Article #9

Rajan Clark

April 9.2018

Online News Reporting

All-Time Cartoon

            I first moved to Memphis when I was eight and started watching my all-time favorite movie “Space Jam”. The movie Space Jam was published November 15, 1996 only a year and twenty one days before I was born. Space Jam was my all-time childhood movie because I loved basketball and cartoons. Therefore the cartoon characters where involved with my favorite sport throughout the movie. It is so happen that the staring characters in this movie are the famous 1930 Looney Tunes characters. The creator of Looney Tunes cartoons is Leon Schlesinger.

Leon Schlesinger:

http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-life-and-death-of-looney-tunes-producers-schlesinger-and-selzer/

The main character of the movie is the six ring NBA champion Michael Jordan. There were other old NBA known players but their setting was on a golf course with Michael and on a court. There were a set of rival Tunes taunting Bugs Bunny to work for them. So, Bugs Bunny challenged them to a basketball contest. The rival Tunes were very small so Bugs Bunny figured it would be easy. Eventually Bugs Bunny went looking for help because the rival Tunes took the skills of the most talented NBA players to beat them. That scene takes us to where Bugs Bunny went running to Michael Jordan for help. The golf course scene is when Michael got sent into the Looney Tunes world. He was playing golf on a regular day with former Celtic small forward Larry Bird.

https://www.nssmag.com/en/sports/9381/5-trame-alternative-per-space-jam-2

Michael Jordan ended up helping the Looney Tune squad to beat the rival Tunes called the “Monstars”. Before the game was over, the boss of the Monstars bet Michael Jordan to work for the rivals if the Tunes lost. They both agreed to the deal during half time and finished the game. Although the Monstars took the talent of the best NBA stars in the league of the 90’s, Michael Jordan comes out with a game strategy to win the game. It was a big battle between the two teens. In the end the Tunes were down score of 77 to 78. Michael Jordan ends up with the ball and does his famous jump man dunk to win the game. Afterwards Michael and the Monstars boss shook hands and went their separate ways. Thanks for the help of Michael Jordan, Looney Tunes are safe from harm of the Tune rivals. This movie is the most exciting cartoon ever.

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