Looney Tunes References?

[Caffeine King]

:shame: I'm not sure if it's alright if I start a new thread myselfi n here, so sorry if it wasn't alright...:p

Anyways I'm wondering if anyone has spotted Looney Tunes references in any TV shows are movies?

One that I can think of off the top of my head is the "Do It Yourself Milli Vinnili Kit" on In Living Color and they said in order to talk like Milli Vinnili was to watch tapes of Sylvester and Yosemite Sam over & over. :p

Has anyone else noticed references or talking about Looney Tunes in TV shows or movies? :)

[UncleJunior]

I mentioned before but in "Lethal Weapon", Riggs (Mel Gibson's character) watches Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales and then he tries to kill himslef.

[Cartman]

In one episode of the "Simpsons," Homer is watching an advertisement on the WB where Michigan J. Frog is seen.

In the "South Park" episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die," Cartman does a Porky impersonation at the end, coencentric rings and all (of course it should have been a drum instead).

[AngryBeavers]

There are quite a few references to Looney Tunes on Mystery Science Theater 300. Examples are:

-In Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders, when the ground splits apart, Mike Nelson comments "Bugs Bunny musta takin that wrong turn at alburquerque."

- In The Brain That Wouldn't Die a guy who looks like Mel Blanc tries to ask a model out, and Servo says "And now Mel Blanc makes his move." and Crow, doing Yosimete Sam goes "You're goin out with me varmit!"

- In Final Sacrifice There's a rednack character who kind of looks and sounds like Yosemite Sam, and there's lots of Sam jokes from the MST3K crew, such as "If it's any consellation, I hates that rabbit too." and "OHHHHHH I hates these questions!"

there are many others that i don't remember.

[Philo & Gunge]

There are quite a few references to Looney Tunes on Mystery Science Theater 300. Examples are:

-In Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders, when the ground splits apart, Mike Nelson comments "Bugs Bunny musta takin that wrong turn at alburquerque."

- In The Brain That Wouldn't Die a guy who looks like Mel Blanc tries to ask a model out, and Servo says "And now Mel Blanc makes his move." and Crow, doing Yosimete Sam goes "You're goin out with me varmit!"

- In Final Sacrifice There's a rednack character who kind of looks and sounds like Yosemite Sam, and there's lots of Sam jokes from the MST3K crew, such as "If it's any consellation, I hates that rabbit too." and "OHHHHHH I hates these questions!"

there are many others that i don't remember.They said Walter Lantz was in I Accuse My Parents.

[Javeman]

There's a whole episode of I.M. Weasel that is a knockoff on classic animation, most notably Bugs/Elmer, RR/Coyote, and the extremely cliched anvil gag. It's called "I Am Cliched"

[ToOn~g@l]

In Rover Dangerfield while he is switching channels, you can hear both the looney tunes theme song and a bugs bunny short that sounds like Duck, Rabbit, Duck.

[Peter Melnick]

In Up In Smoke, it features a clip of a Merrie Melodie from 1940s.

- Peter Melnick

[TnAdct1]

A few more Looney Tunes references in MST3K:

Design for Dreaming: Girl in the film: "Tomorrow"; Tom Servo: "With my sword and magic helmet." (yeah, it's really spear and magic helmet, but Tom uses sword instead of spear)

The Leech Woman: During one of the scenes with the African tribe, Tom does the "Bricka Bracka Firecracker" chant from "Superbugs"

Track of the Moon Beast: While the film's Indian character tells a myth about a lizard and a coyote, after he said that the lizard won, Mike comments, "...and Coyote fought Road Runner."

A Case of Spring Cleaning: When the couch disappears, it makes a soung similar to the sound made by the shield at the beginning of most Looney Tunes cartoons, which inspires Tom to perform the Looney Tunes theme song.

[RetroMan]

I remember seeing a clip from The Roadrunner Show on The Shining and a Marvin Martian cartoon in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

[Boy Wonder]

Even though it ain't Looney Tunes, this one is worth talking about: Continental Airlines had a clip of "Jerky Turkey" with the turkey in Superman garb.

[Daffysleftfoot]

Also, Pixar pretty much did a shot-for-shot remake of the climactic scene in Feed the Kitty. Only instaed of Marc Antony worried about Pussyfoot it was Sully worried about Boo.

