Have you seen the early Looney Tunes shorts?

[TheJLeeTeam]

Specifically the very early Looney Tunes from 1930-35 before Bugs, Daffy, Porky or any of the famous characters. The early shorts featured Bosko which was almost never used since then. I’ve seen a few of the shorts several years ago, and they were sort of a carbon copy of the very early Mickey Mouse shorts but a lot of cartoons were. Another early character was Beans the Cat which only got featured in a handful of shorts.

 

[Dr.Pepper]

I’ve seen a few, but I don’t really remember that much about them.

 

[Low Spark of Lyman]

Not sure if I remember seeing any from way back when.

Beans the Cat made his debut in I Haven't Got a Hat, as did Porky Pig.

 

[creator]

I've seen the Bosko shorts included on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection. Historically they're kinda neat, but they're not particularly fun or interesting.

 

[Kevin Mo]

I mostly only checked out the Merrie Melodies shorts. Didn’t care too much for Looney until 1937 or so.

 

[Asa]

I’ve seen a few of the shorts several years ago, and they were sort of a carbon copy of the very early Mickey Mouse shorts but a lot of cartoons were.

That's because a lot of these shorts were influenced by very early Disney animation.

 

[Kevin Mo]

That's because a lot of these shorts were influenced by very early Disney animation.

Not a bad thing but they quickly changed their format in the mid-1930s

 

[FoxInAFix]

I have seen all of them and to my surprise, I didn't find the Buddy shorts as boring as I thought I would. It was mostly the Harman-Ising era I found hard to get through, although it would have helped to have watched a better copy of some of them. Still hoping for a completers-only Bosko & Buddy era set, kind of like Porky 101. I don't think those shorts would sell better in any other form. Maybe a release with total random cartoons from Warner Bros is the way to get less known titles out, which is kind of what the Platinum releases could have done more.