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Everything
started with a pilot cartoon starring "Bosko the Talk-Ink
Kid" entitled "Sinkin' in the Bathtub" in 1929. The cartoon
was very popular and the creators followed it up with
a show you might now called "Merry Melodies". The other
characters that you know were then slowly added to the
"Merry Melodies" line up. They were as follows: Porky
Pig, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny, Tweety and Sylvester,
Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.
The Warner Brothers cartoons have been shown on television
for more than four decades! Their success on the small
screen has confounded their creators, who only intended
for them to be exhibited in theatres within a year of
production. While it is true that some of the cartoons
have outdated themselves with references to forgotten
Hollywood celebrities, films, or early television series,
most have a timeless quality that has appealed to the
comedic and visual sensibilities of more than four generations
of viewers.
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