in waiting for that kiss and then getting smacked in the face with a fish, these cartoons may make you change your mind on what love is...or just straight up make you laugh, shrug it off, yet still poo-poo the holiday all together! Whatever tickles your fancy! With that being said, here we go. Sit back, relax and enjoy this read, just make sure your wardrobes are locked, or else Bugs Bunny will be trying on ladies clothes! I'm pretty sure I saw him shopping at Ann Summers not too long ago shopping for lingerie! (SPOILERS, also keep in mind, this blog post is meant to be humorous. Also this blog is not targetting the LGBT community. LOVE IS LOVE! <3) These cartoons were also a product of their time. So things like cat calling and wolf whistling nowadays may be considered offensive. I respect you and respect everyone. These though however, just cartoons. WARNING, these cartoons may not be suitable for children at a young age, especially with several gags way too dangerous and strong. Best be accompanied with an adult. I shall also be listing recommended availabilities of DVD and Blu Rays that include these cartoons. It is also recommended to own a region free DVD player IF you are hunting down these dvds worldwise just in case neither of them play on a regular dvd player. Also if you don't have a Blu Ray player, Blu Rays play on PS4/PS5, Xbox One, XBox Series S/X (if they have a disc drive) Porky's Romance- Frank Tashlin, 1937 AVAILABILITY: Porky Pig 101, Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3 WARNING: CONTAINS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE!

Well, there's flowers, there's candy in a heart shaped box, there's a proposal and there's...the stuck up girl who gets what she wants (dang, Petunia was a total...sow in her early days). This cartoon was notable for several things. Petunia Pig's first appearence and Joe Dougherty's final time playing the voice of Porky Pig. The poor guy's stutter caused so much time in the studio that it got expensive and he was let go. Such a sad and bitter end to his career. Porky's Romance is definitely a cartoon for those with some questionably dark humor, no? When Porky proposes to his love interest Petunia, she snobbily turns him down...(love hurts, whether it's right or wrong), poor Porky's heart is broken to the point where tears stream down his cheeks and he decides to end his life...ouch, such a grim time for WB cartoons. Mind you, this was before the time Bob Clampett put the "looney" in Looney Tunes that we all know and love today.

Porky's attempt backfires however when he's too heavy for the noose and he is knocked unconcious, causing him to have a rather unpleasant dream on what married life would be like. While this isn't the most pleasant of Looney Tunes cartoons, it does kind of feel like a cautionary tale on those who are not ready to settle down and have kids. Not saying everyone will grow up to be fat, lazy and a glutton like Petunia in the dream sequence, but settling down with your spouse will change your life forever, especially IF you have kids. It's not one to be taken light-heartedly, but it does feel like a satire on what married life can be. Either way, love is a complicated feeling for some and when/if you're not ready for it, best stay away from it. Not exactly my favorite cartoon but it's still worth a mention. The only rings you'll want to be seeing aren't on your fingers, but the coloured rings on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies opening.

Muscle Tussle - Bob McKimson, 1953 AVAILABILITY: Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 4 (Blu Ray)

Poor Daffy Duck...can't he ever get the time to settle down with his girlfriend Melissa? Sometimes you can't help but feel sorry for him, just because someone has more muscles and a killer body, doesn't mean they're perfect, right? Alas, this is Looney Tunes and it's all done for laughs. This is another typical "she's my girl" story, I'm pretty sure a lot of cartoons have done this trope, sure, not all Daffy Duck cartoons land, but when they do, this isn't one of them.

This being a cartoon, it's obvious satire...unless you're one of those people just in for the money and into that kinda stuff haha. The ending is kinda sweet as it goes to show that even the tough snobs still get the girl in the end.

Lovelorn Leghorn - Bob McKimson, 1951 Availability: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1. (These sets are now available as ONE reissued set, made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros.)

