Oct 1, 2026 · 19 min · 8 segments
Eric Bauza is one of the best and most accomplished voice actors in the industry. A proud Canadian, he has received three Emmy Awards and has voiced over 200 different characters in films and…
Eric BauzaGuestAlex CearnsHost
And, of course, yes, the fans and the cast and everyone that loves Looney Tunes was behind the effort to get this one out.
And, you know, it's unfortunate that these days that, you know, a movie... as well put together as this, which was under budget, on time, meeting any deadlines, and hit near-perfect audience scores in our test screenings, could still suffer the axe when it comes to the business side.
It just so happens that particular year that we were put on the shelf, there were two other movies that also were put on the shelf in the same company, Warner Brothers.
So it was like Batgirl, Scooby-Doo, Holiday Hunt, and it was a long gap between between that and our movie coming to the same fate, but we thought we had escaped.
We were like, did you hear anything? You know, every day I would contact Dave Green, our fearless director, until one day we did get the news that we were the third one.
I guess you never, if there's anything we learned from this experience is that Looney Tunes fans are very passionate about their, their Looney Tunes stories and, and they're, you know, getting to see them in any shape or form, including a, a very well done feature film.
So, yeah, we had that on our side and I feel like, I don't know, maybe the act of taking something away from the masses inadvertently caused this like tidal wave of like curiosity.
And, you know, I need to see it, you know, and that in itself kind of is built in marketing.
And they say that any publicity is good publicity, but I think any publicity for this film is good publicity.
And, of course, yes, the fans and the cast and everyone that loves Looney Tunes was behind the effort to get this one out.
And, you know, it's unfortunate that these days that, you know, a movie... as well put together as this, which was under budget, on time, meeting any deadlines, and hit near-perfect audience scores in our test screenings, could still suffer the axe when it comes to the business side.
It just so happens that particular year that we were put on the shelf, there were two other movies that also were put on the shelf in the same company, Warner Brothers.
So it was like Batgirl, Scooby-Doo, Holiday Hunt, and it was a long gap between between that and our movie coming to the same fate, but we thought we had escaped.
We were like, did you hear anything? You know, every day I would contact Dave Green, our fearless director, until one day we did get the news that we were the third one.
I guess you never, if there's anything we learned from this experience is that Looney Tunes fans are very passionate about their, their Looney Tunes stories and, and they're, you know, getting to see them in any shape or form, including a, a very well done feature film.
So, yeah, we had that on our side and I feel like, I don't know, maybe the act of taking something away from the masses inadvertently caused this like tidal wave of like curiosity.
And, you know, I need to see it, you know, and that in itself kind of is built in marketing.
And they say that any publicity is good publicity, but I think any publicity for this film is good publicity.
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