Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940-1949)
Encyclopedia
This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros.
under the Looney Tunes
and Merrie Melodies
banners between 1940 and 1949.
A total of 307 shorts were released during the 1940s.
sold his cartoon studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, and also retired as producer, which Eddie Selzer
succeeds him as (right after Buckaroo Bugs
is released).
Beginning this year, all cartoons are in color. Some cartoons would be produced in two-strip Cinecolor
, to save money. All cartoons would be produced in three-strip Technicolor
by 1950.
is shortened.
Starting from Hare Trigger, the opening version of Merrily We Roll Along
is also shortened.
, Catch as Cats Can
, and Mexican Joyride
, were given Blue Ribbon reissues. The reason for this is unknown.
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!Title
!Series
!Director
!Characters
!Release date
!DVD availability
!Blu-Ray availability
! reissue?
!Notes
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|One Meat Brawl
|MM
|Robert McKimson
|Barnyard, Porky
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|Yes
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|Goofy Gophers, The
,
|LT
|Bob Clampett
Arthur Davis
|Goofy Gophers, Bugs (cameo)
|1947-01-25
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|Yes
|First appearance of the Goofy Gophers
, planned by Bob Clampett and finished by Art Davis. Cameo by Bugs at the end.
|-
|Gay Anties, The
|MM
|Friz Freleng
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|1947-02-15
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|Yes
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|Scent-imental Over You
|LT
|Chuck Jones
|Pepé
|1947-03-08
|Zee Best of Zee Best
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|Yes
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|Hare Grows in Manhattan, A
|MM
|Friz Freleng
|Bugs,Hector
|1947-03-22
|LTGC Volume 3, Disc 1
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|No
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|Birth of a Notion
|LT
|Robert McKimson
|Barnyard, Daffy
|1947-04-12
|LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1
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|Yes
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|Tweetie Pie
|MM
|Friz Freleng
|Sylvester, Tweety
|1947-05-03
|LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1
and LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3
Academy Awards Animation Collection
Warner Bros.
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under the Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
and Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...
banners between 1940 and 1949.
A total of 307 shorts were released during the 1940s.
1940 — 40 titles
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD availability | Blu-Ray availability | reissue? | Notes |
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Porky's Last Stand Porky's Last Stand -Plot:Porky Pig owns a restaurant with the help of his assistant, Daffy Duck. But it's trouble when the mice steal all their food. Daffy tries to get a baby cow for food, but he accidentally grabs a bull. The bull chases Daffy around and Daffy tries to stop him. Daffy goes to tell Porky and Porky... |
LT | Bob Clampett Bob Clampett Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil... |
Daffy Daffy Duck Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny... , Porky Porky Pig Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts using the fat little pig... |
No | ||||
MM | Tex Avery Tex Avery Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros... |
1940-01-13 | Yes | Now in the public domain | ||||
Africa Squeaks Africa Squeaks Africa Squeaks is a 1940 American animated cartoon in the Looney Tunes series starring Porky Pig. It was directed by Bob Clampett, animated by John Carey, Dave Hoffman, Izzy Ellis, Norman McCabe, and Vive Risto, and musical direction by Carl Stalling... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1940-01-27 | No | |||
MM | Chuck Jones Chuck Jones Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio... |
1940-01-27 | Yes | Based on the 1922-41 Good Housekeeping Good Housekeeping Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, health as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Housekeeping Seal," popularly known as the... illustrated stories, Canyon Kiddies, by Jimmy Swinnerton |
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Ali-Baba Bound | LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1940-02-10 | No | Now in the public domain | ||
Busy Bakers | MM | Ben Hardaway Ben Hardaway Joseph Benson "Ben/Bugs" Hardaway was a storyboard artist, animator, voice actor, gagman, writer, and director for several American animation studios during the The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He was sometimes credited as J.B. Hardaway, Ben Hardaway, Buggsy Hardaway, and B. Hardaway.While... Cal Dalton Cal Dalton Cal Dalton was a cartoon director at Warner Brothers. Dalton's first commercial animation work was on an animated short version of The Wizard of Oz that was produced by Ted Eshbaugh's independent animation studio in 1933. Afterwards, Dalton left to work at the Warner Brothers animation studio,... |
1940-02-10 | Yes | ||||
Elmer's Candid Camera Elmer's Candid Camera Elmer's Candid Camera is a 1940 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, and first released on March 2, 1940 by Warner Bros.. It marks the first appearance of Elmer Fudd Elmer's Candid Camera is a 1940 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, and first released on March 2, 1940 by... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Elmer, Proto-Bugs Bugs' Bunny Bugs' Bunny was an unnamed rabbit before he was evolved into Bugs Bunny. It was also named Happy Rabbit.The rabbit's first appearance was essentially the same as the early Daffy Duck... |
1940-03-02 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements... |
No | First appearance of Elmer Fudd Elmer Fudd Elmer J. Fudd/Egghead is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon . His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring... , The Roman Numerals on the title card read MCMXXXX instead of MCMXL. |
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Pilgrim Porky | LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1940-03-16 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | ||
Cross-Country Detours | MM | Tex Avery | 1940-03-16 | Yes | ||||
Confederate Honey Confederate Honey Confederate Honey is a 1940 Merrie Melodies animated cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng and produced by Leon Schlesinger. It is a sendup of Gone with the Wind, and features an early appearance by Elmer Fudd in his most familiar form.... |
MM | Friz Freleng Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros.... |
Elmer | 1940-03-30 | No | |||
Slap-Happy Pappy | LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1940-04-13 | No | |||
MM | Tex Avery | 1940-04-13 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
Yes | Original titles restored on DVD | |||
MM | Friz Freleng | Elmer | 1940-04-27 | Yes | ||||
Porky's Poor Fish | LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1940-04-27 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... |
No | ||
Sniffles Takes a Trip | MM | Chuck Jones | Sniffles Sniffles Sniffles is an animated cartoon and comic-book character in the Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies series of cartoons and comics.-Character biography:... |
1940-05-11 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature) Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
Yes | ||
You Ought to Be in Pictures You Ought to Be in Pictures You Ought to Be in Pictures is a 1940 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short film featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. The film combined live-action and animation, and features live-action appearances by Leon Schlesinger, writer Michael Maltese, and other Schlesinger Productions staff members. In 1994 it... |
LT | Friz Freleng | Daffy, Porky | 1940-05-18 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
No | ||
MM | Tex Avery | 1940-05-25 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | The Roman Numerals on the title card read MCMXXXX instead of MCMXL | |||
LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1940-06-08 | No | ||||
Tom Thumb in Trouble | MM | Chuck Jones | 1940-06-08 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
Yes | One of the rare shorts that was not made for comedy. | ||
Circus Today | MM | Tex Avery | 1940-06-22 | Yes | ||||
Porky's Baseball Broadcast | LT | Friz Freleng | Porky | 1940-07-06 | No | |||
Little Blabbermouse | MM | Friz Freleng | Little Blabbermouse | 1940-07-06 | Yes | |||
MM | Chuck Jones | Sniffles | 1940-07-20 | Yes | ||||
MM | Tex Avery | Bugs, Elmer | 1940-07-27 | Academy Awards Animation Collection Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection Due to the success of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection and Popeye DVD series, Warner Home Video issued a 3-DVD set on February 12, 2008 showcasing the various animation properties that they own including their home-grown product Looney Tunes... a LTGC Volume 3, Disc 2, original reel in "What's Up, Doc?" documentary Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... nd |
