Space Jam

When the world's greatest athlete Michael Jordan

teams up with the world's best -loved cartoon

character Bugs Bunny you won't believe your eyes

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auditory Hello and welcome to the second Tooncast

MYR crossover episode brought to you by the GeekCast

Radio Network. This will be episode 27 for Tooncast.

It will be episode 20 .5 for MWire. I am your

host TfU and Mike and today I am joined once

again by Professor Boss K Dog Thompson. Kevin,

hello. How's it going? It's going. And as I said

before, well, oh wait, oops. Boy, I gotta delete

that, don't I? We'll be talking about the...

the animation live -action crossover of the NBA

and Looney Tunes called Space Jam so and we are

we've already really gone through general chat

so I think we can just kinda well we'll go into

the history lesson once we hear the trailer so

we will be right back The quackster of the court

staffed me... Duck! Thank you! Thank you! Very

funny. Let's all laugh at the duck. And that

point... the player coach of the Toon Squad at

six foot six. it's time for the history lesson

take it away. Alright, Space Jam is a 1996 American

live -action flash animated film hence why we're

doing a crossover episode here starring Michael

Jordan, Bugs Bunny, voiced by Billy West, Daffy

Duck, and the rest of the Looney Tunes characters.

It also features the debut of newcomer Lola Bunny,

who is voiced by Cass Fousey. It was produced

by Ivan Reitman and directed by Joe Picca, the

live -action part. I'm turning for loan and Bruce

W. Smith as far as the animation goes the film

was released theatrically by Warner Brothers

Family Entertainment on November 15th 1996 which

makes it well how many years ago that was about

13 years ago almost to the day. The film was

interestingly also converted into a pinball game

by Sega and a video game by the Masters at Acclaim

Entertainment. That does it let's move on. Yes,

general memories for this one. This isn't...

I do remember the advertisements for this and

the hype for it. This film was hyped up quite

a bit, which makes sense. It was in the heyday

of Michael Jordan and everything that was going

on then. You can combine that with the cartoon

aspect. and the people that they were bringing

in for the music. I mean, you had to be living

in a cave in 1996 if you didn't hear about this

movie. Oh yes, very very much so. I remember

the ad campaign, I remember the soundtrack and

the music a lot. I think I've seen, I'm going

to sound like a douche for doing this episode,

but I think I've seen bits and pieces of it here

and there, but I know for a fact I've never seen

it from beginning to end. So I'm equal. See you

have to see it from beginning to end regardless

of maybe, you know people not liking it now,

but back then Everybody I don't care who you

are. You could be a 90 year old woman or Man

or whatever, you know a two thousand year old

vampire or something. I don't know everybody

wanted to see Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny team

up everybody wanted to back in 1996 Outside,

and this is going to be very controversial, but

outside of Jerry Maguire, this was the most famous

movie that year. And silence. What? Could be

close. Could be close. I'd have to look stuff

up. Well, yeah, but I mean, all right, well,

Jerry Maguire was very, very popular when it

came out. It still is now, obviously. I mean,

everybody still quotes it. but you know what

I mean that that was one of the high grossing

films just or just not even gross just one of

the most popular films in 1996 and this was I

think another one that could you know pretty

much tie it you're not really tired but I mean

you know I mean the buzz for this movie was so

great I remember watching this I don't think

I saw it in theaters I think I saw it either

on TV or DVD VHS I don't think the DVD market

had fully hit yet. I think it was still VHS and

ooh DVD is this new thing Yeah, so I think I

saw it on VHS at first. I'm not really sure I'm

just an overall great great film I think for

what it is Is it you can't really go wrong combining

celebrity sports stars and cartoon characters

for kids No, you really can't. You really can't.

And actually, it's funny. I went out because

this episode of Tooncast and MWIRE will air not

this coming Wednesday, but the Wednesday after

Thanksgiving. The Tooncast episode 26, which

is a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will air on Thanksgiving

and that will be this week's episode of Tooncast

It'll also be this week's episode of M1 or not

and we're doing something else, but anyway But

this episode will air the Wednesday after Thanksgiving

and I'm going to actually I got the the starting

lineups for part of the intro. Yeah, I got that

for part of the intro. I also have the trailer.

