Five years ago today, a shy awkward teenager started a blog about Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. He went by the name of Dr. Foolio. A name so generously given to him by a cyber bully. A failed attempt at an insult you can see, for it fit perfectly with the subject matter. It’s now been five years, and that teen is now an adult and still going strong.
Wow! Has it really beenyears already? Time flies when you’re enjoying yourself. I can’t believe it! As per tradition, with a new year, comes a new feature to this place. So from now on, I’m listing all the credits I can for each short. (Which does leave me with the question of how I’ll upgrade next year) Before that happens however, let’s take a quick retrospective of what happened here since then.
When I first started out, I clearly didn’t have any idea what I was doing. I acted like everyone who came here had seen the short already, and all I left behind was one or two sentences that did nothing but tell how much I enjoyed the short. No pictures or anything. At least I had the common sense to give history about the characters. I didn’t even have a schedule yet. I just wrote something every time I watched a short. Without taking notes I might add. Later in the year, I started putting up pictures for characters, and videos for the shorts. And I started leaving summaries. (With my own comments thrown in) Eventually, I started to leave an image for the shorts if I could not find a video for it. And soon I started to leave some of the credits to the shorts as well. When I finally did get a schedule, updates came on every Tuesday. Soon, I got a job and I had to move things over to Wednesday’s from now on. (Breaking the rules every so often for certain reasons) Which leads us to today. Sure this place might not be the most popular spot online. (In fact, I average about two visitors a week.) But I have gotten some very nice people who I admired to visit. Big thanks to you if you are still alive. And I’m still enjoying myself regardless if anyone visits or not. And in the end, isn’t that all that matters? There’s still more fun to be had. Hundreds of shorts are left! And with only 52 posts a year, (some not even related to the shorts) this could go on for decades. That’s not all folks! We’re just beginning. Hope you enjoy visiting this place as much as I enjoy updating it.
-Dr. Foolio (Cartoon expert)