laugh4me
08-07-2001, 05:12 PM
In case anyone is wondering about the popularity and marketability of these characters, here's some proof. The excerpt below is taken from an article on the NASCAR website (http://www.nascar.com/2001/NEWS/08/07/packman_looney/index.html) which is mostly about the upcoming race with the Looney Tunes color schemes, but at the end they mention this:
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If one needs proof of the popularity of NASCAR, Looney Tunes and Monte Carlo, a recent one-hour show on the QVC Shopping TV Network should be enough. Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Monte Carlo, helped host the live show from Indianapolis and to say the response was looney would be an understatement.
“We set an all-time record for the largest selling show in the history of the network,” Hynes said. “It has never been duplicated, it was off the chart and nothing has ever come close. The power of NASCAR married to entertainment is just phenomenal. It was like a Looney Tune 'Kaboom!'”
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http://www.nascar.com/2001/NEWS/08/07/packman_looney/looney_bugs_medium.jpg
Let's just hope someone at WB doesn't look at this and get the idea to make the next Looney Tunes movie involve NASCAR and star Jeff Gordon... you thought Michael Jordan was a bad actor... :rolleyes:
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If one needs proof of the popularity of NASCAR, Looney Tunes and Monte Carlo, a recent one-hour show on the QVC Shopping TV Network should be enough. Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Monte Carlo, helped host the live show from Indianapolis and to say the response was looney would be an understatement.
“We set an all-time record for the largest selling show in the history of the network,” Hynes said. “It has never been duplicated, it was off the chart and nothing has ever come close. The power of NASCAR married to entertainment is just phenomenal. It was like a Looney Tune 'Kaboom!'”
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http://www.nascar.com/2001/NEWS/08/07/packman_looney/looney_bugs_medium.jpg
Let's just hope someone at WB doesn't look at this and get the idea to make the next Looney Tunes movie involve NASCAR and star Jeff Gordon... you thought Michael Jordan was a bad actor... :rolleyes: