I’m a huge geek for animated shorts, and my fanboyism is pretty evenly split between classic Disney and Warner Bros. cartoons. For some reason though I always held off on buying Looney Tunes on DVD. I guess I had unconciously decided that I couldn’t afford to buy Disney Treasures sets and all the Looney Tunes DVDs at the same time.

Now I’m really glad I never did because WB has been releasing Looney Tunes on Blu-ray and they look awesome and come packed with bonus features for animation nerds like me. I picked up the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 a while back when it came out, and WB was kind enough to send a review copy of Volume 2, and it’s just as awesome.

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It doesn’t matter whether you like sports or not, the Super Bowl is one of the biggest entertainment events of the year. The estimated 111.3 million viewers Sunday night made it the most watched television show of all time.

A big highlight from the night, at least for me, was the commercial presented by MetLife. The insurance company’s “Everyone” ad featured a bevy of classic cartoon characters.

A great aspect of the nostalgia-inducing spot was its use of B-list stars. Sure, the Peanuts characters common with MetLife advertising were present but so too were Saturday Morning heroes long forgotten. You could easily see popular ’70s and ’80s figures like Voltron, He-Man, and The Jetsons. Also on hand were lesser-knowns like Jabberjaw, Hong Kong Phooey, and Magilla Gorilla.

MetLife’s Facebook page has bios of most of them but cartoonist Mark Anderson has an exhaustive list in chronological order. Anderson even corrected MetLife’s mention of Captain Caveman to his doppelgangers Rock and Gravel Slag.

If you missed the ad, watch it below and then seek out the excellent coverage by Anderson. The Facebook page also has a few “behind the scenes” videos to check out. Oh, and see if you can find the numerous inclusions of the stripe shirt-wearing Waldo.

In light of yesterday’s review of The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes book, I’ve decided to bring the Watch This! series back from the dead with the classic Looney Tunes short, Hair-Raising Hare. I grew up watching this short over and over at my Grandparent’s house and any time it was on TV. Luckily, it’s in the one Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD I own, so I still watch it every once in a while. And of course, it’s on YouTube, so why don’t you slack off at work for a few minutes and enjoy?

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When choosing topics to write about here, I usually cross my fingers and hope that you all are at least somewhat interested in it before I hit the publish button. Luckily, I don’t think I have to worry about that when I’m talking about Looney Tunes. Who doesn’t love Looney Tunes?

The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes is a new book by animation historian Jerry Beck, and he definitely loves Looney Tunes. Jerry is the co-author of the website Cartoon Brew, animation consultant on a lot of the DVDs I review here, and author of more than 12 books. I’ve always been a big animation history fan and love reading his books and listening to his commentaries.

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