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paulsebert · 8 months

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Loony Toons Tiny Toon Adventures, I Love Lucy, and Night Court exist in the DC Multiverse: Prove Me Wrong!

Wile E. Coyote appears in the 1990 episode "Still Another Day In the Life." Night Court is fairly unique among televised sitcoms of it's era in that it does not take place in any known sitcom universe (Nickelodeon Cinematic Universe, TGIF Universe, Snow Globe Universe, Hurricane Saturday Universe, etc.) However I Love Lucy did meet Superman in the 1957 episode "Lucy and Superman." This was Pre-Crisis but it may suggest that Night Court is connected to it in the Post-Crisis continuity. In 1992 Superman would appear in the direct-to-video animated film "How I Spent My Vacation." The timing of the Night Court appearance and How I Spent My Vacation occur during the post-Crisis/Pre-Zero Hour period suggesting that Night Court and Loony Toons/Tiny Toon Adventures all took place in the mainline DCU. Somewhat confusingly pre-crisis cartoons like "Super-Rabbit" and "Stupor Duck" take place on a world where the DC Superheroes are all fictional (not unlike Earth Prime) however The Plucky Duck Show pilot "Batduck" appears to take place in a world where Batman exists but is apathetic to Plucky's efforts to get cast in "Batman Returns" a film that perhaps Bruce Wayne is financing. Batman does however make a cameo in the "Dance of Doom" pilot of Freakazoid adding evidence the existence that these shows shared an earth. Some will argue that this is proves that the Warner Brothers series and Night Court exist on Earth-12 however remember this appearance is post Zero-Hour. Also Earth-12 wasn't officially introduced until after Flashpoint.

In the 2000 comic mini-series Superman & Bugs Bunny (written by the great Mark Evanier) the Loony Toons are brought to earth by Mr Mxyzptlk. In this comic the Loony Toons are from a parallel world. Given that this book was published after both Zero Hour and The Kingdom we must assume that Hypertime is involved.

DC Meets Loony Toons comics suggest that there in fact multiple Warner Brothers Cartoon worlds some of which the The Loony Toons and the DC Superheros co-inhabit and some don't. My theory is that these worlds were split after the events of Flashpoint and the various Loony Toons (as well as Night Court and I Love Lucy) were taken dome worlds by Braniac. Somewhat confusingly this was published post Rebirth but clearly takes place during the prior Convergence event. This would also also account for the Hanna-Barbera Beyond event as well as the Flintstones and Snagglepuss comics from the era.

The Loony Toons would once again meet the DC Superheroes in 2021's Space Jam: A New Legacy the Loony Toons (and many other cartoons) exist on one single earth. Somewhat confusingly they encounter superheroes twice while Bugs is rounding up the gang. I believe this means that Daffy was playing Superhero on Earth 12 while Lola was training with the Post-Rebirth Wonder Woman. Something confirmed by the fact that the Loony Toons jump into a literal comic to recruit Lola. The Loony Toons continue to have a mostly shared earth but 2022's Jellystone and the upcoming Tiny Toons Looniversity exist in their own parallel pocket dimensions.

As for Night Court despite John Larroquette returning to the 2022 reboot we have overt references to Dan Fielding's successful prosecution of Wile E. Coyote however the fact that the charges in the episode were dropped from attempted murder to harassment in the 1990 episode reflect Fielding's personal growth and softening of a character. It appears to once again be on it's own pocket universe separate from all superhero, cartoon, and sitcom universes unless it is confirmed to be the future of I Love Lucy.

#DC Comics #Fandom #DC #warner brothers #WB #animation #comics #night court #i love lucy #space jam a new legacy #multiverse #multiversity #crisis on infinite earths #zero hour #flashpoint #convergence #rebirth #tiny toon adventures

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silveragelovechild · 1 year

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CAPTAIN MARVEL AND THE FURY IF THE GODS

I have been feeling a little stir crazy. Since yesterday was $6 day at the movie theater I usually attend, I ventured out. The dilemma of course was that of the movies available, I’d already seen those I was interested in, and the rest did not draw my attention. So I settled for “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”.

