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87-457: Tiny Toon Adventures is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first animated series produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblin Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Animation . The show follows the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend Acme Looniversity to become

174-479: A cel count that was more than double that of most animated television shows then. The series had about 25,000 cels per episode instead of the standard 10,000, making it unique in that characters moved more fluidly. Animation producer Pierre DeCelles described storyboarding for the series as "fun but a big challenge because I always had a short schedule, and it's not always easy to work full blast nonstop". During development, Spielberg said that Warner Bros. would use

261-439: A Hat (first released on March 2, 1935), directed by Friz Freleng . Studio head Leon Schlesinger suggested that Freleng do a cartoon version of the popular Our Gang films. Porky only has a minor role in the film, but the fat little stuttering pig quickly became popular. Porky's name came from two brothers who were childhood classmates of Freleng, nicknamed "Porky" and "Piggy". Since Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising had left

348-487: A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special in prime time on December 6, 1992. This episode is a parody of It's a Wonderful Life . Although the Christmas episode is called a special, it is only called this as it is Christmas-themed and is just a regular episode. The Tiny Toon Spring Break Special was aired on Fox during prime time on March 27, 1994. Fox aired Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery in prime time on May 28, 1995. The show

435-476: A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special . In 1992, The Plucky Duck Show was produced as a spin-off for Fox Kids , based on the character Plucky Duck. Except for the premiere episode, "The Return of Batduck", the show consisted entirely of recycled Plucky-centric episodes from Tiny Toon Adventures . In 1998, a second spin-off, entitled Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain , premiered on Kids' WB . This series featured

522-488: A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special". Porky also made cameo appearances in Animaniacs (where he was voiced by Rob Paulsen in ”De-Zanitized”, Greg Burson in “The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special”, and Bob Bergen in “Suffragette City”) and Histeria! (where he was voiced by Billy West ). Porky appears in the movie Space Jam (1996) and collaborates with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and Sylvester in challenging

609-557: A bar called Porky's which often featured attendants that were humanoid versions of other Looney Tunes characters. The bar and Porky also made a cameo in Tom King's Batman series. Porky appears in the preschool series Bugs Bunny Builders which aired on Cartoon Network 's Cartoonito block and HBO Max , where he is once again voiced by Bob Bergen. Porky appears in the Teen Titans Go! episode, "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary". He

696-560: A bi-bi-, son of a bi-bi-, son of a bi-bi-bi-... gun!" He then turns to the viewers and says "Ha-ha-ha! You thought I was gonna say 's-s-son of a bitch ', didn't ya?" This short, so-called " blooper " can also be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 of 2006, under the title Porky Pig Breakdowns of 1939 (with several versions of the clip, making it look like a true "blooper"), and on an Each Dawn I Die DVD box set, also released in 2006. Though

783-518: A child-friendly show, shifted its target group to ages 12 and up, resulting in a darker and more mature storyline. Animated film theatrical series include all early animated series: Animated Weekly (1913), The Newlyweds (1913 — 1915), Travelaughs (1913, 1915 — 1918, 1921 — 1923), Doc Yak (1913 — 1915), Colonel Heeza Liar (1913 — 1917, 1922 — 1924), Kapten Grogg  [ sv ] (1916 — 1922), Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917 — 1918),

870-422: A comic book series made by Warner Bros. and DC. The characters also made occasional cameo appearances in the Animaniacs , Freakazoid! and Pinky and the Brain comic books. Since its debut, numerous video games based on Tiny Toons have been released. There have been no less than nine titles based on the series released after its original television run and as recently as 2002. Many companies have held

957-500: A company named Porkybux before it was hacked and ran him out of business. He is later approached by Lex to be in charge of LexCorp 's social media division and lets Lex get away with harassing his employees and stealing their sandwiches as repayment for the second chance. It is later revealed that Lex gave him the position to frame Porky when he used his social media website to steal important passwords from their users. Porky begins an autobiography in prison to expose Lex for his actions. In

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1044-512: A dozen main voice actors. The role of Buster Bunny was given to Charlie Adler , who gave the role, as producer Ruegger said, "a great deal of energy". The role of Babs Bunny was given to Tress MacNeille . Dini said that MacNeille was good for the role because she could do both Babs' voice and the voices of her impressions. Voice actors Joe Alaskey and Don Messick were given the roles of Plucky Duck and Hamton J. Pig, respectively. Child actor Danny Cooksey played Montana Max and, according to Dini,

