List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues
Many Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts were given Blue Ribbon reissues by Warner Bros. between 1943 and 1969.
Background
The Blue Ribbon program was initiated in late 1943 as a way to cut costs for producing cartoons during World War II, and later as a way to compete against the growing popularity of television. Through the reissue seasons, the reissues had a given season's opening rings, followed by a title card which showed a blue ribbon (hence the program's title) and a Grand Shorts Award trophy. Only color cartoons were reissued in this program.
For the first few seconds of this part, the Merrie Melodies logo was shown on top, with the legends "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" (or in the earlier years, "Produced by LEON SCHLESINGER") and either "IN TECHNICOLOR" (1943–48), "Color by TECHNICOLOR" (1948–54), "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR"/"PRINT BY TECHNICOLOR (both 1954-57, the "PRINT.." variation was used if the cartoon was originally made/released in Cinecolor), or "TECHNICOLOR" (1957–64) being shown on the bottom. Afterwards, the title of the cartoon appeared. There was one exception to this (see "Anomalies" below).
Beginning with the 1956-57 season, the part where the cartoon's title being showed on the aforementioned background was eliminated. Instead, the original technical credits were shown (though the rings - but not the original opening and some closing music - were still replaced. Most of the closing music still survives).
A Feud There Was was the first cartoon to be reissued in 1943 of September. These cartoons from 1943-45 had the WB Shield come out(it was really big) then the words WARNER BROS. and Present on the bottom. Then it would go to the blue ribbon with the trophy with produced by LEON SCHLESINGER, IN TECHNICOLOR then the title and the screen darkens. If the cartoon was reissued and credits Schlesinger's name, the original closing is kept. 1938 closing rings are used on dubbed versions of cartoons that bear Schlesinger's name.
When I Yoo Hoo is the first cartoon to be reissued and have A WARNER BROS. CARTOON. The screen still darkened and had the really big WB shield on opening but said WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC. at the top and cut original closing titles as well as to hide any mentions of Schlesinger. This cartoon was released in 1936 so at the end the original music still played on the closing rings it had the 1947-48 dubbed version rings. Merrily We Roll Along wasn't used in this cartoon yet in the original credits.
Cartoons reissued that were originally released from 1937-1940 kept the original closing music, but rings and titles were replaced. Cartoons reissued that were originally released from September 1944-1951 in the Merrie Melodies category kept their original closings as they were produced by Eddie Selzer and reissued during his career. (Example: Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears was released in 1944 of September(the first cartoon produced by Selzer). It started with the 1951-52 opening rings(evident one red ring a red background and blue rings) but closed with the original 1944 rings(evident from the red background blue rings) as the closing said Produced By Warner Bros. Cartoons at the end.) Only the 1955-56 seasons replaced original closings. Then the 1959-64 season as well(certain ones). In the 1955-56 season dubbed version closings were not replaced. Cartoons in the Looney Tunes category originally released in 1942-1946 had all credits cut.
Starting in 1947 cartoons in the Looney Tunes series reissued from 1954-56 kept the original ending music, but still had the Merrie Melodies closing rings. There were 4 exceptions to the rule (see Anomailies below).
From the 1949-1950 through 1957-1958 release seasons, the Blue Ribbon reissues were assigned new production numbers which appeared below the WB shield on the main title. During the time of the cartoon studio's shutdown, the 1953-1954 (#'s 1351-1363) and 1954-1955 (#'s 1364-1377) reissue production number groups ran back to back.
Only color cartoons were eligible to be reissued in this program. Cinecolor cartoons counted in 1947-49 cartoons were produced in Cinecolor to save money. Cartoons in Cinecolor had different rings than Technicolor. Cinecolor rings in the 1947-48 season were red background with yellow-greenish rings.(Technicolor did not use these rings until after You Were Never Duckier. Hot Cross Bunny had original rings replaced.) Cartoons in 1948-49 season had blue background with yellow-orangish rings. (This is the same as the Technicolor rings.)
Anomalies
The 1940 cartoon The Mighty Hunters was the one exception to the original rule. The 1952-53 opening rings and "Blue Ribbon" title card were shown as normal, but then proceeded to the original technical credits. This was the only cartoon which ended up in the a.a.p. package (released prior to August 1, 1948) to be reissued under the 1956-57 (and later) rules.
