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The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Characters

From the slow-witted Elmer Fudd to that wascally wabbit Bugs Bunny, and from the monstrous Gossamer to the adorable Tweety Bird, the Looney Tunes franchise contains one of the most extensive catalogs of comedic characters in pop-culture history.

Warner Bros. created over 1,000 cartoons under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from 1929 until the original studio shut down in 1969. But that couldn’t kill the creativity. While the big-screen theatrical shorts became a thing of the past, the characters that inhabited them would find their way into feature-length films like the Space Jam movies and Looney Tunes: Back in Action. They’d also make an indelible mark on television with reruns of the theatrical shorts and original programming like Duck Dodgers, The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries and countless others. More recently, they’ve invaded streaming services with the 2020 Max series Looney Tunes Cartoons.

Amy Schumer’s Sleazy School Teacher Sketch Is First ‘SNL’ Video With 100 Million Views

An SNL sketch has passed the 100-million-view mark on YouTube and Amy Schumer is proud to say that she was part of it.

The sketch in question? That's “Porn Teacher,” a bit from Schumer’s hosting appearance in 2015. She stars alongside Kyle Mooney and Aidy Bryant, and we’re guessing Schumer is correct in suggesting that the word “porn” in the title might have goosed those view totals.

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