• MagnyusG@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Looney “Toons” is the stupidest one.

    It was always a pun on toons by spelling it “Tunes” and because music is extremely prominent for it.

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      2 months ago

      Especially in the early ones; they were basically ads to sell music from the Warner music catalog.

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      2 months ago

      Disney had cartoon shorts were called “Silly Symphonies.” Not sure which came first, but one is a play on the other.