Well… it was OKAY… not terrible but not great. In my rating scale I’d give it 2.5 out of 5 (which means “see it at a bargain matinee or free on streaming”). Coincidentally the rotten tomatoes score is 50%.

The best part of the movie is Jack Dylan Grazer who plays Freddie Freeman. He’s charming and funny. Frankly, he steals the movie from under Zachary Levi.

Levi on the other hand plays Captain Marvel like an idiot. His human version is suppose to be just shy of 18, yet Levi comes across as a 10 year old. Asher Angel who plays Billy Batson would never behave as moronic as Levi.

The villains are played by Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu. I’m pretty sure no one has ever said “I want to see Helen Mirren in a superhero movie!” Has Mirren ever played an evil character? I’m not sure, and she hasn’t in Shazam2 either, as her character has a change of heart and helps Levi at the end.

Liu, on the other hand, probably has played many villains. Unfortunately here, she’s evil only because she was written that way. There’s no subtlety in her performance.

The special effects are better than the first movie (those 7 deadly sins monster looked terrible). Here, there’s a giant dragon and some black unicorns that look good. But that spoiled by a dozen mythological monsters that appear towards the climax (and remind you of those “sins” in terms of quality).

For most of Captain Marvel’s 80+ history he’s had 2 sidekicks - Freddie and Mary. But in a 2013, 3 more sidekicks were added. As the first Shazam movie was made in 2019, the producers decided to include this Half-Baker’s Dozen team in the films. This draws important story time and character development away from the main star - Shazam (aka Captain Marvel). Ultimately all these heroes just clutter the story. Perhaps Levi’s Shazam is the boy who never grew up because he had to share all that screen time.

I think the franchise would have been far better of without all the extra sidekicks. In fact Freddie and Mary would have been perfect for a spin-off TV series.

#dc comics #dc studios #Warner brothers #shazam fury of the gods #the original Captain marvel #zachary levi #jack dylan grazer #just okay #too many side kicks #Helen Mirren and Lucy Lui

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moviehealthcommunity · 1 year

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods has all of its strobe effects during the climactic action sequences. These involve extensive and extreme lightning in very dark environments. The screen is always safe to look at when the sound is more quiet. There are lightning strikes throughout the film, but they are singular, non-strobing, and occur almost every time someone says “Shazam.” Besides these lightning strikes, the first 2/3 of this film are surprisingly safe for photosensitive audiences.

There is action at high speeds and extreme heights, including a lot of flying. Entire cityscapes are shuffled in a similar way to a Doctor Strange movie.

Flashing Lights: 8/10. Motion Sickness: 5/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: Actual children face mortal peril.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Shazam! Fury of the Gods

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papermoonloveslucy · 5 months

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ANIMATED LUCY!

Lucille Ball & Animation

Lucille Ball worked with many performers, and many of them were just as famous for their voices as their faces! As well as working for Desilu, actors worked for Warner Brothers, Disney, and other producers of animation - some of which is still popular today.

DISNEY

Walt Disney himself turned up on "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood" (1960), one of the gossip columnist's television specials that also featured Lucille Ball, among many others.

VERNA FELTON

Verna Felton (1890-1966) made her professional stage debut at the age of 10 as ‘Little Verna Felton,’ working extensively on stage. On “I Love Lucy” Felton portrayed Mrs. Porter, the no-nonsense housekeeper in “Lucy Hires a Maid” (1953). and Mrs. Simpson in "Sales Resistance” (1953), a housewife to whom Lucy tries to sell a Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner - only to find out that she has no electricity! She received two Emmy nominations for her role in the Desilu series “December Bride,” playing Hilda Crocker from 1955 to 1959 opposite Spring Byington as Lily. In one episode, producer Desi Arnaz guest-starred as himself.