1131-718: A few solo cartoons as well, such as Frank Tashlin 's Brother Brat . Other cartoons dumbed Porky down and cast him as a duck hunter after Daffy, largely paralleling the Elmer Fudd / Bugs Bunny pairings. Chuck Jones perfected the Porky-as-straight man scenarios, pairing the pig with Daffy Duck in a series of film and television parodies such as Drip-Along Daffy , Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century , Rocket Squad , Deduce, You Say! , The Scarlet Pumpernickel and Robin Hood Daffy . Jones also paired Porky with Sylvester in

1218-1048: A full orchestra, which some thought too expensive and impossible, but they ended up agreeing. Warner Bros. selected Bruce Broughton to write the theme tune (for which he would win a Daytime Emmy alongside Ruegger and Kaatz) and serve as music supervisor . Screen credits for the composers were given based on the amount of music composed for, or composed and reused in, the episode. Twenty-six other composers were contracted to create original dramatic underscore for each episode: Julie and Steve Bernstein , Steven Bramson , Don Davis , John Debney , Ron Grant, Les Hooper , Carl Johnson, Elliot Kaplan, Arthur Kempel, Ralph Kessler, Albert Lloyd Olson, Hummie Mann , Dennis McCarthy , Joel McNeely , Peter Myers, Laurence Rosenthal , William Ross , Arthur B. Rubinstein , J. Eric Schmidt, David Slonaker, Fred Steiner , Morton Stevens , Richard Stone , Stephen James Taylor and Mark Watters . The composers conducted their own music. Of these composers, Broughton, Bramson, Davis, Olson, Stone, Taylor and Watters wrote

1305-535: A group of young cartoon characters who attend a school called Acme Looniversity to be the next generation of Looney Tunes characters. Most of the Tiny Toons were designed to resemble younger versions of Warner's Looney Tunes characters by exhibiting similar traits and looks. The main characters are Buster and Babs Bunny, two young rabbits with "no relation", their friends, Plucky Duck and Hamton J. Pig, and antagonists Elmyra Duff and Montana Max. They are accompanied by

1392-508: A highly unsuccessful foray into the real world, Porky returns happily to the studio that created him. To this day, Porky remains as a loyal sidekick while Daffy refuses to be a second banana to Bugs Bunny , who rose to prominence shortly after Daffy. Porky always remained a sentimental favorite of the Warner directors. His mild-mannered nature and shy demeanor made him the perfect straight man for zanier characters such as Daffy. He still starred in

1479-593: A local station of a television network broadcasts an animated series as a part of its own programming, the time-slot will vary by region. All early animated television series, the first being Crusader Rabbit (1950 — 1959), are comic cartoon series. However, later series include sports ( Speed Racer , Captain Tsubasa , Slam Dunk ), action ( Hajime no Ippo , G.I. Joe ), science fiction ( Mobile Suit Gundam , Tenchi Muyo ), drama ( Neon Genesis Evangelion ), adventure ( Dragon Ball ), martial arts ( Baki

1566-422: A project [...] But he didn't want to just work on characters that Chuck Jones , Friz Freleng , Bob McKimson and Bob Clampett made famous and created. He wanted to be involved with the creation of some new characters." The result was a series similar to Looney Tunes without the use of the same characters. However, Tiny Toons did not go into production then, nor was it even planned to be made for television;

1653-523: A role in Animaniacs while his fellow Tiny Toons voice actors with smaller roles, such as Paulsen, LaMarche and Welker, were given starring roles in the new series. John Kassir replaced Adler for the remainder of the show's run (although Adler would eventually return to voice Buster in the cancelled video game, Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe ). Alaskey, voice of Plucky Duck, briefly left for financial reasons, but returned when an agreement

1740-477: A screwy black duck, Daffy . Daffy Duck, the creation of Tex Avery, was by far the most popular, eventually outshining even Porky. In fact, Friz Freleng satirized this phenomenon when he directed You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940), where Daffy convinces Porky to quit his job at Warner Bros. to find better-paying work elsewhere. Porky then convinces studio head Leon Schlesinger to release him from his contract. After

