Looney Tunes Show: Good or Bad?

[Applause] hello I'm a nostalgia critic guy remembered so you don't have to the new Looney tune show good or bad there's been a lot of variations of the classic Looney Tunes characters over the years but this latest reincarnation has caused the most controversy and when I say controversy I mean keeps complaining about on message boards this prank you bought there that to make videos about it with that said this rendition seems to have the most audiences split the reason mostly centering around the Looney Tunes being domesticated they're not loony anymore as some say it's mostly dialogue with not enough slapstick and too many changes made to the Looney Tunes personas being a die-hard Looney Tunes fan myself I felt it only fair to throw in my two cents and in my opinion I think it's funny undeniably flawed but still very funny I personally enjoy it because the focus is kept out what made the Looney Tunes hilarious to begin with the Looney Tunes personalities people forget that a lot of the Looney Tunes cartoons didn't have as much slapstick as you would think it actually was a lot of talking take the most famous examples with Elmer bugs and Daffy most of it technically is just standing around discussing who the slapstick should happen to and only once in a while did the slapstick actually happen this is why many say the Warner Brothers cartoons were more adult humor where Disney cartoons were more childish humor there's definitely had more motion and action but focus less on developing the jokes now keep in mind also that these original cartoons were usually about 7 minutes long TV shows nowadays are at least triple that time so everything has to be expanded including the dialogue and with that said the slapstick is still there it just has to be proportionate to the time given or else it'll be overused but that's not the only complaint another one is that they're too domesticated bugs and Daffy live in suburbia and focused more on the problems that Seinfeld episode would focus on rather than a Looney tune short well in many respects I think cyfle is kind of similar to looney tunes isn't Jerry very similar to bugs or George very similar to Daffy hell even the visual humor and hairbrained schemes of Kramer seem very similar to the coyote so I think it's a very welcomed comparison and in many respects Looney Tunes actually has a bigger advantage because it's animated therefore it can go even further with its humor for example there's an episode where Lola invites bugs to be in her family portrait but when bugs chips a tooth she wants to selfishly leave him out despite bugs being more determined than ever to now want to be in it just out of spite now that very Seinfeld but the fact that they go so far as to have a car chase with the coach and carriage and explosion and a fall off a cliff resulting in all of them getting a chipped tooth for the portrait that's Looney Tunes so many respects it is a similar setup but they can have even more fun and creativity with their jokes because simply put there's no boundaries I guess another reason it works for me is because I believe that while truly great characters don't change over time environments do and if Looney Tunes still wants to speak to both an adult and a kid audience the characters can stay the same but it has to evolve with the rest of the world changes have to be made and I think many of us know how most people react to change nowadays but as long as the environments create comedic possibilities for their personalities to work off of I'm all for it it's true some of the characters have been changed around but again I think it's for the better bugs is just as much the everyman now as he was in the past because the show acknowledges people's weaknesses of modern day and they're clever solutions of modern day by having him more fragile and actually able to lose it makes him more identifiable as well as much more appreciative when he actually does win if he always won it would become boring even the original cartoons had to mix it up once in a while and bugs always had to show some weakness as he had to get into a predicament that he had to get out of plus we're all the more interested and how he'll use his cool and wit to deal with the situation when we know it can just as easily backfire Daffy is still just as selfish and diabolical as ever porky still seems to be the optimistic pawn and everybody's plan and then we have Lola oh jesus sweet hippity hoppity Christ thank you for Lola this has literally gone from one of my most despised lily tune characters into one of my favorites that's kristin wiig of bridesmaids fame doing the voice and they transformed her from a bland sexualized token chick into a crazy absent-minded often unfocused goofball living only in the bubbly madness of her mind and I know some of you are thinking oh but that's not the original Lola character cuz oh yeah there was a ton to work with like bunny boobies the fact that she didn't like to be called doll don't be more than that yeah her luminous if any came from how other people reacted to the character not from the character herself it was them going oh she sexualized and that's it this is an actual personality that can work off of the other personalities in the show granted she still has the bunny boobies which is a little weird but what's the characters creative with them yeah I guess it would send the pervs into overtime but they just had to walk around with no clothes like the others they also do well at balancing out other characters so that they can still seem likable half of what Daffy gets away with is helped by the fact that he has a no-nonsense girlfriend named Tina who constantly keeps him in check she's not as goofy as the other characters but she still has a definite personality and is meant to be more grounded similar to how a character like