Not surprising since John Lassetter is a huge Chuck Jones fan. :coyote: :beepbeep: :marvin: :lepew:

[J. B. Warner]

"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air": One episode features Will and Carlton at the ATM arguing over how much money Will owes.
CARLTON: You owe me 80 dollars.
WILL: Well, all I got is 60, I'll give you that.
CARLTON: No, I want 80.
WILL: 60.
CARLTON: 80!
WILL: 60!
CARLTO: 80!
WILL: 80!
CARLTON: 60!
WILL: You got a deal, Daffy.

"The Drew Carey Show": One episode involves Kate worried that Drew's dog Speedy doesn't like her because he always growls at her whenever Drew leaves the room.
DREW: So, whenever I leave the room, he does something he wouldn't normally do when I was around? You know, I've heard of this sort of thing before...tell me, was it anything like this? (manipulating Speedy's font paws in a fake dance) "Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal..."

"The Simpsons": The episode "Homer Alone" opens with Bart being chased by Homer over a continuous background of the living room and kitchen. They hit freeze frames for mock-Latin introductions (Bartus Donthavacowus and Homo Neaderthalus) a la the Road Runner cartoons.

"Futurama": The episode "War is the H-Word" features Leela sneaking into the Earth army dressed as a man to make sure Fry and Bender stay safe. She still manages to outrun everyone during the exercise regimen.
FRY: Wow, look at that guy! He makes Speedy Gonzales look like...Regular Gonzales.

[Philo & Gunge]

"The Drew Carey Show": One episode involves Kate worried that Drew's dog Speedy doesn't like her because he always growls at her whenever Drew leaves the room.
DREW: So, whenever I leave the room, he does something he wouldn't normally do when I was around? You know, I've heard of this sort of thing before...tell me, was it anything like this? (manipulating Speedy's font paws in a fake dance) "Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal..."
Daffy also appered (to plug SJ) on TDCS for the first 3 minutes.

[Philo & Gunge]

In Rover Dangerfield while he is switching channels, you can hear both the looney tunes theme song and a bugs bunny short that sounds like Duck, Rabbit, Duck.No one knows what cartoon Rover's watching. :bugs1: :daffy:

[J. B. Warner]

I do, I mentioned on the old forum that the dialogue was taken from "Rabbit Seasoning".

[Philo & Gunge]

I do, I mentioned on the old forum that the dialogue was taken from "Rabbit Seasoning".Yeah, but it's been 8 years since you saw the movie.

[J. B. Warner]

Yeah, but I remember it very vividly - stuff involving the Warner Bros. cartoons, even if it's only one time years ago, always sticks out in my mind.

[Philo & Gunge]

In the trailer of Airplane 2, they have a list of who stars in it and who dosn't. The dosn't list has :daffy: amoug the many random fictional characters and actors.

[Daffysleftfoot]

I remember an old SNL sketch where Gilda's Emily Litella introduced the musical Porgy and Bess as Porky and Bess. Then Garrett Morris had to sing it with a stutter.

[John Pannozzi]

The Fairly OddParents TV movie "Channel Chasers" had a :daffy: -like duck in a bit.

[J. B. Warner]

While watching the sitcom "Yes, Dear" yesterday, I found TWO references in one episode. While attempting to eradicate a squirrel from his backyard, Greg (Anthony Clark) says to his wife Kim (Jean Louisa Kelly) "What do you want me to do, call the ACME company and get some exploding acorns?" And later in the episode, when Jimmy's (Mike O'Malley) brother shows up at the front door in hunting gear and carrying a rifle, Greg says "Oh, sorry, the wascally wabbit lives next door."

[angelidollinda]

I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but awhile ago, Mountain Dew ran a commercial with human actors preforming "Looney Tunes" gags...... personally, I like their "Spy vs Spy" commercials better ;)

[J. B. Warner]

Actually, I liked those Looney Mountain Dew ads. Whoever composed the music for them really had the Carl Stalling style down pat.

[angelidollinda]

I just found it odd that human actors were pulling off WB gags.... not Bugs and the gang

[UncleJunior]

In the South Park episode "Osama Bin Laden Has farty Pants" the second half of the show is sort of a tribute to looney tunes (bugs vs. Elmer Fudd.)

In "Dear Dad" (M*A*S*H) Hawkeye Pierce compares Col Blake to Daffy Duck.

[J. B. Warner]

Several episodes of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" have Looney Tunes refs in them. In one game of Hats, Colin puts on a hunter's cap and says "I'm just wooking for a wittle wove", one of Ryan's Party Quirks is "Wile E. Coyote trying to catch the Road Runner", and Props has seen Drew playing Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, and Daffy Duck.

Probably the best non-Looney classic animation ref on WLIIA? was in a game of Scenes from a Hat.

