Looney Tunes: February 1995
Cover
It's the Hip Fab Fun cover. The four stars, from top to bottom, are occupied by Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Yosemite Sam, and Bugs Bunny
Amidst a snow covered landscape Elmer Fudd ice skates on a frozen lake, unaware of the ice cracking all around him. Daffy Duck, holding the
'Danger! Thin Ice' sign behind himself, looks on from a snow bank and asides to the reader, "I just love Winter games."
Credits
Synopsis
Elmer Fudd loads his car for a vacation at Chateau Snow where he hopes to relax away from Daffy Duck. Elmer leaves a sign on his door suggesting Daffy head south for the Winter. After Fudd leaves, Daffy shows up hoping for a ride. The duck finds some dropped papers about Chateau Snow and decides to go there rather than fly south. A mid-air collision with birds that are flying south triggers an avalanche which happens to bury Fudd's car as he drives to the Chateau. Elmer checks in a bit after Daffy, without either realizing that other is there, and happens to get a room right above Daffy's.
After he warms up, Elmer decides to go skiing. Daffy also plans to ski. The duck stumbles and catches himself before falling, but swaps a couple signs in the process. Daffy changes his mind about skiing and starts building a snowman instead. Elmer plans to take it easy and stick to a gentle slope but sees the signs that got swapped and goes the wrong way. Fudd sees the steep slope and realizes the signs are wrong, but before he can get away, a large ball of snow that was going to be part of Daffy's snowman hits him. Buried in the snowball, Fudd plummets down the steep slope.
Another thaw, and Elmer figures ice skating will be safer than skiing. Daffy settles on ice fishing. The pair are on the same ice, but between them are and island of trees so they still don't notice each other. Fudd skates while Daffy tries to poke a hole in the ice with an ice pick. The duck finds it rough going and digs around in his tent, looking for a chainsaw to cut the ice. While Daffy does that, Fudd skates around and falls through the ice where Daffy weakened it. Unable to find a chainsaw, Daffy gives up and leaves. Surprised fish eject an Fudd-containing ice cube from their water.
Fudd thaws again overnight and looks forward to a short bit of hangliding in the snow, or "Flake Gliding" as Chateau Snow calls it. At the same time Daffy looks into using a fast powered sled or "Snow Rocket." While Fudd is being rigged for his glide, Daffy gets his sled which isn't in the best condition. The duck's helmet also isn't a very good. Daffy's rocket sled starts out too soon and without control. The rocket snags Elmer's glider and they both go on a wild ride, with Daffy enjoying it and Elmer getting the worst of it.
Elmer has nightmares about all the things that have gone wrong. As Elmer sleeps, Daffy notices a snow making machine and ignores the warnings printed on it, turning it on. The machine fills Elmer's room with snow. Too heavy for the floor to hold, the snow and Elmer come crashing down into Daffy's room where they realize each other is there. The duck is thrilled, but Elmer is hoping it's just another bad dream.
Did You Notice...
Page 2: The birds fly south by plane, wingwalker style.- Page 3: It is rather strange for flying geese not to honk.
- Page 3: The taxis are powered by dogs. However, there really ought to be more than two dogs per taxi.
- Page 3: The Frigidettes seem to be slipping and falling in their advertisement.
- Page 7: "The agony of defeat" was perhaps the most memorable part of the (in)famous introduction to ABC's Wide World of Sports. An announcer said that phrase as a scene of skier Vinko Bogataj taking a very nasty tumble was shown.
- Page 9: A chainsaw is not out of line for cutting up ice, but a chainsaw isn't the best tool for cutting an ice fishing hole. For that, an ice auger is the prefered implement.
- Page 13: The advice to not fly too close to the sun echoes the mythological ignored warning of Daedalus to his son Icarus. Icarus flew too close to the sun, which melted the wax holding his wings together.
Technical Nits
Page 8: An ice pick is not at all what one would use to make a hole for ice fishing. Daffy's idea of a chainsaw makes a bit more sense, but what he really needs is an ice auger.- Page 8: Daffy's hat is covered in fishing flies, but flies are not used in ice fishing.
- Almost all the background characters, and even Daffy at times, have a weird thin somewhat stick-figure look to them.
Credits
Synopsis
Yosemite Sam hasn't had any luck, at least not good luck, at the rodeo but isn't going home without a prize. Determined to win something, he tries riding a very active horse with the telling name of Ol' Spinecrusher. Sam is thrown well over the fence in an instant. He lands nears Bugs who has just found an old coin. Looking for luck and noticing Bugs' luck, and his feet, Sam figures that if just the feet are lucky then the whole rabbit should be even better. Bugs is to be Sam's good luck charm.
Back in the rodeo, Bugs opens Ol' Spinecrusher's door before Sam is ready. Sam gets trampled. Trying again, Sam is thrown again. Hoping to have Bugs' luck rub off on him, Sam rubs himself with Bugs. Another try at riding ends in disaster, showing the rubbing didn't work. Since he needs the luck to stick, Sam glues Bugs to himself.
Sam, with Bugs stuck to him, jumps onto Ol' Spinecrusher's back. Surprised and annoyed, the horse throws Sam so hard he separates from most of his clothes. The glued rabbit, however, sticks to the saddle and rides the bucking bronco. Sam doesn't crash to the ground, but instead falls into a dress and bonnet hanging on a clothesline. The line stretches and flings Sam, dress and all, back into the rodeo where he first clobbers, then runs from a bull which Bugs ropes.
Despite the rescue, Sam is upset. He complains that he didn't win anything. Bugs figures that might not be the case. Sure enough, everyone but the bull won something. Bugs' won for Best Rider and Best Roper, Ol' Spinecrusher won Best Tosser, and an annoyed and disappointed Sam won as the Best Rodeo Clown.
Did You Notice...
- Page 24: Sam not only sheds most of his clothing, but also loses a toothbrush when he's thrown.
- Page 25: A rodeo clown isn't just an entertainer, although that is part of the job. The rodeo clown's primary purpose is protecting the rodeo riders from the animals they ride, or try to ride. Rodeo clowns prefer to be called bullfighters as that is a better description of the tougher part of their job.
Technical Nits
- Page 23: Even if he had held on, Sam would be disqualified in the first panel for using both hands.
Credits
Synopsis
Wile E. Coyote watches golf on TV when an announcer's comment inspires him. The coyote gets himself some golf gear and then practices at a driving range. He next purchases a box of time-delay golf ball bombs and returns to the desert. He plans to blow up Road Runner with an exploding golf ball. The bird zips by and Wile E. lights a fuse instead of giving chase. Unfortunately for the coyote, he swings and misses and is blown up by the golf ball bomb that never leaves the tee.
Did You Notice...
- Page 1: Arnold Palmreader refers to pro golfer Arnold Palmer.
Technical Nits
Other items:
There are three one-page fillers.
- B is for Bugs Bunny
- A simple crossword puzzle in which all words start with the letter B.
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- Bugs Bunny
- Bugs takes advantage of Snowman Season to collect carrots.
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- The Last Laugh
- Four three-panel cartoon strips.
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- Yosemite Sam's sneeze spoils the look of his mustache.
- Daffy makes the mistake of trying to have faster hands than Taz.
- Elmer forgets an important item when hunting.
- Daffy finds out Yosemite Sam doesn't take well to jokes at his expense.
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