And for the outro is basically pretty much the

entire end of the film from when Michael and

Stan Podolak go back to the gym and they see

all the other NBA stars, Charles Barkley, Sean

Bradley, all of them. So that'll be the outro.

I guess we can go into the cast here. Obviously

Michael Jordan plays himself as the protagonist

of the film. He is a professional basketball

player who retires from the National Basketball

Association to pursue a career in baseball. He

is pulled into the world of Looney Tunes and

is persuaded into playing basketball with them.

Despite his insistence that he only plays baseball

now. Brandon Hammond portrays the young Michael

Jordan And I think I know I did get some audio

from here, but I want to see if I have Trying

to think here I do have this What would you do?

This place is a mess. Mess? You're worried about

a little mess? There's nothing here a little

spit shine wouldn't fix. Spit shine! You guys

are nuts. Yes. Wayne Knight. Newman is in this

film. Of course, if you're a Seinfeld fan, you'll

know who Newman is. He plays Stan Podolak, the

publicist of Michael Jordan and his family. He

later joins Michael and the team to play against

the Mawn Stars. Billy West, who most people will

know as Fry from... Futurama plays Bugs Bunny

and Elmer Fudd. And you know really we don't

have to go into the character descriptions of

Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Everybody knows who

Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd are. Dee Bradley Baker,

go ahead. Dee Bradley Baker provides the voices

of Daffy Duck and the Tasmanian Devil. He also

is the bull that attacks the Mondstar Pound during

the game. Theresa Randall is cast as Juanita

Jordan, Michael Jordan's wife. Danny DeVito provides

the voice of Mr. Swack Hammer. What the hell

kind of a name is Swack Hammer? That's an awesome

name. Let's see, Manor, Washington as Jeffrey

Jordan, Michael Jordan's oldest son. Bob Bergen

provides the voices of Hubie and Bertie. I love

those guys. Hubie and Bertie are a pair of mice

who act as the commentators of the game. Marvin

the Martian, Porky Pig, Tweety, and that's it.

Hubie and Bertie, I remember them the most from,

what's it called? It's not it's it's house hunting

or mice is some call it's some cartoon where

they end up in a in the house of tomorrow and

they end up getting chased by these these automated

broomsticks And it is just so so funny. I love

those two guys Eric Gordon as Marcus Jordan Michael

Jordan's youngest son Penny Bay Bridges as Jasmine

Jordan Michael Jordan's daughter Bill Farmer

provides the voices of Sylvester Yosemite Sam

and Foghorn Leghorn and as far as Foghorn Did

you order original recipe or extra crispy? June

Foray provides the voice of Granny. Kath Soucy

provides the voice of Lola Bunny, a female rabbit

who plays for the Looney Tunes team. She is Bugs

Bunny's love interest and later becomes his girlfriend.

Even though we haven't had a chance to interview

him, I'm going to be messaging this person on

Facebook at some point. Maurice LaMarche provides

the voice of Pepe Lepieux, a French accented

skunk who plays for the Looney Tunes team. Larry

Byrd plays himself, Bill Murray plays himself,

and Tom Berry plays James Jordan, Michael Jordan's

father. I've seen Tom Berry in plenty of other

things. I actually have seen him in an episode

of Beyond Belief. I believe he was also one of

the FBI agents in the Fast and the Furious films.

Patrick Ewing, I know I'm always right. Charles

Barkley, hey shut up. Charles Barkley, Patrick

Ewing, Muggsy Bogues, Larry Johnson, Sean Bradley,

Ahmad Rashad, Del Harris, Vlad Divyak, Cedric

Ceballos, Jim Romay, Paul Westfall, and Danny

Ange appear as themselves in the film. BB Drake

appears as a housekeeper for Michael Jordan.

