#Joe Alaskey

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If at first you don’t succeed….Duck Dodgers pitch cover - This second attempt to sell Duck Dodgers as a television show in Oct. 1998, had Lola Bunny joining the crew, Sparky being reduced to a smaller role with Dodgers’ rival Star Johnson. John P. McCann was in charge of revamping this version of the show. He asked me and Tony Cervone to adapt the artwork to reflect this new direction.

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Bugs Bunny: Carrotblanca Director: Douglas McCarthy | Studio: Warner Bros. | USA, 1995

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Marvin the Martian in the 3rd Dimension Limited Edition Print (1996)

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Dr. James Harvey and the ghostly trio!!!

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Currently thinking about that time I was watching a review for Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) on YouTube and the reviewer complained about the scene where “they went into an old TV show.” And that “TV show” was actually Casablanca (1942).

Here’s the scene in question:

What’s most interesting to me about it is it’s not even the first time the Looney Tunes franchise has been involved with Casablanca.

In 1995 an adaptation of the film called “Carrotblanca” played before The Amazing Panda Adventure in US theaters and The Pebble and the Penguin internationally. It has (in my opinion) one of the best post Mel Blanc voice casts including Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Maurice LaMarche, Greg Bryson, and Tress MacNeille. I believe MacNeille’s performance remains the only time Penelope Pussycat has been given a voice; something I really wish Warner Brothers would bring back to the character. The short’s music was composed by Richard Stone, who was often described as the stylistic successor to Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, the two most prolific Looney Tunes composers in The Golden Age.

Video starts around the two minute mark:

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Casper 1995 (2/2)

[camyfilms]

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT 1988

I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.

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Tom and Jerry & the Wizard of Oz (2011)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

I don't often give movies "So Bad It's Good" ratings. Even rarer are low “So Bad It’s Good” ratings. If a movie isn't good and isn't enjoyably awful, it probably isn't pleasant under any definition. I'm making an exception for Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz. Why? Well, it all began with Tom and Jerry and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; a film so bad you had to see it to believe it. No one in their right mind would rent or buy that cinematic mistake. All of its profits must have come from grandparents with poor eyesight desperate to find their grandkids a last-minute Christmas gift. After seeing it, no one would give any Tom and Jerry films - past or future - a chance but it's still available for purchase today. As long as Tom and Jerry and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is out there, the only audience for this… adaptation? Spoof? Follow-up? to the 1939 Judy Garland classic are demented cinephiles who purposely seek bad movies. Why aren’t they going to be pleased? Read on.

While reuniting Dorothy Gale (voiced by Grey Griffin) with her dog Toto, Tom and Jerry get sucked into a twister and transported to the magical land of Oz. Following Dorothy’s tracks on the yellow brick road, they meet munchkin Tuffy (voiced by Kath Soucie) who tells them of the great and powerful Oz (Joe Alaskey) - the only being who can help them return home.

Unlike Tom and Jerry and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this isn’t a straight retelling of the original film with the two violence-prone cat and mouse clumsily jammed in. This is an “original movie” with an original plot. It's sort of a Lion King 1 ½ type of story. We see familiar events from a new angle. For instance, did you ever wonder how that bucket of water ended up in the Wicked Witch of the West’s castle? You'll know its back story after this film. What’s that? You never cared? You shouldn't, and that's why this movie fails. This side story is razor thin. In fact, the whole thing clocks in at a slim 56 minutes - far less than the film it’s spinning off of. Unfortunately, since you don’t care about anything, it feels much longer.

This is a perfect example of a film that would be better if it were worse. The new songs are bad, but they’re lame, not cringe-inducing and not memorable. The animation is cheap. I only counted one scene in which a character had a shadow. However, the budget isn’t so low that characters are constantly off-model or animated in a way that makes for great stills. Similarly, since the plot is new, there are no plot holes or nonsensical developments like we had in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ripoff. This means there is less to make fun of and many more reasons to become bored.

This is a picture for a non-existent audience. No adult watching will go “I’d much rather watch this than the classic!” If you haven’t seen Dorothy Gale’s original adventure, you won’t understand this plot because it assumes you already know the story and blazes through important information. It isn’t good, and isn’t bad enough to be fun. There’s no reason to see this film and everyone who made it knew this perfectly well. I can’t think of any reason why anyone should ever see it but I also don’t hate it enough to care if you disagree. (On DVD, November 23, 2018)

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The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries -  Kids’ WB  -  September 8, 1995  -  December 18, 2002

Animated (52 episodes - 91 segments)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Voice Stars:

Joe Alaskey as Sylvester and Tweety

June Foray as Granny

Frank Welker as Hector

[skullislandproductions]

Happy Birthday Daffy! You’re a class act, 87 years young. Apologies to George Hurrell.

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Hey Arnold! | Creator: Craig Bartlett Studio: Nickelodeon | USA, 1999

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spooky tuesday is a (now not so new!) podcast where we’re breaking down all of our favorite slashers, thrillers, monster movies and black comedies on the new scariest day of the week.

you know how they say casper’s the friendly ghost? here at spooky tuesday, we’re pretty sure he’s also one of the flirtiest little phantoms we’ve ever met. from the second he set eyes on christina ricci’s kat, he knew she was the one for him, and he wasn't about to let small matters like life or death get in their way. that’s what makes casper (1995) the right fit for romance month, and on our latest episode, we’re breaking down both our baby bisexual awakenings and those theories about just what exactly makes the lazarus machine run.

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[ducktracy]

been watching too much Duck Dodgers lately and am impressed at not only Joe Alaskey picking up on the subtleties of Daffy’s Yiddishisms (per Mel Blanc’s own admission, claiming that the only difference between Daffy and Sylvester’s voices—aside from pitch—is that Daffy is Jewish and that is thusly reflected in his voice), but that they also somehow managed to sneak in a circumcision joke

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“You can call them ghosts if you like, or as I prefer, the living impaired. They need help sometimes. Just like us.”—Dr. Harvey, “Casper” 1995 directed by Brad Silberling

[liquidgirl13]

Marvin the Martian is an alien race character from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. He frequently appears as a villain in cartoons and video games, and wears a Roman soldier's helmet and skirt. The character has been voiced by Mel Blanc, Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen and Eric Bauza, among others.

Marvin the Martian

Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies character

First appearance:

Haredevil Hare (July 24, 1948; 75 years ago)

Created by:

Chuck Jones

Voiced by:

Mel Blanc (1948–1986)

Joe Alaskey (1991–2008)

Neil Ross (1993, 1998)

Maurice LaMarche (1993)

Greg Burson (1994–1995)

Bob Bergen (1996, 2012)

Eric Goldberg (1996, 2003)

Jeff Bergman (1998)

Eric Bauza (2011–present)

Damon Jones (2011–2015)

In-universe information

Alias

Marvin Martian

Species

Martian

The character first appeared as an antagonist in the 1948 Bugs Bunny cartoon Haredevil Hare.[1] He went on to appear in four more cartoons produced between 1952 and 1963.

Family

Marcia (niece)

Gender

Male

Pets

Alen dog K-9

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Casper 1995 (1/2)