Yes | First appearance of Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most... First pairing of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd Reissued as The Wild Hare Original titles restored on DVD |
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Ghost Wanted Ghost Wanted Ghost Wanted is Merrie Melodies animated short released in 1940. It features a little ghost who is inexperienced at haunting houses & whose "suit/sheets" resemble the typical footy pajamas with the "trap door" that were popular in the era... |
MM | Chuck Jones | 1940-08-10 | No | ||||
Patient Porky Patient Porky Patient Porky is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon, starring Porky Pig. It was directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster, and scored by Carl W. Stalling. Patient Porky was released on August 24, 1940... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Proto-Bugs (cameo), Porky | 1940-08-24 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | Final appearance of the Bugs Bunny prototype | |
Ceiling Hero | MM | Tex Avery | 1940-08-24 | No | ||||
Malibu Beach Party | MM | Friz Freleng | 1940-09-14 | No | ||||
Calling Dr. Porky | LT | Friz Freleng | Porky | 1940-09-21 | No | |||
Stage Fright | MM | Chuck Jones | 1940-09-28 | DVD release of City for Conquest City for Conquest City for Conquest is a 1940 American drama film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, and Arthur Kennedy. It is based on the novel of the same name by Aben Kandel.-Plot:... |
Yes | |||
Prehistoric Porky | LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1940-10-12 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | ||
Holiday Highlights | MM | Tex Avery | 1940-10-12 | DVD release of Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers | No | |||
Good Night, Elmer Good Night, Elmer Good Night, Elmer is a Merrie Melodies cartoon short released by Warner Bros. on October 26, 1940, directed by Chuck Jones, animated by Philip Monroe and written by Rich Hogan... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Elmer | 1940-10-26 | No | |||
LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1940-11-02 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... |
No | |||
Wacky Wildlife | MM | Tex Avery | 1940-11-09 | Yes | ||||
Bedtime for Sniffles | MM | Chuck Jones | Sniffles | 1940-11-23 | Yes | |||
Porky's Hired Hand | LT | Friz Freleng | Porky | 1940-11-30 | No | |||
Of Fox and Hounds Of Fox and Hounds Of Fox and Hounds is an 8-minute 1940 Tex Avery film which introduced Willoughby the Dog.Tex Avery did the voice of Willoughby, and Mel Blanc did the George the Fox.-Plot:... |
MM | Tex Avery | Willoughby | 1940-12-07 | Yes | First appearance of Willoughby | ||
LT | Bob Clampett Norm McCabe |
Porky | 1940-12-21 | No | ||||
Shop, Look and Listen | MM | Friz Freleng | Little Blabbermouse | 1940-12-21 | No | |||
1941 — 41 titles
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD availability | Blu-Ray availability | reissue? | Notes |
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Elmer's Pet Rabbit Elmer's Pet Rabbit Elmer's Pet Rabbit is a 1941 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Elmer Fudd and, ostensibly, Bugs Bunny. The short was released on January 4, 1941... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Elmer | No | First use of the name Bugs Bunny | |||
Porky's Snooze Reel | LT | Bob Clampett Norm McCabe |
Porky | 1941-01-11 | No | |||
Fighting 69th ½, The | MM | Friz Freleng | 1941-01-18 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 (special feature) Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
Yes | |||
Sniffles Bells the Cat | MM | Chuck Jones | Sniffles | 1941-02-01 | Yes | |||
Crackpot Quail, The | MM | Tex Avery | Willoughby | 1941-02-15 | No | |||
Haunted Mouse, The | LT | Tex Avery | 1941-02-15 | No | First one-shot Looney Tune | |||
Cat's Tale, The | MM | Friz Freleng | 1941-03-01 | Yes | ||||
Joe Glow, the Firefly | LT | Chuck Jones | 1941-03-08 | No | ||||
Tortoise Beats Hare Tortoise Beats Hare Tortoise Beats Hare is a 1941 Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Tex Avery. The short stars Bugs Bunny and, in his first appearance, Cecil Turtle.-Plot:... |
MM | Tex Avery | Bugs, Cecil | 1941-03-15 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... and LTSS Bugs Bunny:Wascally Wabbit Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit is a DVD of fifteen Bugs Bunny cartoons that was released on May 4, 2011... |
No | First appearance of Cecil Turtle | |
Goofy Groceries | MM | Bob Clampett | 1941-03-29 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
Yes | |||
Porky's Bear Facts | LT | Friz Freleng | Porky | 1941-03-29 | Yes | |||
Toy Trouble | MM | Chuck Jones | Sniffles | 1941-04-12 | Yes | |||
Porky's Preview Porky's Preview Porky's Preview is a short film of animation produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Tex Avery. It features Porky Pig. The film was released on 19 April 1941, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.-Plot:... |
LT | Tex Avery | Porky | 1941-04-19 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | ||
Trial of Mister Wolf, The | MM | Friz Freleng | 1941-04-26 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
Yes | Original titles restored on DVD | ||
Farm Frolics Farm Frolics Farm Frolics is a 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was directed by Bob Clampett, animation by Rob Scribner, and musical direction by Carl Stalling. The vocal group heard at the beginning is The Sportsmen Quartet, who often harmonized in Warner Bros... |
MM | Bob Clampett | 1941-05-10 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
Yes | |||
Porky's Ant | LT | Chuck Jones | Porky | 1941-05-10 | No | |||
Hollywood Steps Out Hollywood steps out Hollywood Steps Out is a 1941 short Merrie Melodies cartoon by Warner Brothers, directed by Tex Avery. The cartoon features caricatures of Hollywood celebrities from the 1930s and early 1940s.- Plot :... |
MM | Tex Avery | 1941-05-24 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
Yes | |||
Coy Decoy, A A Coy Decoy A Coy Decoy is a 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett and featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. The film is set in a closed bookstore at night, when the many characters and elements featured within the books come to life.-Plot:... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Daffy, Porky | 1941-06-07 | No | |||
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, starring Bugs Bunny and Hiawatha, first released on June 7, 1941. The short makes several direct references to The Song of Hiawatha, an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs | 1941-06-07 | Academy Awards Animation Collection Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection Due to the success of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection and Popeye DVD series, Warner Home Video issued a 3-DVD set on February 12, 2008 showcasing the various animation properties that they own including their home-grown product Looney Tunes... |
Yes |
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Porky's Prize Pony | LT | Chuck Jones | Porky | 1941-06-21 | No | |||
Wacky Worm, The | MM | Friz Freleng | 1941-06-21 | Yes | ||||
Meet John Doughboy | LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1941-07-05 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
No | ||
Heckling Hare, The The Heckling Hare The Heckling Hare is a Merrie Melodies cartoon, released on July 12, 1941 and featuring Bugs Bunny and a dopey dog named Willoughby. The cartoon was directed by Tex Avery, written by Michael Maltese, animated by soon-to-be director Bob McKimson, and with musical direction by Carl Stalling... |
MM | Tex Avery | Bugs, Willoughby | 1941-07-05 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
No | Last cartoon directed by Tex Avery(in terms of production order) | |
Inki and the Lion | MM | Chuck Jones | Inki Inki Inki is the lead character in an animated cartoon series of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies short films by animator Chuck Jones.... |
1941-07-19 | Yes | |||
Aviation Vacation Aviation Vacation Aviation Vacation is a 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was directed by Tex Avery, story by Bob Monahan, musical direction by Carl Stalling.-Synopsis:... |
MM | Tex Avery | 1941-08-02 | No | ||||
We, the Animals Squeak! | LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1941-08-09 | No | |||
Sport Chumpions | MM | Friz Freleng | 1941-08-16 | No | ||||
Snowtime for Comedy | MM | Chuck Jones | 1941-08-30 | Yes | ||||
Henpecked Duck, The The Henpecked Duck The Henpecked Duck is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in theatres in 1941, directed by Bob Clampett and featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. The film is set in a court room, where Daffy tries to save his marriage after losing his wife's egg.-Plot:... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Daffy, Porky | 1941-08-30 | No | |||
All This and Rabbit Stew All This and Rabbit Stew All This and Rabbit Stew is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Merrie Melodies series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on September 20, 1941 by Warner Bros. and Vitaphone. It was produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by an uncredited Tex Avery, with musical... |
MM | Tex Avery | Bugs | 1941-09-20 | BANNED For depicting a african-american hunter. (Later redrawn as Elmer Fudd.) | No | Last cartoon directed by Tex Avery(in terms of release order) Part of the Censored Eleven |