The voices of The Nerdlucks are provided by Jocelyn

Blue. Charity James, June Melby, Katherine Reitman,

and Colleen Wainwright. The voices of the monsters

are provided by Darnell Suttles, Steve Kala,

Joey Kamen, and Dorian Harewood. I know him from

some stuff. He played a couple of roles in Spiderman,

the 1994 Spiderman. TK Carter. and it's very

funny Homer Simpson along with Patricia Heaton

make a cameo appearance as couple that the nerd

looks in disguise sitting next to at the basketball

game yes that's right Dan Castellaneta and Patricia

Heaton are in this which I didn't know that at

first I did not because I had never really seen

even when I first saw this film but even now

like when I would watch it because I have the

two disc special edition DVD now but Until I

read that somewhere I did not know that the guy

was Dan Castellana I did not know it was Homer

Simpson because I don't think at the time I had

ever seen Who the person was that played home?

Yeah Overall just a great cast I don't think

you could have gotten anyone different to do

the same and again a lot of these people Majority

of them are playing themselves. I mean, you know,

it's it's basically an everyday thing for them

It's basically just putting them into a Looney

Tunes movie Yeah, but even for the even for the

ones that are strictly voices I mean, that's

you know, just like we've done with a lot of

our other shows Who are voice actors with June

for a cat to see more, you know, Maurice Lamar

I do great Baker Billy West. I mean, that's a

good list And the other thing is, a lot of these

people, like Bill Farmer, Dee Bradley Baker,

and Billy West, they are picking up roles that,

you know, were the one man, you know, the man

behind A Thousand Voices. And, you know, while

you want to give your own spin on it, you also

want to keep it true to the character. I don't

think anybody else could have fulfilled that

like they did in this film. Do you remember enough

of the film to pick a favorite character, whether

it's live -action or animated? Oh yeah, it's

my favorite character in all of them. I cheat

here, but it's Bugs Bunny. You gotta love Bugs

Bunny. Regardless of the cartoon itself, if you're

watching it, or this movie, or whatever you watch

that Bugs Bunny is in, Bugs Bunny is just right

for you. He's just too cool. I mean, you could

like other side characters, but if you say you

don't like Bugs, you're just saying that because

you don't want to be like everybody else. I like

all the Looney Tunes for the most part, with

the exception of maybe Porky sometimes. Porky

kind of gets on my nerves, but I would have to

say Bugs is my favorite. Of course, he is also

the other protagonist. in the film. I did like

the miniature versions of the Monstars, the little

aliens. They were kinda cool. I think I actually

have one of them when they're in the ship going

into the Looney Tunes thing. And then here is

the Bugs Meets the Aliens. I'll, uh, be with

you in a second, folks, after I finish with Nature

Boy here. Alright, you pesky wabbit, I've got

you now! Ouch! One small step for more! One giant

leap for more on Mountain! And one wop of headache

for Emma Fudd. We seek the one they call Bugs

Bunny. Yeah, Bugs Bunny. Have you seen her? Where

is this guy? Is he around? Hmm. Bugs Bunny. Bugs

Bunny. Say, does he have great big long ears?

Like this? Yeah. Uh -huh. And does he hop around?

Like this? Uh -huh. Well, does he say, what's

up, Doc? Like this? What's up, Doc? Yeah! Nope.

Never heard of him. You know, maybe there is

no intelligent life out there in the Univice

after all. Hold on there, Mr. Looney Tune. Hey,

what do you think we are, stupid? Don't move

a muscle. Okay, bunny, gather up your tune pack.

We're taking you for a ride! Totally, alright!

So where are we going? Are we there yet? Yes,

yes, very good. Going into the behind the scenes

segment, Joe Pitca directed it. Leo Buonavutti?

I don't know. Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrad

were writers. I don't know. Do we want to actually

go through the entire plot? Yeah. Basically,

in the summer of 1973, a young Michael Jordan

plays basketball outside his home, telling his

father that he wants to one day go to college

and play in the NBA, fast -forwarding 20 years.

And Michael Jordan has not only fulfilled his

dream of playing college and professional basketball,

but has become a bona fide NBA superstar. After

winning his third championship with the Chicago

Bulls, Jordan announces his retirement from basketball

and declares his intention to play baseball.

Son to the minor league Birmingham Barons, Jordan

is a major draw for the team, but only a fair

to mediocre player. Basically to sum this film

up, Michael Jordan is enlisted by the Looney

Tunes to help them defeat the Mon -Stars from

Moron Mountain in the ultimate game of basketball.

