Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)
This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1970 and today, plus a listing of feature films, television programs, television specials, and various other animated shorts and productions distributed and/or produced by WB.
A total of 39 regular shorts have been released since 1970.
1970–present
Theatrical cartoons
General theatrical releases
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Identification Number | Release date | Release location | Film shown with | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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The Duxorcist | LT | Greg Ford, Terry Lennon |
Daffy, Melissa | 255-111 | November 20, 1987 | Los Angeles, New York |
Shown as a scene in Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | Space Jam two-disc DVD, The Essential Daffy Duck |
Mel Blanc's final Looney Tunes short |
The Night of the Living Duck | MM | Daffy | 255-112 | September 23, 1988 | Los Angeles. New York |
Shown at the beginning of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | Space Jam two-disc DVD, The Essential Daffy Duck |
Mel Blanc's final short | |
Box-Office Bunny | LT | Darrell Van Citters | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 255-164 | February 11, 1991 | US, Canada, Mexico | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | First Bugs Bunny cartoon since 1964 and first Elmer Fudd cartoon since 1962. |
Chariots of Fur | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | No Number | December 21, 1994 | Richie Rich | Supergenius Hijinks | |||
Carrotblanca | Douglas McCarthy | Bugs, The Crusher, Daffy, Foghorn, Barnyard, Giovanni Jones, Gossamer, Granny, Miss Prissy, Mugsy, Penelope, Pepé, Pete Puma, Porky, Sam, Sam Sheepdog, Sylvester, Tweety, & Beaky | August 25, 1995 | The Amazing Panda Adventure | Casablanca two-disc special edition, The Essential Bugs Bunny |
Features more characters than any other cartoon | |||
Superior Duck | Chuck Jones | Daffy, Foghorn, Marvin, Porky, Taz, Tweety, Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote | No Number | August 23, 1996 | US and its territories | Carpool | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, The Essential Daffy Duck, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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Pullet Surprise | Darrell Van Citters | Foghorn, Pete | No Number | March 26, 1997 | Cats Don't Dance | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | |||
Coyote Falls | Matthew O'Callaghan | Wile E. and Road Runner | 345-180 | July 30, 2010 | Worldwide | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run |
First cartoon to use computer-generated imagery. First theatrical cartoon produced in 3D since Lumber Jack-Rabbit. | |
Fur of Flying | Wile E. and Road Runner | 345-181 | September 24, 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run |
Computer animated | |||
Rabid Rider | Wile E. and Road Runner | 345-182 | December 17, 2010 | Yogi Bear | Yogi Bear, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | ||||
I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 345-193 | November 18, 2011 | US and its territories | Happy Feet Two | Happy Feet Two, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | |||
Daffy's Rhapsody | Daffy, Elmer, Bugs (cameo), Taz (cameo), Tweety (cameo), Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner (cameo) | 342-194 | February 10, 2012 | Worldwide | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | ||||
Flash in the Pain | Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Tweety (cameo), Sylvester (cameo), Granny (cameo) | June 10, 2014 | Worldwide | TBA | |||||
Limited releases
Title | Director | Characters | Identification Number | Release date | Release location | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Another Froggy Evening | Chuck Jones | Marvin, Michigan | No Number | October 6, 1995 | Los Angeles | Space Jam two-disc DVD, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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From Hare to Eternity | Bugs, Michigan (cameo), Sam | Mar 24, 1996 | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 (1998 dubbed version) |
Last cartoon directed by Chuck Jones | |||
Father of the Bird | Stephen Fossatti | Sylvester | November 14, 1997 | Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 | First Sylvester cartoon since 1966 | ||
Little Go Beep | Spike Brandt | Wile E. and Road Runner | 255-283 | November 6, 2000 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Supergenius Hijinks |
2000 Worldfest Houston International Film Festival[1] | |
Non-theatrical cartoons
Made-for-TV cartoons
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Elmer, Foghorn, Pepé, Petunia, Porky, Sam, Sylvester, Tweety | November 27, 1979 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature) | Edited from the CBS-TV special Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales |
Freeze Frame | Chuck Jones | Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner | ||||
Fright Before Christmas | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Taz, Clyde, Speedy | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature), Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 | |||
The Yolk's on You | Tony Benedict Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis Dave Detiege |
Daffy, Foghorn, Prissy, Sylvester | April 1, 1980 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature), The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) |
Edited from the NBC-TV special Daffy Duck's Easter Special | |
The Chocolate Chase | LT | Friz Freleng | Daffy, Speedy | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature), 4 Classic Cartoons promotional DVD, The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) | ||
Daffy Flies North | MM | Tony Benedict Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis Dave Detiege |
Daffy | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature), The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) | ||
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Elmer, Wile E. Coyote (cameo) | May 21, 1980 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature) The Essential Bugs Bunny (special feature) |
Edited from the CBS-TV special Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over | |
Spaced-Out-Bunny | Bugs, Marvin, Hugo | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature), The Essential Bugs Bunny (special feature) Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 | ||||
Soup or Sonic | Wile E. and Road Runner | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature) The Essential Bugs Bunny (special feature) | ||||
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century | Daffy, Gossamer, Marvin, Porky | November 20, 1980 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) |
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Premiered on television/home media
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers | LT | Greg Ford, Terry Lennon |
Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam, Porky ("Porky drum" ending) | August 25, 1992 | Space Jam two-disc DVD (edited), The Essential Bugs Bunny (uncut version) |
