15 ‘Looney Tunes’ Jokes for the Comedy Hall of Fame

It's impossible to overstate how many fertile comedic minds wouldn't have been nurtured if they hadn't grown up watching Looney Tunes. Madcap bits and performances in sketch shows, animated and live-action, simply wouldn't exist without them. Likewise, existential and absurd humor wouldn't have evolved without Looney Tunes teaching current comedy writers and stand-ups how to walk that that path. Hell, Michael Jordan and LeBron James would have failed in the highest-stakes games they ever played without Bugs and the gang, which is more than we can say for the likes of Dave Corzine and Timofey Mozgov.

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So, overture, curtain, lights. This is it; we’ll hit the heights with some of our favorite Looney Tunes gags for our Comedy Hall of Fame...

One thing that animation has over live-action is the ability to subvert expectations due to us 3D humans needing to obey the laws of physics. Or that gorilla is just really, really strong.

This can be the only way the long-standing conflict between frenemies Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd can end. Death. Goofy, silly death.