There are a lot of funny scenes, like when Bugs

and Daffy have to go to his house to get his

basketball gear. and lifting Michael Jordan is

because the Montards have basically taken over,

taken the talent, stolen talent from the other

NBA players that we've talked about before, Charles

Barkley, so the Looney Tunes turned to Michael

Jordan as their savior. Yes, and I like how once

they, it's funny, he is golfing with Bill Murray

and Larry Bird. Now, you know, Larry, I am a

huge fan of Larry Bird. You know, me being originally

from Boston, you know, it was always, back in

the eight, back in the late eighties, or mid

to late eighties, it was always Jordan versus

Bird. It always was that way, regardless. And

I mean, the hell with Tiger Electronics, even

having had a video game, Jordan versus Bird.

a lot of product placement in this film, especially

in like one or two lines that Dwayne Knight says

when he goes to Michael's hotel, he's like, lay

up your Nikes, grab your Wheaties, and, well,

pick up a Big Mac on the bar. I don't know, he

says just all these product things that Michael

Jordan has and does endorse. Which, you know,

I don't really mind it. It makes for a comic

relief thing, really. Yeah, it's just funny.

But basically, it all boils down to the big basketball

game between the Looney Tunes stars with Michael

Jordan and, again, the Mons stars and their NBA

talent stolenness. If the Monstars win, Swack

Hammer gets Jordan along with the Looney Tunes.

As the game resumes, Swack Hammer tells the Monstars

to crush them, which they do, literally. Throughout

the second part of the second half, they brutally

foul and injure almost every player on the Toon

Squad until only Jordan, Bugs, Lola, Daffy, and

Stan are left standing. Stan is literally flattened

by the Monstars, but manages to bring the Toon

Squad within one point. of the Monstars with

10 seconds remaining. Marvin the Martian, the

referee, warns the Toon Squad that if they cannot

find a fifth player, soon they will have to forfeit

the game. Enter Peter Venkman. That's right,

Bill Murray, who has somehow made his way to

Looney Toon land, suddenly makes the scene to

offer assistance and the game continues. The

Toon Squad manages to steal the ball and passes

to Jordan. He makes a leap to the basket from

half court, is snagged in midair by two Monstars,

Exploiting the unique physics of Looney Toon

Land, Jordan stretches his arm towards the basket

as his body is restrained, causing his arm to

grow almost 16 feet long. He drops the ball into

the basket just as the clock runs out. With that,

the Toon Squad wins the game and their freedom.

because he's bigger, bigger than we used to be.

At that moment the Monstars finally realize that

they are physically bigger than Swack Hammer

is and turn on him. And of course, you really

can't get away with this film without seeing

them reenact Looney Tunes scenes themselves,

little Monstars, once they give the talent back

into the basketball. Which I thought was a very

good scene. Jordan and Stan then find his still

talentless NBA friends. Oh, okay. Well to back

up a little bit the aliens You know Stan having

recovered from his injury reminds Jordan of his

baseball game after saying goodbye to the Toons

the two of them Borrowed the aliens spaceship

to return to the real world for Jordan to join

the Barons at the home stadium To the amazement

of Jordan's family and fans Jordan and Stan then

find still talentless NBA friends moping around

in a gym. Jordan takes the ultimate games ball

filled with the superstars talent and tells them

to just touch it. They hesitate at first but

eventually do and receive their skills back.