On the other hand, only five cartoons which WB would keep for their own TV packages (released August 1, 1948 or later) were reissued under the original 1943 rules (the technical credits are removed). These were: Daffy Dilly, The Foghorn Leghorn, Kit for Cat, Scaredy Cat, and You Were Never Duckier. The latter cartoon was reissued in the 1954-55 season, while the others were reissued during the 1955-56 season. Kit for Cat was the only Looney Tunes while the rest are Merrie Melodies. Also, Daffy Dilly is the only one of those five to not survive with original technical credits. The other 4 have their original credits restored(Kit for Cat has only the opening restored but faded with the Blue Ribbon closing rings). Kit for Cat is the only Friz Freleng cartoon in this category and The Foghorn Leghorn is the only Robert McKimson in this category. The other 3 are directed by Chuck Jones.
Also, 4 Looney Tunes sold to Associated Artists Productions, have their original closings either kept or restored. They are ◾The Goofy Gophers (cartoon)(only post-September 1944 cartoon in the public domain) ◾What's Bruin' Bruin?(Actually What's Brewin' Bruin?) ◾Hop, Look and Listen(original titles restored TV shows original titles) ◾Crowing Pains(dubbed version has closing replaced with 1995 turner rings)(original titles restored TV airs blue ribbon)
House Hunting Mice is known to have prints that contain the original closing as well.
Recreated titles
For unknown reasons, two 1938 shorts contain blue ribbon recreated titles under the supervision of media mogul Ted Turner.
- Daffy Duck and Egghead 1/1/38
- The Night Watchman 11/19/38
Both of these shorts have the original titles restored for a DVD or Blu-Ray release.
Reissued cartoons
Title | Original release date | Original series | Reissue season | Reissue release date |
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The Country Mouse | 1935-07-13 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-03-14 |
The Merry Old Soul | 1935-08-17 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-08-02 |
The Lady in Red | 1935-09-07 | MM | 1951–52 | 1951-10-13 |
Little Dutch Plate | 1935-10-19 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-04-11 |
Flowers for Madame | 1935-11-30 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-02-03 |
The Cat Came Back | 1936-02-08 | MM | 1943–44, 1953–54 | 1944-07-15, 1954-06-05 |
I'm a Big Shot Now | 1936-04-11 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-08-04 |
Let It Be Me | 1936-05-09 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-09-16 |
When I Yoo Hoo | 1936-06-27 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-02-24 |
I Love to Singa | 1936-07-18 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-11-18 |
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time | 1936-08-08 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-10-28 |
Don't Look Now | 1936-11-07 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-04-10 |
He Was Her Man | 1937-01-02 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-04-02 |
Pigs Is Pigs | 1937-01-30 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-02-22 |
The Fella with the Fiddle | 1937-03-27 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-01-20 |
Ain't We Got Fun | 1937-05-01 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-04-21 |
I Only Have Eyes for You | 1937-03-06 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-03-17 |
Sweet Sioux | 1937-07-03 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-04-08 |
Plenty of Money and You | 1937-07-31 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-12-09 |
A Sunbonnet Blue | 1937-08-21 | MM | 1945–46 | 1945-11-17 |
Speaking of the Weather | 1937-09-04 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-07-21 |
I Wanna Be a Sailor | 1937-09-25 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-04-30 |
The Lyin' Mouse | 1937-10-16 | MM | 1945–46 | 1945-12-22 |
Little Red Walking Hood | 1937-11-06 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-08-17 |
September in the Rain | 1937-12-18 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-09-30 |
Daffy Duck and Egghead | 1938-01-01 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-04-20 |
