'''''Looney Tunes''''' is an [[animated sitcom]] series produced by [[Warner Bros.]] It was Warner Bros.' first animated cartoon series, preceding the ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series. The name of the series is a variation on ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'', the name of [[Walt Disney]]'s concurrent series of music-based cartoon shorts. From 1942 until 1969, ''Looney Tunes'' was the most popular series of cartoon shorts in theaters, even more popular than any Disney films.<ref name="AniUSA">{{cite web|url=http://www.animationusa.com/resources/aboutwb.html|title=Warner Bros. Studio biography|publisher=AnimationUSA.com|accessdate=July 22, 2008|archive-date=May 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524120920/http://www.animationusa.com/resources/aboutwb.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''''Looney Tunes''''' is an [[animated sitcom]] series produced by [[Warner Bros.]] It was Warner Bros.' first animated cartoon series, preceding the ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series. The name of the series is a variation on ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'', the name of [[Walt Disney]]'s concurrent series of music-based cartoon shorts. From 1942 until 1969, ''Looney Tunes'' was the most popular series of cartoon shorts in theaters.