Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the November 24 article: Toon Talk: From the Other Side - Looney Tunes: Back in Action at <a href="News-ID280050.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID280050.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By MouseBear Salutations Kirby, Thanks for confirming my impression of this film. Its too bad really, I've always enjoyed the Warner Brothers shorts. Lee
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Kirby you wrote: << (Some may argue that Disney has used the same tactics with their ever-vigilant acts of corporate synergy, but their use of the classic characters has always been for their own products. In other words, one hopes that we will never see Mickey himself hawking the latest Sprint picture phones.)>> Does that include the early days when Donald Duck was a spokes um duck for salad dressings, soda and the like?
Originally Posted By toon-fan But seriously folks - Didn't Goofy, Donald and a few others do commercials for a car about 10-15 years ago? I think it was the Lumina, but I don't remember Mickey in the ads.
Originally Posted By jdub I think those can be thought of as "their own products." That did come to mind, though.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 And don't forget Mike and Sulley did advertise for Chevrolet(I think it was.)
Originally Posted By jdub James Bond was also in car ads, as I recall. But no cereal, to my knowledge.
Originally Posted By arstogas They did indeed arrive a movie premiere jumping out of a Chevy Lumina... And most of us don't get to see the foreign commercials.. probably a lot more of that going on overseas. So the cartoon shilling is hardly unilateral. But the movie was a disappointment... I agree with the review pretty much.
Originally Posted By electra I remember the Lumina commercials rather well. It was sometime right after Disney/MGM Studios park opened.
Originally Posted By brotherdave >>Back in Action mostly smacks of missed opportunities (for example, with all these bad guys around, where’s my favorite, the Big Hairy Monster?). << If you're refering to the big red hairy monster with the sneakers, I believe his name was Gossemer. By the way, Kirby, great review as always!
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >If you're refering to the big red hairy monster with the sneakers< Yes, that's him. Didn't know he had a name, I had a Beanie Baby of him at the tag said "Big Hairy Monster". Best Bugs Bunny line (in drag as a manicurist): "I think monsters are the most inTEResting people ... " I wasn't aware of the Lumina commercial, thanks for the info. If anything, I believe the Warner characters have been more rampant in their commercialization.