After showing their newly regained skills off

to each other, Jordan's rivals begin to tease

him saying that he doesn't have the skills to

play basketball anymore. This motivates Jordan

to later return to the NBA mirroring his real

life comeback. Well, now we know why. I think

it was going to happen regardless. You know,

he's retired, what, two or three times besides

this one? Yeah, but I mean, honestly, you know,

I mean, really, I did not pay attention to basketball

a lot back in the 90s. You know, my Celtics were

gone, you know, pretty much. I did like the Phoenix

Suns for a little while only because Danny Ainge

was actually playing on their team and he used

to be a Celtic but once the Bulls pretty much

reached their pinnacle of getting those three

championships I can understand him wanting to

move on and do something else but then again

fan demand pretty much. and you know we came

back left again Kim you know I think after the

third time people get tired of it and just said

you know decide already what do you want to do

I mean the first time you know honestly that

entire end of the movie I you know I'll be a

man admit it I shed a few tears because I know

what's gonna happen obviously I know he's gonna

make a comeback and I thought that you know I

thought that was really really cool Moving into

the music segment here, the original music was

done by James Newton Howard. Space Jam, the original

soundtrack album of the 1996 film of the same

name starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes

cast. An album featuring the film's score by

James Newton Howard was also released. The soundtrack

was released by Atlantic Records on November

12, 1996. The soundtrack earned mostly good reviews

and was successful on the Billboard 200 peaking

at number two. The soundtrack also managed to

sell very well. It was certified double platinum

less than two months after its release in January

1997. In 2001, the soundtrack was certified six

times platinum. And you know, you have artists

on here like Seal, Coolio, Quad City DJs, R Kelly.

The Mon Stars anthem was performed by be real

Cypress Hill Coolio Method Man L cool Jane Buster

rhymes you get D Angelo on here Monica salt and

pepper Robin s, you know just a bunch of people

That were popular then you know back, you know

back in the 90s And of course you I just remember

that that's fun. I remember from Fly Like an

Eagle to the Space Jam song to I Believe I Can

Fly. I mean, this was just a pretty cool, it

was just a fun soundtrack. I mean, it wasn't

like something super serious or fantastic music,

but it was just something that was entertaining

and it was fun. And then, of course, the very

last track is Buggin', performed by Bugs Bunny,

Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd, which is basically

Billy West and Dee Bradley Baker going back and

forth. As you said, overall, just a really good,

fun soundtrack. There was another release on

January 28th of 1997. A second version of the

soundtrack featuring the scores of the film was

released. I don't think it combined both of them.

I think it was just a separate... Now you'll

have the soundtrack and then the score. I think

that's what it was. As far as the legacy segment,

For reception, Space Jam received mixed reviews

according to Rotten Tomatoes. Only 37 % of critics

and 46 % of their selected top critics gave the

film a positive review. Oh boy, here we go. Roger

Ebert gave Space Jam subdued both our... Subdued...

Shit. Dean Cisco also gave the film, although

his zeal... Oh, okay. It's cut off. And Leonard

Maltin also gave the film. Right. Some critics

compared it unfavorably to who framed Roger Abbott

at popular film in which cartoon characters and

live -action humans coexisted. The soundtrack

sold enough out, huh? That's an unfair answer.

Yeah, it kinda is. The soundtrack sold enough

albums to be certified six times platinum and

also served as high point for the musical artist

R. Kelly whose song I Believe I Can Fly became

a hit after it was featured in the film's soundtrack.

We've talked about that already. The actual worldwide

gross box office was $230 million for $18 ,342.

According to Jerry Beck's The Animated Movie

Guide, Space Jam's tremendous box office success

was not enough to cover the major financial loss

of Mars attacks. It resulted in many cutbacks

ordered by Ted Turner throughout the studio,

including the animation department, which led

to the end of the new cartoon shorts being produced

and directed by Chuck Jones. Damn. And for awards

and nominations, 1997 and 1998, ASCAP Film and

Television Music Awards. It won for most performed

songs from Motion Pictures. And it won for Top

Box Office Films. It won for the Annie Awards

Best Individual Achievement, Technical Achievement.

It was nominated for several other awards. It

won a Grammy for best song written specifically

for Motion Picture or for television by R. Kelly

for the song I Believe I Can Fly. It was nominated

for MTV Movie Award and it was nominated for

a Satellite Award. It won a World Animation Celebration

Award, Best Use of Animation in Motion Picture

Trailer. And it also was nominated for Young

Artist Award. Okay, yeah, you've added the trivia

so you can talk about the trivia. Starting off,

the scuff bath while using the film is a treasured

souvenir owned by director Joe Picard. When held

by Michael Jordan, it is real, but whenever it

is in flight or controlled by the cartoon characters,

it is animated. When flying towards Muon Mountain,

the monolith from 2001 at Space Odyssey can be

seen at the very right edge of the frame floating

in space. In order to... throughout the audience

from a limited collection of characters. One

section was made from actual Looney Tunes. The

rest were simply replicated over and over and

then seated next to each other to create the

illusion of a full audience. A couple other ones

here. We've got the gym where the Looney Tunes

practice is called Leon Schlesinger Gym after

the man who produced the first Looney Tunes and

Merry Melodies. Noel Block, Mel Black's son,

was originally booked to provide all of the regular

Warner Brothers male cartoon character voices.

