Today's cuppa: Dublin Morning tea
For a story on an upcoming TCM special called "Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood," airing March 24, I had occasion earlier this week to interview the charming Linda Jones Clough, daughter of the legendary "Looney Tunes" animator (who also did "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"), who was her business partner as well as her dad.
I had to confess to her my lifelong affection for Jones' work, especially the "Looney Tunes" characters -- indeed, the first photo I took during my first visit to Los Angeles was a snap of the water tower at Warner Bros., shot through a shuttlebus window -- and we also talked a bit about the differences between the animated characters of Walt Disney Co. and those of Warner Bros.
In my experience, people either prefer Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and their buddies, or Bugs Bunny, 
Daffy Duck and theirs.
This reminded me of a conversation I had on the set of "Leverage" about whether comic-book fans prefer the characters from Marvel Comics (such as Spider-Man or Iron Man) or DC Comics (such as Superman or Batman).
Then I wondered whether there were any corollaries among these groups of fans.
So, I posit the theory, for which I have no hard evidence, that Marvel fans are also more likely to prefer "Looney Tunes" characters to Disney characters, and that DC fans 
lean more Disney than "Looney."
Of course, I could be utterly wrong in this. But since the recent stimulus bill passed without a multimillion-dollar grant for me to study this issue, I'm going to crowdsource it instead. So please help a girl out and vote in the following poll. Also, feel free to use the comments section to make your arguments on the topic one way or the other.
Can't wait to see the answers!
When I was growing up, Disney cartoons were something you saw occasionally Sunday evening or in the movie theatre, and Looney Toones were a weekly Sa****ay morning appointment. Looney Toones were geared to adults as much as they were for children, so I got a lot of the humour, and they stood the test of time as I grew up. Disney (to me) was aimed at the child audience, and only the child audience.
Modern Looney Toones (ie, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs) are still better than modern Disney cartoons (anything on the Mouse Channel).
I'd admit that I got attracted to Batman because of Adam West, Superman because of George Reeves, and Wonder Woman because of Lynda Carter, but the Marvel movies of the time period (Nick Hammond's Spider-Man, and the Captain America big blue motorcycle helmet) were pretty sucky. Bill Bixby's Hulk was a good watch, but I got bored with it pretty quick.
I always found the DC characters (with all the multiple versions and such) always far more interesting than Marvel. I was reading X-Men in 1980, long before any of my friends had even heard of Wolverine, and liked how Marvel had a tight continuity between their monthly issues (the cameo of Silver Surfer was followed by a footnote to that month's Fantastic Four so the reader could see what he was up to), but Marvel was filled with the average person hating their heroes and that was just too much thinly veiled racism for me.
And the deciding vote was the DC characters that were active during WW2 (Justice Society) were actually active during the war, as opposed to Marvel's Invaders which was published in the 1970s (and only a couple characters that had been created during the war).
My Green Lantern is a blonde guy with a purple cape that hates wood, not a test pilot.
And on Cartoon Network, the Justic League cartoon is far superior to that direct-to-video Avengers cartoon. Long live the DC characters.
you have to love all of these characters. Walt disney was the king. He did the best work for anybody.
I always found the DC characters (with all the multiple versions and such) always far more interesting than Marvel. I was reading X-Men in 1980, long before any of my friends had even heard of Wolverine, and liked how Marvel had a tight continuity between their monthly issues (the cameo of Silver Surfer was followed by a footnote to that month's Fantastic Four so the reader could see what he was up to), but Marvel was filled with the average person hating their heroes and that was just too much thinly veiled racism for me.