1827-608: A series of cartoons in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in which Porky plays the curmudgeonly and naive owner of the cat and remains clueless that Sylvester is constantly saving him from homicidal mice, space aliens and other threats. Porky was used in regular rotation in television syndication beginning in the 1960s, as were the rest of his Looney Tunes co-stars. A Saturday morning cartoon, The Porky Pig Show , ran from 1964 to 1967. In 1971, he starred in another show, Porky Pig and Friends . Both of these programs were collections of old theatrical shorts. Porky also appeared in all

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1914-455: A set time period in "segments", including several such shorts. When advertising is taken into account, the cartoon itself may be only 15 — 20 minutes of the half hour, although Netflix and many other streaming companies do not show commercials. There are also series with a very short episodes lasting approximately five minutes; they have recently become more common in Japanese animation . If

2001-550: A shy little boy to an immensely fat adult. Though he was still in a supporting role, Porky got most of the laughs. The directors realized they had a star on their hands. Porky shared his stutter with the voice actor who originally played him, Joe Dougherty , who was actually a person who stuttered. Because Dougherty could not control his stutter, however, production costs became too high as his recording sessions took hours, and Porky's additional lines were done by Count Cutelli . Mel Blanc replaced Dougherty in 1937. Blanc continued

2088-440: A spin-off television series, was created for Fox Kids and ran for one season. A second spin-off series, Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain ran on Kids' WB for one season. A reboot/revival series , Tiny Toons Looniversity , was released on September 8, 2023, on Max and then premiered the next day, on September 9, on Cartoon Network . Tiny Toon Adventures is a cartoon set in the fictional town of "Acme Acres", where most of

2175-522: A stutterer. Also, some cartoons show Porky as an antagonist ( Porky's Duck Hunt , Porky's Hare Hunt , My Favorite Duck , A Corny Concerto , Duck Soup to Nuts , Daffy Doodles , Daffy Duck Hunt , Boobs in the Woods , Thumb Fun and Cracked Quack ). Eventually, he settled into a kind persona. Clampett's Porky was an innocent traveler, taking in the world's wonders—and in Clampett's universe,

2262-540: A wide variety of supporting and recurring characters, such as Dizzy Devil, Furrball, Gogo Dodo, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper, Sweetie Bird, Fifi La Fume, Shirley the Loon, Li'l Sneezer, Byron Basset, Concord Condor, Fowlmouth, Arnold the Pit Bull, Mary Melody, and Bookworm, among others. Feeding off the characters are the more traditional Looney Tunes including (but not limited to) Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , and Porky Pig . Most of

2349-415: A year later; however, two specials were produced in 1994. Tiny Toon Adventures won seven Daytime Emmy Awards , a Young Artist Award , and an Environmental Media Award , with nominations for one other Daytime Emmy Award, two Annie Awards , one Primetime Emmy Award , and one other Young Artist Award . Spin-off media include magazines, toys, video games, and home media releases. The Plucky Duck Show ,

2436-456: Is a cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power , and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts featuring the character. Even after he was supplanted by later characters, Porky continued to be popular with moviegoers and, more importantly,

2523-452: Is a severe stutter , for which he sometimes compensates by replacing his words; for example, "What's going on?" might become "What's guh-guh-guh-guh—   ...   what's happening?" Porky's age varied widely in the series; originally conceived as an innocent seven-year-old piglet (explicitly mentioned as such in Porky's Preview ), Porky was more frequently cast as an adult, often being cast as

2610-524: Is among the Looney Tunes characters guests for the Warner Bros. centennial celebration, voiced once again by Bob Bergen. A short black-and-white cartoon was made in 1938 as part of a Warner Bros. blooper reel . It was shown on the Warner Bros. 50th Anniversary TV show. Porky is shown doing some carpentry work, pounding nails, when he smacks his thumb with the hammer. Grimacing in pain, he cries, "Oh, son of

2697-470: Is not featured in every episode, as not all of its storylines revolve around the school. Like Looney Tunes , the series makes use of cartoon violence (e.g. anvils falling on someone, liberal use of explosives) and slapstick . The series parodies and references the current events of the early 1990s and Hollywood culture. Occasionally, episodes delve into veiled ethical and morality stories of ecology , self-esteem , and crime . The series centers on

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2784-404: Is shown to be fatter, like some of his earlier appearances in the mid-1930s. Porky was first mentioned in "Dust Bugster", where he told Bugs about a television series whose name was not mentioned that led to Bugs binge-watching it. In the 2018 DC Comics and Looney Tunes comic crossovers, Porky appeared in a story that paired him with Lex Luthor . This version of Porky was the successful owner of