Planned for theatrical release |
(Blooper) Bunny | MM | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam | June 13, 1997 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 1 (special feature) | Planned for theatrical release, first shown on Cartoon Network | |
Bosko and Honey | LT | Hugh Harman | Bosko, Bruno, Honey, Wilbur | 1999 |
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Daffy Duck for President | Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone |
Daffy, Bugs | November 2, 2004 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3 (special feature), The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) |
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Daffy & Porky in the William Tell Overture | MM | Dan Haskett | Daffy, Porky | 2006 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 (special feature) |
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Theme Park Premiere
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Identification Number | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension | LT | Douglas McCarthy | Daffy, Marvin, K-9 | October 23, 1996 | Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 | Theme park attraction at Warner Bros. Movie World | |
Planned for theatrical release, but never screened theatrically
Originally planned for theatrical release in 2004, but were released direct-to-DVD (except for 'The Whizzard of Ow' which premiered in Wal-Mart stores) due to Looney Tunes: Back In Action's commercial failure. All cartoons are produced by Sander Schwartz and Larry Doyle, and produced in widescreen (but cropped to fullscreen). There were several stories planned and storyboarded in 2004 but many of them were canceled due to the box-office failure of Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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The Whizzard of Ow | Bret Haaland | Wile E. and Road Runner | November 1, 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Supergenius Hijinks |
Premiered at Wal-Mart stores. |
Museum Scream | Dan Povenmire | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | March 31, 2004 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition), Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas | Bill Kopp, Peter Shin |
Bugs, Sam, Wile E. Coyote (cameo), Road Runner (cameo) | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition), The Essential Bugs Bunny | ||
Attack of the Drones | Rich Moore | Daffy (as Duck Dodgers), Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama (cameo), The Great Gazoo from The Flintstones (cameo) |
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition), The Essential Daffy Duck | ||
Cock-A-Doodle Duel | Peter Shin | Foghorn Leghorn | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition) | Only cartoon to feature a country music version of the ending theme, and after the "That's all Folks!" script writes itself, the ending theme was re-orchestrated. | |
My Generation G-G-Gap | Dan Povenmire | Porky | Only cartoon to feature a rock and roll version of the ending theme, and after the "That's all Folks!" script writes itself, the ending theme was re-orchestrated. | ||
Miscellaneous shorts
In addition to the shorts listed below is a stop-motion animated George Pal Puppetoon named Jasper Goes Hunting released by Paramount Pictures in 1944 which contains a brief traditionally animated cameo appearance by Bugs Bunny animated by Robert McKimson. Also, a 1994 short I'm Mad was shown with the film Thumbelina, but is not part of the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series and is considered more a part of the Animaniacs TV series.
Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Graduation Day In Bugland | Unknown | February 18, 1931 | Lost commercial cartoon produced for Listerine. | ||
Neath The Bababa Tree | June 1, 1931 | Animated By Dr. Seuss. Produced in New York but distributed by Warner Bros. Thought to be lost. | |||
Put On The Spout | |||||
Breakdowns of 1939 | Porky Pig | January 1, 1939 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 4 | Annual Warner Bros. blooper reel in which Porky Pig swears. | |
Any Bonds Today? | Bob Clampett | Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig | April 2, 1942 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 (part of ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons) (edited) | |
Point Rationing of Foods | Chuck Jones | February 25, 1943 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 3, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | Documentary with limited animation. | |
Dive Bombing Crashes | 1945 | Only entry in the Navy's Flight Safety Training film series made by Warner Bros. | |||
So Much for So Little | Chuck Jones | January 1, 1949 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4, Academy Awards Animation Collection: 15 Winners, Academy Awards Animation Collection, Disc 1, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | Theatrically screened | |
Orange Blossoms for Violet | May 24, 1952 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | Live-action film featuring footage animals. | ||
A Hitch in Time | January 1, 1955 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | |||
90 Day Wondering | Ralph Phillips | December 1956 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 3, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | ||
Drafty, Isn't It? | Ralph Phillips | 1957 | |||
Adventures of the Road-Runner | Road Runner | June 2, 1962 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 2 | Unsold TV-pilot, screened in theaters. Later cut down into three shorts; To Beep or Not to Beep (1963), Road Runner a Go-Go (1965), and Zip Zip Hooray! (1965). | |
Philbert: Three's a Crowd | Richard Donner (live action) Friz Freleng (animation) |
April 1, 1963 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 | Unsold TV-pilot, screened in theaters | |
The Door[2] | Ken Mundie | June 1, 1968 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | Produced by "Campbell-Silver-Cosby Corporation," a studio co-owned by Bill Cosby, who was then a popular recording artist with Warner Bros. Records. Cosby and Mundie would later team up to create Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. | |
Spooney Melodies
Title | Director | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Cryin' for the Carolines | Unknown | December 1930 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 (part of ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons) LTGC Volume 6, Disc 3 |
A live basic animation 5 minute short featuring Milton Charles, "The Singing Organist." The only known surviving short in the 'Spooney Melodies' series. |
Just a Gigolo | June 6, 1931 | |||
Say a Little Prayer for Me | July 1931 | |||
When your Lover has gone | September 1931 | |||
For You | December 1931 | |||
Private Snafu shorts
Private Snafu Cartoons, made by UPA, MGM, and the Harman-Ising studio in the 1940s are not listed. All of the shorts below, which are in the public domain, are available at no charge from YouTube and the Internet Archive.