For Walt Disney, Felton voiced three elephants: Elephant Matriarch and Mrs. Jumbo in Dumbo (1941), as well as Winifred in The Jungle Book (1967). She played two Queens: The Queen of Hearts in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Queen Leah in Sleeping Beauty (1959). Her more human characters included Aunt Sarah in Lady and the Tramp (1955) and - a rare non-Disney female - Pearl Slaghoople, Wilma’s mother, on “The Flintstones”. She also voiced two wand-wavers: Flora in Sleeping Beauty and - perhaps most famously - The Fairy Godmother in Disney’s Cinderella (1950), where she introduced the song “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” to the world.

Her son, Lee Millar Jr., made four appearances on “I Love Lucy" and one episode of "The Lucy Show." He appeared with his mother in the 1955 animated feature Lady and the Tramp as Jim Dear and the Dogcatcher. Felton's husband and Millar's father, who did not appear with Lucy during his career, was most famous as the voice of Disney's Pluto from 1930 until his death in 1941.

ELEANOR AUDLEY

Eleanor Audley (1905-1991) played Lucille Ball’s mother-in-law on “My Favorite Husband.” She would later play Eleanor Spalding, owner of the Westport home the Ricardos buy in “Lucy Wants To Move to the Country” (1957) as well as one of the Garden Club judges in “Lucy Raises Tulips” (1957). She was seen as a Society Reporter on a 1965 episode of "The Lucy Show."

She is probably best known, however, as the voice of two of Disney’s most memorable animated villainesses: Lady Tremaine, the wicked stepmother in Cinderella (1950); and the evil Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty (1959). She served as the physical model for both characters.

HANS CONRIED

Hans Conried (1917-1982) first worked with Lucille Ball in the 1942 film The Big Street and played a myriad of roles on her radio show “My Favorite Husband.” On “I Love Lucy” he had just played Mr. Jenkins, used furniture salesman (above), a month earlier in "Redecorating" (1952) and returned to play Percy Livermore, "The English Tutor" (1952).

Early in the episode, Ricky reads from a children's book. While the story he reads is Little Red Riding Hood, the book cover is definitely Peter Pan. Coincidentally (or not), Conried had just finished voicing Captain Hook / Mr. Darling for Disney's animated feature Peter Pan, which would be released just a month later, in February 1953. That same year he voiced Thomas Jefferson in Disney's animated short, Ben and Me. Perhaps his best loved voice was that of Snidely Whiplash on the Bullwinkle and Dudley Do-Right cartoons starting in 1959. Conried made two appearances on "The Lucy Show" (both as acting / voice coach Dr. Gitterman) and on "Here's Lucy" with his long-time co-star Danny Thomas.

PINTO COLVIG

Pinto Colvig (1892-1967) was the original voice of Disney’s Pluto and Goofy. He provided the neighs for Gulliver the horse in "Horseback Riding" (1949), an episode of Lucille Ball's radio series "My Favorite Husband". He also did all the dog barks for “Lucy is Her Own Lawyer” (1964).

GINNY TYLER

Ginny Tyler (1925-2012) voiced Clementine the sheep in “Lucy Buys a Sheep” (1962), Greenback, Mr. Mooney's cockatiel, in "Lucy Gets the Bird" (1964), and Polly the Parrot in "Lucy in the Jungle" (1971). She also did the voices of the sheep in Disney’s Mary Poppins and the singing squirrel in The Sword in the Stone. She started out narrating record albums for Disney, including “Bambi” and “Babes in Toyland.”

JUNE FORAY

June Foray (1917-2017) was one of Hollywood's most famous and busiest voice actors. She did the voice of Lucifer the cat in Disney's Cinderella (1950), and voiced a mermaid and a squaw in Disney's Peter Pan (1953), among others. In 1957, she did the barks of Fred the dog on "I Love Lucy." She is probably best remembered as Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatale in the "Bullwinkle" cartoons.

CLEO

When "The Ricardos Change Apartments" (1953), Lucy fills the flat with as many toys as possible, including a bathtub toy called Cleo, the goldfish from the Disney Pinocchio (1940). When Ricky squeezes her, Cleo spits in his face!

