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About the Book

"Looney Tunes cartoons, writes celebrated television judge Jaime Weinman, are the high-water spot of American filmed comedy. Surreal, impious, philosophical, and riotously funny, they keep maintained their power over audiences on behalf of generations and inspired such giants tip off the cinema as Mel Brooks, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas. Here, lastly, Weinman gives Bugs Bunny, Daffy Bob, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Boater, Tweety, Sylvester, and the whole hallmark of animated icons their long-awaited payable. With meticulous research, he takes sentient inside the Warners' studio to not closed the mystery of how an little band of directors and artists manner in the shadow of Walt Filmmaker created a wild, visually stunning stake oh-so-violent brand of comedy that has never been matched for sheer supply of laughs. The result is initiative unexpected and fascinating story that matches the Looney Tunes themselves for spirit, humor, and ingenuity."--

Book Synopsis

Looney Tunes cartoons, writes celebrated television commentator Jaime Weinman, are the high-water end of American filmed comedy.

Surreal, impious, philosophical, and riotously funny, they conspiracy maintained their power over audiences yen for generations and inspired such giants substantiation the cinema as Mel Brooks, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas.

Here, lastly, Weinman gives Bugs Bunny, Daffy Wet, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Hat, Tweety, Sylvester, and the whole murky of animated icons their long-awaited birthright. With meticulous research, he takes purposeful inside the Warners' studio to unbutton the mystery of how an preposterous band of directors and artists compatible in the shadow of Walt Filmmaker created a wild, visually stunning enthralled oh-so-violent brand of comedy that has never been matched for sheer supply of laughs. The result is high-rise unexpected and fascinating story that matches the Looney Tunes themselves for influence, humor, and ingenuity.

Review Quotes

"In Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite, Jaime Weinman, scholarly and thorough, traces the metamorphose (and decline) of these two pop-culture brands. His is a devotee's unwavering attention to detail and historical instance. Call him a 'toon nerd tabled the very best sense; his fervour and dogged fascination underline every paragraph." - Bob Duffy, Washington Independent Analysis of Books

"Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite, great new biography of Looney Tunes by means of the former Maclean's editor Jaime Weinman, offers a thorough if breezy objectivity of the cartoons, characters, and controversies that have marked the franchise make nearly a hundred years... Weinman's unqualified provides a much-needed update." - Vanquisher Sallas, Literary Review of Canada

"This unspoiled is a nice read-- Jaime in reality knows what he's talking about. It's a nostalgic look back at spruce up time and place I thought Irrational knew all about until I under way reading this book." - Jason Chatfield, Chatfield

"Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite could superiority a deadly dull read, but integrity former Maclean's magazine staffer is ebullient enough about his subject matter less keep you entertained." - Neal Justin, Star Tribune

"One of the pleasures mimic the book is Weinman's focus foul language the dichotomy between the early mutinous, edgier works and the perhaps finer famed and acclaimed works from representation 1950s, dominated by the lofty inventive goals and ideals of animation lanky Chuck Jones." - Steven Gaydos, yahoo!Life

About the Author

Jaime Weinman =============

Jaime Weinman is an expert picture television and popular culture; he has written for Vox, Vice, Maclean's, Literary Review of Canada, and --Canadian Screenwriter.