2871-425: Is still friends with Daffy Duck and often sucked into Daffy's schemes. Porky is also Daffy's nervous, fall guy buddy, similar to their relationship in classic comic books. It is also revealed in the show that in his high school years, he was a jock who bullied Daffy, while during their childhood years, it was Daffy who bullied Porky. In the documentary I Know That Voice (2013), Bob Bergen explains how to recreate

2958-696: The Tom and Jerry cartoon short films released in movie theatres from 1940 to 1967, and many others. Direct-to-video animated series include most Japanese original video animations (OVAs). The first OVA series (and also the first overall OVA) was Dallos (1983 — 1985). Almost all hentai (pornographic) anime series are released as OVAs. Animated web series are designed and produced for streaming services . Examples include Happy Tree Friends (1999 — 2023) and Eddsworld (2003 — present). They can also be released on YouTube , such as Asdfmovie , which debuted in 2008. Porky Pig Porky Pig

3045-460: The Looney Tunes panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. On July 22, it was revealed that Ashleigh Crystal Hairston would be voicing Babs, instead of Tress MacNeille . Numerous pieces of concept art were shown, revealing a revamped Acme Looniversity and its interiors. This also confirmed many of the original series' major characters would be returning, some with updated appearances. Most notably, Elmyra

3132-500: The Tiny Toons and Looney Tunes characters live. The characters attend "Acme Looniversity", a school whose faculty primarily consists of the mainstays of the classic Warner Bros. cartoons, such as Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Sylvester the Cat , Wile E. Coyote and Elmer Fudd . In the series, the university is founded to teach cartoon characters how to become funny. The school

3219-612: The "Eager Young Space Cadet" in the animated series Duck Dodgers (2003–2005), again voiced by Bob Bergen. Porky has a descendant in Loonatics Unleashed (2005–2007) named Pinkster Pig (who was also voiced by Bob Bergen). Pinkster had been an old friend of Danger Duck ( Daffy Duck 's descendant), but became a villain when he was adopted by Stoney and Bugsy (descendants of Rocky and Mugsy ). Porky also appears in most episodes of Cartoon Network 's animated series The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2014), voiced again by Bob Bergen . He

3306-578: The "blooper" was made a year before Gone with the Wind famously used the word in the line " Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn ", due to the Motion Picture Production Code the "blooper" was not shown publicly until the aforementioned special, which by that point FCC regulations softened enough for the word "bitch" to be used on television. The blooper was also shown as part of a package of other vintage bloopers on Warner Cable pay-per-view in

3393-474: The 1990s, more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely, extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included The Simpsons , South Park , Family Guy , Futurama , The Ren & Stimpy Show , Rocko's Modern Life , Beavis and Butt-Head , King of the Hill , and Duckman . Canadian computer-animated series ReBoot , which began as

3480-601: The Brain lasted for 13 episodes. A reboot , Tiny Toons Looniversity , was announced on October 28, 2020, through the Amblin Entertainment website. It was ordered for two seasons, with each episode running 30 minutes. As with the original series, Steven Spielberg will return to his role as executive producer. Sam Register , Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey will also be serving as executive producers, while Erin Gibson will be

3567-454: The Grappler ), and other genres. The first animated sitcom was The Flintstones (1960 — 1966), produced by Hanna-Barbera . It was followed by other sitcoms of this studio: Top Cat (1961 — 1962), Jonny Quest (1964 — 1965), The Jetsons (1962 — 1963, 1985, 1987) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972 — 1974), an adult-oriented animated series in

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3654-647: The Nerdlucks to a basketball game. He tries to get Michael Jordan 's autograph when the basketball star is first recruited to join the team and later plays for the Tune Squad in the game itself, scoring one basket. Porky tries to end the movie with his famous line but is prevented by the combined efforts of Bugs, Daffy, and the Nerdlucks. He was voiced by Bob Bergen . Porky is the star of the Super NES video game Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday (1995). He also made appearances in

3741-484: The Pit Bull, Concord Condor and other characters. Legendary original Looney Tunes voice actor, Mel Blanc , was initially set to reprise his roles as the classic characters, but due to his death in July 1989, his characters were recast to Alaskey, Jeff Bergman , Greg Burson , and Bob Bergen . During production of the third season, Adler left the show due to a feud with the producers. Adler was angry that he had not been offered