My Little Buckaroo | 1938-01-29 | MM | 1943–44 | 1943-11-06 |
The Sneezing Weasel | 1938-03-12 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-07-26 |
Now That Summer Is Gone | 1938-05-14 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-11-22 |
Katnip Kollege | 1938-06-11 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-10-20 |
Have You Got Any Castles? | 1938-06-25 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-02-01 |
The Isle of Pingo Pongo | 1938-05-28 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-08-19 |
A Feud There Was | 1938-09-24 | MM | 1943–44, 1952–53 | 1943-09-11, 1952-09-13 |
Little Pancho Vanilla | 1938-10-08 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-03-20 |
Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas | 1938-10-22 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-06-22 |
You're an Education | 1938-11-05 | MM | 1946–47 | 1946-10-26 |
The Night Watchman | 1938-11-19 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-05-18 |
The Mice Will Play | 1938-12-31 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-08-06 |
Dog Gone Modern | 1939-01-14 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-06-14 |
Robin Hood Makes Good | 1939-02-11 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-07-06 |
A Day at the Zoo | 1939-03-11 | MM | 1952–53 | 1952-11-08 |
Prest-o Change-o | 1939-03-25 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-02-05 |
Thugs with Dirty Mugs | 1939-05-06 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-06-03 |
Hobo Gadget Band | 1939-05-27 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-02-14 |
Old Glory | 1939-07-01 | MM | 1944–45, 1953–54 | 1945-08-25, 1953-09-12 |
Dangerous Dan McFoo | 1939-07-15 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-01-31 |
Little Brother Rat | 1939-09-02 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-06-08 |
Sioux Me | 1939-09-09 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-07-21 |
The Little Lion Hunter | 1939-10-07 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-03-23 |
The Good Egg | 1939-10-21 | MM | 1946–47 | 1946-01-05 |
Fresh Fish | 1939-11-04 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-04-06 |
Fagin's Freshman | 1939-11-18 | MM | 1950–51 | 1950-09-16 |
Sniffles and the Bookworm | 1939-12-02 | MM | 1951–52 | 1951-11-10 |
The Curious Puppy | 1939-12-30 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-04-24 |
The Early Worm Gets the Bird | 1940-01-13 | MM | 1943–44, 1952–53 | 1943-10-02, 1952-11-29 |
The Mighty Hunters | 1940-01-27 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-06-13 |
Busy Bakers | 1940-02-10 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-10-20 |
Cross-Country Detours | 1940-03-16 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-01-15 |
The Bear's Tale | 1940-04-13 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-03-11 |
Sniffles Takes a Trip | 1940-05-11 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-08-01 |
Tom Thumb in Trouble | 1940-06-08 | MM | 1949–50 | 1949-09-24 |
Circus Today | 1940-06-22 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-05-22 |
Little Blabbermouse | 1940-07-06 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-06-12 |
Sniffles the Egg Collector | 1940-07-20 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-07-16 |
A Wild Hare | 1940-07-27 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-06-17 |
Stage Fright | 1940-09-28 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-06-23 |
Wacky Wildlife | 1940-11-09 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-08-29 |
Bedtime for Sniffles | 1940-11-23 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-01-01 |
Of Fox and Hounds | 1940-12-07 | MM | 1943–44, 1953–54 | 1944-05-13, 1954-02-06 |
The Fighting 69½th | 1941-01-18 | MM | 1943–44, 1952–53 | 1943-12-04, 1953-07-11 |
Sniffles Bells the Cat | 1941-02-01 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-09-20 |
The Cat's Tale | 1941-03-01 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-03-29 |
Goofy Groceries | 1941-03-29 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-04-19 |
Toy Trouble | 1941-04-12 | MM | 1949–50 | 1949-12-31 |
The Trial of Mister Wolf | 1941-04-26 | MM | 1945–46, 1954–55 | 1946-02-09, 1954-12-25 |
