Latest Looneytunes Podcast Episodes
Cartoon Logic Episode 32: Tex Avery's Screwball Classics Vol. 3
Cartoon Logic - March 14, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsYes, at long last, the long-anticipated return of the only good classic cartoon podcast! We break down last fall's surprise disc from Warner Archive of the remaining releasable MGM Tex Avery cartoons. It's a cross-selection of some of the finest, wildest animated shorts ever made - and find out ...
Cartoon Logic Episode 31: The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blu-Ray Blow-Out (Part 2)
Cartoon Logic - April 12, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsIt's the conclusion of our Bugs Bunny 80th Birthday Blu-Ray review! Our favorite cartoon hero runs on autopilot with Friz Freleng, Bob McKimson, and (occasionally on this set) Chuck Jones trying to keep interest in Bugs alive. We do see some bright moments with a few masterful Yosemite Sam encou...
Cartoon Logic Episode 30: The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blu-Ray Blow-Out (Part 1)
Cartoon Logic - February 28, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsNovember's Blu-ray release of Bugs Bunny cartoons is so jam-packed with Technicolor animated perfection we have to do two episodes about it! In part one, we discuss what made the character take off immediately, and all the highlights of the set's first disc of 1940s cartoons, in which very diffe...
Cartoon Logic Episode 29: Tex Avery Screwball Classics Vol. 2
Cartoon Logic - January 11, 2021 05:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsWe discuss the newest Tex Avery collection from Warner Archive! Despite some substandard presentation, the laughs come faster and furious in this volume, thanks in no small part to animator Mike Lah and MVP Spike. Immortal works like Little Rural Riding Hood and Magical Maestro headline this vol...
Cartoon Logic Episode 28: Hanna-Barbera (The Flintstone Flyer)
Cartoon Logic - November 30, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsOur first (of few) forays into TV animation, examining the early days of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera's "planned" animation empire! We talk about what went wrong at Hanna-Barbera, and what went right in the early days, thanks to folks like Ed Benedict (whom Bob met), Daws Butler, Alan Reed, and Ca...
Cartoon Logic Episode 27: The Van Beuren Studio History with Charlie Judkins
Cartoon Logic - October 26, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsHere to guide us through the history of NYC's Van Beuren Studio in the '20s and '30s is our most qualified special guest, historian and musician Charlie Judkins! Learn how Paul Terry, John Foster, and Jim Tyer shaped cartoons that never came close to matching the Fleischers (despite being right ...
Cartoon Logic Episode 26: Art Davis (Two Gophers from Texas)
Cartoon Logic - September 28, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsWarner cartoon legend Art Davis was a long-term animator and had an exceptionally memorable three-year run directing the studio's "D-unit" in the late '40s. We discuss Davis' history that began in the silent era as an errand boy on Mutt & Jeff; how he became the business' first assistant/inbetwe...
Old School Workout at Noon 09/21/20
DJ LOONEY TUNES - September 21, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings1st half of the Old School Workout at Noon Monday 09/21/20. Groove993.com | Radio.com | iHeart Radio
Freestyle Friday 09/18/20
DJ LOONEY TUNES - September 18, 2020 00:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsLots of classics today along with new music from Lisette Melendez "Drop the Needle" ( Mdw El Barrio Street Mix), "You Should Have Told Me" by George Anthony & Cynthia, and also debuting "Eyes on You" by REW!ND .. tune in and turn it up .. it's FREESTYLE FRIDAY! Listen anywhere Groove993....
Old School Workout at Noon 09/17/20
DJ LOONEY TUNES - September 17, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings1st half of the Old School Workout at Noon. Throwback Thursday 09/17/20. Groove993.com | Radio.com | iHeart
Cartoon Logic Episode 25: Famous Studios Cringe
Cartoon Logic - August 17, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsBecause no one asked for it, we're givin' you some CRINGE. We return to the subject of Famous Studios to zero in on what exactly made their cartoons of the 1950s so infamously unfunny. What's your favorite Famous cringe? Herman mutilating Katnip? Popeye trying to seduce Poopdeck Pappy? Just Casp...
Cartoon Logic Bonus: Spinach Skrewtny, 1933
Cartoon Logic - August 03, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsIn lieu of our regular episode this week, we're offering the first episode of Spinach Skrewtny, our Patreon-exclusive chronological examination of the Popeye cartoons made by the Fleischer Studio. We hope this sample entices you to join us! In our premiere, Bob gives a summation of his lifelon...
Cartoon Logic Episode 24: Ub Iwerks (Hell's Fire)
Cartoon Logic - July 20, 2020 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsWe return to Ub Iwerks, this time to take a look at his uniquely raunchy cartoons he did at his own studio, like Flip the Frog, Willie Whopper, and the ComiColor series... But other than pre-code filth, did these films have much else to offer? Our single cartoon analysis is the Cinecolor Hell's ...
Cartoon Logic Episode 23: Animation ID - Emery Hawkins
Cartoon Logic - July 06, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsOur second installment of Animation ID! We give an overview of Emery Hawkins, the Grand Wanderer of classic animation! This guy came up with not just the ultimate Woody Woodpecker, the immortal Marky Maypo, and the nauseating Greedy, but breathed life into characters at just about every studio: ...
Freestyle Friday 06/26/20
DJ LOONEY TUNES - June 26, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsKicking off today's Freestyle Friday mix with the latest from @tka_k7 .. "Slipping Through My Hands" .. officially drops next Friday July 3rd on all digital outlets. Also new music from @santanatwins featuring @marlyn.moreno.52 and the latest from @audimedinamusic .. all coming up today at 12 (P...