but Ian and Warner Brothers couldn't agree on

a contract so the studio replaced Blanc with

four other people to do the 12 note voices instead

of Noel doing all of them. So apparently Noel

could do just as much. Oh right, well if you,

I mean I know you've been out of touch for a

little while as far as the internet goes, but

if you go back and listen to the 20th episode

where we talked about Looney Tunes, I played

a clip in that where Noel and Mel are actually

going back and forth with the voices because

it said on one of the specials on the DVDs of

Looney Tunes that Mel trained Noel to do those

voices. What do you want to call it? Homages

to old Looney Tunes stuff. The hat that Bill

Murray is wearing at the bowl game at the end

of the movie is the St. Paul Saint, the minor

baseball team of which Murray is part owner.

The film marks the debut of Lola Bunny, as we

talked about before. To keep Michael Jordan happy

while filming, Warner Brothers built him his

own basketball court. That probably didn't help

in the whole saving money for the studio later.

Let's see, Bill Murray's, apparently it's his

least favorite film that he's in. I don't know

why. After Dassey suggests naming the team the

Ducks, Bugs asks, what kind of Mickey Mouse organization

would name their team the Ducks? And of course,

this actually happened in 1993 when the Anaheim

Ducks of the National Hockey League were established.

No, wait, no, wait a second, first of all. I

always took that as a joke about the Mighty Ducks

films. Because the Mighty Ducks films came out

way before Anaheim even picked up a hockey team.

Yeah, I think that was a direct joke. I think

that's kind of worded wrong. But I think that

day was them making fun of Disney. And in the

last trivia one, when Stanley comes into Michael's

hotel room and says, come on, Michael, this is

what we're talking about before it's game time.

Slip on your hands, lace up your Nikes, take

your Wheaties and your Gatorade and we'll grab

a Big Mac on the way to the ballpark. So those

are all the things that Michael Jordan obviously

was endorsing or had endorsed before. And just

a couple groups that you can, if you're a real

big fan of the movie and you want to, you know,

want to freeze frame it or look for things that

most people don't see. When Stan falls in the

Birmingham Barons dugout, you can clearly see

the Mac that he falls on. So you can look for

that. When Tweedy is surrounded by the monsters

and he fights them off with Karate, the timer

is visible in the background set at 12 o 'clock.

Before this scene, the timer was set at five

minutes and one second. You can see that. After

Wiley Coyote crashes into the auditorium, Daffy

steps under his nose, and on the very next shot,

Daffy is walking in the aisle, but Wiley is not

visible behind him, so he apparently disappeared.

A couple more clock things. When the talent is

stolen from Patrick Ewing, the first clock shows

six minutes and seven seconds left. But when

the camera pans the other way and he goes to

free throw line, the clock now has six minutes

and 13 seconds left. After the aliens steal Patrick

Ewing's talent, the referee throws the ball to

him for a free throw. The ball hits Ewing in

the chest. When Michael is watching TV and sees

the replay of the incident, the ball hits Ewing

in the forehead. You can see that. Well, actually,

I don't think that was a mix -up. The reason

why I say that is because I you know when I was

watching earlier He Ewing is at the free throw

line for two for two shots so Right exactly he

goes up for the first shot, and he wildly misses

the referee throws it back to him And it hits

him in the chest he goes up for the second shot

And it's just a giant giant air ball the referee

throws it back in and it's it does hit him in

the head So it's not really a continuity proof.

Of course, again, it's IMDB. So as far as factual

errors, many of the monsters jump and slam from

beyond the three point line, but every one is

only counted as two points, which I find kind

of weird. Now, you know, maybe if we have any

basket, but, you know, true diehard basketball

fans that are listening, maybe they can tell

us. Isn't it if you just shoot beyond the three

point line? or right at the three -point line

that ends up being a three -pointer, I seriously

doubt that in regulation... Well, no, not even

that. I mean, if you could, that's more than

fine. But, I mean, I always thought you had to

be standing either right at or beyond the three

-point line to get a three -point shot. If you

jump from that line... You're actually jumping

into two -point territory It would still count

as two points because you're not where you're

supposed to be for a three -pointer. I don't

know You know like I said if we good Good with

the next one Okay, you also have the scene where

Daffy Duck is treading down the runway showing

off as many different books his basketball sneakers

are shaped like regular sneakers at the toe.