Trying to find your significant other half can be tough, especially when others tease and jeer. In this case, Prissy. Just remember, when finding a husband, always carry a rolling pin with you. Poor old Prissy, an old fashioned Spinster hen just wants to settle down with a rooster to call her own. If you've never been lucky in love, then I'm sure you can relate, but at the same time laughing at this cartoon.

Ding Dog Daddy - Friz Freleng, 1942 AVAILABILITY: Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 2 (Blu Ray)

Another cartoon that is kind of mixed for me, but none the less a rather bittersweet cartoon. This cartoon centers on a yellow/orange dopey dog Goofy (say, why hadn't Disney filed a lawsuit huh? Also doesn't he look a little like Pluto) is out enjoying the lovely spring weather declaring to the audience how beautiful love is.

After failing once to court a dog who turned him down and even mocked him, he eventually falls for Daisy. The only catch is, poor Goofy is smitten over a metal statue shaped like a dog. Complete wtih lightning strikes with every kiss and a vicious bulldog chasing him around the garden and yard to boot, you really feel for Goofy.

To really add fuel to this cartoon, Daisy is then carted off to be melted into scrap and then turned into a bomb for the wars. Hearing Goofy call out Daisy's name and then having her reeled into his paws really is soul crushing. As Goofy mourns over her changes, he gives her one last kiss...and...Goofy's still smitten and happy....phew! I thought something tragic was gonna happen but ouch, still pretty soul crushing.

Still, a bittersweet ending as Goofy doesn't shed tears straight after. TRIVIA: Goofy was voiced by Disney legend Pinto Colvig (who also happened to voice...Goofy, as well as Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves).

The Hep Cat - Bob Clampett, 1942 AVAILABILITY: Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 3.

From dippy dogs to confident cats that are self proclaimed hunks, this is a great cartoon. Definitely one of Clampett's finest. A suave, charasmatic cat is girl crazy and is on the search for the perfect mate. After being given the cold shoulder by a lady cat, a dog called Rosebud toys with the Hep Cat, using a puppet that resembles the one who turned him down. The Hep Cat's reactions and exlaimations are priceless and performed perfectly by Mel Blanc as always. The delivery of the cat's lines are fantastic and who can forget the line "Something new has been added!". Throw in some rather smooth L'Amour scenarios and gags, and you have got yet another cartoon that makes you want to forget about love and just enjoy the laughs. But remember this, sock puppets aren't sexy! But to quote the Hep Cat: WELL I CAN DREAM CAN'T I?

What's Opera, Doc? - Chuck Jones, 1957 AVAILABILITY: Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection volume 1 Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection (KEEP IN MIND that this set is limited to 30,000, so good luck on trying to get this one)

Okay, I'm kind of cheating here, there's not really any romance here but...it's a Bugs Bunny cartoon! He dresses up as a girl, he fools Elmer, leading him into a beautiful part de deux, Bugs doesn't just get into the act. He's still practically playing hard to get to the helpless oblivious Elmer. It may sound like nothing new, Bugs Bunny dresses up like ladies all the time! From mermaids, to Southern Belles, Bobby Soxers, to elderly grannies, to sexy country girls, to temptresses, to Eskimos, to seductresses, to 1920s flappers, to a simple ballet tutu, to can dan dancers, to even his own female look alike in Hare Splitter to Brunhilde. Can we all just admit that this disguise was pretty damn cute on him? With his blonde braids, gold headpiece, cute little dress and gorgeous pink eyeshadow and thick black mascara, riding a large horse, galloping it's way down the hill, nothing screams "Oh Brunhilde you're so lovely" than this getup. Also who knew Bugs Bunny had a beautiful singing voice and he can really bat those thick mascara lashes and yes, he did look mighty nice in that outfit! It's one of his most iconic drag queen moments of all time. Poor Elmer, dropping his spear to the ground for this? No wonder he was enraged! Everyone's seen this cartoon! It's hailed as a masterpiece and has been crowned the "Greatest cartoon of all time" by cartoon historians, including Jerry Beck. "Kiww the wabbit" has become somewhat iconic as the rest of the cartoon, nearly every line is sung and there is not one sign of slapstick, pretty unique for comedic Looney Tunes short with an operatic outing.