Farm Frolics | 1941-05-10 | MM | 1949–50 | 1949-10-15 |
Hollywood Steps Out | 1941-05-24 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-10-02 |
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt | 1941-06-07 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-02-12 |
The Wacky Worm | 1941-06-21 | MM | 1946–47 | 1946-10-12 |
Inki and the Lion | 1941-07-19 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-05-20 |
Snowtime for Comedy | 1941-08-30 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-04-12 |
Brave Little Bat | 1941-09-27 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-03-15 |
The Bug Parade | 1941-10-11 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-07-12 |
The Cagey Canary | 1941-11-22 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-10-11 |
Rhapsody in Rivets | 1941-12-06 | MM | 1946–47, 1954–55 | 1947-08-16, 1954-09-11 |
Hop, Skip, and a Chump | 1942-01-03 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-03-05 |
Horton Hatches the Egg | 1942-04-11 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-06-18 |
Double Chaser | 1942-06-27 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-03-25 |
The Squawkin' Hawk | 1942-08-08 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-07-10 |
Fox Pop | 1942-09-05 | MM | 1946–47 | 1946-09-28 |
The Hep Cat | 1942-10-03 | LT | 1949–50 | 1949-11-12 |
The Sheepish Wolf | 1942-10-17 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-03-04 |
A Tale of Two Kitties | 1942-11-21 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-07-31 |
My Favorite Duck | 1942-12-05 | LT | 1949–50 | 1950-01-28 |
Pigs in a Polka | 1943-02-06 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-08-14 |
The Fifth-Column Mouse | 1943-03-06 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-04-22 |
Flop Goes the Weasel | 1943-03-20 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-05-21 |
The Unbearable Bear | 1943-04-17 | MM | 1950–51 | 1950-12-09 |
Greetings Bait | 1943-05-15 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-08-28 |
The Aristo-Cat | 1943-06-19 | MM | 1950–51 | 1950-11-11 |
Hiss and Make Up | 1943-09-11 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-09-18 |
Fin n' Catty | 1943-10-23 | MM | 1948–49 | 1948-12-11 |
Inki and the Mynah Bird | 1943-11-13 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-08-20 |
An Itch in Time | 1943-12-04 | MM | 1948–49 | 1948-10-30 |
Tick Tock Tuckered | 1944-04-08 | LT | 1949–50 | 1950-06-03 |
Swooner Crooner | 1944-05-06 | LT | 1948–49 | 1949-02-12 |
Duck Soup to Nuts | 1944-05-27 | LT | 1950–51 | 1951-01-06 |
Slightly Daffy | 1944-06-17 | MM | 1950–51 | 1950-10-14 |
From Hand to Mouse | 1944-08-05 | LT | 1951–52 | 1952-02-09 |
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears | 1944-09-02 | MM | 1951–52 | 1951-12-01 |
Lost and Foundling | 1944-09-30 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-08-26 |
Booby Hatched | 1944-10-14 | LT | 1949–50 | 1950-07-01 |
The Stupid Cupid | 1944-11-25 | LT | 1950–51 | 1951-09-01 |
Odor-able Kitty | 1945-01-06 | LT | 1950–51 | 1951-04-21 |
Trap-Happy Porky | 1945-02-24 | LT | 1949–50 | 1950-08-05 |
Life with Feathers | 1945-02-24 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-03-03 |
Ain't That Ducky | 1945-05-19 | LT | 1952–53 | 1953-05-02 |
A Tale of Two Mice | 1945-06-30 | LT | 1952–53 | 1953-01-10 |
Fresh Airedale | 1945-08-25 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-08-30 |
The Bashful Buzzard | 1945-09-15 | LT | 1952–53 | 1953-02-07 |
Peck Up Your Troubles | 1945-10-20 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-03-24 |
Book Revue | 1946-01-05 | LT | 1950–51 | 1951-05-19 |
Holiday for Shoestrings | 1946-02-23 | MM | 1951–52 | 1951-09-15 |
Baby Bottleneck | 1946-03-16 | LT | 1951–52 | 1952-06-14 |
Daffy Doodles | 1946-04-06 | LT | 1952–53 | 1952-10-11 |
Hush My Mouse | 1946-05-04 | LT | 1951–52 | 1952-05-03 |
The Eager Beaver | 1946-07-13 | MM | 1953–54 | 1953-11-28 |
Of Thee I Sting | 1946-08-17 | LT | 1951–52 | 1952-01-12 |
Walky Talky Hawky | 1946-08-31 | MM | 1953–54 | 1953-10-17 |
Fair and Worm-er | 1946-09-28 | MM | 1955–56 | 1955-10-22 |
The Mouse-Merized Cat | 1946-10-19 | MM | 1955–56 | 1955-11-26 |
Mouse Menace | 1946-11-02 | LT | 1953–54 | 1954-08-14 |
