We've been waiting to hit Sniffles with a basketball for many years… And I do think that might be one of the reasons we're still talking about it is the movie does seem like it has this raw energy to it, chaotic energy to it in an off-kilter structure. I remember people at that time going, 'No one even knows who Sniffles is.' (But) we remember Sniffles. So in a way, those aren't easter eggs to us because we were going to shove everyone on there… Sniffles gets pummeled/ flattened with a basketball. Every Looney Tune, even if a character is only in one cartoon, why did we decide to put them in the crowds and stuff like that? It was like, 'Because we loved it, we just did it.' No-one stopped us from doing it. I've been asked about why there were so many, you know, different characters in the movie. ![]() TC : In making that movie, we didn't hide our Easter eggs. TC : Michael Jordan was one of the most famous people on earth in those days he was like a demiGod in Chicago, so just the idea that my friends and family back home, forget about Bugs Bunny, the idea that I was making a movie with Michael Jordan certainly put me on top, you now? I've never been on top like that again.Ģ5 years later, what inside jokes, deep bench characters, or easter eggs that have gone unnoticed in Space Jam all these years?-that you can share You know? I didn't invent mashing up Looney Tunes and Basketball, but those were two things that work together in an unexpectedly fun way. ![]() Tony Cervone : Yeah, I guess I've done that a lot, and sometimes the results are kind of fun. Would you say that mashing up classic characters is your wheelhouse? Tony, you are known for Scooby-Doo and Kiss Rock and Roll Mystery, Space Jam, Flintstones, and WWE: Stone Age Smackdown you sent Tom and Jerry to Oz a couple of times. and shares the one character that they couldn't use in the film. ![]() The prolific producer/director for Warner Bros., and expert on Looney Tunes and Hanna Barbera cartoons, took time out from celebrating the 25th anniversary of Space Jam to chat with Bleeding Cool's Jimmy Leszczynski about hanging out with the iconic M.J. Starting the project as a storyboard artist, Tony became the Animation Director over the length of the production. In the 90s, Cervone started animating for Warner Brothers, working on Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures, which would eventually lead to working on Space Jam.
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