Abstract+and+Introduction

This paper will discuss the stereotypes and the influences from the mass media that have been portrayed in the Looney Tunes cartoons from the early 1940’s until the 1960’s. The Looney Tunes have been enjoyed by millions of people, from its birth in 1930 to the creation of Bugs Bunny in 1942, to the generational adaptive cartoon you see today. The enjoyment of over 4 generations is greatly attributed to the imagination of Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. Although these men were the creators of early Looney Tunes character Bosko, they were soon replaced by [1] “Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and Bob Cannon. With Virgil Ross and Sid Sutherland, they form the //Termit Terrace//'s famous team, who gives birth to Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and, of course, Bugs Bunny.” Throughout the 1930s and 1940s Warner Bros. Company broadcasted their cartoon in theaters and individual telecasting stations. Only the pre-1948 cartoon was shown on those stations. It wasn’t until 1960 when the series finally got on network television. The first station to televise the cartoons was the ABC network which aired it on Tuesdays at 7:30 Eastern Time. From the 1960 to the 90’s, Warner Bros. distributed the cartoons to television networks in four packages. Networks such as ABC, NBC and CBS received the first package, which consisted of post- 1948 cartoon “shorts” to be played on Saturdays. The pre-1948 cartoons were purchased in 1980 by Ted turner from Associated Art Productions. Ted Turner had the cartoons broadcasted on TNT, TBS and Cartoon Network. These cartoons made countless children laugh throughout history; however, the cartoons were aimed at attracting adult viewers.

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