Looney Tunes in Disney-MGM Studios in 1989 and early 1990s

[DisneyFan32]

Remember there was Looney Tunes stuff like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester at Looney Bin in Disney MGM Studios in 1990s?

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

Remember there was Looney Tunes stuff like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester at Looney Bin in Disney MGM Studios in 1990s?

 

[champdisney]

The only Looney Tunes related material I’ve seen in Hollywood Studios is a postcard or sticker of Tweety Bird and Sylvester the Cat on a wall inside the Backlot Express quick service. It’s still there, you just gotta look for it.

 

[castlecake2.0]

I think they also sold that stuff at MK too. I remember seeing it at the gift shop at the exit of the jungle cruise featuring king Louie.

 

[Dizmentia]

Remember there was Looney Tunes stuff like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester at Looney Bin in Disney MGM Studios in 1990s?

Yes, there was a store called the Looney Bin at Disney MGM, in a lightly themed Roger Rabbit area near the walking Studio tour. It sold Looney Tunes merchandise. I remember being surprised to see it.

 

[Robbiem]

I don’t remember the looney tunes but I remember seeing tom and Jerry around 1991 by the snack bar near the backlot tour

 

[TinkerBelle8878]

I remember this and buying a tweety bird plush there. I always thought it was really odd since Disney usually sold only Disney branded characters. Of course this was before the buying spree of other companies and their properties like Marvel. Was Disney trying to buy Warner Bros or something at that time? Or was this more of a 'tie in' with Roger Rabbit and the other companies toons in Toontown from the movie?

 

[JIMINYCR]

When Roger Rabbit was the thing Disney was pushing.

The Mouse for Less has a nice article describing many of the items you could see from the film that were in MGM.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Yep and Tom and Jerry had a small moment in time there as well with their Box Office bomb of a 1992 movie

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[Robbiem]

Yep and Tom and Jerry had a small moment in time there as well with their Box Office bomb of a 1992 movie

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Yep thats what I remember thanks so much for sharing, I thought little me had imagined it!

 

[castlecake2.0]

Yep and Tom and Jerry had a small moment in time there as well with their Box Office bomb of a 1992 movie

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Wait. How?!

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Wait. How?!

When the first Tom & Jerry movie came out it was distributed through MGM and this was their way to promote the characters and the film..Of course you can still see a Tom & Jerry short in the Sci-Fi Dine In called "Mouse in Space" sad part tho the short is slightly cut down but of course youtube does have it..

 

[Dizmentia]

Wait. How?!

This was a Tom and Jerry Movie promotion, as the Tom and Jerry Movie was distributed by Miramax Films in the United States. Disney had recently purchased Miramax Films at the time.

 

[NelleBelle]

Interesting that this thread came about as we just watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit. So odd to see all the other cartoon characters in a "Disney" movie. DH and I had quite a discussion about the MGM-Disney connection with our youngest son, who had never seen the movie.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

This was a Tom and Jerry Movie promotion, as the Tom and Jerry Movie was distributed by Miramax Films in the United States. Disney had recently purchased Miramax Films at the time.

My favorite pic has to be when Touchstone thanked the other animation studios and made this image...The sight of Donald and Daffy shaking hands on their respected watertowers seems historic to me..(Although there are inaccuracies to this shot I let it slide).

 

[Sharon&Susan]

My favorite pic has to be when Touchstone thanked the other animation studios and made this image...The sight of Donald and Daffy shaking hands on their respected watertowers seems historic to me..(Although there are inaccuracies to this shot I let it slide).

Interesting choice to make Marvin the Martian one and a half feet tall.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Interesting choice to make Marvin the Martian one and a half feet

And he's his standard height at the finale..

 

[WondersOfLife]

And he's his standard height at the finale..

Oh no... Brer Bear is in it!? How long until they totally cut the film altogether?

 

[NelleBelle]

Oh no... Brer Bear is in it!? How long until they totally cut the film altogether?

They'll just remake it or add a warning content at the beginning of the film!

 

[EagleScout610]

They'll just remake it or add a warning content at the beginning of the film!

Guess they gotta add one for Lion King 1 1/2 as well