Roughly Squeaking | 1946-11-23 | LT | 1953–54 | 1954-02-27 |
One Meat Brawl | 1947-01-18 | MM | 1953–54 | 1954-07-10 |
The Goofy Gophers | 1947-01-25 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-07-23 |
The Gay Anties | 1947-02-15 | MM | 1953–54 | 1954-04-24 |
Scent-imental Over You | 1947-03-08 | LT | 1953–54 | 1953-12-26 |
Birth of a Notion | 1947-04-12 | LT | 1953–54 | 1953-11-07 |
Tweetie Pie | 1947-05-03 | MM | 1954–55 | 1955-06-25 |
Hobo Bobo | 1947-05-17 | MM | 1953–54 | 1954-04-03 |
Along Came Daffy | 1947-06-14 | LT | 1953–54 | 1954-07-24 |
Inki at the Circus | 1947-06-21 | MM | 1954–55 | 1954-10-16 |
Crowing Pains | 1947-07-12 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-04-23 |
The Foxy Duckling | 1947-08-23 | MM | 1954–55 | 1954-11-06 |
House Hunting Mice | 1947-09-06 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-04-02 |
Little Orphan Airedale | 1947-10-04 | LT | 1955–56 | 1956-08-04 |
Doggone Cats | 1947-10-25 | MM | 1955–56 | 1955-09-10 |
A Horsefly Fleas | 1947-12-13 | LT | 1955–56 | 1956-07-07 |
Two Gophers from Texas | 1948-01-17 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-03-31 |
What's Brewin' Bruin? | 1948-02-26 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-08-20 |
Back Alley Oproar | 1948-03-27 | MM | 1954–55 | 1955-02-05 |
I Taw a Putty Tat | 1948-04-02 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-02-25 |
Hop, Look, and Listen | 1948-04-17 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-06-04 |
Bone Sweet Bone | 1948-05-22 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-01-21 |
The Rattled Rooster | 1948-06-26 | LT | 1955–56 | 1955-10-22 |
The Shell-Shocked Egg | 1948-07-10 | MM | 1954–55 | 1954-11-27 |
You Were Never Duckier | 1948-08-07 | MM | 1954–55 | 1955-02-26 |
Hot Cross Bunny | 1948-08-21 | MM | 1959–64 | |
The Pest That Came to Dinner | 1948-09-11 | LT | 1957–58 | |
Hare Splitter | 1948-09-25 | MM | 1958–59 | |
The Foghorn Leghorn | 1948-10-09 | MM | 1955–56 | 1955-12-24 |
Daffy Dilly | 1948-10-30 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-08-18 |
Kit for Cat | 1948-11-06 | LT | 1955–56 | 1956-04-21 |
My Bunny Lies Over the Sea | 1948-12-04 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Scaredy Cat | 1948-12-18 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-06-02 |
Wise Quackers | 1949-01-01 | LT | 1958–59 | |
Awful Orphan | 1949-01-29 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Mississippi Hare | 1949-02-26 | LT | 1957–58 | |
Paying the Piper | 1949-03-12 | LT | 1956–57 | 1956-10-20 |
Daffy Duck Hunt | 1949-03-26 | LT | 1956–57 | 1956-11-17 |
Rebel Rabbit | 1949-04-09 | MM | 1957–58 | |
Mouse Wreckers | 1949-04-23 | LT | 1956–57 | 1957-03-09 |
High Diving Hare | 1949-04-30 | LT | 1958–59 | |
The Bee Deviled Bruin | 1949-05-14 | MM | 1957–58 | |
Bowery Bugs | 1949-06-04 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Mouse Mazurka | 1949-06-11 | MM | 1956–57 | 1956-09-15 |
Hen House Henery | 1949-07-02 | LT | 1956–57 | 1956-12-01 |
Knights Must Fall | 1949-07-16 | MM | 1967–68 | 1967-10-28 |
Bad Ol' Putty Tat | 1949-07-23 | MM | 1956–57 | 1957-06-29 |
The Grey Hounded Hare | 1949-08-06 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Often an Orphan | 1949-08-13 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Dough for the Do-Do | 1949-09-03 | MM | 1956–57 | 1957-04-06 |
Fast and Furry-ous | 1949-09-17 | LT | 1956–57 | 1957-04-27 |
Each Dawn I Crow | 1949-09-24 | MM | 1956–57 | 1957-06-15 |
Swallow the Leader | 1949-10-15 | LT | 1956–57 | 1957-01-19 |
Bye, Bye Bluebeard | 1949-10-22 | MM | 1959–64 | |
For Scent-imental Reasons | 1949-11-12 | LT | 1956–57 | 1957-02-02 |
Hippety Hopper | 1949-11-19 | MM | 1956–57 | 1957-08-24 |
Bear Feat | 1949-12-10 | LT | 1956–57 | 1957-05-18 |
Rabbit Hood | 1949-12-24 | MM | 1959–64 | |
A Ham in a Role | 1949-12-31 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Home Tweet Home | 1950-01-14 | MM | 1957–58 | |
Hurdy-Gurdy Hare | 1950-01-21 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Boobs in the Woods | 1950-01-28 | LT | 1958–59 | |
Mutiny on the Bunny | 1950-02-11 | LT | 1967–68 | 1968-01-20 |
The Lion's Busy | 1950-02-18 | LT | 1959–64 | |
The Scarlet Pumpernickel | 1950-03-04 | LT | 1957–58 | |