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Notes to You Notes to You Notes to You is a 1941 Looney Tunes American cartoon featuring Porky Pig and an unnamed alley cat... |
LT | Friz Freleng | Porky | 1941-09-20 | No | First appearance of the prototype Sylvester | ||
Brave Little Bat, The | MM | Chuck Jones | Sniffles | 1941-09-27 | Yes | |||
Bug Parade, The | MM | Tex Avery Bob Clampett |
1941-10-11 | Yes | Planned by Tex Avery and finished by Bob Clampett | |||
Robinson Crusoe Jr. | LT | Norm McCabe | Porky | 1941-10-25 | No | |||
Rookie Revue | MM | Friz Freleng | 1941-10-25 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
No | |||
Saddle Silly | MM | Chuck Jones | 1941-11-08 | No | ||||
Porky's Midnight Matinee | LT | Chuck Jones | Porky | 1941-11-22 | No | |||
Cagey Canary, The | MM | Tex Avery Bob Clampett |
1941-11-22 | Yes | Planned by Tex Avery and finished by Bob Clampett | |||
Rhapsody in Rivets Rhapsody in Rivets Rhapsody in Rivets is a 7-minute Academy Award-nominated animated film created in 1941 by Friz Freleng, featuring the "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" by Franz Liszt as "performed" by a team of animals constructing a skyscraper. The construction foreman conducts their efforts. There is no dialogue... |
MM | Friz Freleng | 1941-12-06 | Academy Awards Animation Collection Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection Due to the success of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection and Popeye DVD series, Warner Home Video issued a 3-DVD set on February 12, 2008 showcasing the various animation properties that they own including their home-grown product Looney Tunes... |
Yes | |||
Wabbit Twouble Wabbit Twouble Wabbit Twouble is a Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and released on December 20, 1941 by Warner Bros. Pictures... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Bugs, Elmer | 1941-12-20 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements... |
No | Features the 'fat' Elmer | |
Porky's Pooch Porky's Pooch Porky's Pooch is a 1941 public domain Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Bob Clampett.-Plot:A Scottie dog Sandy is starving. He asks his friend, Rover what he's doing in a car. Rover tells him how he got a master. In a flashback Rover goes up to Porky's apartment room while he's taking a bath. He... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1941-12-27 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | ||
1942 — 39 titles
This year marks the beginning of production of color Looney Tunes. For this year and next, most would still be in black and white. Looney Tunes also adapts the "target" titles similar to Merrie Melodies, usually with thicker rings.Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD availability | Blu-Ray availability | reissue? | Notes |
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Hop, Skip, and a Chump | MM | Friz Freleng | Yes | |||||
Porky's Pastry Pirates | LT | Friz Freleng | Porky | 1942-01-17 | No | |||
Bird Came C.O.D., The | MM | Chuck Jones | Conrad Conrad - Other uses :* Conrad Editora, Brazilian publisher* Conrad Hotels, global luxury brand of Hilton Hotels* Conrad * Conrad , German manufacturer of diecast toys and promotional models... |
1942-01-17 | No | First appearance of Conrad the Cat. | ||
Aloha Hooey | MM | Tex Avery Bob Clampett |
1942-01-31 | No | Planned by Tex Avery and finished by Bob Clampett | |||
Who's Who in the Zoo Who's Who in the Zoo Who's Who in the Zoo is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series. It was directed by Norman McCabe, story by Melvin Millar, musical direction by Carl Stalling.-Synopsis:... |
LT | Norm McCabe | Porky | 1942-02-14 | No | |||
Porky's Cafe | LT | Chuck Jones | Porky, Conrad | 1942-02-21 | No | |||
Conrad the Sailor Conrad the Sailor Conrad the Sailor is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Chuck Jones. The title character, a.k.a. Conrad the Cat, is voiced by Pinto Colvig... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Conrad,Daffy | 1942-02-28 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... |
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Crazy Cruise Crazy Cruise Crazy Cruise is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was directed by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, whose names do not appear on the surviving print of the cartoon. Because Tex left the studio in September 1941 before production was completed , Clampett finished it, and both... |
MM | Tex Avery Bob Clampett |
1942-03-14 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | Planned by Tex Avery and finished by Bob Clampett | ||
Wabbit Who Came to Supper, The The Wabbit Who Came to Supper The Wabbit Who Came to Supper is a 1942 American Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies cartoon featuring early appearances by Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Elmer | 1942-03-28 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
No | Features the 'fat' Elmer | |
Horton Hatches the Egg | MM | Bob Clampett | 1942-04-11 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
Yes | Based on the Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.... book of the same name |
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Saps in Chaps | LT | Friz Freleng | 1942-04-11 | No | ||||
Dog Tired | MM | Chuck Jones | 1942-04-25 | No | ||||
Daffy's Southern Exposure Daffy's Southern Exposure Daffy's Southern Exposure is a 1942 animated short directed by Norman McCabe and starring Daffy Duck. It was released by Warner Bros. as part of the Looney Tunes series.-Plot:... |
LT | Norm McCabe | Daffy | 1942-05-02 | No | |||
Wacky Wabbit, The The Wacky Wabbit The Wacky Wabbit is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was released on May 2, 1942. It was directed by Robert Clampett. It stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd The Wacky Wabbit is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was released on May 2, 1942. It was directed... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Bugs, Elmer | 1942-05-02 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | Features the 'fat' Elmer | |
Draft Horse, The The Draft Horse The Draft Horse is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in 1942, directed by Chuck Jones. Mel Blanc provided the voices. Robert Cannon is the animator, Tedd Pierce is the screenwriter and the music of this cartoon was done by Carl Stalling.... |
MM | Chuck Jones | 1942-05-09 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Lights Fantastic | MM | Friz Freleng | 1942-05-23 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Nutty News Nutty News Nutty News is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series. It was directed by Bob Clampett, animated by Virgil Ross and an uncredited Vive Risto, and musical direction by Carl Stalling.... |
LT | Bob Clampett | 1942-05-23 | No | Features voice of Elmer Fudd Elmer Fudd Elmer J. Fudd/Egghead is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon . His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring... (but did not appear onscreen). Willoughby's only B&W appearance(cameo) |
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Hobby Horse Laffs | LT | Norm McCabe | 1942-06-06 | No | ||||
Hold the Lion, Please Hold the Lion, Please Hold the Lion, Please is a 1941 Merrie Melodies cartoon, first released on June 13, 1942, distributed by the Vitaphone Corporation and Warner Bros.. This skit is Bugs Bunny's tenth appearance and Chuck Jones' 39th Warner Bros... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Bugs | 1942-06-13 | No | |||
Double Chaser | MM | Friz Freleng | proto-Sylvester, Hector | 1942-06-27 | Yes | First appearance of the prototype Hector | ||
Gopher Goofy | LT | Norm McCabe | 1942-06-27 | No | ||||
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid Bugs Bunny Gets The Boid is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, and released to theatres by Warner Bros. Pictures. It marks the first appearance of Beaky Buzzard in a Warner Bros... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Beaky, Bugs | 1942-07-11 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements... |
No | First appearance of Beaky Buzzard | |
Wacky Blackout Wacky Blackout Wacky Blackout is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series. It was directed by Bob Clampett, animated by Syd Sutherland and an uncredited Rod Scribner, and musical direction by Carl Stalling.-Plot sypnosis:... |
LT | Bob Clampett | 1942-07-11 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Foney Fables | MM | Friz Freleng | 1942-08-01 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
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Ducktators, The The Ducktators The Ducktators is a Looney Tunes black and white cartoon that was produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and was released in 1942 by Warner Bros. Directed by Norman McCabe, the cartoon satirizes various events of World War II. The title is a pun on dictator.-Story:The cartoon takes place on a... |
