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About What Is The Story Of Looney
Product Description Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time.If you're a fan of Acme anvils and know that the question "What's up, Doc?" needs no answer, this history of the cartoon favorites Looney Tunes is for you!In the 1930s, Warner Brothers studios introduced the world to the Looney Tunes. A witty rabbit named Bugs, a stuttering pig named Porky, and an erratic duck named Daffy are just some of the characters that have left audiences hysterically laughing for almost a century. These animated short films, starring some of the most iconic cartoon characters in history, went on to have a second, long life on television.In this book, author Steve Korte details how these toons were imagined, which talented folks were tasked with animating and voicing them, the success the shows and films have garnered over the years, and what lies ahead for Bugs and the gang. About the Author Steve Korté is a former editor for DC Comics. He is now a freelance writer and has written books for DC Comics and Warner Bros. He lives in New York City. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. What Is the Story of Looney Tunes? Across America in October of 1937, adults and kids settled in to their theater seats to enjoy a feature film from the Warner Bros. movie studio. Before the feature film, they watched the coming attractions and a short movie with news events from around the world. There was also a black--and--white cartoon called Rover’s Rival. The star of the cartoon was a small, plump pig named Porky. He was dressed in only a jacket and bowtie, and he stuttered when he spoke. Rover’s Rival begins with Porky Pig reading a book called New Tricks to Teach Your Dog. Porky is determined to teach his old dog, Rover, some of those new tricks. Sadly, Rover is so old that he can barely move or even hear what Porky is saying. But then a new puppy comes along who is eager to please Porky. Unfortunately, a game of fetch goes wrong when the puppy retrieves several lit sticks of dynamite and delivers them to Porky. It’s up to Rover to grab the dynamite and move it far away from Porky before it explodes. Rover saves the day, and the story ends happily. But that wasn’t the end of the cartoon. In the closing seconds, as music played in the background, the screen was filled with the image of a giant drum that was labeled “Looney Tunes.” Suddenly, Porky Pig burst through the drum! Movie audiences jumped in their seats. With a wave of his hand, Porky stammered, “Th--th--that’s all, folks!” It was at this moment that Porky Pig became a star. And the “Looney Tunes” went on to become some of the funniest and most beloved cartoons of all time. Chapter 1: Drawings That Move Animated movies are a series of filmed images—-sometimes drawings and sometimes objects, such as clay models. When the filmed images are shown quickly one after another, it appears that they are moving. Short animated movies are also known as cartoons, and they have been around since the late 1800s. In 1906, the Vitagraph movie studio released the first American animated cartoon. It was a three--minute silent film called Humorous Phases of Funny Faces. It showed a series of drawings that somehow seemed to come to life, including the faces of a man and woman smiling and frowning. The drawings weren’t fancy, and there wasn’t much of a story. But this cartoon inspired other artists to try and create new animated films. One of those artists was a newspaper cartoonist named Winsor McCay. In 1914, he created the first cartoon character to become a star. The name of the cartoon was Gertie the Dinosaur, and its star was a giant brontosaurus named Gertie. McCay made more than five thousand drawings to create just this one cartoon. The advertisements for Gertie read, “She eats, drinks, and breathes. She laughs and cries. Dances the tango. Answers questions and obeys every command. Yet she lived millions of years be