Homeless Hare | 1950-03-11 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Strife with Father | 1950-04-01 | MM | 1959–64 | September 1961 |
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat | 1950-04-15 | MM | 1957–58 | |
The Leghorn Blows at Midnight | 1950-05-06 | LT | 1957–58 | November 1957 |
His Bitter Half | 1950-05-20 | MM | 1957–58 | |
An Egg Scramble | 1950-05-27 | MM | 1958–59 | |
All a Bir-r-r-rd! | 1950-06-24 | LT | 1957–58 | |
8 Ball Bunny | 1950-07-08 | LT | 1959–64 | |
It's Hummer Time | 1950-07-22 | LT | 1957–58 | |
Golden Yeggs | 1950-08-05 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Dog Gone South | 1950-08-26 | MM | 1958–59 | |
The Ducksters | 1950-09-02 | LT | 1959–64 | |
A Fractured Leghorn | 1950-09-16 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Canary Row | 1950-10-07 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Stooge for a Mouse | 1950-10-21 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Pop 'Im Pop! | 1950-10-28 | LT | 1957–58 | |
Caveman Inki | 1950-11-25 | LT | 1957–58 | |
Dog Collared | 1950-12-02 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Rabbit of Seville | 1950-12-16 | LT | 1969 | 1969-01-18 |
Two's a Crowd | 1950-12-30 | LT | 1958–59 | 1958-11-22 |
A Fox in a Fix | 1951-01-20 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Canned Feud | 1951-02-03 | LT | 1958–59 | |
Putty Tat Trouble | 1951-02-24 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Bunny Hugged | 1951-03-10 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Scent-Imental Romeo | 1951-03-24 | MM | 1958–59 | |
A Bone for a Bone | 1951-04-07 | LT | 1959–64 | |
A Hound for Trouble | 1951-04-28 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Early To Bet | 1951-05-12 | MM | 1958–59 | |
Rabbit Fire | 1951-05-19 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Room and Bird | 1951-06-02 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Chow Hound | 1951-06-16 | LT | 1959–64 | |
French Rarebit | 1951-06-30 | MM | 1959–64 | |
The Wearing of the Grin | 1951-07-14 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Leghorn Swoggled | 1951-07-28 | MM | 1959–64 | |
His Hare Raising Tale | 1951-08-11 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Cheese Chasers | 1951-08-25 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Lovelorn Leghorn | 1951-09-08 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Tweety's S.O.S. | 1951-09-22 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Ballot Box Bunny | 1951-10-06 | MM | 1959–64 | |
A Bear for Punishment | 1951-10-20 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Sleepy Time Possum | 1951-11-03 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Drip-Along Daffy | 1951-11-17 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Big Top Bunny | 1951-12-01 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Tweet Tweet Tweety | 1951-12-15 | LT | 1959–64 | |
The Prize Pest | 1951-12-22 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Who's Kitten Who? | 1952-01-05 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Feed the Kitty | 1952-02-02 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Gift Wrapped (film) | 1952-02-16 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Thumb Fun | 1952-03-01 | LT | 1959–64 | |
14 Carrot Rabbit | 1952-03-15 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Little Beau Pepe | 1952-03-29 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Kiddin' the Kitten | 1952-04-05 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Sock-a-Doodle-Do | 1952-05-10 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Beep, Beep | 1952-05-24 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Ain't She Tweet | 1952-06-21 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Cracked Quack | 1952-07-05 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Hoppy-Go-Lucky | 1952-08-09 | MM | 1967–68 | 1968-03-16 |
A Bird in a Guilty Cage | 1952-08-30 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Fool Coverage | 1952-12-13 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Don't Give Up The Sheep | 1953-01-03 | LT | 1969 | 1969-03-22 |
Forward March Hare | 1953-02-14 | LT | 1969 | 1969-05-24 |
Upswept Hare | 1953-03-14 | MM | 1959–64 | |