LT | Norm McCabe | 1942-08-01 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Squawkin' Hawk, The The Squawkin' Hawk The Squawkin' Hawk was an American animated cartoon short in the Merrie Melodies series, first released to theatres in 8 October 1942. It was produced by Leon Schlesinger, directed by Chuck Jones, music by Carl Stalling and released to theatres by Warner Bros. It features the first appearance of... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Henery | 1942-08-08 | Yes | First appearance of Henery Hawk Henery Hawk Henery Hawk is a cartoon character from the American Looney Tunes series, who appeared in twelve cartoons. His first appearance was The Squawkin' Hawk, directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Leon Schlesinger. Henery's next appearance was Walky Talky Hawky which also featured Foghorn Leghorn and... |
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Eatin' on the Cuff | LT | Bob Clampett | 1942-08-22 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | A.K.A.: Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner |
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Fresh Hare Fresh Hare Fresh Hare is a Warner Bros. theatrical Merrie Melodies cartoon. It was directed by Isadore "Friz" Freleng, written by Michael Maltese, and produced by Leon Schlesinger... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Elmer | 1942-08-22 | No | Final use of the 'fat' Elmer | ||
Fox Pop | MM | Chuck Jones | 1942-09-05 | Yes | ||||
Impatient Patient, The The Impatient Patient The Impatient Patient is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon released in theatres in 1942, directed by Norman McCabe and features Daffy Duck as a telegram deliverer. The film is set in a mad scientist's laboratory.-Plot summary:... |
LT | Norm McCabe | Daffy | 1942-09-05 | No | |||
Dover Boys, The The Dover Boys "The Dover Boys at Pimento University" or "The Rivals of Roquefort Hall" is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and directed by Chuck Jones. It was released by Warner Bros. on September 19, 1942... |
MM | Chuck Jones | 1942-09-19 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:... and LTGC Volume 2, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
No | A.K.A: The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall |
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Hep Cat, The The Hep Cat The Hep Cat is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster, animated primarily by Robert McKimson, and set to a musical score composed by Carl Stalling. This cartoon is notable as the first color Looney Tunes short, but was re-released in the "Blue Ribbon... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Willoughby, proto-Sylvester | 1942-10-03 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
Yes | First color Looney Tune (3-strip Technicolor Technicolor Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952... ). Final appearance of Willoughby, First Looney Tunes cartoon reissued as Merrie Melodies |
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Sheepish Wolf, The | MM | Friz Freleng | 1942-10-17 | Yes | ||||
Daffy Duckaroo, The The Daffy Duckaroo The Daffy Duckaroo is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in theatres in 1942, directed by Norman McCabe and features Daffy Duck as a crooning cowboy film star. The film is set in the American West.-Plot:... |
LT | Norm McCabe | Daffy | 1942-10-24 | No | |||
Hare-Brained Hypnotist, The The Hare-Brained Hypnotist The Hare-Brained Hypnotist is a Bugs Bunny cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, released on October 31, 1942. The cartoon stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Elmer | 1942-10-31 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
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Tale of Two Kitties, A A Tale of Two Kitties A Tale of Two Kitties is an American cartoon, released in 1942, notable for the first appearance of A yellow canary, who would come to be known as Tweety. It was directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster, and features music by Carl W. Stalling. It was also the first appearance of Babbit... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Babbit and Catstello,Tweety | 1942-11-21 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:... and LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
Yes | First appearances of Tweety Bird, Babbit and Catstello | |
Ding Dog Daddy Ding Dog Daddy Ding Dog Daddy was a 1942 color Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce, about a dim-witted dog , who falls in love with a metal statue of a female dog in a garden, failing to realize that "Daisy" is indeed a sculpture... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Hector | 1942-12-05 | No | |||
My Favorite Duck My Favorite Duck My Favorite Duck is a 1942 color Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck . It was the second color entry in the Looney Tunes series, and the first pairing of Porky and Daffy produced in Technicolor... |
LT | Chuck Jones | Daffy, Porky | 1942-12-05 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
Yes | 3-strip Technicolor | |
Case of the Missing Hare Case of the Missing Hare Case of the Missing Hare is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Chuck Jones and starring Bugs Bunny. The title is a typical play on words, and although it suggests a Mystery story, it bears no apparent relationship to the plotline.It is also one of the few... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Bugs | 1942-12-12 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
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1943 — 28 titles
Blue Ribbon re-releases start this year,where from cartoons released in the 1935-1948 season have their original credits cut.Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD availability | Blu-Ray availability | reissue? | Notes |
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Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs is a Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, and released to theatres on January 16, 1943 by Warner Bros... |
MM | Bob Clampett | No | Parody of Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. Part of the Censored Eleven Censored Eleven The Censored Eleven is a group of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons that were withheld from syndication by United Artists in 1968... |
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Confusions of a Nutzy Spy Confusions of a Nutzy Spy -Introduction:Confusions of a Nutsy Spy is an early 1943 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Porky Pig. It is a WWII propaganda film that deals with Porky and his bloodhound that has sneezing problems trying to track down a Nazi spy caricature in the form of a lynx. Their goal is to stop him from... |
LT | Norm McCabe | Porky | 1943-01-23 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 (special feature) Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Pigs in a Polka Pigs in a Polka Pigs in a Polka is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Merrie Melodies series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on February 6, 1943 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Friz Freleng, with musical supervision by Carl W. Stalling... |
MM | Friz Freleng | 1943-02-02 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
Yes | Based on Walt Disney's Fantasia Fantasia (film) Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. The third feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are... and Three Little Pigs Three Little Pigs Three Little Pigs is a fairy tale featuring anthropomorphic animals. Printed versions date back to the 1840s, but the story itself is thought to be much older... |
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Tortoise Wins by a Hare Tortoise Wins by a Hare Tortoise Wins by a Hare is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released on February 20, 1943 and directed by Bob Clampett. It stars Bugs Bunny and Cecil Turtle. Bob Clampett took Tex Avery's scenario from Tortoise Beats Hare and altered it for this film. The title is an appropriate pun on "hair"... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Bugs, Cecil | 1943-02-20 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements... |
No | First short with Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny Design | |
Fifth-Column Mouse, The The Fifth-Column Mouse The Fifth-Column Mouse is an animated cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series from 1943. Directed by Friz Freleng, the cartoon features a band of humble mice who engage in war against a cat.-Synopsis:... |
MM | Friz Freleng | proto-Sylvester | 1943-03-06 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
Yes | Reissued as Fifth Column Mouse | |
To Duck or Not to Duck To Duck or Not To Duck To Duck or Not to Duck is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in theatres in 1943, directed by Chuck Jones and featuring Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. The film initially is set by a lake but concludes at a boxing match. Mel Blanc provides the voice of Daffy, while Arthur Q... |
LT | Chuck Jones | Daffy, Elmer | 1943-03-06 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
No | 3-strip Technicolor. First cartoon to co-star Daffy and Elmer | |
Flop Goes the Weasel | MM | Chuck Jones | 1943-03-20 | Yes | ||||
Hop and Go Hop and Go Hop and Go is a 1943 Looney Tunes animated cartoon directed by Norman McCabe and animated by Cal Dalton. It stars the voices of Pinto Colvig and Mel Blanc... |