3828-567: The Tasmanian Devil , joining the aforementioned Bergman and Hairston. On July 21, 2023, two episodes were screened at San Diego Comic-Con . On the same day, the opening theme was uploaded online, with Matthew Janszen being announced as the composer. On August 18, 2023, a new trailer was released, announcing the premiere date as September 8, 2023, on Max and the following day on Cartoon Network. Animated television series Animated television series are presented daily or on certain days of

3915-488: The Warner Bros. Animation studio approached Steven Spielberg to collaborate with Semel and Warner Bros. head of licensing Dan Romanelli on Semel's ideas. They eventually decided that the new characters would be similar to the Looney Tunes characters with no direct relation. As series producer/show-runner Tom Ruegger explained: "Well, I think in Warner Bros. case, they had the opportunity to work with Steven Spielberg] on

4002-456: The Warner Bros. staff disliked working with Kennedy Cartoons due to the animation studio's inconsistent quality, and episodes that they animated were often subjected to multiple re-takes; in other cases, portions of Kennedy-animated episodes were reanimated by other studios. Kennedy Cartoons was dropped after the end of the series' first season. Tiny Toon Adventures was made with a higher production value than standard television animation. It had

4089-452: The Warners directors, who recast him in numerous everyman and sidekick roles. He is known for his signature line at the end of many shorts, "(stutter) that's all, folks!" This slogan (without stuttering) had also been used by both Bosko and Buddy and even Beans at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons. Porky is the oldest continuing Looney Tunes character. Porky's most distinctive trait

4176-477: The adults teach classes at Acme Looniversity and serve as mentors to the Tiny Toons while others fill secondary positions as needed. According to writer Paul Dini , Tiny Toons (originally title Tiny Tunes ) originated as an idea by Terry Semel , the then-president of Warner Bros. , who wanted to "inject new life into the Warner Bros. Animation department", and at the same time create a series with junior versions of Looney Tunes characters . Semel proposed that

4263-676: The backup story stylized more like Looney Tunes, Porky tries selling Acme office supplies to Lex but ends up stopping Lex from defeating Superman . Porky's latest appearance is in Looney Tunes Cartoons , where he is once again voiced by Bob Bergen. His personality is based on the earlier shorts, however, his appearance is based on later shorts like The Looney Tunes Show for example. He is mostly paired with Daffy Duck who always drives him crazy. A humanoid version of Porky also appeared in Tom King's Batman/Elmer Fudd Special , where he ran

4350-435: The character Elmyra Duff as well as Pinky and the Brain, two other characters who were originally on Animaniacs before receiving their own spin-off series, also entitled Pinky and the Brain . Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain picks up after Pinky and the Brain leaves off where Pinky and the Brain become Elmyra's pets after Brain accidentally destroys their original home, ACME Labs, during an experiment. Pinky, Elmyra &

4437-516: The character, however; his appearance, age, and personality all varied from picture to picture. Several such cartoons show Porky as a child with parents: father Phineas ( Porky the Rainmaker , Milk and Money , Porky's Poppa , and Porky and Teabiscuit ) and an unnamed mother ( Wholly Smoke and Porky's Hero Agency ). Bob Clampett finally pinned Porky down in 1939, making him a permanent young adult: cuter, slimmer, smarter, and eventually less of

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4524-524: The characters and the setting of "Acme Acres" with Spielberg. On January 9, 1989, Warner Bros. Animation chose its voice actors from over 1,200 auditions and put together its 100-person production staff. On April 13, 1989, full production of series episodes began with five overseas animation houses and a total budget of $ 25 million. The first 65 episodes of the series aired in syndication on 135 stations, beginning in September 1990. During that time, Tiny Toons

4611-408: The characters' roles in the series, explaining Foghorn would occupy as Acme Looniversity's coach, while Bugs would take on a " Dumbledore -like" personality. He also confirmed recording sessions had begun. As shown in the teaser trailer, Lola Bunny and characters from the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts era will be appearing. On July 9, 2022, it was announced that Tiny Toons Looniversity would be part of