While in my opinion, I'm not a massive fan of this cartoon, I don't hate it, but I do appreciate it, it's gorgeous backgrounds, sweeping usage of Wagner's music and rather dramatic flair, this cartoon has it all, tragedy, drama, comic-opera and beauty, as well as a faux romance between Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny..

While not the most lovey-dovey of cartoons on this list, we still get a wonderful duet sung by Elmer and Bugs, performed by Arthur Q. Bryan and Mel Blanc. Don't ask! If you've seen enough Looney Tunes cartoons, you'll understand that Elmer isn't always bright when it comes to telling a wascally wabbit and a beautiful woman apart. The poor guy never catches a break since he clearly is a gentleman. Probably just timid but waiting for the right move. See Rabbit Seasoning for example...but then you realize that is Bugs Bunny in disguise! LOL Return My Love, sung to Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture is something remarkable, yet silly. We get what feels like the most romantic moment in any Looney Tunes cartoon ever, with the camera going back and forth to Elmer climbing the stairs and Bugs lying on a bench under a beautiful set of pillars, batting his newly added lashes to one fine embrace. Despite being a parody, it does have what all operas have...a downer ending. Luckily, Bugs Bunny softens the blow with "Well, what did you expect in an opera, a happy ending?" No anvils, no outwitting smart alec remarks from Bugs, just rushing down the stairs after his headress came off, nothing but one big dramatic outcry of terrifying natural disasters summoned by Elmer's magic helmet. To make it more dramatic, Bugs looks back, maybe that's why he was killed!?!? Overall, another beautifully tragic cartoon. We get drama, comedy, a ballet, a duet, sweeping music and...tragedy, hey it's an opera, right? Parody or not? Why doesn't Disney do something like this? Maybe I should review this cartoon fully sometime. Who knows? ANYTHING with Pepe Le Pew - Chuck Jones, 1945-1962 Availability: Ranging from Looney Tunes Golden Collections, Platinum Collections and the whole disography is available on Looney Tunes Super Stars: Pepe Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best.

Wait who? Oh yeah! *snerk* How can I pick just one? From For Scent-imental Reasons, to Wild Over You, to Really Scent, All but one Pepe cartoon scent-re round the same thing...chasing a helpless she-victim that has somehow gotten her coat into a sticky situation. Pepe really needs to go to Specsavers, was that a thing in the 40s to the 60s? LOL Pepe, a suave, calm French skunk, always the helpless, hopeless romantic hopped onto the scene in the 40s, with his smooth expression, sexual desires and...now sadly, controversial character traits, he wasn't the favorite, or was he? You decide! Winning an oscar for For Scent-imental Reasons, he had gone on to star in almost two decades worth of cartoons. With a calm suave flirtatious demeanour, sexual, lustful desire and...err...habit of not bothering to properly introduce himself, shake hands/paws with his chosen target and give'em time to reply, it's no wonder they (or mostly in this case, Penelope Pussycat) had been running from him...or could it be that he's the obvious...a skunk! This horny striped cassanova never gave up, unless somehow the plan backfired (which was occasionally). Despite all his failures, Pepe Le Pew cartoons prove that...love stinks. Even poor Sylvester fell victim briefly to Pepe and this was only just a minor cameo! Hare Trimmed - Friz Freleng, 1953 AVAILABILITY: Looney Tunes Super Stars: Hare Extraordinaire The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

