Looney Tunes was a huge part of so many of our childhoods. There are so many iconic features — the use of classical music, Bugs Bunny's trickster antics, the oft-debated rabbit season versus duck season, and, of course, lovable characters.
One iconic feature of the show will not be returning in the new reboot, and in the current climate, it makes a lot of sense.
While being a bit bumbling and often falling for Bugs' pranks and tricks are certainly some of the things Elmer is known for, his penchant for using his hunting rifle to try to exact revenge is probably the most iconic of the bunch.
“We’re not doing guns," Peter Browngardt, the show's executive producer revealed. " “But we can do cartoony violence — TNT, the Acme stuff. All that was kind of grandfathered in.”
That stuff was always more entertaining than the guns anyway, in my opinion!
“Some of [the episodes] have maybe gone a little too far, so they might come out in a different format,” Browngardt said. “Maybe they’ll come out packaged for an Adult Swim type of thing.”
Looney Tunes after dark? I'm here for it!
In this clip, shared by the Warner Bros. TV YouTube channel, Elmer Fudd chases Bugs around with a large scythe instead of his gun, and it works just as effectively, in my opinion!
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