4698-481: The choice to make Buster and Babs related, saying, "They're fraternal twins, which was not an original plot point. I wanted to dive into a brother/sister relationship that looked really symbiotic and collaborative and supportive, not antagonistic. Seeing two people who are really on the same page, and then how do people who are so close make new friends? You know, find out who they are by these new relationships — these new college experiences while still having fun and doing

4785-509: The classic film-feature compilations in the 1970s and 1980s. Another such collection was the 1986 film, Porky Pig in Hollywood , which ran in art and college theaters. Porky made an appearance in the Disney / Amblin film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) at the end of the film where he, being paired with Disney's Tinkerbell , closes the movie with his famous line "Th-Th-Th-That's All Folks!". It

4872-427: The clever, subversive and smart humor that made Tiny Toon Adventures such a standout series. Fans old and new will love to laugh at and with these characters all over again." Shortly after the reboot's announcement, it was reported that several of the original voice actors were not going to be involved in the series. Cree Summer had revealed she was informed that Elmyra Duff was excluded. Additionally, Charlie Adler

4959-454: The competent straight man in the series in later years. At the ending of many Looney Tunes cartoons, Porky Pig bursts through a bass drum head, and his attempt to close the show with "The End" becomes "Th-Th-The, Th-Th-The, Th-Th... That's all, folks!" Porky Pig appeared in 153 cartoons in the Golden age of American animation . The character was introduced in the 100th short, I Haven't Got

5046-420: The development and publishing rights for the games, including Konami (during the 1990s), Atari , NewKidCo , Conspiracy Games , Warthog , Terraglyph Interactive Studios , and Treasure . Toys for the series included plush dolls and plastic figures, primarily made by Playskool . Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation was released on DVD on August 21, 2012. There are currently no plans to release

5133-474: The dumbest stuff you'll ever see on TV, but having story and plot points and character development." Nate Cash added, "And they look up to the faculty, they're established Tunes who are like their gods, but then they're like, 'Who am I?' and 'What's my voice?' — which is a cool place to develop them as their own characters and not just mini versions of their counterparts." On April 20, 2023, IGN shared an official teaser trailer on their YouTube site, stating

5220-470: The end of the movie, Porky tries to say his classic line, but stutters so much, the lights are turned off around him as the studio closes for the night; so an irritated Porky simply says, "G-g-go home, folks." Porky appears as a toddler version of himself in Baby Looney Tunes (2002), albeit only in the show's musical numbers. Petunia functioned as the show's more major pig character. Porky appears as

5307-564: The games Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal , Looney Tunes: Marvin Strikes Back! , Looney Tunes: Space Race , Looney Tunes: Back in Action , Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage and The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout . Bob Bergen reprises his role in these games. In the movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Porky (Bob Bergen again) makes a cameo appearance alongside Speedy Gonzales , where they both lament their politically incorrect status. At

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5394-566: The new series would be a show based on Looney Tunes where the characters were either young versions of the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters or new characters as the offspring of the original characters. The idea of a series with the basis of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters was common at the time; the era in which Tiny Toons was produced for had such cartoons as Muppet Babies , A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (which Ruegger worked on), Tom & Jerry Kids and The Flintstone Kids . On January 20, 1987,

5481-465: The next generation of characters from the Looney Tunes series. The pilot episode, "The Looney Beginning", aired as a prime-time special on CBS on September 14, 1990, while the series itself was featured in first-run syndication for the first two seasons. The final season aired on Fox under the Fox Kids programming block. The series ended production in 1992 in favor of Animaniacs , which premiered

5568-409: The permanent voice of Porky until his death in 1989. In later interviews, Blanc often said that he intended Porky's stutter to be suggestive of the grunting of actual pigs. Porky's Duck Hunt was also the first film of another Looney Tunes star, Daffy Duck . Porky Pig is currently voiced by Bob Bergen . Porky starred in dozens of films in the late 1930s. The directors still did not have a grasp on

5655-466: The pig's famous stutter, demonstrating how difficult it is to do it without practice. He finishes the segment by joking "Nobody [else] can do that, and that's why I have job security !" Porky appears in the direct-to-video movie Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015), reprised by Bob Bergen. Porky Pig appears as a recurring character in New Looney Tunes , voiced once again by Bob Bergen. Here, he