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

In 1938, Lucy modeled ladies' hats based on the characters Prince Charming and Sneezy from Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Needless to say, she looked “charming”.

In a 1949 episode of "My Favorite Husband," Liz and Iris bemoan that they won't be going anywhere sunny for summer vacation. They say their goodbyes.

LIZ: “Goodbye, Paleface!”

IRIS: “See you later, Snow White!”

The Paleface was a Bob Hope / Jane Russell film released at the very end of 1948. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) featured the voices of future “Lucy” cast members Pinto Colvig and Moroni Olsen.

"LUCY AND THE MONSTERS" (1965) involves a shared horror movie dream. To find out who is the prettiest witch, Lucy and Viv ask the magic mirror: “Mirror, mirror on the wall; Who’s the fairest of them all?” This is the same query the Evil Queen asks her magic mirror in the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. In the film, the voice was that of Moroni Olsen, who played the Judge in the "I Love Lucy" episode "The Courtroom" (1952).

CINDERELLA

“Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” a song written in 1948 by Al Hoffman, Mack David, and Jerry Livingston for the 1950 Disney animated film Cinderella, was heard in a 1950 episode of "My Favorite Husband" titled "Liz Writes a Song". For inspiration, George suggests they listen to the radio and hears "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo”. Mr. Atterbury (Gale Gordon) questions what the nonsense lyrics mean. In "CHER...AND OTHER FANTASIES" (1979) a Cleaning Lady (Lucille Ball) pushes a cart and sings “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,” Cher just wants to get out of the building. The Cleaning Lady suggests she wait till midnight when her white mice and pumpkin turn into a coach and horses. The special also includes a reference to....

BAMBI

Winding her way through the warehouse, Cher encounters Shelley Winters, a purveyor of movie memorabilia.

CHER: “Do you have 'Bambi’?”

SHELLEY: “I don’t have that in stock, but I’ve got a rifle from 'Winchester 73.'”

Winchester 73 was a 1950 film about a prized rifle that starred Shelley Winters and James Stewart. Shelley fires the rifle in the air and Cher takes on the roles of Bambi’s mother and father.

DUMBO

"Liz and the Green Wig" (1950), an episode of "My Favorite Husband" includes a mention of Dumbo, Disney's 1941 animated film about a flying circus elephant.

KATIE: “Well, maybe he’s forgotten.”

LIZ: “Not George. He has the memory of an elephant.”

GEORGE (from the other room): “Liz, is that you? Come on in the breakfast room.”

LIZ: “There’s Dumbo now.”

In a 1948 episode of the radio sitcom, Sarah Selby played Louise Elliott, Liz’s Mother. Selby made her screen debut voicing Prissy the Elephant in Dumbo.

DONALD DUCK

"LUCY, THE DISC JOCKEY" (1965) Mr. Mooney deems any voice contest between him and Lucy like comparing Walter Cronkite to Donald Duck, one of Walt Disney’s most enduring cartoon creations. He first appeared in 1934 and his squawking raspy voice was provided by Clarence Nash.

Other "Lucy" performers who voiced Disney animated characters:

Paul Winchell (Winnie the Pooh / The Aristocats / The Fox and the Hound)

Phil Harris (The Jungle Book / The Aristocats / Robin Hood)

Buddy Hackett (The Little Mermaid)

James Hong (Mulan)

Charles Lane (The Aristocats)

Ruth Buzzi (The Aristocats)

Mickey Rooney (The Fox and the Hound)

Nancy Kulp (The Aristocats)

Hal Smith (several roles)

Joseph Kearns (Alice in Wonderland)

Norma Zimmer (Alice in Wonderland)

WARNER BROTHERS & OTHERS

ARTHUR Q. BRYAN ~ ELMER FUDD

Arthur Q. Bryan (1899-1959) had appeared with Lucille Ball in Look Who's Laughing (1941). He is best remembered as the original voice of Elmer Fudd in the Warner Brothers cartoons. He played Mr. Chambers, new owner of the Tropicana, in "Ricky Loses His Voice" (1952).

