Looney Tunes

Media, especially as it ages, is subject to fickle and changing tastes. Though some films remain in the lexicon as cultural classics, many more exist gathering dust, remembered mostly through nostalgia and as touchstones of a certain age.

In the world of animation, however, two juggernauts have remained relevant to this very day as more than just artifacts of the past but with catalogues that are beloved anew by each new batch of kids that our population continues to pop out.

I’m talking about Disney and Warner Brothers, more specifically Looney Tunes with regard to the latter. Looney Tunes, in some ways to me, is even more impressive in how well it’s held up, with it occupying the realm of comedy.

Between comedy and drama, one tends to age a whole lot more gracefully. Outside of a few less-than-sensitive racial tropes that have joined Song Of The South in the oopsie vault, even the original Looney Tunes could easily jump into an after-school cartoon rotation today.

Even today, the Looney Tunes cast is everywhere, from reboots of Space Jam to airbrushed and bedazzled boardwalk t-shirts. Not bad for a bunch of animated shorts dating to the Second World War. But how and when exactly was this roster built? The Tune Squad’s age and order of entry might surprise you.

Let’s look at each member’s induction.

1930: Hello… Bosko?

Don’t tell me you don’t remember Bosko! I’m kidding, of course. Although technically the first established Tune, created by Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman, Bosko is now a casualty of history. He was the star of Sinkin’ In The Bathtub, and though well-received, is usually considered to be a fairly blatant Disney rip-off……


https://www.cracked.com/article_35285_a-timeline-of-the-looney-tunes-cast.html