DREW CAREY: "Famous film scenes as performed by cartoon characters".
GREG PROOPS: (as Scooby Doo) Ri'm Spartacus!
WAYNE BRADY: (as Yogi Bear) Do you feel lucky, punk? You wanna see what's in my pic-a-nic basket? (mimes pulling out a gun)
RYAN STILES: (as Popeye) I'll be back, a-gu-gu-gu-gu-gug.
COLIN MOCHRIE: (as Snagglepuss) Rosebud, even! (this one makes the whole cast nearly die laughing)

[Daffysleftfoot]

I recal an episode of Family Ties with an hilarious LT reference.

btw, this is one of the rare episodes that did NOT centre around Alex P. Keaton. :eek: The father, Steven, accused his wife, Elise, of flirting with one of her co-workers. His claim was "you keep making that 'face' around him." "What face?" Steven attempts a lip-puckering come-hither look. Elise's response is "You look like Daffy Duck!!!"

That was a great show. :D :daffy:

[UncleJunior]

In the South Park episode "Passion of The Jew", Mel Gibson acts like Daffy Duck from "Yankee Doodle Daffy" in several scenes.

[Daffyfan2004]

Let's see what I can remember:

Boy Meets World: Eric and Feeny are listening to Wagerian opera music and Eric recognizes the music from the famous :bugs1: cartoon.

Sister Sister: Tamera is depressed and tells Lisa to call the Acme Company and have her drop an anvil on her head

Of course there was :daffy: 's famous appearance on Drew Carrey

There were also quite a few on "Family Guy" ex:

Peter is driving in the desert with :coyote: and he runs over the Road Runner (where's his smilie anyway?)

In another ep Meg has a beak which gets blown up like Daffy's

And there's yet another one where Peter's ancestor wants to call Bugs Bunny Efram the Retarded Rabbit.

There were probably more of those. I might come up with more later on.

[Daffysleftfoot]

At the end of Barbara Streisand's movie What's Up, Doc? Babs and her male costar are on a plane making out during a showing of the Bugs & Elmer cartoon namely What's Up, Doc?!

[Larry T]

While watching the Oz episode, "A Game Of Checkers", after the riot there's a scene where (miraculously) a TV that survived is on, and it's showing a clip from "Pigs In A Polka".

Married With Children- there's an episode where Al is trying to get a rabbit out of his garden. His methods to do it are similar to Elmer Fudd's in many cartoons (he even tries explosives as a last resort). At the end of the show, I remember it irising out with Al in the center of an iris, eating a carrot, and the words wrote across the screen, "That's Al, Folks!!"

The Goodies- if anyone here is of age to remember this hilarious groundbreaking BBC show (Whereas BARTMAN is the supreme ruler of Cricklewood Grove ;) ), there were TONS of references to classic cartoons in several episodes:

-In "Kitten Kong", when the Goodies dress up as mice to catch the giant kitten, there's a point where Bill runs through the office building, scaring an African maid who jumps on a chair as he passes by, yelling "EEEEEEEKKK- THOMASS!!!" http://forums.toonzone.net/images/smilies/tomcat.gif

- In "Invasion Of The Moon Creatures", their pet rabbits, Flopsy and Mopsy, now ruling the planet moon, capture Tim and Bill and electrically torture them into becoming rabbit mercenaries.
Flopsy: "Repeat after me.... Ehhhhhh, What's Up Doc??" http://forums.toonzone.net/images/smilies/bugs1.gif
Tim: "Oh, uh, I can do Mickey Mouse.... (in falsetto) Hello, Pluto..." :mickey: *****ZZZAAAPPPPPPP!!!!****

- In "Camelot", Bill is wearing a suit of armour with a helmet that has a large red plume and a long, conical face guard (like a "Black Knight"). At one point, he chases the developers up a tree onto a branch. When he climbs up to push them off, his face guard closes (giving him a sort of beak), he does the "Ha-Ha-Ha-Haaaaaaaaa-hah!" laugh, and pecks the branch off. http://members.rogers.com/kitty_face/images/WoodySmilie.gif

- In "Movies", Bill wants to do a silent movie, Tim wants to do an epic, and Graeme wants to do a Western. After we've been treated to the comglomerate patchwork "epic-adventure-comedy-musical-silent", when the credits roll upward (and they get their clothes caught on the rolling letters, dragging them upwards and offscreen http://forums.toonzone.net/images/smilies/biggrin.gif ) the episode irises out and "That's All Folks" is written.

