'What's Up Doc?' Looney Tunes The Ultimate Visual Guide

Here are a few famous phrases you may recognize.  For the cartoon astute out there they are easily recognizable as phrases made famous by Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon characters: Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, The Road Runner, Tasmanian Devil, Tweety Bird, Sylvester Cat and Foghorn Leghorn.



Be vewy vewy quiet.

Ahh, what's up doc?

Bitty-bitty-bitty-bitty that's all folks.

You're despicable!

Meep meep!

ahh pfft dah pfft aah ooo !

I tawt I taw a putty tat.

Sufferin suckatash!

I say I say listen here, boy.

When it comes to animation Disney personifies the status quo: safe, appropriate content and family friendly.

For the more unconventional and slight off kilter take on cartoons Warner Bros. animated shorts dared to push the limits of what made acceptable cartoon shorts.

Disney played it safe with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and other kid friendly characters.  Warner Bros. had Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and a gallery of characters that often talked in innuendo and were more than cute and cuddly.

In DK Books' Looney Tunes The Ultimate Visual Guide by author Jerry Beck, readers are given a history lesson about the wacky Warner Bros. cartoons.

Created not long after Walt Disney released Mickey Mouse the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cast of characters grew throughout the 1940s to the 1960s and managed to go through several rebirths in the following decades.

The Looney Tunes characters are as popular today as they were when first introduced and all indications are that Warner Bros. will soon be producing new modern versions of the beloved character even to the point of premiering a new Space Balls 2.

The book delves into the genesis and maturation of each character from both film and TV.

It’s wonderful visual collection of art accompanied by fascinating text about the whole conglomeration of characters.