Looney Tunes: Back in Action

The Review Show

Episode 301. Shametember kicks off this year with a movie that Melissa has somehow never seen -- 2003's Looney Tunes: Back in Action, from Joe Dante, the director of the Gremlins films. In this live-action and animation hybrid, Bugs and Daffy join a globe-trotting adventure with an aspiring stuntman who needs to save his action star father from the villainous chairman of Acme. We discuss the frantic plot and non-stop visual gags, celebrity cameos, product placement, Steve Martin's confounding performance, and our desire for a new version of Looney Tunes that's a surreal psychological drama starring Jesse Plemons as Porky Pig.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:04) - Welcome and banter
• (05:22) - Non-spoiler thoughts on Looney Tunes: Back In Action
• (16:24) - Housekeeping
• (21:08) - Spoilers for Looney Tunes: Back In Action
• (01:15:38) - Review Show Bingo
• (01:21:07) - Recommendations
• (01:37:23) - What we are discussing next episode
• (01:39:36) - Outro

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