"MOTHER OF THE BRIDE" (1986) ~ The final episode of Lucille Ball's final sitcom, "Life With Lucy."

LUCY: "When Margo was little she found my dress in the attic and she called it 'the most bootiful dwess in the world'! When she was little she talked a lot like Elmer Fudd.”

MEL BLANC ~ BUGS BUNNY / PORKY PIG

One of the most famous voices in show business belonged to Mel Blanc, who was most famous for voicing Bugs Bunny. Lucy worked with Blanc in her 1950 film The Fuller Brush Girl portraying a parrot. Blanc and Ball had also teamed for an Armed Services Radio broadcast in 1944.

"LUCY GETS AMNESIA" (1964) involves a rabbit fur coat, causing Viv to say "What's up, Doc?", which was Bugs Bunny's famous tag line. Lucy's last line of the episode also mentions Bugs Bunny.

"LUCY AND TENNESSEE ERNIE'S FUN FARM" (1969) Doing a commercial for the farm, Lucy plays a slovenly housewife who calls her husband Porky Pig and the Jolly Green Giant.

In 1969, Mel Blanc did ADR (automatic dialogue replacement) for two characters on location footage in "LUCY GOES TO THE AIR FORCED ACADEMY: PART 2".

Elvia Allman, who made multiple appearances on "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy Show", did the voices of several cartoon characters for Warner Brothers, most notably Little Red Riding Hood.

In 1960, Blanc joined Alan Reed, Bea Benadaret and Jean Vander Pyl (all of whom had worked with Lucille Ball) as Barney Rubble in TV's first animated sitcom Hanna Barbera's...

"THE FLINTSTONES"

Although ostensibly modeled on "The Honeymooners," "The Flintstones" owed a great debt to Lucille Ball. Many of the Bedrock storylines were borrowed from Lucycoms. Wilma Flintstone bore more than a passing resemblance to the famous redhead. Others who acted live with Lucy that loaned their voices to prehistoric characters: Janet Waldo, Harvey Korman, Howard Morris, Hal Smith, Verna Felton, June Foray, Howard McNear, Herb Vigran, Sandra Gould, Jerry Hausner, Paul Winchell, and many others.

"THE JETSONS"

In the wake of the success of "The Flintstones", Hanna Barbera rocketing to the other end of the spectrum - from caves to space - with "The Jetsons"(1962). Leading the cast as Dad George Jetson was George O'Hanlon, who had played Charley Appleby on "I Love Lucy." His daughter Judy was played by Janet Waldo, who played Peggy Dawson on "I Love Lucy" and Lucy's sister Marge on "The Lucy Show". Jean Vander Pyl and Mel Blanc turned up as Mr. and Mrs. Spacely.

"TOP CAT"

Allen Jenkins appeared with Lucille Ball in the film Five Came Back. He then did three episodes of "I Love Lucy," all as policemen. It was natural that his animation legacy was as Officer Dibble on the Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon, “Top Cat” (1961–62). Other Lucy alumni who appeared frequently on the show included Jean Vander Pyl, Bea Benadaret, Hal Smith, Gege Pearson, and Herb Vigran.

Select episodes of Lucille Ball's radio sitcom "My Favorite Husband" have been computer animated and are available to view on Vimeo. They were animated by Wayne Wilson using the soundtracks of the original broadcasts.

In “Lucy and the Soap Opera” (1965), soap actor Mr. Vernon (John Gregory) brags his daytime drama role of Roger Gregory is the best part he’s played since doing the voice Oink-Oink in the [fictional] “Piggy Pete” cartoons! Lucy says she’d like to say Richard Burton go from playing “a pig in a poke to a teller in a bank.”

Oh, and don't forget "The Simpsons"! Lucille Ball has had several representations on the long-running show, including as Oyster Shell Lucy, a handicraft sold by Moe in “Homer’s Barber Shop Quartet” (1993).