- In "Clown Virus", Graeme is trying to get rid of the giant experimental can of tomato soup, by using ACME methods http://forums.toonzone.net/images/smilies/coyote.gif , and with the same results: throwing it off a cliff (so it rolls back and runs him over), catapulting it (so it bounces back up and on top of him), blowing it up (getting blown up himself)...etc....

- In "Cunning Stunts", after Bill decides to kill himself, there's a scene where he stops an oncoming car by placing a black and yellow railway warning arm between himself and the car. Immediately, a speeding train races onscreen and wallops him http://forums.toonzone.net/images/smilies/wolfie.gif .

- In "The Race", after Graeme converts the office into a motor vehicle, he drives away from Tim, with a backblast from the tailpipe, turning him into an Al Jolson lookalike http://forums.toonzone.net/images/smilies/bosko.gif a la the goofy ghost in "Jeepers Creepers".

In the movie, Spaceballs, the alien-tearing-out-of-the-stomach scene from "Aliens" is recreated... only once the alien being has totally emerged, he dons a top hat and cane and begins Charleston stepping, "Hello my baby, Hello my honey, Hello my Ragtime Gal...."

[Miss Marnie]

Some Looney Tunes (and other classic cartoons) references in live-action entertainment (and other cartoons):

-Married...With Children: In the episode where Kelly becomes a car model, she calls Bud "Pepe Le Pew" and tells him to "keep his hormones and odor under control" (you really don't get shows in the 90's that would allude to Pepe being horny, just stinky). Also the episode where Al plants a vegetable garden to reduce his stress.

-One episode of The Simpsons had a beginning where Homer chases Bart and it's set up like the beginning of Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons.

-A Saturday Night Live episode has a Fun With Real Audio where the FCC censors classic cartoons. (that was the Colin Firth/Norah Jones episode)

-Another SNL episode (this time it's Rob Lowe/Eminem) has a sketch on how Scooby Doo and the Mystery Machine gang are wanted criminals (or something like that).

-There was a Married With Children episode where Al and Jefferson were arguing like Bugs and Daffy a la The Hunter's Trilogy cartoons.

[Lee Glover]

I've found a few Looney Tunes references in two BBC sitcoms:

The Young Ones
In the episode TIME, Rik orders Neil to clean up the kitchen.
Rik: "Just start clening this mess up! Pig!
Neil: "I don't mind being a pig, because pigs are really intelligent, actually."
Rik: "Oh, are they? Well, tell me Neil, who invented the internal combustion engine? Was it PORKY PIG?

Bottom
In the episode GAS, Richie hears the doorbell buzz.
Richie: "Alright, I'm coming."
(Doorbell buzzes again)
Richie:" Alright! Alright! Who do you think I am? SPEEDY GONZALES?

In another episode BOTTOM'S UP, Richie & Eddie are trapped on the roof of a shop they were supposed to look after, and sees a customer entering the shop.
Eddie: "What are we going to do about this customer?"
Richie: "Perhaps you should shout down and tell him that some bald-headed LOONEY TUNE has trapped us on the roof for ever, so we're probably unlikely to be popping down to serve him today!

[bjimba]

There's a 1979 movie by director Hal Needham called "The Villian" that is absolutely filled with live-action recreation of Road Runner and Coyote gags, with Kirk Douglas in the Wile E. role.

It's out on DVD, but I don't know if it was released widescreen. For some of the gags, pan 'n' scan might screw things up.

[Banned Bunny]

Farscape had an episode where two main characters were portrayed as Wile E and RR.

The movie "Portrait of Jennie" features a segment where a Mickey mouse cartoon is being reviewed by a projectionist? while he talks to Joseph Cotten.

[Daffysleftfoot]

The movie "Portrait of Jennie" features a segment where a Mickey mouse cartoon is being reviewed by a projectionist? while he talks to Joseph Cotten.
Um, that's not really a Looney Tunes reference.

[Cartman]

In the Fox and Crow cartoon MYSTO FOX, Crowy disguises himself as a rabbit resembling Bugs. He even chews a carrot and says "Whadda ya know, doc?":crow:

[Caffeine King]

Tonight on MAD TV in the sketch Real Motherf****** Talk, one of the characters, Bill Montgomery said to another guy "You're so black that you look like Daffy Duck without his beak..." or something like that.

Those might not be the exact words that he said, but he said something like that. :)

[Caffeine King]

:p Today I was watching 8 Mile on one of those movie channels and the little girl was watching Woody the Woodpecker.

I think that's his name... :)

BTW, I watched 40 minutes of 8 Mile and thought it sucked! :p ;)

[Cartman]

:p Today I was watching 8 Mile on one of those movie channels and the little girl was watching Woody the Woodpecker.

