Baby Looney Tunes

Baby Looney Tunes
Opening title
Genre	Cartoon series Comedy Adventure Drama Sitcom
Based on	Looney Tunes
Directed by	Jeffrey Gatrall Michael Hack Scott Heming
Theme music composer	Lisa Silver Patty Way Indiana Evans
Opening theme	"The Baby Looney Tunes Way", performed by Lisa Silver and Patty Way "No Ordinary Girl" performed by Indiana Evans "Fight Song (song) (Cover)" performed by Lisa Silver (For Baby Looney Tunes Easter special)
Ending theme	"The Baby Looney Tunes Way" (Instrumental) "No Ordinary Girl" (Instrumental) "Fight Song (song) (Cover)" Cover performed by Lisa Silver (For Baby Looney Tunes Easter special)
Composer(s)	Steve Bernstein Julie Bernstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	53 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sander Schwartz For Cartoon Network (S02 only): Alice Cahn
Producer(s)	Tom Minton Gloria Yuh Jenkins (Season 1) Ron Myrick (Season 2)
Editor(s)	Mark McNally (Season 1) Julie Anne Lau (Season 2)
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Warner Bros. Animation
Release
Original channel	Kids' WB (2001–2003) Cartoon Network (2004–2006) Boomerang (2015–present)
Original release	June 3, 2001 (2001-06-03) – October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16)
External links
Website

Baby Looney Tunes is an American animated television series taking place in an alternate universe depicting the Looney Tunes characters as infant versions of themselves. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation.^[1] The show is similar to Muppet Babies, with the main characters taken care of by Granny.

The show premiered on WB stations usually before or after the Kids' WB! block from 2001 to 2002 and continued to air on Cartoon Network from 2002 until 2006. The show ended after its second season in light of The Looney Tunes Show, Wabbit and Duck Dodgers.

Reruns of the show returned August 17, 2015 to help promote the premiere of the new Uncle Grandpa special, Uncle Grandpa Babies. The program stayed on the network after that week. As of September 2015 "Baby Looney Tunes" airs on Boomerang.

Characters

Main characters

• Baby Bugs – (voiced by Samuel Vincent) He is indicated to be the oldest of the babies, which validates him as the leader. His leadership however does tend to cause dispute, especially with Lola and Daffy.
• Baby Lola – (voiced by Britt McKillip) She is second in the lead after Bugs, but sometimes she takes charge. Her independence is greater than the others and she has more boyish tendencies than the other girls.
• Baby Daffy – (Also voiced by Samuel Vincent) Often he is self-indulgent and always wants his personal gain. When problems arise, he believes it is himself who is treated unfairly, not noticing the inconvenience inflicted on the others. Half the time, he does show and mean good intent.
• Baby Melissa – (voiced by Janyse Jaud) She often sticks with Petunia; the two were abruptly added to the main cast in the middle of the first season. She is a highly ambitious and thoughtful sort with a good nature, but at times she can be a control freak and get on the others nerves.
• Baby Petunia – (voiced by Chiara Zanni) She often sticks with Melissa; the two were abruptly added to the main cast in the middle of the first season. She is smarter than the other babies with insatiable curiosity, but in the episode "Petunia the Piggy Bank", she was saving her quarters sometimes.
• Baby Taz – (voiced by Ian James Corlett) As much as Taz is well behaved, he often mistakes various objects for food and sometimes breaks things with his spin. He has a sense of fun which exceeds all the others.
• Baby Tweety – (Also voiced by Samuel Vincent) The youngest and the smallest of the gang. Depicted as the brainstormer, because he comes up with ideas when the others are fresh out of them. He is very sensitive about his small frame (which he must overcome in most episodes centered around him) and curious about what he encounters.
• Baby Sylvester – (voiced by Terry Klassen) The tallest of the babies, not counting Bugs and Lola's ears. At times, he is shy and hesitant, and he makes an easy target for Daffy to hoax and trade with. He is rarely seen using his claws. He likes to get attention from Granny more than the others. Sylvester is afraid of lightning and he hates pickles.
• Granny – (voiced by June Foray) She offers professional love and care for the babies to keep them happy. Being the only adult in their lives, the babies are fascinated and touched by her wisdom and her ability to overcome problems when they arise.
• Floyd Minton – (voiced by Brian Drummond) Granny's nephew. Sometimes he is overwhelmed by the responsibility he takes on the babies, but he is determined never to let Granny down. He often keeps an eye on one of the individual babies in each episode during Season 2.

Other characters

All of the other Looney Tunes characters except Speedy Gonzales have made cameos over the course of the show's run, mainly as guest spots or during songs. Penelope Pussycat is only shown in still portraits. For example, she can be seen in parody paintings of Caesar Augustus, American Gothic and cupid during the "Vive Le Pew" song at the end of the episode "The Dolly Vanishes/Duck Reflucks".

Music

Underscoring for the series was written by veteran animation composers Steven Bernstein and Julie Bernstein. They were nominated for a Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition) in 2006. They also composed the score for the Easter special, "Eggs-traordinary Adventure", writing the music and lyrics for the featured songs.

DVD releases

Warner Home Video^[2] has released 15 of the 53 episodes of Baby Looney Tunes, including the DVD of the only Baby Looney Tunes movie: Eggs-traordinary Adventure

In the United Kingdom, 4 volumes were released on DVD from July 15, 2013. Each disc contains 4 half-hour episodes.

See also

• The Old Grey Hare
• Looney Tunes
• List of Baby Looney Tunes episodes

References

External links

• Official website
• Baby Looney Tunes at the Internet Movie Database
• Baby Looney Tunes at TV.com
• Baby Looney Tunes at Cartoonito
• DVD review of Baby Looney Tunes Volume Three: Puddle Olympics and production notes