Cartoon Logic Episode 22: Walter and Woody Pt. 2 with Dick Lundy (Wacky-Bye Baby)
Cartoon Logic - June 21, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsWe continue the saga of Walter Lantz to focus on the cartoons Dick Lundy directed in the late '40s. An O.G. Disney alumnus, Lundy brought a spit and polish to the Lantz product and made the studio's most lavish pictures—much to Walter's wallet's chagrin. Highlights: Freddie Moore at Lantz! The s...
Pac
DJ LOONEY TUNES - June 16, 2020 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsRemembering Pac on what would have been his 49th birthday .. 1st half of the Old School Workout at Noon 06/16/20 iHeart, Radio.com, TuneIn, & Groove993.com #2pac #groove993 #workoutatnoon #djlooneytunes
Cartoon Logic Episode 21: Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote (Zoom and Bored)
Cartoon Logic - June 08, 2020 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratings"Beep, Beep!" Or is it "Hmeep, Hmeep?" The quintessential chase series by Chuck Jones and Mike Maltese is our topic for this episode. We discuss the origins of famishus vulgaris and birdibus zippibus, just what makes such a simple concept so funny, and list our favorite Coyote pratfalls. Then we...
Cartoon Logic Episode 20: UPA (Christopher Crumpet)
Cartoon Logic - May 25, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsWe get even bolder in our classic cartoon hot takes as we discuss UPA, the hip postwar studio that changed the way animation at all the studios was done. We talk about directors like John Hubley and Bobe Cannon, who sought to make cartoons with aspirations opposite the status quo in Hollywood ca...
The Original Freestyle Friday Mix 05/22/20
DJ LOONEY TUNES - May 22, 2020 00:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Old School Workout at Noon 05/22/20. Freestyle Friday Edition.
Old School Workout at Noon 05/19/20
DJ LOONEY TUNES - May 20, 2020 00:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings1st half of The Old School Workout at Noon Tuesday 05/19/20. It's The Old School Workout at Noon! Listen with the Radio.com app, iHeart radio app, Tune-In app, or directly on Groove993.com https://app.radio.com/SaLEptt5n5 https://www.iheart.com/live/7590 #groove993 #workoutatnoon #lisastregis...
Throwback Thursday 05/14/20
DJ LOONEY TUNES - May 14, 2020 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsRemembering Andre "Dr. Jeckyll" Harrell, a light retrospective of the artists of Uptown records, honoring Betty Wright and Little Richard, all on today's Old School Workout at Noon! Throwback Thursday 05/14/20. Listen anywhere with the Radio.com app, iHeart radio app, TuneIn app, or stream on Gr...
Cartoon Logic Episode 19: Gene Deitch Remembered
Cartoon Logic - May 11, 2020 04:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsWe dip into the Cartoon Modern era of the Golden Age as we pay tribute to the late Gene Deitch, a true animation original. His sense of appealing design and humor made him a perfect match for animation, but he was not without controversy or critics. From his battles at Terrytoons, to his simulta...
Cinco De Mayo 2020
DJ LOONEY TUNES - May 05, 2020 00:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Old School Workout at Noon. Tuesday 05/05/20. Groove 99.3 FM. Cinco De Mayo. Listen with the Radio.com app, iHeart radio app, Tune-In app, or directly on Groove993.com https://app.radio.com/SaLEptt5n5 https://www.iheart.com/live/7590 #groove993 #workoutatnoon #lisastregis #djlooneytunes #ci...
04/28/20 Old School Workout at Noon
DJ LOONEY TUNES - April 28, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Old School Workout at Noon with Lisa St. Regis and DJ Looney Tunes in the mix! Weekdays 12-1pm. Listen with the Radio.com app, iHeart radio app, Tune-In app, or directly on Groove993.com https://app.radio.com/SaLEptt5n5 https://www.iheart.com/live/7590
Cartoon Logic Episode 18: Robert McKimson (Early to Bet)
Cartoon Logic - April 27, 2020 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsThis week's discussion is about Robert "I did all those Bugs cartoons you don't like" McKimson. Despite his reputation as the "lesser" of the WB directors, he was the backbone of the Warner cartoon style of drawing and animation, and did some of the most stunningly complex scenes in the medium's...
4/20 Old School Workout At Noon
DJ LOONEY TUNES - April 20, 2020 00:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings1st half of the Old School Workout At Noon - Monday 04/20/20. Listen weekdays with the Radio.com app, iHeart radio app, Tune-In app, or directly on Groove993.com .. it's The Old School Workout at Noon with Looney Tunes in the mix! https://app.radio.com/SaLEptt5n5 https://www.iheart.com/liv...
Throwback Thursday 04/16/20
DJ LOONEY TUNES - April 16, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings1st half of The Old School Workout at Noon 04/16/20. Throwback Thursday. Listen with the Radio.com app, iHeart radio app, Tune-In app, or directly on Groove993.com https://app.radio.com/SaLEptt5n5 https://www.iheart.com/live/7590
New Wave Wednesday 04/15/20
DJ LOONEY TUNES - April 15, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings1st half of The Old School Workout at Noon 04/15/20. New Wave Wednesday.
Cartoon Logic Episode 17: Donald Duck (Timber)
Cartoon Logic - April 13, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsOur first Disney-centric episode is sure to ruffle feathers as we discuss the studio's superstar Donald Duck and the animators and storymen behind him. We discuss what makes some versions of the Duck better than others (namely the legendary writer-cartoonist Carl Barks) and, in spite of our rese...
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