Mixed Nutz

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Worlds collide with Bugs Bunny and Yogi.

Mixed Nutz is an undeveloped American television series created by Tom Ruegger for Warner Bros. Animation in 2008.

In April and May of 2011, Ruegger made several posts on his blog, Cartoonatics, about how he developed a pitch for a series that would involve a wide range of crossover segments between characters from the defunct TV studio of Hanna-Barbera, whose library was now owned by Warner Bros., and their own Looney Tunes series, which began life as a series of short theatrical films. Some of these segments would also lampoon popular movies and television series.

Mixed Nutz got as far as a series bible, springboards, some scripted segments, and a first draft of the pilot.[1]

Production

Development

Tom Ruegger, who previously wrote for Yogi's Treasure Hunt and The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, and created A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Tiny Toon Adventures, and Animaniacs, pitched Mixed Nutz to Brad Globe, head of Warner Bros. Global Licensing. The series was greenlit immediately and Ruegger began work on concept art and stories for the series.[2] An alternate title was Toonotopia, with Ruegger designing a poster featuring Bugs Bunny that riffed on the 1927 silent film Metropolis.[3]

At the same time, however, Sam Register became Executive of Warner Bros. Animation, who was able to convince the President Peter Roth to cancel the series before it even began, as Register had his own ideas for Looney Tunes,[2] which had evolved into The Looney Tunes Show when it officially debuted in 2011. It's worth noting that Cartoon Network also aired a cartoon version of Mad magazine, a sketch comedy of a similar nature, from 2010 to 2013.

Ideas

  • Bugs Bunny takes a wrong turn in Alberquerque and lands in Bedrock, getting a ride from Fred Flintstone.[2]
  • Scooby-Doo and Daffy Duck are scared in a haunted mansion, when Daffy subs for Shaggy.[2] And then in protest over Daffy replacing Shaggy, Scooby leaves and is replaced with Dino.[4]
  • A parody of the 2001 movie Shrek, with Elmer Fudd, Quick Draw McGraw, Cindy Bear, and Dino replacing Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, and Elizabeth the Dragon, respectively.[2]
  • Snagglepuss, Daffy, Yogi, and Bugs have been turned into the kids from the adult cartoon South Park.[2]
  • Yogi's picnic stealing has given him great fame, and runs seminars on it, but outstays his welcome in Bugs's Malibu beachfront home.[5]
  • In a Terminator parody, Rosie goes back in time to prevent Daffy from screwing up the world.[5]
  • El Kabong is hired by the Highway Patrol to get rid of Road Runner.[5]
  • Daffy Duck, as Dick Tracy (or Duck Twacy), teams up with Snooper, Blabber, and Huckleberry Hound.[1]
  • Wile E. Coyote flees the desert for the suburbs, where he meets Top Cat and the gang, who have given up on city life in another scheme.[1]
  • Viking Elmer sets to conquer Bedrock, but it's his singing is what annoys the citizens.[6]
  • Taz and Yakky Doodle star in The Silence of the Taz, a spoof of the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.[7]
  • Boo Boo meets Bugs.[8]
  • Yosemite Sam babysits Bamm-Bamm in "Sam I Bam."[9]
  • Bugs joins Mystery Incorporated for a mystery at the Motion Picture Hospital and Animators' Retirement Home in Calabasas.[4]
  • It's bear season when Elmer hunts Yogi; featuring Bugs and Daffy.[10]
  • Yogi gets a taste of his own medicine when Taz arrives in Jellystone Park.[10]
  • Citizen Hare starring Bugs, is a spin on 1941 classic Citizen Kane.[11]
  • Ding Dong starring Magilla Gorilla (co-starring Lola Bunny as the damsel in distress), is a spin on another 1933 classic King Kong.[11]
  • Yosemite dates Wilma in "Wham, Bam, Thank You, Sam."[12]
  • Bugs is James Bond (replacing him in a poster for the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only), with Yakky cast as the villain.[13]
  • Tweety is flattered and then annoyed by Yakky's fanboy antics.[13]
  • Marvin the Martian's plans for conquering Orbit City are stopped by the lovesick teen Judy Jetson.[14]
  • Marvin proves to be a backseat driver when he replaces Hadji on the Dragonfly.[14]
  • Daffy's spotlight is not just in danger from Bugs, but also the likes of Yogi and Snagglepuss.[15]
  • Wile E. Coyote may think again about recklessly shooting rockets when he has one caught up his rectum, which is to be removed by Dr. Huckleberry Hound and his intern, Daffy, in Hound M.D., a satirical take on Fox's medical drama House.[16]
  • Yosemite runs a dating blog in the same vein as Carrie Bradshaw (from HBO's Sex and the City), in Tex and the City.[16]
  • The famous painting of Dogs Playing Poker has Scooby, Huck, Doggie Daddy, Scrappy-Doo, and big cheater Bandit, along with other potentials such as Marc Anthony, Charlie, and K-9.[17]
  • Snoop Dogg is the inspiration for Doggie's new career turn as a hip hop artist, now known as Scoop Doggie Daddy.[18]
  • Yogi and Daffy go on a cross country ride.[19]
  • Gossamer shadows Scooby.[19]
  • Elmer and Jabberjaw cross paths when the pair are both on separate hunting trips.[20]

  • Fred and Bugs go for a drive.

References

  1. ^ a b c Ruegger, Tom (April 24, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 3". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Ruegger, Tom (April 22, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows that Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" (2008) -- Part 1". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  3. ^ Ruegger, Tom (May 11, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 20". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Reugger, Tom (April 29, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were # 2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 8 -- Bugs Meets Scooby, Daffy Meets Dino". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Ruegger, Tom (April 23, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 2". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  6. ^ Ruegger, Tom (April 25, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were # 2 -- "Mixed Nutz" (2008) -- Part 4". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  7. ^ Ruegger, Tom (April 26, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were # 2 -- "Mixed Nutz" (2008) -- Part 5". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  8. ^ Ruegger, Tom (April 27, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were # 2 -- "Mixed Nutz" (2008) -- Part 6". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  9. ^ Ruegger, Tom (April 28, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were # 2 -- "Mixed Nutz" (2008) -- Part 7". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  10. ^ a b Ruegger, Tom (April 30, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nuts" -- Part 9". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Ruegger, Tom (May 1, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 10 -- Movie Parodies". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  12. ^ Ruegger, Tom (May 2, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 11". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  13. ^ a b Ruegger, Tom (May 3, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 12". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  14. ^ a b Ruegger, Tom (May 4, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 13". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  15. ^ Ruegger, Tom (May 5, 2011). "http://cartoonatics.blogspot.com/2011/05/cartoon-shows-that-never-were-2-mixed_05.html". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  16. ^ a b Ruegger, Tom (May 6, 2011). ""The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2" -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 15". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  17. ^ Ruegger, Tom (May 7, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 16". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  18. ^ Ruegger, Tom (May 8, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were: "Mixed Nutz" Part 17". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  19. ^ a b Ruegger, Tom (May 9, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 18". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  20. ^ Ruegger, Tom (May 10, 2011). "The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" Part 19". Cartoonatics. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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