SMALL SCREEN.Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski CARTOON CRACK-UPS: Who needs another blooper show of newscaster flubs and actors' muffed lines? We know they're human so their mistakes aren't that funny. Cartoon Network For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see . Cartoon Network is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. has the right idea with its ``Bloopers and Other Embarrassing Moments'' special that puts animated characters in a more human light. Porky Pig Porky Pig is an Academy Award-nominated animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators (particularly stumbles more than usual through his trademark ``That's all, folks,'' Foghorn Leghorn Foghorn Leghorn is the name of a character appearing in numerous Warner Brothers animated cartoons, especially Looney Tunes. He is a large, anthropomorphic adult rooster with a strong Southern accent and a penchant for mischief. gets the giggles, the Jetsons do multiple takes for their frequent technical malfunctions and Wile E. Coyote shows the right and wrong ways to take a boulder on the head. In Chuck Jones' classic and rarely shown ``Duck Amuck Duck Amuck is a surreal 1951 animated cartoon produced by Warner Bros. and released in 1953 as part of the Merrie Melodies series. It stars Daffy Duck, who is tormented by a sadistic, unseen animator who constantly changes Daffy's location, clothing, voice, physical !,'' a prankish prank·ish adj. Given to or characterized by impishness or playfulness; mischievous. prank  ish·ly adv. animator toys with Daffy Duck's backgrounds, audio, costumes and even body parts to the point of exasperation. The special is hosted by Tom Kenny, a not-so-familiar face who does voices for ``The Powerpuff Girls,'' ``Dexter's Laboratory,'' ``Johnny Bravo'' and a certain sea sponge with a necktie on another network. BLOOPERS AND OTHER EMBARRASSING MOMENTS, 7 p.m. Friday, Cartoon Network. SO THIS IS 'LOVE': What God hath put together, Endemol USA is ready to put asunder a·sun·der adv. 1. Into separate parts or pieces: broken asunder. 2. Apart from each other either in position or in direction: The curtains had been drawn asunder. . ``Anything for Love,'' which the production company calls ``the most outrageous relationship show'' ever, is ready for a June 16 debut on Fox. While other shows arrange relationships based on lust at first sight, this one has already committed couples set up for on-air disaster. For example, a man receives an ultimatum to choose between his girlfriend and his beloved horse. And a girlfriend watches via hidden camera as her boyfriend deals with sexual advances from a model in an elevator. We're wondering why people sign up for such torture. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (Wile E. Coyote) |
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