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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 4h

The classic Warner Bros. cartoons were a product of their time. But they are still allowed to be enjoyed. Pepé Le Pew is by all means harmless, yet the whole joke is that he can’t point out that he smells and he fails horribly at wooing a girl. The French accent also adds to the satire.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 7h

Coyote vs. ACME 360 - 42/360

The first Road Runner shorts to air on the Bugs Bunny Show on ABC's prime time slot.

#CoyotevsACME #LooneyTunes

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 7h

"Yankee Dood It", the last of the three Alfred P. Sloan shorts directed by Friz Freleng, was released on this day in 1956.
#LooneyTunes #Sylvester80

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 8h

#Catober2025 Day 13: Languid

Pussyfoot just relaxing on the ground. Sure feels different than sitting on Marc Anthony's back.

#Catober #LooneyTunes

Art by @awinger24.bsky.social
Prompt by @karenluk.bsky.social

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Richter Taylor / リヒター・テイラー @richterferret.bsky.social · Jul 29

Squeaks Squirrel is my favorite modern toon, so I've always wanted to see what he would look like if he were around since the Looney Tunes Golden Age.

@brandonsart.bsky.social realized that vision for me. Thanks much😄

#LooneyTunes
#Wabbit
#NewLooneyTunes
#Squeaks
#Squeaks10

Squeaks Squirrel, from Wabbit (aka New Looney Tunes), as he would have appeared in LT cartoons from the 1940s.
TV filter on.

Commission drawn by @brandonsart.bsky.social .

Squeaks Squirrel, from Wabbit (aka New Looney Tunes), as he would have appeared in LT cartoons from the 1940s.
TV filter off.

Commission drawn by @brandonsart.bsky.social .

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 12h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxaQ...

Airline Safety with the Warners

YouTube video by Lia Raz Lovelace

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 12h

“Plane Pals”, from Animaniacs Season 1 aired on this day in 1993.

Enjoy the pencil test before it all went to animation and the final sound mix.

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Plane Pals pencil test

YouTube video by Animateducated

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Kee The Drummer From Fife @drummerfromfife.bsky.social · 13h

He may not be as recognized as Chuck Jones or Friz Freleng but Robert McKimson's dedication is quite admirable. He was there from the start, he was the best animator they had but as a director, he got handed the shitty end of the stick so often, he had every reason to quit and yet he stuck around...

Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

Happy birthday to Robert McKimson. As one of the three mainstay directors at Warner Bros. Cartoons, he was there from the very beginning to the very end. He created Foghorn Leghorn, Taz, and Speedy Gonzales.
#LooneyTunes

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

Robert McKimson, like with Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, left a treasured legacy of characters and shorts that continue to keep us entertained and laughing to this day.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

WB re-opened their studio in 1967, and McKimson stayed until the last short, “Injun Trouble”.

McKimson died of a heart attack at the age of 66 in 1977. He was survived by his brothers, Charles and Tom McKimson, and his son Robert McKimson Jr.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

But one of his most famous characters is the Tasmanian Devil, or Taz, which became very popular after his run of five shorts.

After the cartoon studio closed in 1963, he moved over to DePatie-Freleng working on new Looney Tunes shorts between 1964 and 1967.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

He also created Hippety Hopper and Sylvester Jr. as new foils and counterparts for Sylvester. He also created is Speedy Gonzales in 1953. In his first appearance, his design is exaggerated. Friz Freleng would later retool him to his iconic look.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

He retooled Chuck Jones’ Henery Hawk to make way for his strongest creations. Foghorn Leghorn, Barnyard Dawg, Miss Prissy, and Egghead Jr. making up his barnyard series of shorts.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

Bob’s brothers Tom and Chuck McKimson also work at the studio as animators too.

He directed some very great Bugs Bunny shorts like “Easter Yeggs”, “Hillbilly Hare”, and “Rabbit’s Kin”. Not to mention he had drawn the definitive model sheet for Bugs Bunny in 1943.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

He worked with them even more. Salesman Daffy is one of his formulas.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

He became a director after Frank Tashlin left the studio in 1944 to pursue live action filmmaking. He finished “Tale of Two Mice” and “Hare Remover”. His first short he solely directed was “Daffy Doodles” (1946), a Daffy and Porky classic.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

He was hired by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising in 1930, doing ink and paint work on the very first Looney Tunes short, “Sinkin’ in the Bathtub”. Bob then became an inbetweener and then in animator in 1931.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

Born in Denver, Colorado in 1910, he spent 10 years to get his art education. He had worked for the Disney studio for 2 years and then went to work for the Roger Grey Studio. After the 1929 Wall Street crash, none of Romer Grey’s work was released.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 13h

Happy birthday to Robert McKimson. As one of the three mainstay directors at Warner Bros. Cartoons, he was there from the very beginning to the very end. He created Foghorn Leghorn, Taz, and Speedy Gonzales.
#LooneyTunes

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 14h

The last of the Alfred P. Sloan shorts.

TV
1993 - Animaniacs Season 1: "Guardin' the Garden" / "Plane Pals"

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 14h

Termite Terrace Club - October 13th

Happy Birthday Robert McKimson.

1956 - Yankee Dood It - Dir. Friz Freleng
#LooneyTunes #elmerfudd #sylvesterthecat

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Diedoki 🎲 💖 🏳️‍🌈 @diedoki.bsky.social · 4d

No it’s totally understandable given 15 years of Disney’s MCU fatigue. I felt the same way about the genre until I actually gave it a shot, but obviously it’s not for everyone.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 2d

I want to make it perfectly clear I've got nothing against TRON: ARES. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

But what I want most is for the younger generations to love going to the movies, which means we need more movies for them. Not every movie needs to be for 50 year old white guys.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly. Sony put a comedy in January, One of Them Days, and it did modestly way.

Universal‘s calendar, plenty of variety.

WB had Sinners, F1 and Weapons alongside Minecraft and Superman. As well as One Battle After Another which is having good legs.

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