Lastly, Lucy herself was an animated character. The original opening credits and commercial intros for "I Love Lucy" featured stick-figure animation of Lucy and Desi. The tradition continued during "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours", adding Little Ricky. "The Lucy Show" also opened with stick figure animation, but it only lasted for one season. "Here's Lucy" took animation to the next level, with a stop-motion doll of Lucy presenting the opening credits.

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screenshothaven · 7 months

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The Queen's Sister (2005)

#The Queen's Sister #2005 #Craig Warner #Lucy Cohu #Aden Gillett #Toby Stephens #Simon Woods

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moonys-library · 16 days

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______ the only book boyfriend ever

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chicaoranges · 8 months

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sokkas-first-fangirl · 2 years

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I loved your Animaniacs Anastasia AU! I've been re-reading it and it gets better everytime! I have an AU idea for your AU, if you will. Elo is adopted from the orphanage and moves with his adoptive parents to Anviliana or another country. Elo is loved and adored by his adoptive family, and he loves them too, but knows that the answers to who he truly is are in Burbank. Elo decides to attend the University of Burbank when he's older (he can meet Lucy at freshman orientation).

Continued: It's during a world history/political science/foreign policy/world civilization class Elo is required to take that Professor Brain sees the strong resemblance Elo shares with the lost Crown Prince of Warnerstock. Brain asks Elo about his life and has to figure out how to arrange a meeting with Scratchy, Wakko, and Dot. Shenanigans ensure when after years of assuming Prince Yakko was dead, Salazar realizes that isn't the case and wreaks havoc on an unassuming college town.

Continued: Scratchy, Wakko, and Dot have long given up on Yakko being alive and aren't persuaded by Brain at first, Lucy soon finds herseld thrust reluctantly into the spotlight when her boyfriend is revealed to be the lost prince, Yakko is torn between his true family/identity and the adoptive family that has raised and loved him for the past 9 years, and he has to figure out if he wants to become King of Warnerstock or continue on with his current life. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!

Sounds fun! I think Salazar's plans to take down the Warners would remain largely unchanged (still gonna send people to attack them, use the dreams and then finally go for them himself)

Lucy's a smart cookie, so she'll do her best to help Yakko navigate everything, including the politics.

It would take Yakko longer to come around to the idea (and there'd be even more to catch up on), but I can see him still becoming King eventually.

As for Brain figuring it out, have a snippet!

It was a decently large lecture hall and the attendance was good. Brain might have missed the boy entirely had he not been sitting in the front row.

Right as he was about to start his lecture, a toon rushed in and took a seat next to a dog-toon girl with long brown hair. This newcomer was an unusual toon: long ears like a rabbit and a cat-like tail, an almost dog-like face, big black eyes and a red nose, with black fur. Brain wasn't sure what he was supposed to be exactly.

He was also eerily familiar...

Brain continued his lecture as normal, but his gaze kept wandering back to the boy. He was lounging in his seat, balancing a pencil on his nose and taking notes with another pencil, not even looking at the page. The girl next to him gave him an amused smile.

Brain knew that face from somewhere, he was sure of it. But where?

Right as the lecture ended, it hit him like a flash.

The boy stood up with a grin, laughing at something the dog-girl said. He bounced on his toes and-

William, Brain realised. He looks like William.

And that laugh, he knew that laugh. The boy was walking away with the girl, twisting a golden necklace around his fingers as he talked her ears off, his voice carrying, loud and energetic.

He sounded like...

Yakko?

But it couldn't be! Yakko was dead, long dead.

Wasn't he?

#anastasia au #yakko wakko and dot #yakko warner #animaniacs #answers #prompts #lucy waverley #animaniacs oc #yakko x lucy #yakko/lucy #the brain #patb #the brain (animaniacs)#pinky and the brain #royal au #king salazar the pushy #king salazar #wakko warner #dot warner

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