LT | Norm McCabe | 1943-03-27 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 (special feature) Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Super-Rabbit Super-Rabbit Super-Rabbit is a Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny who is parodying the popular character Superman. It was released to theaters on April 3, 1943.-Plot:... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Bugs,proto-Sam | 1943-04-03 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:... , LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... and LTSS Bugs Bunny:Wascally Wabbit Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit is a DVD of fifteen Bugs Bunny cartoons that was released on May 4, 2011... |
No | Based on the 1940s Superman Superman Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective... cartoons. First appearance of the prototype Yosemite Sam. |
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Unbearable Bear, The | MM | Chuck Jones | Sniffles | 1943-04-17 | Yes | |||
Wise Quacking Duck, The The Wise Quacking Duck The Wise Quacking Duck is a 1943 Looney Tunes cartoon in Technicolor, Released by Warner Bros. on May 1, 1943. It stars Daffy Duck.-Plot Summary:... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Daffy | 1943-05-01 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | 3-strip Technicolor | |
Greetings Bait Greetings Bait Greetings Bait is a seven-minute Academy Award-nominated Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng.It features a split-screen view of a crab's view of the underwater world in which his independently moving eyes see the world completely differently from each other.... |
MM | Friz Freleng | 1943-05-15 | Yes | ||||
Tokio Jokio Tokio Jokio Tokio Jokio is a 1943 Looney Tunes short directed by Norman McCabe . It is a propaganda film made during World War II mocking Japan in the style of a supposed Japanese film journal broadcast... |
LT | Norm McCabe | 1943-05-15 | No | Last cartoon directed by Norm McCabe | |||
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Friz Freleng and starring Bugs Bunny. Voices are provided by Mel Blanc.-Synopsis:... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs | 1943-06-12 | No | |||
Aristo Cat, The | MM | Chuck Jones | Hector, Claude, Hubie and Bertie | 1943-06-19 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... |
Yes | First appearances of Hubie and Bertie Hubie and Bertie Hubie and Bertie are animated cartoon mouse characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Though largely forgotten today, Hubie and Bertie represent some of animator Chuck Jones' earliest work that was intended to be funny rather than cute.-First film:Jones... and Claude Cat |
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Wackiki Wabbit Wackiki Wabbit Wackiki Wabbit is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, starring Bugs Bunny. It was written by Tedd Pierce and directed by Chuck Jones. Voices were provided by Mel Blanc , Tedd Pierce , and Michael Maltese... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Bugs | 1943-07-03 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
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Yankee Doodle Daffy Yankee Doodle Daffy Yankee Doodle Daffy is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1943, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce... |
LT | Friz Freleng | Daffy, Porky | 1943-07-03 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements... |
No | 3-strip Technicolor | |
Porky Pig's Feat Porky Pig's Feat Porky Pig's Feat is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Looney Tunes series, produced in black-and-white and released to theatres on June 13, 1943 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was directed by Frank Tashlin with musical supervision by Carl Stalling, and produced by Leon Schlesinger... |
LT | Frank Tashlin Frank Tashlin Frank Tashlin, born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, also known as Tish Tash or Frank Tash was an American animator, screenwriter, and film director.-Animator:... |
Daffy, Porky | 1943-07-17 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
No | Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most... 's only B&W appearance(cameo) Porky Pig's final B&W appearance |
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Tin Pan Alley Cats Tin Pan Alley Cats Tin Pan Alley Cats is a 1943 animated short subject, directed by Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions as part of Warner Bros.' Merrie Melodies series... |
MM | Bob Clampett | 1943-07-17 | No | Part of the Censored Eleven Censored Eleven The Censored Eleven is a group of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons that were withheld from syndication by United Artists in 1968... |
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Scrap Happy Daffy Scrap Happy Daffy Scrap Happy Daffy is a Warner Bros. World War II short featuring Daffy Duck, directed by Frank Tashlin and released in 1943. Daffy is the guard of a scrap yard, doing his part to help America win the war against the Nazis, but the Nazis decide to destroy his scrap pile by sending a billy goat out... |
LT | Frank Tashlin | Daffy | 1943-08-21 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
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Hiss and Make Up | MM | Friz Freleng | 1943-09-11 | Yes | ||||
Corny Concerto, A A Corny Concerto A Corny Concerto is an American animated cartoon short produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. It was directed by Bob Clampett, written by Frank Tashlin, animated by Robert McKimson and released as part of the Merrie Melodies series on September 25, 1943... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Bugs, (Daffy), Elmer, Porky | 1943-09-25 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
No | A parody of Walt Disney's Fantasia Fantasia (film) Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. The third feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are... . First cartoon to feature more than 2 main characters. Only cartoon to co-star Bugs and Porky. Not explicitly billed as a Bugs Bunny short (one of few such cartoons). |
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Fin n' Catty | MM | Chuck Jones | Claude | 1943-10-23 | Yes | |||
Falling Hare Falling Hare Falling Hare is a 1943 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert Clampett, starring Bugs Bunny. The title is another play on words. The word "hair" and "hare". As "falling hair" refers to impending baldness, while in this cartoon's climax, the title turns out to be descriptive of Bugs' situation.... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Bugs,the Gremlin | 1943-10-30 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
No | The only appearance of the Gremlin Gremlin A gremlin is an imaginary creature commonly depicted as mischievous and mechanically oriented, with a specific interest in aircraft. Gremlins' mischievous natures are similar to those of English folkloric imps, while their inclination to damage or dismantle machinery is more... Working title: Bugs Bunny And The Gremlin |
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Inki and the Minah Bird | MM | Chuck Jones | Inki | 1943-11-13 | Yes | |||
Daffy - The Commando Daffy - The Commando Daffy - The Commando is a 1943 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. Daffy Duck is a commando, dropped behind enemy lines, and causes havoc to the German commander, Von Vulture, who tries to capture him... |
LT | Friz Freleng | Daffy | 1943-11-20 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
No | 3-strip Technicolor | |
Itch in Time, An An Itch in Time An Itch in Time is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett and starring Elmer Fudd and a dog which looks very similar to, if not a modified Willoughby the Dog.... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Elmer, Willoughby | 1943-12-04 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
Yes | ||
Puss n' Booty | LT | Frank Tashlin | 1943-12-11 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... |
No | Final black-and-white cartoon from WB, latest released cartoon sold to Sunset Productions Sunset Productions Sunset Productions was a television syndication division of Warner Bros. which existed in the 1950s.-Overview:Sunset Productions is best known as the company identified on a package of black-and-white Warner Bros. cartoons distributed in television syndication in the early 1950s... |
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1944 — 27 titles
Leon SchlesingerLeon Schlesinger
Leon Schlesinger was an American film producer, most noted for founding Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the golden age of Hollywood animation.-Early life and career:...
sold his cartoon studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, and also retired as producer, which Eddie Selzer
Eddie Selzer
Edward "Eddie" Selzer was an American film producer, most noted for been the producer of Warner Bros. Cartoons from 1944 to 1957....
succeeds him as (right after Buckaroo Bugs
Buckaroo Bugs
Buckaroo Bugs is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in August 1944, introducing Bugs Bunny to Looney Tunes and directed by Robert Clampett.-Plot:Unlike in most shorts, Bugs Bunny serves as an antagonist...
is released).
Beginning this year, all cartoons are in color. Some cartoons would be produced in two-strip Cinecolor
Cinecolor
Cinecolor was an early subtractive color-model two color film process, based upon the Prizma system of the 1910s and 1920s and the Multicolor system of the late 1920s and 1930s. It was developed by William T. Crispinel and Alan M...
, to save money. All cartoons would be produced in three-strip Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
by 1950.