I think that's his name... :)

BTW, I watched 40 minutes of 8 Mile and thought it sucked! :p ;)
That's not a Looney Tunes reference.:woody:

[J. B. Warner]

More Looney "Whose Line" refs:

- In one game of Questionable Impressions, Greg Proops imitates Daffy Duck, lisping and spitting al over Wayne Brady and Ryan Stiles and hopping around yelling "woo-hoo!"

- Colin Mochrie starts out one game of Weird Newscasters by saying "Foghorn Leghorn died today at the age of 65. A memorial service will be held this weekend, after which the deceased will be served with a nice orange sauce."

- Another game of Weird Newscasters features Colin as the co-anchor, his quirk being "a trigger-happy hunter". And he does an almost dead-on Elmer Fudd impression.

[Philo & Gunge]

- Colin Mochrie starts out one game of Weird Newscasters by saying "Foghorn Leghorn died today at the age of 65. A memorial service will be held this weekend, after which the deceased will be served with a nice orange sauce."Beat me to the punch! :D

[Daffysleftfoot]

And SCTV had a brilliant sketch called Quincy: Cartoon Autopsy (or something like that).

Anyway, Quincy (played by Joe Flaherty) saw Sylvester on a gurney flattened and dead. The guy wheeling him in (Rick Moranis) said that he died of natural causes. Of course, Quincy was highly suspect of that diagnosis seeing that Sylvester was flat. So he did some investigating, asking both Tweety and Spike about Sylvester's "last days".

I'm not sure if this is on the SCTV dvds or not. If it is, check it out and enjoy. :cool:

[J. B. Warner]

Well, there's a new Pizza Hut commercial that just aired on ABC for this pizza that's about 30% bigger than their large. It features a bunch of people yelling "Feed me", and among them is a clip of the Tasmanian Devil from "Bedevilled Rabbit" (redubbed, of course).

[janiepooh34]

Last night I was watching a re-run of That 70's show. Red and Kitty were talking about possibly playing cards with the neigbhors, Bob and Midge, and Red made the crack "At least we don't have to play cards with those Looney Tunes tonight." :D

[J. B. Warner]

Daffy also appered (to plug SJ) on TDCS for the first 3 minutes.Well, I just got ahold of that clip yesterday, and it wasn't a "Space Jam" plug - the movie came out in November 1996, and the episode aired in May 1998. Plus, Joe Alaskey did Daffy's voice, not Dee Bradley Baker.

In case anyone hasn't seen it, the scene involves Daffy walking into Drew Carey's cubicle and asking for a job interview. When Drew says Daffy isn't scheduled, Daffy runs off and calls Drew from another room (zipping back in to read his nameplate) and tells him to hire the duck "with an adorable lisp". Daffy comes back, but Drew says they don't hire ducks. Daffy insists that it's an example of "discriminimination" and shows Drew his qualifications - an MBA, a PhD, an EKG, a BLT (which he promptly eats when Drew makes a grab for it), a stick of TNT, "and a heaping load of TLC" (shining Drew's head, filing his nails, and slapping him with aftershave). He then bounces around the office, landing on Mimi's desk and falling instantly in love with her ("Finally, one of my people!") When he kisses her, she slaps him and walks off, sending his beak spinning around to the other side of his head. Daffy bounces around "woo-hoo"ing some more, then insists that he needs a job. He and Drew do a quick top-hat-and-cane song-and-dance bit, then the Duck Season/Rabbit Season bit before Daffy gives up. On his way out, he says Mr. Wick wants to see Drew in his office. As Drew leaves, Daffy holds up a sign that says "Stupid, ain't he?" Mr. Wick's office explodes, and Drew walks out covered in soot. The glass falls out of his eyeglasses as he says to the audience "And that's why we don't hire ducks." As "Powerhouse" plays in the background, the sweeper robot from "House-Hunting Mice" rolls in and sweeps up the glass, and the iris closes on Drew's head with a "bayowhup".

Check out the scene at http://www.itsallabouttheimprov.com/drewcarey/clips/mybestfriendswedding-daffy.wmv. Now THAT'S a "Looney Tunes" reference done right!

[Philo & Gunge]

I was watching my Greg The Bunny DVD last night and at the beginning of the episode "Dottie Heat". At the beginning of an episode, the title character says "What up, doc?" to someone. Not to menchone there's a clip from Iwerk's the 3 Bears cartoon later in the episode.

