Looney Tunes cartoons writes celebrated television critic Jaime Weinman are the highwater mark of American filmed comedy.ampamp160Surreal irreverent philosophical and riotously funny they have maintained their power over audiences for generations and inspired such giants of the cinema as Mel Brooks Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.ampamp10ampamp10Here finally Weinman gives Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Porky Pig Yosemite Sam Foghorn Leghorn Tweety Sylvester and the whole cast of animated icons their longawaited due. With meticulous research he takes us inside the Warners studio to unlock the mystery of how an unlikely band of directors and artists working in the shadow of Walt Disney created a wild visually stunning and ohsoviolent brand of comedy that has never been matched for sheer volume of laughs. The result is an unexpected and fascinating story that matches the Looney Tunes themselves for energy humor and ingenuity.