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Welcome to the Looniverse!! This is where you’ll find fans of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the rest of the gang talking about the history of the franchise known as Looney Tunes. In this exploration of Wacky Wabbits, Screwy Ducks and the artistry of all classic Looney Tunes shorts we will also find ourselves in uncharted territories where we discover re-imaginings of these beloved characters and motion picture appearances you may not know so well. This podcast will also provide in-depth interviews with creatives who have worked directly or lent their craft to bringing those characters to life! With ro...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Jonathan Graves pairs close Looney Tunes fandom with revealing conversations about animation craft, character performance, and the franchise's changing screen life.
Jonathan Graves treats Looney Tunes as a living screen franchise, moving between film reviews, current news, and interviews with people involved in its animation and voice work.
Daffy's Wacky Land has weird residents; your "who thought of that?" brain gets an answer.
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A lively Tiny Toons anniversary interview anchored by strong Babs Bunny character work.
Jonathan Graves uses Tiny Toons' 33rd anniversary as a springboard for a lively conversation with Ashley Hairston about Babs Bunny in Tiny Toons Luniversity, now streaming on Max and having premiered on Cartoon Network last week.
A warm Tiny Toons conversation with casting detail, craft, and easy pace.
David Arrigo comes across as an easy, process-minded guest, and the best stretch is the one about how Hampton and Plucky were cast and what each character needed to land.
A loose Bugs Bunny panel built on Saturday morning nostalgia and local-TV memories.
The episode starts with Jonathan Graves introducing MeTV Tunes' first Comic-Con panel around Bugs Bunny, then drifts into a loose mix of a new Bugs Bunny documentary, Saturday morning cartoons, local-host memories, and favorite cereals.
A craft-first farewell to the last Looney Tunes Cartoons batch.
Robert Griggs brings a working-artist view to the last batch of the 2020 to 2023 Looney Tunes Cartoons revamp, and the strongest stretches stay close to the craft.
A warm, knowledgeable Gremlins conversation that also makes room for Looney Tunes.
Brendan Hay joins a conversation about Gremlins: Secret of the Mogwai that is strongest when it stays close to the franchise's origins and the appeal of a classic monster property.
A lively Looney Tunes chat that puts casting, character fit, and franchise history first.
Jonathan Graves keeps this one moving at a quick, Looney Tunes-friendly pace. The best stretches come in the casting conversation with Emmy Award winner Eric Bauza, who voices Buster Bunny in Tiny Toons Luniversity, and in the idea that a reboot works best when it finds the…
A Looney Tunes interview that treats cartoon chaos like serious craft.
Alex Kirwan's appearance keeps the focus on craft, not nostalgia. The episode sets up The Day the Earth Blew Up as the first fully animated original Looney Tunes theatrical feature, then moves into Kirwan's work on Looney Tunes Cartoons and the unusual freedom that comes with…
A lively Petunia Pig conversation that balances character history, performance craft, and Looney Tunes affection.
Milo's return gives this Looney Tunes conversation a warm, character first angle, with Petunia Pig at the center and The Day the Earth Blew Up in the background.
Fast Batman banter with deep cartoon memory.
Every Simpsons joke gets its footnotes.
Animation nostalgia, argued the long way around.
George Daugherty returns to discuss Bugs Bunny at the Symphony as it reaches 35 years and heads back to the Hollywood Bowl on July 11, 2025, the venue’s 103rd birthday.
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Jonathan Graves opens on the Looney Tunes partnership with the Olympics and frames the day as another pass through the Loonaverse.
Jonathan Graves returns to Of Course You Realize This Means Podcast with a Beetlejuice-heavy hang that soon opens into animation talk and some sharp industry frustration.
Jonathan Graves welcomes Eric Bauza for a Looney Tunes-heavy conversation.
Morgan Evans, co-writer of Merry Little Batman, explains how a Warner Brothers email about "Batman Christmastime Home Alone" turned a Hanna-Barbera pitch into a Batman holiday movie for Amazon Prime on December 8.
Renowned voice actress Candi Milo discusses her role as Petunia Pig in The Day the Earth Blew Up, the first theatrical Looney Tunes feature film.
Jonathan Graves talks with author Dan Sendker about Dance of the Comedians, his book on 75 years of Roadrunner and Wile E.
Jonathan Graves opens with a brief setup about MeTV Tunes' first ever Comic-Con panel around Bugs Bunny, then turns it over to the full panel audio.
For the first time, we have a definitive ranking of the 100 greatest Looney Tunes characters ever made.
Andy Young, editor of Merry Little Batman and Harley Quinn, says Da Vinci, CapCut, and vanilla Premiere are enough to start learning editing today.
Jordan Morris joins Jonathan Graves to talk about Tiny Toons University season 2, Coyote vs.
This episode features exclusive WonderCon interviews with the creative team behind Gremlins: The Wild Batch, including Joe Dante, John Glover, and series creators.
Jonathan Graves and Buzz Knob recap San Diego Comic-Con 2023 through the Looney Tunes side of the floor, starting with the Tiny Toons Luniversity intro, Matthew Jansen’s updated theme, and the preserved 1933 lines.
Jonathan Graves and Swara Saleh open with a Looney Tunes joke about congressional alien hearings, then pivot into why Swara discovered the show through a tweet about 1930s alien remains and the Looney Tunes.
Alex Kirwan discusses The Day the Earth Blew Up as a first fully animated Looney Tunes theatrical feature and explains how his team made 1,000 minutes of shorts before Max and its standards-and-practices rules existed.
Tiny Toons Luniversity: Babs as a director, Buster with Emmy-winner Eric Bauza, Hampton as an anxious med-student toon—fresh takes on classics.
Jonathan Graves opens with the HBO Max release of Daffy in Wacky Land and introduces Max Winston as the director behind the short.
Carl Stalling didn't compose themes for characters—he composed themes that reacted to what was happening on screen.
Jonathan Graves opens with thanks to patrons and frames the conversation around *The Day the Earth Blew Up*, Eric Bauza's third Emmy, and the surprise *Coyote vs.
Brendan Hay joins the show to talk about Gremlins Secrets of the Mogwai and why little green creatures still stick with people.
Jonathan Graves brings Mike Manolo back to talk promos.
Jonathan Graves marks Tiny Toons' 33rd anniversary with Ashley Hairston.
Jonathan Graves talks with layout artist and character designer Robert Griggs about the last batch of the 2020 to 2023 Looney Tunes Cartoons revamp.
The Day the Earth Blew Up is a wholly original story directed by Pete Braungardt with phenomenal feedback from Annecy Festival audiences.
I don't look at myself as female - I want to be a tune, I want to play.