[Caffeine King]

In one of the South Park episodes (not sure which one but it's the one where the gang in in Afghanistan trying to find Osama Bin Laden) well when Osama and Cartman are chasing each other it seemed to me like they were parodying when Elmer Fudd would chase Bugs trying to shoot him.

:ysam: Or was that Yosemite Sam? :(

I gotta remember my Looney Tunes knowledge! :p :eek:

[Larry T]

Another refrerence, I'm surprised I had forgotten this one:

In the mid-70s there was a popular line of MAD-Magazine-ISH stickers which parodied current products of the era, named "Wacky Packages".

One of these made fun of "Davis Baking Powder", as "Daffy Baking Powder".

[Daffysleftfoot]

Recently, Joni Mitchel got an honorary doctorate from the music acadamy she attended (I forget the name right now). During her speech, she joked "Now when people address me they'll say "Nyeeeh, What's up, Doc?" :bugs2:

[J Pox]

I remember an episode of "Night Court" where they are trying to go through a list of cases before midnight. The scence went like this:
Judge Harry addresses the accused, "I don't care if you were hungry, go to a resturant or a supermarket or something, just leave that poor bird alone!"
The scene reveals Wile E. Coyote standing beside Dan, the lawyer, looking disgruntled while scratching his back.

[J Pox]

Another reference I remember was a series of "Energizer" commercials starring Wile E. Coyote trying to catch the Energizer Bunny. Also a pepsi commercial where a cloud of fast moving dust isn't the roadrunner, but a human basketball player. I can't remember who, but Wile asks for an autograph then falls victim to his own trap.

[J Pox]

Another reference I can remember is on the Simpsons, where Homer gets the trampoline from Krusty. After the trampoline causes trouble, Homer proceeds to pushing it off a cliff. The music is familar to Carl Stalling's. The trampoline falls like the coyote, springs back up off of a slender bolder, and lands on top of Homer. "If this was a cartoon, the cliff would break off now.." The scene changes to night with a coyote howling in the distance, "I'm thirsty.." the cliff breaks off and Homer falls.

(picking up a theme here?) :coyote:

[J Pox]

Yet another reference, on the Simpsons again. When Bart is hopped up on medication and driving a tank, Chief Wiggum grabs him and says, "That's the end of your looney tune, Drugs Bunny." :bugs2:

[J Pox]

On the show, "Rocko's Modern Life" his blender is left walking across the desert. A blue, fast bird runs up and down the scene and then dissapears. The scene reveals a coyote-like character in the background giving the thumbs up while turning a bird on a rotisserary. (sorry if I didn't spell that right.)

[J Pox]

on an episode of "Ren & Stimpy", the cartoon opens up revealing the duo living in a hole-in-the-ground with a mailbox a'la Bugs. :bugs1:

[J. B. Warner]

Also a pepsi commercial where a cloud of fast moving dust isn't the roadrunner, but a human basketball player. I can't remember who, but Wile asks for an autograph then falls victim to his own trap.That was actually football great Deion Sanders. I remember the ad well - Wile E. rigs a Pepsi machine with a bomb that will explode when the Road Runner buys a soda. But Sanders zips up to it instead (resulting in Wile E. looking perplexed and holding up a sign that reads "Deion?"). The coyote hops out of his hiding place and gets Sanders' autograph, and Sanders shoots off again, unscathed from the machine. Wile E. tries it himself - and naturally, it only explodes when HE buys a Pepsi. This must have been about ten years ago, but it's still very vivid in my mind.

EDIT: Found another ref on "Whose Line" this week - in one game of Props, Colin and Wayne have a V-shaped piece of foam, which they stand up on the ground in the shape of rabbit ears. Colin stands back and says "Today, we bury Bugs Bunny..."

[J Pox]

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I did have that commercial recorded, but lost it along the way somewhere. They should make more ads like those... :coyote: :speedy: :ysam: :bugs2: :beepbeep: :marvin: :lepew: :foggy: :dodo: :slow:

[Comicfan]

Some more MST3K LT references:

In the driving short "Last Clear Chance" we see a truck driver who resembles Elmer Fudd. Mike starts up with "Kiww the wabbit, Kiww the wabbit.." (ala What's Opera Doc?

-In Rocket Attack USA the hero is sabotaging a Russian military base. He sets up some TNT and goes behind some rocks to activate a detonator. The 'bots add in a Stalling-esqe musical sting and a "beep beep!" just before the TNT goes off.

-in the post-apocolypse City Limits a gang member with Centurion looking head gear prompts a nasal "I claim this planet in the name of Mars!

