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In its infamously rich history, baseball has had its share of memorable tunes and looney tunes, none quite as good as Looney. Songs
Warner Brothers released the theatrical cartoon “Baseball Bugs” in 1946, in which Bugs Bunny single-handedly leads the Tea Totallers to victory against the Gas-House Gorillas. Both Bugs and Gorillas use numerous controversial tactics throughout the game, taking this movie favorite Alex Rodriguez to task.
Upper Deck released two series of sports comic strips in 1990 and 1991, showcasing characters in MLB uniforms among famous players.
But stand-alone athletes have their own action figures, either doing a coronation or doing lollapalooza with the Applause two series. of officially licensed MLB figures in 1990 and 1991, featuring Looney Tunes on team uniforms.
Each 3″ tall, poseable figure wore a hat and jersey and was paired with a ball, a ball or a bat. Fortunately, Applause ignored the idea that any of the figures were holding syringes.
A film-sized logo was featured on each base, indicating exactly what the club had to support Elmer Fudd.
Apparently, the Looney Tunes weren’t committed when it came to choosing teams to support, with only nine characters representing two teams (one each in the National and American federal) for a total of eighteen figures.
Bugs Bunny was a fan of Dodgers and Angels gear, Daffy Duck was a Reds and A’s fan, Fudd supported the Giants and Tigers, Porky Pig wore Astros and Indians gear, Road Runner wore Mets and Royals colors, Sylvester wore Cardinals and Reds. The Sox Jersey, the Tasmanian Devil, rooted for the Cubs and Yankees, Tweety sang for the Phillies and Orioles and Yosemite Sam the Pirates and the Twins imitated the mercenaries.
It was a bit of a shock that everyone in Looney Tunes was faced with the conundrum of having to split their faith between two parties. I’d rather see the addition of PVCs of Michigan J. Frog, Liburn’s Foghorn or the prejudice that Sylvester is mistaken for a giant mouse. Obviously I was in the minority.
And out of the then 26 teams in the MLB, eight franchises had enough of the Looney Tunes to wear with their uniforms. This meant refraining the children from confusing the Tasmanian Devil in the poo-poo brown Padres uniform for an actual fecal matter. But I found it difficult in Texas Rangers not having a figure and contemplating my voice.
I first saw the figures at Six Flags in Arlington, Texas, which shares a parking lot with the Rangers. Forced to choose between no shapes or sizes of opposing colors, I quickly decided to make my shelf home forever to the Mets-edition Road Runner and the Yankees-edition Taz, just as I decided I wasn’t enjoying my life. much if not including a plastic representation of Looney Tune in Baseball gear.
Baseball may no longer be the Great American Sport. However, from the Looney Tunes appreciating the need to have Michael Jordan bail on them while playing basketball in “Space Jam” to the full-on void of character in other sports, it’s clear that baseball is still a great pastime of animation.
