Haha I like the [spoil]image[/spoil] you used. This is pretty stupid.
Here’s the thing: despite Mickey Mouse’s origins as a not-so-good person (see Plane Crazy), by the mid-30s Disney had established itself as a place of squeaky clean, silly cartoons.
Warner Bros. attempted to provide an edgier alternative. Most of their cartoons were about characters trying to kill each other, and there were loads of racist jokes and references to alcohol and other risque subjects (often cut out in modern syndication).
Trying to present Looney Tunes in this manner is ridiculous. LT is all about being the exact opposite of Disney: dark, sadistic, and often downright cruel.
looney Tunes can be upbeat as well. Looney Tunes isn’t always dark and sadistic.
Can I get an example of a classic Looney Tunes cartoon that isn’t ridiculously violent?
One Froggy Evening.
Well, it wasn’t violent, but it was pretty dark. I felt sorry for that guy.
…Yeah, you win. Still, Looney Tunes is intended to be “edgy”, so this phonics thing just feels wrong to me.
…Unless the lessons are violent and over-the-top and edgy and surreal too. In which case, maybe this COULD work.
Well, there goes what’s left of my childhood (I’m not saying I grew up with Looney Tunes, but I did watch them a whole lot)
You know they still show them on Cartoon Network.
Yeah, I know. I watched them today with my nephew, actually.