And finally, in Kitten With a Whip the protagonist enters his house to find the teenage vixen/villain in there, watching WB cartoons on TV. When the hero first enters his house, we hear the sounds of the cartoon playing in the background ("Sounds like Carl Stalling broke into his house") When the cartoon is first shown, it's greeted with general whistles and applause by Mike and the 'bots ("Finally! Something good!"), and annoyance when the vixen begins to flaunt her body in front of the TV ("Come on, move it. I wanna see Sylvester!")


While on the topic of sci-fi esque show, there was an X-Files episode where Mulder and Scully are looking for a man who survived being shoved off the roof of a skyscraper. Scully asks if Mulder really believes the subject plummeted 14 stories, fell though a service elevator, and walked away without a scratch on him. Mulder confirms this. Scully: "So basically, we're looking for Wile E. Coyote."

I also recall a funny bit in a Spider-Man comic a few years back where Peter and Mary Jane are arguing over whether Rocky was the big gangster and Mugsy was the little gangster, or Rocky was the little gangster and Mugsy as the big gangster.

[Daffysleftfoot]

A more recent LT reference is in the latest Homestarrunner Halloween cartoon (http://www.homestarrunner.com/ween05.html). StrongMad dresses up as Gossamer.

[Chow Hound]

I remember an episode of "Night Court" where they are trying to go through a list of cases before midnight. The scence went like this:
Judge Harry addresses the accused, "I don't care if you were hungry, go to a resturant or a supermarket or something, just leave that poor bird alone!"
The scene reveals Wile E. Coyote standing beside Dan, the lawyer, looking disgruntled while scratching his back.

Does anyone happen to know what season that's from?

[Chow Hound]

1) In Spielberg's Sugarland Express the fugitives are watching a RR/Coyote cartoon at a drive-in. They show a scene of Wile falling off a cliff.

2) In the final 2-part episode of the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Pigs In A Polka is playing on a bloody TV screen in the student lounge where some kids were just killed by vampires.

3) In a Seinfeld episode ("The Opera", I think), Jerry does the whole "On With the Show This is it" theme while standing in line for a show, prompting Elaine to ask if his entire knowledge of higher culture comes from watching Looney Tunes.

[Comicfan]

Another South Park reference:
In the episode "Cartman Gets an *n*l Probe", the aliens' mind-control ray makes Cartman (and later Officer Barbrady) sing like the little owl in "I Love to Singa". IIRc, they use the actual soundtrack from "Singa" as well.

In an episode of "The Critic", Jay's boss foolishly offers one million dollars to anyone who can watch Jay's show and not laugh. Naturally, the studio is flooded with viewers who insist that Jay isn't funny and demand their million bucks. Included in the crowd are Jay's parents:

JAY: Mom? Dad? I've never made you laugh?
FRANKLIN(Jay's Dad): Well, I did laugh that one time when you tried to eat that bird and fell off a cliff.
JAY's MOM: Franklin, dear, that was a Road Runner cartoon.
JAY: (Depressed) No, that was me.

[Daff Doc]

3) In a Seinfeld episode ("The Opera", I think), Jerry does the whole "On With the Show This is it" theme while standing in line for a show, prompting Elaine to ask if his entire knowledge of higher culture comes from watching Looney Tunes.

Hey that's Cause and Effect. I know just about all my classical music from Warner Bros. cartoons. That's a natural reaction!:bosko: :bugs2: :sylvester :befuddled :daffy:

[Daffysleftfoot]

There's a rather sly Bugs reference in Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. There's a part where Wallace has bunny ears and is holding a carrot. He looks at Gromit and says "What's up, dog?".

[J. B. Warner]

Another "Drew Carey Show" reference: During one episode in which Drew is in desperate need of money, he takes out his Sylvester piggy bank and says "Look, Sylvester, it's Tweety between two slices of bread!" He then covers the bank with a hand towel and smashes it with a hammer (much to Kate's surprise), then sadly splutters "I'm deth-picable!"

Another "Mystery Science Theater 3000" reference: In Season 9's "The Screaming Skull", the presence of an onscreen spirit causes a flower bed to wilt, to which Mike (or Servo or Crow...I can never remember who says what) responds "Pepe le Pew just walked by." Then later in the film, the film's score features a lot of Carl Stalling-esque pizzicato strings, to which (I think) Crow responds "It's Bugs Bunny sneaking-up music!" Feel free to correct me if I attributed those quotes to the wrong characters. And I call myself a MSTie...

[Comicfan]

I can't believe I fogot this 'till now!

