The Looney Tunes Show may have the seemingly questionable premise of transplanting the cast into a sitcom.... but it was managed wonderfully. The show gets too much unfair flack from people unable to adapt to change, when it is actually the most unique Looney Tunes series.
There have been other Looney Tunes cartoons that change the tone, such as a mediocre preschool cartoon and an absolutely dreadful action cartoon. However, WB finally managed to nail it here.
For all of the changes to the characters, they are still recognizable as themselves and manage to be hilarious as a result. The only character who was changed wholesale was Lola, and that's a blessing because her original incarnation was a Mary Sue with no real personality (yet another reason why Space Jam sucked). Here, she's crazy, hyperactive, and probably the funniest character on the show (and considering how hilarious Daffy is, that says a lot).
The humor is sharp, funny, and on point despite the lack of slapstick. Daffy's stupidity, Lola's craziness, Bugs' sarcasm, etc. Make them all comedic gold mines. Much like The Amazing World of Gumball (which, coincidentally, premiered on the same day), the show has a knack for turning even the most tired of sitcom clichés into something worth watching. Also, the show has romantic elements that don't work to its detriment, unlike the later episodes of Regular Show.
The show isn't flawless, though. The Roadrunner segments, much like the Rudy Larriva-directed shorts, are not faithful to the original Chuck Jones-directed shorts. Also, Daffy's mistreatment of Porky is sometimes pretty hard to watch ("The Float" being a particularly bad example). Furthermore, perfectly good characters like Marvin the Martian and Pete Puma were heavily underused, especially during Season 2.
However, the pros outweigh the cons enough that it still earns a good 10/10. The only Looney Tunes continuation better than it is HBO Max's Looney Tunes Cartoons.
There have been other Looney Tunes cartoons that change the tone, such as a mediocre preschool cartoon and an absolutely dreadful action cartoon. However, WB finally managed to nail it here.
For all of the changes to the characters, they are still recognizable as themselves and manage to be hilarious as a result. The only character who was changed wholesale was Lola, and that's a blessing because her original incarnation was a Mary Sue with no real personality (yet another reason why Space Jam sucked). Here, she's crazy, hyperactive, and probably the funniest character on the show (and considering how hilarious Daffy is, that says a lot).
The humor is sharp, funny, and on point despite the lack of slapstick. Daffy's stupidity, Lola's craziness, Bugs' sarcasm, etc. Make them all comedic gold mines. Much like The Amazing World of Gumball (which, coincidentally, premiered on the same day), the show has a knack for turning even the most tired of sitcom clichés into something worth watching. Also, the show has romantic elements that don't work to its detriment, unlike the later episodes of Regular Show.
The show isn't flawless, though. The Roadrunner segments, much like the Rudy Larriva-directed shorts, are not faithful to the original Chuck Jones-directed shorts. Also, Daffy's mistreatment of Porky is sometimes pretty hard to watch ("The Float" being a particularly bad example). Furthermore, perfectly good characters like Marvin the Martian and Pete Puma were heavily underused, especially during Season 2.
However, the pros outweigh the cons enough that it still earns a good 10/10. The only Looney Tunes continuation better than it is HBO Max's Looney Tunes Cartoons.