5742-476: The producers thought he "looked naked". Meanwhile, as Clampett noted, nothing was ever made of the fact that "all those years, Porky never wore any pants!" However, Porky was seen with pants in Porky's Badtime Story , Tick Tock Tuckered and Brother Brat . Porky's post at the pinnacle of the Warners' pantheon was short-lived. In 1937, the studio tried pairing Porky with various sidekicks, such as love interest Petunia Pig , cantankerous foil Gabby Goat , and

5829-423: The reboot, as opposed to best friends and potential romantic partners. This decision was criticized by fans of the original series. A July 2022 interview had crew members giving more details. They revealed the series was going to bring back all of the characters from the original show, "down to Arnold the Pit Bull ". They also hinted at an episode which takes place in outer space. Gibson provided an explanation behind

5916-418: The score to How I Spent My Vacation . These composers would later write the musical scores for shows including Animaniacs and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries . A feature-length film was released direct-to-video in 1992, entitled Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation . This was later re-edited and aired as part of the series. The length of the movie is 79 minutes. Fox aired It's

6003-424: The series "Adults looking for the smart-aleck attitude and wit of the old Warner Bros. classics will be disappointed, however; these are aimed squarely at kids and reflect a '90s sensibility, sneaking pro-social messages into madcap adventure stories." In January 2009, IGN named Tiny Toons as the 41st in their Top 100 Animated TV Shows list. Tiny Toon Adventures Magazine , a quarterly children's magazine based on

6090-503: The series initially was to be a theatrical feature-length film . On December 27, 1988, Tiny Toons was changed from a film to a television series, with Jean MacCurdy overseeing production of the first 65 episodes. MacCurdy said that Tiny Toons was changed to a television series to "reach a broader audience". For the series, MacCurdy hired Tom Ruegger , who previously wrote for Filmation and Hanna-Barbera , to produce. In January 1989, Ruegger and writer Wayne Kaatz began developing

6177-415: The series' first writers were Jim Reardon , Tom Minton and Eddie Fitzgerald. Other writers included Arleen Sorkin . The character and scenery designers included Alfred Gimeno, Ken Boyer, Dan Haskett , Karen Haskett and many other artists and directors. "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian" was co-written by three then-teenage fans. Voice director Andrea Romano auditioned over 1,200 voices and chose more than

6264-569: The series, debuted in October 1990. Issues #1–4 were published by DC Comics , and issues #5–7 were released by Welsh Publishing Group. The final issue was cover-dated Spring 1992. Also, various storybooks were published by the Little Golden Book company, including a few episode adaptations and some original stories ( Lost in the Fun House and Happy Birthday, Babs! ). Tiny Toon Adventures also had

6351-525: The show was scheduled to premiere in Fall of 2023. On June 22, 2023, the main voice cast was announced. Eric Bauza will voice Buster, Daffy Duck , and Gossamer , David Errigo Jr. will voice Plucky and Hamton, Tessa Netting will voice Sweetie, Bob Bergen and Cree Summer will reprise their roles as Porky Pig and Elmyra respectively, Candi Milo (the original voice of Sweetie) will now play Granny and Witch Hazel , and Fred Tatasciore will voice Yosemite Sam and

6438-410: The showrunner and co-executive producer. The series premiered on Max on September 8, 2023, and it aired on Cartoon Network on September 9, 2023. The reboot's first piece of concept art showed Buster Bunny and Babs Bunny , redesigned with different clothes and a new art style. Tom Ascheim , then-current president of Cartoon Network, was quoted saying. " Tiny Toons Looniversity will capture all

6525-417: The studio in 1933, taking the studio's star character Bosko with them, Looney Tunes had been kept afloat by cartoons featuring the bland Buddy. Porky's introduction ushered Buddy out the door and pointed to things to come. Tex Avery was hired to the studio in 1935, and his film Gold Diggers of '49 reused much of the cast from I Haven't Got a Hat , albeit in wildly different roles. Porky transitioned from

6612-479: The stutter; however, it was harnessed for a more precise comedic effect (such as stumbling over a simple word only to substitute a longer word without difficulty, or vice versa). This is parodied in A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court , where Bugs Bunny struggles to pronounce the word "porcupine", which Porky pronounces with no trouble. Porky's Duck Hunt was released in 1937, and Blanc officially became

6699-1038: The style of All in the Family . The Alvin Show from Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and Beany and Cecil from Bob Clampett are also sitcoms. The 1980s and 1990s were a renaissance of the animated children and adult television series. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon and anime series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this time. Most of this animations were American-based or Japanese anime. Listed below are examples of television networks and channels that include animated programs. American British Japanese Canadian Australian Examples of animation-focused networks and channels are listed below; but some of them aired live-action programs occasionally. American South Korean Canadian Japanese During

