Tiny toon adventures promise her anything

TINY TOON ADVENTURES PROMISE HER ANYTHING MOVIE
TINY TOON ADVENTURES PROMISE HER ANYTHING TV

The pace of it feels very modern and Adult Swim -oriented. Jellystone takes these classic characters, but gives them a contemporary spin. Of course, looking back at those cartoons, you realize that Yogi was not the crispiest chip in the bag and neither was Boo-Boo! I mean, it took an entire episode for Boo-Boo to figure out that Ranger Smith was disguised as a bear! But that's the charm of it, you know. So I think that emotionally hit me at the time. When you look at Yogi's hat and his bow tie, he's a little like Ed Norton, and that was fun to discover years later.

At the time, I didn't know that he and Boo-Boo were based on the Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton characters from The Honeymooners. I think the fact that he was always kind of optimistic, hopeful and mischievous a little bit appealed to me. There wasn't anything like that character in the Looney Tunes universe. You mentioned that Yogi Bear stood out to you - what was it about him that you liked so much? So when I saw a Bugs Bunny or Fred Flintstone commercial, I always thought, 'How did my favorite characters get into a Welch's Grape Juice commercial?' I was seven years old in 1967, which was still the infancy of television. There were so many things that were a part of my childhood. And then of course, there was Speed Racer and then the late '60s Batman and Superman. I don't think I got all the references and sophisticated humor in those cartoons until I was in high school. And then Foghorn Leghorn and, of course, Bugs Bunny sort of captured me. They were tender, and I think that just appealed to me as a little kid. Jeff Bergman: As a 6 and 7 year old, I think probably the folksier cartoons hit me - like Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.

Did you find yourself favoring one over the other or did you love everything animated? Yahoo Entertainment: You grew up in such a great time for cartoon universes: Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes, Disney.

TINY TOON ADVENTURES PROMISE HER ANYTHING MOVIE

and he also delivers beloved sports movie quotes in character. We spoke with him about why Yogi is smarter than the average cartoon bear, and the 'biggest responsibility' he faces in keeping these characters fresh for new and old fans. Over on Jellystone, meanwhile, he can be heard as the pic-a-nic basket loving Yogi Bear, as well as Wally Gator, Mr. 'I didnвЂ™t realize how fortunate I was and would be much later in life.'Д«ergman voices Bugs once again in Space Jam: A New Legacy, which also features him rocking the mic as Sylvester the Cat and Yosemite Sam. 'I never did get to meet Mel again,' Bergman says wistfully. Three weeks later, he auditioned to voice Bugs Bunny on the вЂ™90s animated favorite, Tiny Toon Adventures, kicking off a three-decades-and-counting career in the cartoon business. Eight years after their meeting, Blanc passed away on July 10 - which also happened to be BergmanвЂ™s 29th birthday. ThatвЂ™s an invitation the young man never got the chance to accept.

Yogi Bear is one of the many vintage Hanna-Barbera characters featured in HBO Max's new animated series, Jellystone (Photo: HBO Max) Doing his best Dorlock Homes impression, the 21-year-old found out which hotel his idol was staying in, and knocked on his door. Bergman was a cartoon-loving University of Pittsburgh theater and communications student in 1981 when Blanc came to town to deliver a lecture. 'I know that sounds strange!' (Watch our video interview above.) 'I got to spend 45 minutes with Mel Blanc alone in a hotel room,' he says, chuckling.

TINY TOON ADVENTURES PROMISE HER ANYTHING TV

Spacely, for dozens of TV shows and movies including the just-released feature Space Jam: A New Legacy and HBO MaxвЂ™s new streaming series, Jellystone.ДЄnd as Bergman tells Yahoo Entertainment, heвЂ™s got a personal connection to the performer who originated those roles. Jeff Bergman is one of the actors who has continued BlancвЂ™s legacy, voicing signature Looney Tunes like Bugs and Daffy, as well as such vintage Hanna-Barbera characters as Mr.

Although the pioneering voiceover artist known as вЂњThe Man of a Thousand VoicesвЂќ passed away in 1989, the classic animated characters he gave life to continue to appear on the small and big screens today with new performers behind the mic. There will never be another Mel BlancвЂ¦ but that doesnвЂ™t mean there canвЂ™t be another Bugs Bunny.

Tiny toon adventures promise her anything