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD availability | Blu-Ray availability | reissue? | Notes |
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Little Red Riding Rabbit Little Red Riding Rabbit Little Red Riding Rabbit is a 1944 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Bugs Bunny. It is a sendup of the Little Red Riding Hood story, and is the first time in which Mel Blanc receives a voice credit... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
No | First cartoon in which Mel Blanc gets on-screen credit. | ||
What's Cookin' Doc? What's Cookin' Doc? What's Cookin' Doc? is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett and starring Bugs Bunny. The title is a variant on Bugs' catch-phrase "What's up Doc?". It also hints at one of the scenes in the picture.... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Bugs | 1944-01-08 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 1 (special feature) Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... and Academy Awards Animation Collection Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection Due to the success of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection and Popeye DVD series, Warner Home Video issued a 3-DVD set on February 12, 2008 showcasing the various animation properties that they own including their home-grown product Looney Tunes... (special feature) |
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Meatless Flyday Meatless Flyday Meatless Flyday is a Merrie Melodies cartoon short produced by Warner Bros., and released on January 29, 1944. The cartoon was directed by Friz Freleng, written by Michael Maltese and animated by Jack Bradbury... |
MM | Friz Freleng | 1944-01-29 | No | ||||
Tom Turk and Daffy | LT | Chuck Jones | Daffy, Porky | 1944-02-12 | No | |||
Bugs Bunny and the 3 Bears Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears is a Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short released in 1944, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Three Bears | 1944-02-26 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements... |
No | First appearance of The Three Bears Last cartoon in which Robert "Bobe" Cannon gets on-screen credit. |
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I Got Plenty of Mutton | LT | Frank Tashlin | 1944-03-11 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... |
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Weakly Reporter, The The Weakly Reporter The Weakly Reporter is a Warner Bros. cartoon released on March 25, 1944. Directed by Chuck Jones, written by Michael Maltese, and with music directed by Carl Stalling, this cartoon is a spoof of sacrifices made by those on the homefront during World War II.... |
MM | Chuck Jones | 1944-03-25 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Tick Tock Tuckered Tick Tock Tuckered Tick Tock Tuckered is a 1944 Looney Tunes cartoon. A color remake of the cartoon Porky's Badtime Story featuring Porky Pig and Gabby Goat, it was directed by the same director of the previous film: Bob Clampett.-Plot:... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Daffy, Porky | 1944-04-08 | Frustrated Fowl Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl "Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl is a DVD of 15 new-to-DVD Daffy Duck cartoons that were released on August 10, 2010.-Contents:All shorts are presented uncensored and uncut, however 10 of the 15 shorts are cropped to widescreen... |
Yes | Color remake of Porky's Badtime Story (1937) | |
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips is a Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, and released to theaters on April 22, 1944 by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation.... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs | 1944-04-22 | No | Only WB cartoon with "yellowface" characters Rarely seen on television. |
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Swooner Crooner Swooner Crooner Swooner Crooner is a 1944 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and released to theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures... |
LT | Frank Tashlin | Porky | 1944-05-06 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
Yes | ||
Russian Rhapsody | MM | Bob Clampett | 1944-05-20 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
No | Working title: Gremlins From The Kremlin | ||
Duck Soup to Nuts Duck Soup to Nuts Duck Soup to Nuts is a 1944 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. Porky is a hunter looking to shoot Daffy, but Daffy keeps outwitting Porky.... |
LT | Friz Freleng | Daffy, Porky | 1944-05-27 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
Yes | ||
Angel Puss Angel Puss Angel Puss is a 1944 short animated cartoon written by Lou Lilly, animated by Ken Harris, and directed by Chuck Jones. It was released on June 3, 1944, by Warner Brothers as part of its Looney Tunes series.-Synopsis:... |
LT | Chuck Jones | 1944-06-03 | No | Part of the Censored Eleven Censored Eleven The Censored Eleven is a group of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons that were withheld from syndication by United Artists in 1968... |
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Slightly Daffy | MM | Friz Freleng | Daffy, Porky | 1944-06-17 | Yes | Color remake of Scalp Trouble (1939) | ||
Hare Ribbin' Hare Ribbin' Hare Ribbin' is a 1944 animated short film in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Robert Clampett and featuring Bugs Bunny. The plot features Bugs' conflict with a red-haired hound dog, whom the rabbit sets out to evade and make a fool of using one-liners, reverse psychology, disguises and... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Bugs | 1944-06-24 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
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Brother Brat Brother Brat Brother Brat is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short, starring Porky Pig and directed by Frank Tashlin. It runs for about seven minutes, and is in color with a mono sound mix. It is also one of the few cartoons where Porky wears pants.-Plot:When a mother goes to work in a factory ,... |
LT | Frank Tashlin | Porky | 1944-07-15 | No | |||
Hare Force Hare Force Hare Force is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Friz Freleng and starring Bugs Bunny and an old lady. Although the title is an obvious play on Air Force, the cartoon's plot has nothing to do with the military. The unit of Friz Freleng was the first unit besides... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, proto-Sylvester (hound dog design) | 1944-07-22 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
No | First Friz Freleng-directed Bugs Bunny cartoon to use the modern design by Robert McKimson | |
From Hand to Mouse | LT | Chuck Jones | 1944-08-05 | Yes | ||||
Birdy and the Beast Birdy and the Beast Birdy and the Beast is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies and Tweety series. It was directed by Bob Clampett, animated by Thomas McKimson, and musical direction by Carl Stalling. This is the second Tweety cartoon directed by Clampett, as Tweety is set upon a fat cat... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Tweety, proto-Sylvester, Hector | 1944-08-19 | No | First use of the name Tweety Bird | ||
Buckaroo Bugs Buckaroo Bugs Buckaroo Bugs is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in August 1944, introducing Bugs Bunny to Looney Tunes and directed by Robert Clampett.-Plot:Unlike in most shorts, Bugs Bunny serves as an antagonist... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Bugs, Red Hot Ryder | 1944-08-26 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | Last release to credit Leon Schlesinger Leon Schlesinger Leon Schlesinger was an American film producer, most noted for founding Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the golden age of Hollywood animation.-Early life and career:... Only cartoon to feature Bugs as a true villain Only appearance of the Red Hot Ryder |
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Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears is an animated cartoon short written by Tedd Pierce and directed by Friz Freleng. It was released on September 2, 1944, by Warner Brothers as part of its Merrie Melodies series.... |
MM | Friz Freleng | 1944-09-02 | Yes | First release to credit Warner Bros. Cartoons Warner Bros. Cartoons Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. was the in-house division of Warner Bros. Pictures during the Golden Age of American animation. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, Warner Bros. Cartoons was primarily responsible for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical... Part of the Censored Eleven Last WB cartoon with "blackface" characters First cartoon to be produced by Eddie Selzer Eddie Selzer Edward "Eddie" Selzer was an American film producer, most noted for been the producer of Warner Bros. Cartoons from 1944 to 1957.... |
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Plane Daffy Plane Daffy - Synopsis :One after another of a company of carrier pigeons fall prey to the seductive wiles of "Queen of the Spies" Hatta Mari. The alarm is raised at pigeon headquarters when Pigeon 13 goes AWOL with the female Nazi spy bird, to whom he reveals all his secrets... |
LT | Frank Tashlin | Daffy, Hatta Mari | 1944-09-16 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... |
No | The only appearance of Hatti Mari. | |
Lost and Foundling | MM | Chuck Jones | Sniffles | 1944-09-30 | Yes | |||
Booby Hatched | LT | Frank Tashlin | 1944-10-14 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... |
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Old Grey Hare, The The Old Grey Hare The Old Grey Hare is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett, written by Michael Sasanoff, music by Carl W. Stalling. Starring an older and young Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd The Old Grey Hare is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series,... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Bugs, Elmer | 1944-10-28 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:... and LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
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Stupid Cupid, The The Stupid Cupid The Stupid Cupid is a short Looney Tunes animated cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin and released in 1944.-Plot:Elmer Fudd plays a cupid shooting arrows at animals so they fall in love with their female species... |
LT | Frank Tashlin | Daffy, Elmer | 1944-11-25 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006... |
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Stage Door Cartoon Stage Door Cartoon Stage Door Cartoon is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Friz Freleng and featuring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, and a predecessor to Yosemite Sam... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Elmer,proto-Sam(cameo) | 1944-12-30 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
No | First cartoon with the A WARNER BROS. CARTOON line on the opening titles Final appearance of the prototype Yosemite Sam |
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1945 — 18 titles
Starting with Ain't That Ducky (which was later reissued), the opening version of The Merry-Go-Round Broke DownThe Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
"The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" is a song written in 1937 by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin. It is best known as the theme tune for the Looney Tunes cartoon series produced by Warner Bros...
is shortened.
Starting from Hare Trigger, the opening version of Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along (song)
"Merrily We Roll Along" is a song loosely based on the 1847 song "Goodnight, Ladies" by E. P. Christy. Written by Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor in 1935, and used in the Warner Bros cartoon Billboard Frolics that same year, it is best known as the theme of Warner Bros.' Merrie...
is also shortened.