A Peck o' Trouble | 1953-03-28 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Fowl Weather | 1953-04-04 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Muscle Tussle | 1953-04-18 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Southern Fried Rabbit | 1953-05-02 | LT | 1969 | 1969-07-12 |
Cat-Tails for Two | 1953-08-29 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Easy Peckins | 1953-10-17 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Of Rice and Hen | 1953-11-14 | LT | 1969-02-15 | |
Dog Pounded | 1954-01-02 | LT | 1959–64 | |
No Barking | 1954-02-27 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Design for Leaving | 1954-03-27 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Bell Hoppy | 1954-04-17 | LT | 1959-64 | |
Satan's Waitin' | 1954-08-07 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Gone Batty | 1954-09-04 | LT | 1959–64 | October 1963 |
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z | 1954-10-16 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Quack Shot | 1954-10-30 | MM | 1969 | 1969-07-19 |
Pests for Guests | 1955-01-29 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Lighthouse Mouse | 1955-03-12 | MM | 1967–68 | 1967-12-16 |
Weasel Stop | 1956-02-11 | MM | 1959–64 | |
The High and the Flighty | 1956-02-18 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Raw! Raw! Rooster! | 1956-08-25 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Yankee Dood It | 1956-10-13 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Fox Terror | 1957-05-11 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Tabasco Road | 1957-07-20 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Birds Anonymous | 1957-08-10 | MM | 1959–64 | |
Greedy for Tweety | 1957-09-28 | LT | 1959–64 | |
Gonzales' Tamales | 1957-11-30 | LT | 1967-68 | 1968-07-10 |
Hare-Way To The Stars | 1958-03-29 | LT | 1967-68 | 1968-06-08 |
Baton Bunny | 1959-01-10 | LT | 1967-68 | 1968-04-20 |
Cartoons with original technical credits restored on DVD
Many of the above cartoons have been restored for DVD release as part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Looney Tunes Super Stars and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD releases. However, only a handful of cartoons that were reissued prior to the 1956-57 season have their original technical credits restored. These are:
In addition to the cartoons listed above, the following cartoons reissued after 1956-57 have had their original rings restored:
In 1995, Turner Entertainment restored the original openings for Hop, Look and Listen and Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt. The titles for Bone, Sweet, Bone are restored for TV but has not been released on DVD. The ttles for Sunday Go to Meetin' Time have been found. The titles for A Day at the Zoo, Of Fox and Hounds, The Isle of Pingo Pongo, Don't Look Now, Wacky Wild Life, Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas, Thugs with Dirty Mugs, A Feud There Was, The Early Worm Gets the Bird, Circus Today, The Mice Will Play, Fresh Fish, Cross Country Detours, and I Only Have Eyes for You were found on eBay in 2007 but never placed on DVD. Sketches and photos of the titles of Katnip Kollege, Sioux Me, The Fifth-Column Mouse, Pigs in a Polka, and The Cagey Canary have been found but their real titles have not been found.
Further reading
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt, ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
- Chuck Amuck : The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-12348-9
- That's Not All, Folks! by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, ISBN 0-446-39089-5 (Softcover) ISBN 0-446-51244-3 (Hardcover)
- Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume ISBN 0-452-25993-2 (Softcover) ISBN 0-613-64753-X (Hardcover)
See also
Sources
- Warner Bros. Animation Production Numbers, 1946 to Present (A Partial List)
- Field Guide to Titles and Credits
Other external links
- The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for Merrie Melodies Cartoons and for Looney Tunes Cartoons
- The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website by Jon Cooke
- "Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion", a wealth of trivia about the Warner cartoons
- Official site