porky is but now with that said there are some changes that inevitably I'm not gonna agree with either like making the Tasmanian Devil their dog is kind of lame especially when I think there actually could be some real comedic possibilities from him witch hazel being a sassy black woman is really odd come on she was fine the way she was and those little music videos in between well funny sometimes can get a little too repetitive I'm glad they only do them now when they feel like it and don't force themselves to do one every episode but let's get down to the final major complaint when the jokes just aren't funny yeah that can be a major problem no as I said before I think most of the jokes in the show work but when they die man they really die like they have a lot of good writers working on it then like maybe one jackass who just keeps throwing in terrible jokes there's also some times where the stories are so ingeniously tied together but then they never add up to a strong payoff there's an episode for example dealing with father figures three separate stories are going on that actually all come together in the very end and it hilariously just keeps building and building you think it's gonna work its way up to a big climax but instead it's just sort of a weak bit of slapstick and that's it so in a sense when people say they don't like the show I know where they're coming from there are times where the show really loses focus it's really tough to stomach in I'm not going to pretend like it's not but when it hits bull's eyes I truly feel it captures the spirit of the Looney Tunes almost as much as the original because it puts the same recognizable characters in brand new scenarios that makes way for brand new possibilities and that's what the Looney Tunes always were to me and the reason that gets so confused about some fans shouting sellout is that they never seem to get angry at the past obvious sellouts so let me get this straight guys free glutamates let's go our way heard of the schoolgirl I know I've been there but the Looney Tunes are dead I'm sorry water brothers you flew too close to some renditions I did include because they got the proper response they desert loonatics unleashed was despised and back in action got overwhelming reaction of but people still seem split about the new animated series diehard split if you don't like it because you feel there aren't enough funny jokes and sometimes it goes a little too far and not far enough I understand and completely sympathize with your judgement but if you're just gonna hate because something is different I kindly ask that you go to that corner of the internet that remembers your utopian time period that never existed if you're like me or easily both the good and the bad with the show I want me to point out the top 10 best episode so you can avoid the duds father figures Lola's father wants to connect to the closest thing to a son he's ever had it's funny clever and even touching at times even if it's ending is underwhelming to bowl or not to bowl Daffy joins a bowling team but has to be told that he's the only bad player in the middle of a big tournament this ending will have you laughing for hours eligible bachelors bugs and Lola ticket Tour de France well Brandi gives it to her divorce with a story about how she was a kick-ass spy of World War two that's actually kind of gripping at times but float this might be Daffy at his cruelest and it's fascinating to see just how despicable we can take this character before we want to kill him some might see it as going too far but I think it's pretty damn funny numbers only the first appearance of Lola adds the perfect introduction again has sort of a weak ending but it's still a Lola centered episode and to me those rarely failed double Debbie wants to impress his new girlfriend Tina so he has Lola for advice not realizing Lola falls for her own techniques and becomes obsessed with Daffy herself another great stalker episode from our favorite crazy you've got hate mail Debbie learns from Tina that he can let off steam by writing an angry email and then deleting it so Daffy writes an angry email to everybody he knows but accidentally sends it out the reactions are mostly why do you think this one has lots of lats of surprisingly warm ending and maybe the funniest design of Yosemite Sam you'll ever see I won't ruin it for you here but it's worth checking out rebel without a glove bugs loses his trademark glove so he wears a pair of biker gloves instead altering his entire personality as well as scaring the crap out of the people around him this is not only as funny as it sounds but we also get some fascinating insight into Debbie's psyche for example what is the story with that white thing on his neck again I won't give away the answer the DMV what can I say they do every hilarious joke you could do with these characters being at the most miserable place on earth the comedy writes itself and most of them hit head-on and my personal favorite episode is one called customer service this plays into our fears that a customer service agent played by a devilishly evil sessile turtle are actually satyrs who love to torture their clients by putting them on hold or somehow creating more problems it's a return to form for bugs as he dons disguises and plans diabolical schemes all in the name of sweet revenge the jokes are funny the setup is great the subplots entertaining they all tied together and it's a perfect mix of the Looney Tunes combined with modern-day problems but what the hell do I know check out the show and see for yourself check it out pick a side and see what you've been missing or glad you've been missing I'm the Nostalgia Critic I remember so you don't have to [Music] [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 11min 56sec (716 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 25 2015