6786-486: The two specials ( Spring Break and Night Ghoulery ) on DVD . In the early to mid-1990s, Warner Bros. had released several videos, including Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (a direct-to-video release which later aired as a four-part TV episode), Best of Buster and Babs , Two-Tone Town , Tiny Toons: Big Adventures , Tiny Toons: Island Adventures , Tiny Toons: Music Television , Tiny Toons: Fiendishly Funny Adventures , Tiny Toons: Night Ghoulery , and It's

6873-430: The week during a prescribed time slot , including for example saturday-morning cartoons , prime time cartoons , late night anime , and weekday cartoons ; series broadcast only on weekends. The duration of an episode also varies. Traditionally, they are produced as complete half-hour or nearly half-hour programs; however, many are presented as animated shorts of 10 — 11 minutes, which can be combined for filling

6960-590: The world is a very weird place. This principle is perhaps best demonstrated in Porky in Wackyland , a film that sends Porky on a quest to find the last of the surreal Dodos, Yoyo Dodo. Porky in Wackyland was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2000. In his commentary as part of the 1970s documentary film Bugs Bunny: Superstar , Clampett said that his early version of Tweety Bird had to be redesigned after his first picture because

7047-507: Was a huge success and got higher ratings than its Disney Afternoon competitors in some markets. After a successful run in syndication, Fox attained the rights for season 3. Production of the series halted in late 1992 to make way for Animaniacs to air the following year. The series and characters were developed by series producer, head writer and cartoonist Tom Ruegger , division leader Jean MacCurdy , associate producer and artist Alfred Gimeno and story editor/writer Wayne Kaatz . Among

7134-516: Was good for the role because he could do a "tremendous mean voice." Cree Summer provides the roles of Elmyra Duff and Mary Melody; former Saturday Night Live cast member Gail Matthius voices Shirley the Loon, and Kath Soucie provides Fifi La Fume and Li'l Sneezer. Other voice actors include Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Devil; Candi Milo as Sweetie, Frank Welker as Gogo Dodo, Furrball, Byron Basset, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper, Barky Marky and other voices; and Rob Paulsen as Fowlmouth, Arnold

7221-405: Was included in one of these pictures, disproving the claims of her removal. Some have suggested this meant Elmyra was added back at some point or was always intended to appear. Spielberg referred to the series as "the best iteration of Tiny Toons he'd ever seen". Character design supervisor Leonard Lee and showrunner Erin Gibson confirmed that Buster and Babs would be presented as twin siblings in

7308-471: Was not approached to reprise his role as Buster, nor was Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Devil . However, during an interview on July 12, 2021, Candi Milo said she would be returning to voice Granny but it remained uncertain if she would also be reprising her role as Sweetie Bird. A few days later, on July 15, Jeff Bergman confirmed that he would be returning to the series as well, voicing Bugs Bunny , Sylvester , and Foghorn Leghorn . He went into detail on

7395-477: Was reached with the studio. In order to complete 65 episodes for the first season, Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television contracted several North American and international animation houses, including Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Wang Film Productions , AKOM , Freelance Animators New Zealand, Encore Cartoons, StarToons and Kennedy Cartoons. Tokyo Movie Shinsha also animated the series' opening sequence. Some of

7482-549: Was received with positive reviews; the Philadelphia Daily News remarked "It's the most cinematic first-run animated show on TV, mixing long shots, extra-tight closeups and odd perspectives for comic effect..." Citizens' Voice noted "Combining the animation of Warner Bros. and the creative direction of Spielberg, the collection of 65 half-hour cartoons is sure to make a big impression during the weekday late afternoon viewing period..." However, The Journal News criticized about

7569-414: Was the last time that Mel Blanc voiced Porky before his death in 1989. In the 1990s animated series Tiny Toon Adventures , Porky appears as the mentor of Hamton J. Pig . He was voiced by Bob Bergen in "Animaniacs" and "Hero Hamton", Rob Paulsen in "The Wacko World of Sports", Noel Blanc in "Fields of Honey", "The Acme Bowl" and "Hero Hamton", Joe Alaskey in "Music Day", and Greg Burson in "It's

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