Warner Bros. Short - Gremlins 2

[The3ninjakids]

I Love the Intro. This Always Cracks me up. I Also like the Deleted Scene where Daffy gets Promoted to working the Title and Spells Gremlins 2 as Gremlin Stew. That Part always makes me laugh

[CJAproductionsINC]

This is notable for being one of the first times Jeff Bergman did the voices of Looney Tunes characters (in this case, Bugs and Daffy).

[weirdproq1]

I wish this was on the DVD.

[weirdproq1]

@weirdproq1 never mind this

[The3ninjakids]

@weirdproq1 this IS on the DVD

[weirdproq1]

I saw this version of Gremlins 2 in 2008! I'm pretty sure it wasn't on HBO though.

[moviencartoons2]

Daffy, why do you have to be so greedy, selfish, & rude?

[logofreak98]

@moviencartoons2 Because it's funny.

[Manafichu]

Does anyone have the extended version from the DVD?

[TheComicfreak10]

"What's up? I'll show you what's up- I'M takin' charge here, THAT's what's up." XD

[BrooklynCrippler]

Man, this was always great.

[DimeraFan28]

lol, that is so funny when the WB Shield bumped into the screen, omg, lamo.

[Flimerfly]

When Daffy duck was on the WB shield, he zoomed in... TOO CLOSE!

[sizzleboy10]

Funny

[StefanoFan27]

lol, omg, lamo, bugs bunny and daffy duck is so funny.

[Soundtrack1000]

doc:))

[blooberflat22]

the best part of the movie

[Rlotpir1972]

The first W-B zooming scene is similar to 1979's "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie". The second W-B zooming scene reminded me from the opening of 1954's "Lumber Jack-Rabbit". Scary!

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

It's obvious then that different animators worked on this short production. I usually don't notice these types of details, but I'm interested in the fact that people can tell the difference! :-)

[Millennia0007]

@Rlotpir1972 This is a lot like Lumber Jack-Rabbit, but with a few differences that make it less horrifying....

#1. Better twanging sound

#2. You expect it to zoom too close this time.

#3. The shield doesn't do that awkward bulging thing when it reaches it's greatest distance.

[PETETHEMEAT42]

I remember this.

[sk8Piti]

ty allison :)

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

You're welcome!!!  :-)

[sk8Piti]

whats song intro answer me please

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

Besides the Looney Toons song? That's all I hear - I don't know what the Gremlins 2 theme was.

[thekingof8]

I'm, by no means an expert, but from various works I've seen, and research I did, I'd say:

Tom Ray: 0:00-0:24

Virgil Ross: 0:30-0:47

Ken Southworth: 0:48-1:23

Like I say, I'm just guessing by what I've seen.

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

Trust me, you know way more about this than I do (I've never looked into it).

[DarkQueen1995]

Thats all intresting but why was there an opening with Bugs and Duffy ???

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

They did sequences on a few Warner Bros. movies of the time - there's something at the beginning of Batman (on the VHS at least, I haven't seen it on TV in ages so I'm not sure they show anything on TV airings).

[InvaderPet]

Virgil Ross did not animate this. ken Southworth did.

[thekingof8]

The part where Daffy climbs the shield and poses on it looks like Ross-esque, but I think you're right.

[terrificjoker]

Yeah

[moviedudeinc]

Was that supposed to be a JOKE or just a funny intro? I never saw Gremlins 2 yet but I saw Gremlins like 20 times and I own the first Gremlins on dvd! Guess what Daffy? YOU ARE THE STAR OF THIS CARTOON!!

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

Well, it's supposed to be the logo, but it's just a funny intro.

Glad you liked it!

[Serires2]

AJAJAJA!

A funny intro!

[retroman51]

I have the 1990 rendition of this on VHS. It has this on it.

[terrificjoker]

Yeah That's Right Daffy

[Marbles471]

Whoa. I just noticed that the Bugs model changes between when Daffy drags him off and when he reappears at the end. It's a different version of the design. Everyone clearly wasn't on the same page, here.

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

I see what you're saying! But I wouldn't have picked it up. Good observation!

[InvaderPet]

It was like that in the classic cartoons too, mostly during the 40s. All the animators had their own way of drawing the characters.

[Marbles471]

Anyone know who directed this bit? Those look like Chuck Jones' version of the character designs, but their movements aren't Jones' style.

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

No idea - but I'm glad it is so nicely preserved on HBO's print of this movie.

[samacal]

Chuck Jones did direct the sequence, but some of the animation was in fact by Virgil Ross who was one of Friz Freleng's animators. Ross did some work with Jones' studio in the late 70s and early 80s.

[HazyChase20]

Yeah, it does look like Ross's work. It has the "Bugs' ears drop a little" thing Ross always did during that time, and Daffy did looked a little "Freleng" like. Although, it looks like Chuck's direction gave him a lot of stretch and squelch you didn't see during his time with Friz!

I do wonder who were the other animators on this, since the rest has more of Chuck's style. Tom Ray? Richard Thompson? Irv Anderson?

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

Agreed!

He got the shaft on the old Batman VHS too.

[oldschoolfan82]

Poor Daffy. always getting the shaft