now that I think about it, that Wacky Tex Avery shit was honestly no different from Fox Kids' Woody series, Boomerang's Pink Panther series, Wabbit and so on
they all suck ass in the same way
Lazlo/Gym Partner's designs really do just look like someone's vague idea of a cartoon network style™ lol
"let's see how many 2 stupid dogs design hallmarks we can copy-paste"
not lost on me that we've been seeing the same kind of anecdotes about the industry for the past 5 years, yet fan loyalty to the industry has only grown (partly out of spite, to boot)