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Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series which ran in
many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. It preceded the Merrie Melodies
series and is Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. The regular
Warner Bros. animation cast also became known as the "Looney Tunes" (often
misspelled, intentionally or not, as "Looney Toons").
The name Looney Tunes is a variation on Silly Symphonies, the name of Walt
Disney's concurrent series of music-based cartoon shorts. Looney Tunes
originally showcased Warner-owned musical compositions through the
adventures of cartoon characters such as Bosko and Buddy. Later Looney
Tunes shorts featured popular characters such as Porky Pig, Daffy Duck,
Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester and Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Taz,
Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Pepé Le
Pew, Speedy Gonzales, and many others.
Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Looney Tunes were produced
by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his
studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, and the newly renamed Warner Bros.
Cartoons continued production until 1963. Looney Tunes were outsourced to
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1964 to 1967, and Warner Bros. Cartoons
re-assumed production for the series' final two years. From 1942 to 1969,
Looney Tunes was the most popular cartoon series in theaters.
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