But in the next shot, you can see that he has

now regained his webbed foot. During the scene

in Madison Square Garden, the court goes from

having only the professional three -point line

and an orange lane. Later on in the scene, though,

there are two three -point lines, the college

and the professional one. And then the lane has

changed from red to blue. So some court issues

there. And then the last one I have is when Sam

is inflated out of his pancake state and flies

past the scoreboard, the team squad's score is

shown at 67. And then seconds later, their score

is shown at 76. So a couple things to look for

when you watch the film. So I think we are going

to take a break. We're going to come back with

some final thoughts. Probably going to put some

ads in between the break here. So we will be

right back and I will leave you with Daffy. And

so he began writing. He sat there all summer

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available for more We are back and it is now

time for our final thoughts. Obviously, if you're

a basketball fan and if you're a Looney Tunes

fan, you're going to love this movie. Is it without

its flaws? No. I mean, no movie can be perfect.

We can only put whatever opinions we want to

put into it. Is it a bad film? No. It just depends

on what kind of film watcher you are. It's entertaining.

It's entertaining. It's a good movie for a kid

to watch. There's nothing really bad in it. Obviously

kids today wouldn't get it as much because they

don't understand all the NBA stars, but if you

were a kid that liked the NBA in the early 90s,

then... you should at least have some enjoyment

from this film. Yeah, films like this are extremely

dated. I will not say that they're not. Oh yeah.

But I don't think that makes it a bad film though.

No, not necessarily. It just might be something

that kids wouldn't necessarily enjoy as much

as people our age would. Yeah, well, you know,

we all can't live in a time warp and be the same

age we are every year over and over and over

again. Yeah, you're turning what 27 28 tomorrow

or two days ago or five days ago Actually gonna

be a week from when we're actually Shut the hell

up you're old If you're a fan of these people,

if you're a fan of the Looney Tunes, I would

say get this film on DVD. I don't actually know

if the original single disc DVD is out anywhere.

I'm sure you could probably find it in a $5 bin.

But I have, I didn't really cover this in the

legacy segment. Of course we didn't really have

a legacy segment because this is a Tooncast M

-Wire crossover and yes, for M -Wire I basically

just get the information and I don't put it into

actual headings. But the 2Disc Edition DVD has

tons of features. Of course it has the film.

It has commentary by Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck,

and director Joe Pitca. I suggest you listen

to the commentary because you can hear the differences

between Billy West and Dee Bradley Baker's real

voices and how they portray the Looney Tunes.

They also talk about, you know, filling, you

know, attempting to fill the shoes of Mel Blank.

The one thing I don't like about the commentary

is that Joe Pitca, the way they did his... instead

of doing a separate entirely separate commentary

track they had him like a door would open and

footsteps and then he would say something and

then footsteps and the door closed I don't like

that it's the same complaint I have about the

Revenge of the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

DVD commentary but anyway um let's see there's

production notes the trailer is on here You have

jamming with Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan documentary,

which is a making of the film Hour of new dvd

new to dvd classic looney tunes another froggy

evening invasion of the bunny snatchers night

of the living duck The ducks are cyst or duck

or cyst and bugs versus daffy battle of the music

video stars also have the music videos from the

film Fly like an eagle in the monk stars anthem

You have a Looney Tunes game demo, and it's just

a great film to have on DVD. So, what are your

final thoughts before we close this out? Just

like I said before, at the time, for what it

was, it was a very entertaining film. You had

a combination of cool cartoon characters, sports

stars, kick butt, soundtrack at times. Not so

much anymore, but it was what it was at the time,

which was, like you said, and I'd have to look

back and see every movie that came out in 1996,

but it was one of the probably most popular films

of 96, and it was a great kind of time capsule,

I guess, of what was going on and what was popular

back then. Thank you for joining us here on Tooncast

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