Sorry for the late reply!



You know, I didn't even know that Wabbit and the Looney Tunes show existed. I tried watching a episode of the Looney Tunes Show after reading your comment. It was... Painfully unfunny. Maybe I just got a bad episode? I'll have to try another. Also I found Daffy Duck's voice slightly off, I felt like they could have gotten someone better to do his voice. But that may just be me.



I also saw what you meant about Daffy Duck's intelligence or lack of it in the show. They really messed that up. Ignoring the very early screwball-style Daffy Duck character, the later Daffy Duck isn't stupid. Just foolish or painfully unwise. He is the type of character who thinks he's smarter then he is. His schemes often backfire. When in a contest, real or imagined, he is unwilling to ever cut his loses and let things go due to his pride and ego. That is why he's the funniest when together with a wiseguy like Bugs Bunny and an idiot like Elmer Fudd, or against a naive but good-natured Porky Pig or allied with Porky against an antagonist or problem. When put against someone like Bugs Bunny watching him stubbornly fight a unwinnable battle is funny and most can relate on a basic level. After all, I'm sure everyone has felt like prideful, jealous, selfish, never-can-catch-a-break, Daffy Duck every once and awhile. If Daffy Duck is an idiot or stupid, he loses a lot of his charm and makes it harder for an audience to empathize with him.



There is a reason why there are many good-natured idiots and smart-but-scheming jerks in cartoons, but few jerk idiot characters outside unsympathetic villains. The jerk-idiot combination is *very* hard to pull off without making the character hateful.



I think the writers of a lot of the newer Looney Tunes shows forget why these simple but nuanced characters were actually funny together.