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD availability | Blu-Ray availability | reissue? | Notes |
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Odor-able Kitty | LT | Chuck Jones | Pepé | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... , Zee Best of Zee Best Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepe Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best is a DVD featuring all 17 Pepé Le Pew cartoons that will be released on December 27, 2011... |
Yes | First appearance of Pepé Le Pew Pepé Le Pew Pepé Le Pew is a fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, first introduced in 1945. A French skunk that always strolls around in Paris in the springtime, when everyone's thoughts are of "love", Pepé is constantly seeking "l'amour" of his own... |
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Herr Meets Hare Herr Meets Hare Herr Meets Hare is a 1945 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. This short, coming a few months before the collapse of the Third Reich, was one of the last major wartime cartoons from Warner Brothers... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs | 1945-01-13 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Draftee Daffy Draftee Daffy Draftee Daffy is a 1945 Looney Tunes Daffy Duck cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett.- Plot :Having read about the U.S. fighting forces pushing the Nazi troops back during World War II , Daffy is in a patriotic mood... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Daffy | 1945-01-27 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
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Unruly Hare, The The Unruly Hare The Unruly Hare is a 1945 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series directed by Frank Tashlin . It stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd... |
MM | Frank Tashlin | Bugs, Elmer | 1945-02-10 | No | |||
Trap Happy Porky | LT | Chuck Jones | Claude, Porky | 1945-02-24 | Yes | |||
Life with Feathers Life With Feathers Life with Feathers is a 1945 Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng and produced and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Sylvester | 1945-03-24 | Yes | First appearance of Sylvester Sylvester (Looney Tunes) Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Sylvester the Cat or simply Sylvester, is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic Tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies repertory, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper... |
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Behind the Meatball | LT | Frank Tashlin | Hector | 1945-04-07 | No | Final appearance of the prototype Hector | ||
Hare Trigger Hare Trigger Hare Trigger is a 1945 Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies cartoon short starring Bugs Bunny directed by Friz Freleng. It marks the first appearance of Yosemite Sam, who appears as a train robber... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1945-05-05 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
No | First appearance of Yosemite Sam Yosemite Sam Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park... . First cartoon with full credits |
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Ain't That Ducky Ain't That Ducky Ain't That Ducky is a 1945 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Daffy Duck. Daffy has to outwit a hunter after him - and find out what's in the briefcase another duck is carrying around. While Mel Blanc did the voices for the ducks in this cartoon, the hunter... |
LT | Friz Freleng | Daffy | 1945-05-19 | Yes | |||
Gruesome Twosome, A A Gruesome Twosome A Gruesome Twosome is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett and released on June 9, 1945. it stars Tweety, and two cats.- Plot :... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Tweety, Captain and Snooks | 1945-06-09 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
No | Tweety's final appearance without feathers | |
Tale of Two Mice | LT | Frank Tashlin | Babbit and Catstello (mice versions) | 1945-06-30 | Yes | Reissued as A Tale of Two Mice | ||
Wagon Heels Wagon Heels Wagon Heels is a 1945 Merrie Melodies short directed by Bob Clampett, a color remake of the 1938 Looney Tunes black-and-white short Injun Trouble. Because of its wildly stereotypical depiction of the Native American, it is seldom shown on television. All voices except narration are performed by Mel... |
MM | Bob Clampett | Porky | 1945-07-28 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
No | Color remake of Injun Trouble (1938) | |
Hare Conditioned Hare Conditioned Hare Conditioned is a 1945 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series. It was directed by Chuck Jones. It stars Bugs Bunny, who was voiced by Mel Blanc.The Stacey's manager was done by Dick Nelson.... |
LT | Chuck Jones | Bugs | 1945-08-11 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
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Fresh Airedale | MM | Chuck Jones | 1945-08-25 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Bashful Buzzard The Bashful Buzzard The Bashful Buzzard is a 1945 7-minute animated cartoon directed by Robert Clampett. Beaky Buzzard is featured in this cartoon.-Plot:Beaky Buzzard is sent to bring home something to eat... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Beaky | 1945-09-05 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
Yes | Sequel to 1942's Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid | |
Peck Up Your Troubles Peck Up Your Troubles Peck Up Your Troubles is a 1945 animated short featuring Sylvester directed by Friz Freleng.-Plot:Sylvester is determined to get a woodpecker that just moved in, high in a tree. He climbs, but the bird greases the tree; he starts to cut it down, but a mean dog stops him... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Hector | 1945-10-20 | Yes | First appearance of Hector | ||
Hare Tonic Hare Tonic Hare Tonic is a 1945 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce. It stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd making this the second cartoon directed by Jones to co-star the two . Voice characterizations are by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q... |
LT | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Elmer | 1945-11-10 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:... and LTGC Volume 3, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
No | One of the two WB cartoons with Bugs Bunny doing the Looney Tunes Looney Tunes Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television... drum scene. |
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Nasty Quacks Nasty Quacks Nasty Quacks is a 1945 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was the final Daffy Duck cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin, who is not credited as he had already left the studio for the second time... |
MM | Frank Tashlin | Daffy, Melissa | 1945-12-01 | Frustrated Fowl Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl "Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl is a DVD of 15 new-to-DVD Daffy Duck cartoons that were released on August 10, 2010.-Contents:All shorts are presented uncensored and uncut, however 10 of the 15 shorts are cropped to widescreen... |
No | First appearance of Melissa Duck. Last cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin(in terms of production order) |
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1946 — 25 titles
The Looney Tunes series begins using using "That's all Folks!" ending sequences, similar to Merrie Melodies (starting with Kitty Kornered, on that cartoon the Merrie Melodies theme is heard).Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD availability | Blu-Ray availability | reissue? | Notes |
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Book Revue Book Revue Book Revue is a 1945 Looney Tunes cartoon short featuring Daffy Duck, released in 1946, with a plotline essentially similar to 1938's Have You Got Any Castles?. It is directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster and scored by Carl Stalling. An uncredited Mel Blanc and Sara Berner provided... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Daffy | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
Yes | Reissued as Book Review Original titles restored on DVD |
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Baseball Bugs Baseball Bugs Baseball Bugs is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released on February 2, 1946 starring Bugs Bunny. It had a similar theme to MGM's 1944 Batty Baseball, which was directed by former WB cartoon director Tex Avery.-Overview:... |
LT | Friz Freleng | Bugs | 1946-02-02 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:... and LTGC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements... |
No | One of the two WB cartoons with Bugs Bunny doing the Looney Tunes Looney Tunes Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television... drum scene |
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Holiday for Shoestrings Holiday for Shoestrings Holiday for Shoestrings is a 1946 Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. The plot concerns a pack of elves who help a shoemaker, Jake, who has advertised for help. The cartoon is set to a number of classical music pieces, some of which are used as running gags, especially from "The... |
MM | Friz Freleng | 1946-02-23 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
Yes | Original titles restored on DVD | ||
Quentin Quail Quentin Quail Quentin Quail is a screwball animated cartoon, part of the Merrie Melodies series. It presents a tale about a quail who goes through various trials and tribulations to try to get a worm for his baby, Toots , only to be rebuffed by her because the worm looks like Frank Sinatra.-External links:*Big... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Quentin Quail | 1946-03-02 | No | First and only appearance of Quentin Quail Quentin Quail Quentin Quail is a screwball animated cartoon, part of the Merrie Melodies series. It presents a tale about a quail who goes through various trials and tribulations to try to get a worm for his baby, Toots , only to be rebuffed by her because the worm looks like Frank Sinatra.-External links:*Big... |
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Baby Bottleneck Baby Bottleneck Baby Bottleneck is a 1945 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1946 and directed by Robert Clampett and written by Warren Foster.-Plot:... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Daffy, Porky | 1946-03-16 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:... and LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
Yes | Original titles restored on DVD | |
Hare Remover Hare Remover Hare Remover is a 1945 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, released in 1946. The film was the last cartoon to be directed by Frank Tashlin at Warner Bros.... |
MM | Frank Tashlin | Bugs, Elmer | 1946-03-23 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
No | Last cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin(in terms of release order) | |
Daffy Doodles Daffy Doodles Daffy Doodles is a Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies cartoon featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. Daffy is the notorious "mustache fiend", bent on putting a mustache on every lip in sight, while Porky is a policeman intent on capturing Daffy.... |
LT | Robert McKimson Robert McKimson Robert "Bob" Porter McKimson, Sr. was an American animator, illustrator, and director best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros., and later DePatie-Freleng Enterprises... |
Daffy, Porky | 1946-04-06 | Yes | First cartoon directed by Robert McKimson | ||
Hollywood Canine Canteen | MM | Robert McKimson | 1946-04-20 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.... |
