Chapter Five: The Big Announcement

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Wile E. Coyote was drawing up plans of some kind. He had an announcement to make for all the Looney Tunes. As far as recent Looney Tunes DVD sales were going, the latest (and final) DVD set in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series was having improved sales over the last volume, even though it still wasn't good enough, thanks to Disney releasing one of their direct-to-video movies around this time. Wile E. managed to get a copy the day before, since he was lucky that the nearby stores actually had some in stock, and on sale as well.

Eventually, Daffy Duck came back from his appointment. "Well Wile E.," he began, "Today I told Dr. Spots about my grudge against Bugs."

"That is good," Wile E. said. "But I am assuming you are wondering about these plans?"

"Yeah!" Daffy said. "What are they?"

"I will announce them at our Christmas dinner meeting," the coyote explained. "It's a surprise. Actually, there will be two of them."

"OK."

…

On Christmas day, all the Looney Tunes gathered to the house for Christmas dinner. After gorging on the roast beef, Wile E. tapped his dinner glass and made an announcement.

"Ahem… thank you, one and all, for coming to my dinner meeting. Even some of your lesser folks like Owl Johnson and Cool Cat managed to come. I have TWO very important announcements. There is some good news. I found out from Scooby-Doo, who has recently overheard a board meeting at Cartoon Network, that the people at Cartoon Network are planning on bringing us back to TV!"

The Looney Tunes instantly erupted in cheering and applause!

"FINALLY!" Daffy yelled. "That stupid boss shows some respect!"

"However, the decision is not completely final," Wile E. continued, tapping his dinner glass again. "WB has given Cartoon Network permission to have a Looney Tunes marathon on New Years' Day, to see how well it will perform. If the Nielsen ratings are good, then they will consider bringing Looney Tunes back into regular rotation!"

The other Looney Tunes began cheering again!

"So I want you all to contact your family and your friends, and tell them to tune in to Cartoon Network any time between 7 AM and 8 PM on New Years' Day. We want these ratings strong!"

"Yeah!" Daffy chimed in. "We don't want it to bomb like the latest Looney Tunes Golden Collection sets did, thanks to Pixar's awful Ra…" Bugs clomped the duck's bill shut.

"Here is the other order of business," the coyote announced. "I am planning on building and opening a boardinghouse for us Looney Tunes to live in. That way, we can all live and get along together without any trouble, especially in these rough times we have been going through."

"A BOARDINGHOUSE?" Bugs asked. "Why a boardinghouse? Too practical?"

"You could say that," Wile E. replied. "Plus, money has been tight. I have been doing some artwork painting for a couple of art galleries downtown, and I am going to also have a magic act of sorts to earn some extra cash." He pulled out his magicians' top hat, reached his paw in and yanked out Babs Bunny!

"Hey, I need the extra money too!" Babs said, before Wile E. put her back in the hat, causing her to vanish back to Acme Acres.

Merlin the Magic Mouse applauded. "Very good, my fellow coyote," he said. "I see you have been practicing.

"Yes I have," Wile E. said, blushing.

Now the sound of a familiar choir of kids singing was coming from outside, "ooo-ooooh"ing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing."

"Hey, carolers!" Sylvester said. They all went to the door and found Charlie Brown, Sally Brown, Linus Van Pelt, Lucy Van Pelt, Rerun Van Pelt, Schroeder, Peppermint Patty, Franklin, Marcie, Snoopy and Woodstock all singing together.

"Merry Christmas, Looney Tunes!" the kids all called out in unison.

"Aww, how sweet!" Tweety commented.

"We heard about your rough times," Charlie Brown said. "We want to make your holiday cheerful."

"Thanks," Wile E. said. "How are you dealing with the passing of Bill Melendez?"

"We've pretty much gotten over it by now," Lucy reported. "Right now we care about the true meaning of Christmas."

Snoopy grumbled something, but Wile E. could understand. "Ah, so Snoopy and Woodstock wanted to know where we lived to plan this kind of get-together?"

"That's right," Linus said. "We wanted to bring you 'toons some holiday cheer. And are you also aware that Warner Bros. now owns the rights to our TV specials?"

Daffy sprung up. "That's a good thing," he said. "WB tends to care more about animation than Paramount did!"

"That's great!" Peppermint Patty said. "Well, we must be on our way. We're going to Chuck's house to celebrate the occasion. Merry Christmas!"

The gang walked off, all singing the "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" song.

"So anyways," Wile E. continued, "if we all live in a boardinghouse together, we might be able to get along easier and cooperate. And if WB needs to find a Looney Tune, they'll know where to look."

Daffy thought. "Hmm… I see what you mean." He said. "I think it IS a good idea! Let's do it!"