Looney Tunes Looney Tunes Wiki. Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. It was produced from 1. Golden Age of American Animation, alongside its sister series Merrie Melodies. During part of the 1. De. Patie Freleng Enterprises after Warner Bros. The shorts from this era can be identified by their different title sequence, featuring stylized limited animation and graphics on a black background and a new arrangement, by William Lava, of The Merry Go Round Broke Down. The change in the introductory title cards was possibly to reflect the switch in the animation style of the shorts themselves. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in the intro to The Bugs Bunny Show, which ran on network television from 1. The Looney Tunes series popularity was strengthened even more when the shorts began airing on network and syndicated television in the 1. However, since the syndicated shorts target audience was children and because of concerns over childrens television in the 1. Looney Tunes shorts were edited, removing scenes of violence particularly suicidal gags and scenes of characters doing dangerous stunts that impressionable viewers could easily imitate, racial and ethnic caricatures particularly stereotypical portrayals of blacks, Mexicans, Jews, American Indians, Asians, and Germans as Nazis, and questionable vices such as smoking cigarettes, ingesting pills, and drinking alcohol. Theatrical animated shorts went dormant until 1. Looney Tunes to a new generation of audiences. New Looney Tunes shorts have been produced and released sporadically for theaters since then, usually as promotional tie ins with various family movies produced by Warner Bros. While many of them have been released in limited releases theatrically for Academy Award consideration, only a few have gotten theatrical releases with movies. Watch Full Superman Vs. The Elite 2002. The most recently released Looney Tunes short was Daffys Rhapsody in 2. Journey 2 The Mysterious Island. In the 1. 97. 0s through the early 1. Bugs Bunny andor Daffy Duck, with a mixture of new and old footage. In 1. 97. 6, the Looney Tunes characters made their way into the amusement business when they became the mascots for the two Marriotts Great America theme parks Gurnee, Santa Clara. After the Gurnee park was sold to Six Flags, they also claimed the rights to use the characters at the other Six Flags parks, which they continue to do presently.