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Hush My Mouse | LT | Chuck Jones | Sniffles | 1946-05-04 | Yes | Last WB cartoon with Porky Pig's drum ending, Final appearance of Sniffles. | ||
Hair-Raising Hare Hair-Raising Hare Hair-Raising Hare is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, released in 1946. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce... |
MM | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Gossamer | 1946-05-25 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements... |
No | First appearance of Gossamer Gossamer (Looney Tunes) Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, red monster. His rectangular body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth, with... |
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Kitty Kornered Kitty Kornered Kitty Kornered is a 1946 Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Robert Clampett and produced and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. Considered among Clampett's best and wackiest films, Kitty Kornered was Clampett's final cartoon starring his longtime star Porky Pig , and marks the... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Porky, Sylvester | 1946-06-08 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:... and LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
No | First Looney Tunes cartoon with "That's All, Folks!" ending. First cartoon to co-star Porky & Sylvester | |
Hollywood Daffy Hollywood Daffy Hollywood Daffy is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by an uncredited Friz Freleng , written by Michael Maltese, and starring Daffy Duck.-Plot:... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Daffy | 1946-06-22 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
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Acrobatty Bunny Acrobatty Bunny Acrobatty Bunny is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in 1946 as part of the Looney Tunes series, directed by Robert McKimson , and starring Bugs Bunny and Nero the Lion.... |
LT | Robert McKimson | Bugs | 1946-06-29 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
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Eager Beaver, The | MM | Chuck Jones | Eager Beaver | 1946-07-13 | Yes | |||
Great Piggy Bank Robbery, The The Great Piggy Bank Robbery The Great Piggy Bank Robbery is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short, produced in early 1945, and released in 1946. It was directed by Robert Clampett, and features Daffy Duck in Clampett's penultimate Warner cartoon and final Daffy Duck cartoon, produced shortly before he left... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Daffy | 1946-07-20 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:... and LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
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Bacall to Arms Bacall to Arms Bacall to Arms is a 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett, in his second-to-last cartoon at Warner Bros. . Neither Clampett nor voice characterizations are credited... |
MM | Bob Clampett | 1946-08-03 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.... |
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Of Thee I Sting Of Thee I Sting Of Thee I Sting is a 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Friz Freleng, written by Michael Maltese and narrated by Robert C. Bruce that is a parody of World War II documentaries and the title Of Thee I Sing... |
LT | Friz Freleng | 1946-08-17 | Yes | ||||
Walky Talky Hawky Walky Talky Hawky Walky Talky Hawky is a Henery Hawk/Foghorn Leghorn animated short film from Warner Bros. released in 1946 and directed by Robert McKimson. All voice characterizations are performed by Mel Blanc.-Plot:... |
MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Henery | 1946-08-31 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from... |
Yes | First appearances of Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg Barnyard Dawg Barnyard Dawg is a Looney Tunes character. An adult anthropomorphic basset hound, he is the archenemy of Foghorn Leghorn. He was created by Robert McKimson, who also created Foghorn and was voiced by Mel Blanc... |
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Racketeer Rabbit Racketeer Rabbit Racketeer Rabbit is a 1946 animated short film in the Looney Tunes series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. It stars Bugs Bunny, who duels with a pair of racketeers or gangsters, Rocky and Hugo forerunners who resemble Edward G. Robinson and Peter Lorre... |
LT | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Rocky and Mugsy | 1946-09-14 | No | First & only appearances of the prototype Rocky & Mugsy | ||
Fair and Worm-er Fair and Worm-er Fair and Worm-er is a 1946 cartoon short created by Warner Brothers. The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and featured what might be a brief cameo by Pepe Le Pew. The cartoon is considered one of Warner Brothers' greatest chase sequence shorts, done largely in silent slapstick Only a few of the... |
MM | Chuck Jones | 1946-09-28 | Yes | ||||
Big Snooze, The The Big Snooze The Big Snooze is a 1946 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by an uncredited Bob Clampett, his final cartoon for Warner. Its title was inspired by the 1939 book The Big Sleep, and its 1946 film adaptation, also a Warner release. The Big Snooze features Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, voiced as... |
LT | Bob Clampett | Bugs, Elmer | 1946-10-05 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 1 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
No | Last cartoon directed by Bob Clampett | |
Mouse-Merized Cat, The | MM | Robert McKimson | Babbit and Catstello(mice versions) | 1946-10-19 | Yes | Final appearances of Babbit and Catstello | ||
Mouse Menace Mouse Menace -Plot:There is a mouse invading Porky Pig's house, but so far Porky's attempts to rid the mouse have failed. Porky gets a cat to catch the mouse, only for the cat to get bound and launched out of the house. Next Porky borrows a Mountain Lion, but the mouse has petrified and stuffed the lion... |
LT | Arthur Davis | Porky | 1946-11-02 | Yes | First cartoon directed by Art Davis | ||
Rhapsody Rabbit Rhapsody Rabbit Rhapsody Rabbit is a 1946 Merrie Melodies animated short subject, featuring Bugs Bunny and directed by Friz Freleng. The short was originally released to theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 9, 1946. This short is a follow-up of sorts to Freleng's 1941 Academy Award-nominated short... |
MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs | 1946-11-09 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:... |
No | Accused of plagiarizing the Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show... short The Cat Concerto The Cat Concerto The Cat Concerto is a 1946 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 29th Tom and Jerry short, produced in Technicolor in 1946 and released to theatres on April 26, 1947 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical... |
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Roughly Squeaking | LT | Chuck Jones | Claude,Hubie and Bertie,Hector | 1946-11-23 | Yes | |||
1947 – 22 titles
Every non-Bugs Bunny cartoon released this year (as well as any cartoon in the 1946–1947 production season) except for A Pest in the HouseA Pest in the House
A Pest in the House is a 1947 animated short film directed by Chuck Jones starring the characters of Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. The title is an appropriate play on "a guest in the house." Voices are performed by Mel Blanc...
, Catch as Cats Can
Catch as Cats Can
Catch as Cats Can is a 1947 animated cartoon featuring caricatures of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby as birds, and a cat that resembles Sylvester the Cat.It was only one of three non-Bugs Bunny cartoons from 1947 not to be reissued...
, and Mexican Joyride
Mexican Joyride
Mexican Joyride is a Looney Tunes cartoon starring Daffy Duck. It was directed by Arthur Davis. It was only one of three non-Bugs Bunny cartoons from 1947 not to be reissued...
, were given Blue Ribbon reissues. The reason for this is unknown.
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|One Meat Brawl
One Meat Brawl
-Plot:In a forest dwells Grover Groundhog and today is Groundhog Day. Grover Groundhog does a dance with his shadow saying that his shadow means nothing in relation to the weather forecast. A radio broadcast prompts Grover to leave his burrow for photographers to see if his shadow appears or not...
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|Goofy Gophers, The
The Goofy Gophers
The Goofy Gophers is a 1946 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon released on January 25, 1947. It stars the Goofy Gophers with a cameo by Bugs Bunny at the end...
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Arthur Davis
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|First appearance of the Goofy Gophers
Goofy Gophers
The Goofy Gophers are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The gophers, named Mac and Tosh, are small and brown with tan bellies and buck teeth...
, planned by Bob Clampett and finished by Art Davis. Cameo by Bugs at the end.
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|Gay Anties, The
The Gay Anties
The Gay Anties is a Merrie Melodies cartoon short, produced by Warner Bros., directed by Friz Freleng and written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce, and released February 15, 1947.-Plot:...
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|Scent-imental Over You
Scent-imental Over You
Scent-imental Over You is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short film featuring Pepé Le Pew . It was produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., directed by Chuck Jones, and written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce...
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Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepe Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best is a DVD featuring all 17 Pepé Le Pew cartoons that will be released on December 27, 2011...
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|Hare Grows in Manhattan, A
A Hare Grows In Manhattan
A Hare Grows In Manhattan is a 1947 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Friz Freleng and starring Bugs Bunny and a pack a of bulldogs...
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|Bugs,Hector
|1947-03-22
|LTGC Volume 3, Disc 1
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from...
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|Birth of a Notion
Birth of a Notion (cartoon)
Birth of a Notion is a 1946-animated, 1947-released Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Daffy Duck, as well as a dog named "Leopold" and an unnamed mad scientist...
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|Robert McKimson
|Barnyard, Daffy
|1947-04-12
|LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008....
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|Tweetie Pie
Tweetie Pie
Tweetie Pie is a 1947 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng and produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, depicting the first pairing of Tweety and Sylvester.When Tweety's creator, director Bob Clampett, left the Warner Bros...
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|Friz Freleng
|Sylvester, Tweety
|1947-05-03
|LTPC Volume 1, Disc 1
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray box set announced by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Disc 1:-Behind the Tunes:...
and LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.-Related releases:...
Academy Awards Animation Collection
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection
Due to the success of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection and Popeye DVD series, Warner Home Video issued a 3-DVD set on February 12, 2008 showcasing the various animation properties that they own including their home-grown product Looney Tunes...