From skunks with French accents to...err...Bugs Bunny putting on a French accent, it really is the sexiest accent...or that's what the heck they say haha! YOU DECIDE! NOTHING TO DO ME WITH MOI! BTW On a site note, was there anything Mel Blanc could NOT do? Any voice? Any accent? Any vocal range? God bless this man! When Yosemite Sam learns about a local widow inheriting a fortune, his evil and selfish greed decides to take advantage on the lady, much to her giddy delight, she accepts, little does Sam know that Bugs (disguised as handsome man? SHOCK! NOT A LADY FOR ONCE?) steps forward to try and save the poor widow from Sam's clutches (Seriously, Bugs can wear that suit...err...just put some pants on and that accent...SA-WOON!). Emma (who is actually Granny) is delighted to have a suitor, but she can only choose one. With lots of funny gags, mischief and yes...later on, Bugs going from a sexy French gentleman to Granny in disguise...to a bride, this will make you think before you decide to marry when you are filthy rich. Also where does Bugs get all his lovely clothes? He should get into modelling for fashion shows, I'd totally watch him at the NEC Clothes Show any day. LOL Rabbit Romeo - Bob McKimson, 1957 AVAILABILITY: Looney Tunes Golden Collection volume 4

Before Bugs was seeing twinkly hearts and curvy cute girl bunnies with sultry figures, basketball skills and having every head turned on the basketball court, before he received a victorious "my hero" style kiss much to his Looney delight, before grabbing her in return later for a smacker right on the lips sending her with hollering vibes, he was met face to face with Millicent, a rabbit with a thick Slavic accent and a rather large bulky and unattractive phsyque. Bugs was never one to settle down with a girl of his own in the golden age. He has cat called and wolf whistled lust over Lauren Bacall, chased mechanical and robotic bunnies on race tracks and into castles, even went out with Witch Hazel in bunny form! Does Bugs really need a girlfriend? After all, he is the one who wears the pants dress. Given to Elmer Fudd as a present by his uncle, Millicent broke down in tears and trashed the house due to loneliness, so Elmer set off to find the perfect mate to calm the destructive doe down. That's where Bugs Bunny comes in and, who would have guessed? He's repulsed by her hagged appearence...poor Millicent, she just needed a mate. The rest of the cartoon writes itself, but no matter how you look, don't treat them as if they were Quasimodo.

HONORABLE MENTIONS...or DISHONORABLE? LOL Love and Curses - Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton, 1938 Holiday Highlights - Tex Avery, 1940 I Got Plenty of Mutton - Frank Tashlin, 1944 Hare Splitter - Friz Freleng, 1947 And finally...MY PICK for the number 1 cartoon to get you in and or out of love is... The Stupid Cupid - Frank Tashlin, 1944 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 (REGION 1 ONLY) Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 3

WARNING: THIS CARTOON CONTAINS SUICIDE JOKES! WHERE do I begin with this cartoon? It is overlooked, outrageously funny and directed by the ever so underrappreciated Tish Tash. This cartoon either screams Valentines Day or screams stay away from ze love! Starting off with the beautiful music of Voices of Spring by Johan Strauss a mischievous cupid (Elmer Fudd?) makes his rounds hoping his arrows strike two and two together. With some rather risque adult jokes, fantastic animation and Daffy Duck at his...horniest, this is THE ultimate Valentines Looney Tunes cartoon to watch and either appreiciate or avoid. The expressions on Daffy's face in this short are just straight up priceless, the moment Cupid's arrow strikes him and he spots his target, we get some of the most bizarre and unseen Daffy like never before. With a suggestive wriggle of his eyebrows, a sneaky glance at the camera, a cheeky grin and some outrageous clicking of his cheek, Daffy Duck is more than just crazy, he is crazy in love. Unfortunately, this cartoon feels incomplete as the original ending is completely lost. It is said that Daffy was originally going to end the cartoon with a rather cheeky, raunchy line that was way too saucy for the WB executives. Daffy was supposed to utter: "If you haven't tried it, don't knock it." There is no doubt about it, The Stupid Cupid is hands down one of the funniest and most outrageous cartoons to watch during Valentines Day.

With that being said, what are your thoughts? Your favorites? Before time goes by, have a happy Valentines and don't eat too much chocolate! Stay safe, happy, make sure your loved ones are happy and ...don't overdo the mush, okay? That's all folks!