toys (19) : Taz - TASMANIAN DEVIL on his HARLEY

Taz - TASMANIAN DEVIL on his HARLEY : A trail of dust is all that Taz is leaving behind as he tears up the road to your house !

Taz est un personnage des Looney Tunes de la Warner Bros. Pictures. C'est un diable de Tasmanie. Il ne parle pas mais émet des grognements bizarres. Quand il veut bouger, il devient une véritable tornade et dévore tout sur son passage (alors auto-surnommé « Taz toupie »).

Créateur : Robert McKimson
Voix : Mel Blanc
Première apparition : Devil May Hare, 1954.

On le voit apparaître dans des dessins animés avec Charlie le coq ou Bugs Bunny.

Looney Tunes est une série de dessins animés de la Warner Brothers qui a précédé aux Merrie Melodies. À l'origine, Warner Bros. souhaitait donner à chacune de ces deux séries une personnalité distincte à la manière des séries de Walt Disney Silly Symphonies et Mickey Mouse. De 1934 à 1943, les Merrie Melodies étaient en couleurs alors que les Looney Tunes étaient en noir et blanc. Par la suite, les personnages mis en scène étant les mêmes, les deux séries ne différèrent plus guère que par la musique de leur générique.

À l'origine, les Looney Tunes différaient des Merrie Melodies qui ne suivaient pas la logique de récurrence d’un personnage, mais qui servaient à mettre en scène le catalogue musical de la Warner.

English version :

The Tasmanian Devil, often referred to as " Taz", is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons. The character appeared in only five shorts before Warner Bros Animation closed down in 1964, but marketing and television appearances later propelled the character to new popularity in the 1990s.

Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and is Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. The regular Warner Bros. animation cast also became known as the "Looney Tunes" (often misspelled, intentionally or not, as "Looney Toons").

The name Looney Tunes is a variation on Silly Symphonies, the name of Walt Disney's concurrent series of music-based cartoon shorts. Looney Tunes originally showcased Warner-owned musical compositions through the adventures of cartoon characters such as Bosko and Buddy. Later Looney Tunes shorts featured popular characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Taz, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, and many others. Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Looney Tunes were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, and the newly renamed Warner Bros. Cartoons continued production until 1963. Looney Tunes were outsourced to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1964 to 1967, and Warner Bros. Cartoons re-assumed production for the series' final two years. From 1942 into the 1960s, Looney Tunes was the most popular short cartoon series in theaters, exceeding Disney and other popular competitors.



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