Cartoon Network's Boomerang, a commercial-free network devoted exclusively to classic cartoons, will present Looney Tunes in Hollywood, a 24-hour tribute showcasing every Warner Bros. short that featured a celebrity caricature, starting at 8:00 am on June 25, 2004.
Warner Bros.' immortal Looney Tunes, produced by legendary animators Tex Avery, Chuck Jones and others at the fabled "termite terrace" on the studio lot, earned a riotous reputation for parodying popular movies of the day by creating hilarious caricatures of well-known actors and actresses.
Titles such as THE BIG SNOOZE and THE BIRD CAME C.O.D., will feature famous personalities as cartoon characters including Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, Abbott & Costello, Cary Grant, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Stewart, Jack Benny, James Cagney, Jimmy Durante and many more. The shorts also pay tribute to classic Hollywood musicals, feuds with studio heads, and other typical Hollywood activity of the day.
Boomerang is Turner Broadcasting System Inc.'s (TBS, Inc.) 24-hour cable/satellite network offering classic animated entertainment from the world's largest library of more than 4,000 cartoons. Boomerang showcases Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Warner Bros. classic characters. Available in more than 11 million cable and satellite households, the network arranges its weekly schedule into three different programming categories designated by character strips, year (television season) and action-adventure genre. Boomerang's Website is located at http://Boomerang.CartoonNetwork.com.
