It’s a world short of heroes, isn’t it? Who are our icons these days? ‘Whatever happened to,’ as The Stranglers (CDs) asked, ‘all the Shakespearoes?’ Then everybody scratched their heads and tried to figure out what a ‘Shakespearo‘ was.
Anyway. Long-time hecklerspray readers – your chuckling hearts light up our lives, remember – will recall one of our early stories about Bugs Bunny (DVD) becoming … well … ‘edgy’.
Some genius at Warner Brothers had decided to turn the beloved cartoon character and his pals into a bunch of ‘grimacing, hollow-eyed, power-fisted’ space-warriors. We pointed out that this idea was cack.
Step forward, then, Oklahoma schoolboy Thomas Adams. Despite your meagre eleven years on the planet, you, Sir, are already a king …
… and here’s why.
Disgusted by the bastardisation of his cartoon heroes – ‘Those weren’t the Looney Tunes I know‘ – young Thomas set out to confront Warner Bros and ask them exactly why they had turned such classic characters into Anime-style ‘sword-eared superheroes’.
Tommy – probably shaking with rage at the ideas of Bugs Bunny now being referred to as Buzz Bunny – started a petition at his local school. Unsurprisingly, the studio big wigs didn’t take much notice of this.
So the intrepid youngster set up website ‘Save Our Looney Tunes’, attracting over 80,000 signatures and 95,000 hits in a couple of months (thus swamping the family computer and providing the best excuse ever for not doing any homework).
And in response? Warner Bros. are agreeing to ‘re-draw‘ the characters.
hecklerspray says: pants. Make young Thomas the head of the company and let’s see what the blighter can do. Let’s face it – any company which can give Catwoman (DVD) a theatrical release could do with a bit of guidance …
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[story by C J Davies]