At least on the Internet and TV re-runs. Before there were movie marathons, there were Saturday mornings at local movie house that kicked off with ten free cartoons, an episode from a movie serial like “Superman,” followed by a double feature. Among the cartoons thee were sure to be several “Loony Tunes and Merry Melodies.” What a shelf life these classic animated shorts have had.

Good old Bugs Bunny was the best of all the Loonies. He was one of the first anti-heroes (later we had “Bugsy,” whose name must have somehow derived from “Bugs”), a walking contradiction, half con man, half lovable innocent. The same crazy rabbit who kept asking, “What’s up, doc?” also said: “Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out alive.”

And what cartoon character ever had a funnier nemesis than the stuttering, clueless Elmer Fudd. I laughed at Looney Tunes all through childhood. So did my kids. Their kids will too.

Here’s a taste of the great Bugs in action on YouTube:

“Spaced” is finally coming to dvd in America (says Pajiba).

“Spaced” is the UK television show where Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg honed their comedic chops. Before slaying audiences with Shaun of the Dead, Pegg was the quintessential slacker, Tim Bisley.

IMDB summarizes it pretty well:
“Tim Bisley and Daisy Steiner rent a flat pretending to be a couple. There, they meet the alcoholic land lady Marsha, the disturbed and troubled painter downstairs Brian, Tim’s best friend the war-crazy Mike, Daisy’s best friend fashion designer Twist, and their pet dog Colin. What follows is the groups hilarious and witty adventures.”

Most uberfans with all-region dvd players bought the show’s two seasons already as an import. The rest of the fans can re-live the laughs with the US release on July 23rd supposedly with new commentary!