One of my all time favorite LT refs comes from "Newsradio". Beth is feeling overworked while attempting to organize old station files, so Dave hires a temp worker to help her. Unfortunatly, the temp turns out to be an old highschool classmate of Beth, whom Beth has a grudge against. It seems all through high school the girl would copy everything Beth did-clothing, style, etc.-up to and including stealing Beth's boyfriend. Beth attempts to expose her "friend's" actions, but whenever Dave or Lisa are around the temp is sweer as can be. Beth finally gets fed up and confronts Dave and Lisa:

BETH: You know what she's like? She's like a sl*tty version of that singing frog from the cartoons!
DAVE: What?!
BETH: You know: (Singing) Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my..(normal) uh-oh! here comes Dave! "Ribbit!"
(Lisa and Dave exchange looks)
LISA: So Beth..does this frog ever tell you to do things?

[John Pannozzi]

In one of Saturday Night Live's "Super Presidents" cartoons, they had cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny in anti-Taliban propaganda films. More info at http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=69887 and http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=69913

[Daffysleftfoot]

On The Daily Show yesterday, the headline over news of the investigation of oil companies raising feul prices read "That's Oil, Folks". The audience laughed but Jon Stewart didn't. :(

[J. B. Warner]

Check out this brief cameo from Sylvester in the June 12, 1983 installment of "Bloom County". Seems Berke Breathed got his lisping Warner Bros. characters slightly confused.

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/blm/1983/blm830612.gif

EDIT: Don't click that link, it's making my computer freeze and it'll probably do the same for yours. Basically, it's Opus being interviewed on television about his run for Vice President in 1984, and Sylvester is one of the political analysts (along with William Buckley and Henry Kissinger) who thinks it's a bad idea - "Thufferin' thuccotash! The whole thing thoundth dethpicable!"

[JPox]

Someone may have mentioned these before but I have pics this time.
While Homer is chasing Bart through the house during the opening of an episode, they take the time to do a Roadrunner parody. Homer also imitates the Coyote in a phone commercial.

[JPox]

Here is some screenshots of tributes of different Looney Tune characters from these two shows.

[JPox]

I was studying which characters were in the stands during the game in Space Jam when I noticed 'toon versions of Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, and Tex Avery. (Jones is actually behind Pumpkinhead Martin's hat.)

[Jon Cooke]

I was studying which characters were in the stands during the game in Space Jam when I noticed 'toon versions of Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, and Tex Avery. (Jones is actually behind Pumpkinhead Martin's hat.)

I don't see Chuck. I do see Tex. The other two look more like Bob Clampett and Mel Blanc to me.


-Jon

[Bugs Bunny]

On That 70's Show episode "Everybody Loves Kasey". Eric mentions to kick Kasey's A** meanwhile Hyde mentions using an anvil type aproach like:daffy: . Hyde also says ala Mel Blanc " You're Dethpicable". Eric says next type he'll :beepbeep: Kasey A**.

[J. B. Warner]

Found another one in MST3K: Season 8's "Prince of Space" opens with Bobo getting sucked into a wormhole. When Pearl and Observer announce to the Satellite of Love inhabitants that they're going on a trip to find him, Mike and the bots incorrectly assume that they won't be dragged along for the ride, then don Hawaiian leis and throw flower petals while yelling "So long! Goodbye! Bon voyage! Don't forget to write!" I almost didn't include this one until I listened closely and noticed that Mike, Servo, and Crow were very distinctly doing impersonations of the Tedd Pierce and Mike Maltese caricatures from "Wackiki Wabbit".

[John Pannozzi]

From the episode of MST3K where they watch "Hobgoblins":
(The Hobgoblins break out)

Mike: Taz got out.

(Everyone runs out of Club Scum)


Mike: Pepe Le Pew walked in the backdoor.

In the recent Drawn Together episode "Clum Babies", a :sylvester-lookalike appears along with a Farmer Alfalfa-lookalike.

Also, in an older DT episode, :befuddled appeared, and :speedy: appeared in DT's season 2.


And in a recent Family Guy episode :coyote: appears with his wife.

[Daffysleftfoot]

There was a reference made on a Canadian sitcom Corner Gas today. The main character Brent was rather upset about losing his hair. The owner of the diner Lacy tried to comfort him by listing bald men who are sexy: "Sean Connery, Andre Agassi, and Elmer Fudd is really cute." :befuddled

[John Pannozzi]

In an episode of Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures "Night of the Bat-Bat", a duck who bears a strong resemblence to :daffy: makes an appearance. You can watch the cartoon at http://www.ralphbakshi.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=516