Title | Director | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Coming!! Snafu | Chuck Jones | June 1, 1943 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Private Snafu Golden Classics |
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Gripes | Friz Freleng | July 1943 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
Spies | Chuck Jones | August 1943 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4; Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
The Goldbrick | Frank Tashlin | September 1, 1943 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
The Infantry Blues | Chuck Jones | Private Snafu Golden Classics | ||
Fighting Tools | Bob Clampett | October 1, 1943 | ||
The Home Front | Frank Tashlin | November 1, 1943 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
Rumors | Friz Freleng | December 1, 1943 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
Booby Traps | Bob Clampett | January 1, 1944 | Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
Snafuperman | Friz Freleng | March 1, 1944 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike | Chuck Jones | Private Snafu Golden Classics | ||
A Lecture on Camouflage | April 1, 1944 | |||
Gas | May 1, 1944 | |||
Going Home | Unreleased, (Planned for 1944) |
The often-quoted "Coming Home" is a non-existent title. It refers to "Going Home" - "Coming Home" was a result of an old typo.[3] | ||
The Chow Hound | Frank Tashlin | June 1, 1944 | ||
Censored | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Private Snafu Golden Classics | |||
Outpost | Chuck Jones | August 1, 1944 | Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
Pay Day | Friz Freleng | |||
Three Brothers | September 1, 1944 | |||
Target: Snafu | October 1, 1944 | |||
In the Aleutians – Isles of Enchantment | Chuck Jones | February 1, 1945 | ||
It's Murder She Says | ||||
Hot Spot | Friz Freleng | July 1, 1945 | ||
Operation Snafu | October 1, 1945 | |||
No Buddy Atoll | Chuck Jones | |||
Secrets of the Caribbean | Unreleased (planned for 1945) |
Lost cartoon. Master given to the Army.[3] | ||
Seaman Hook shorts
Not listed below is "Take Heed Mr. Tojo", released in December 1944. It was the first cartoon in the Hook series, but was produced at Walter Lantz studio.
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Identification Number | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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The Good Egg | Chuck Jones | Seaman Hook | November 15, 1945 | Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 | Made for the U.S. Navy in 1945. In the public domain and available at no charge on YouTube and the Internet Archive. | ||
The Return of Mr. Hook | Robert McKimson | ||||||
Tokyo Woes | Robert Clampett |
Web shorts
The following shorts were released onto the web around 2001. However, there is little information about who made them or who voiced the characters. Two collections were released on DVD in 2003, Stranger than Fiction and Reality Check (parodies of films and tv shows)
Title | Series | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Bunk Bedlam | 2001 | |||
Cat Stays in the Picture | ||||
Daffy Dentist DDS | ||||
Dating Do's and Don'ts: How to Be a "Mr. Good-Date" | ||||
Dux's Tux's | ||||
Fast Feud | ||||
Full Metal Racket | ||||
Grand Master Rabbit | ||||
H2-Uh-Oh! | ||||
The Island of Dr. Moron | Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction | |||
Little Pet Shop of Horrors | ||||
Malltown and Tazboy | ||||
The Matwix | The Matrix parody | |||
Maximum Tazocity | ||||
Multiplex Mallard | ||||
Oh Taz, You Devil | ||||
Parallel Porked | ||||
Psycho Kitty | ||||
Satellite Sam | Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction | |||
Snow Business | ||||
Sports Blab #1 | Looney Tunes: Reality Check | |||
Sports Blab #2 | ||||
Stunt Duck | ||||
Tear Factor | Looney Tunes: Reality Check | Fear Factor parody | ||
Tech Suppork | Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction | |||
Twick or Tweety | ||||
Wild KingDumb | ||||
Wile E. Coyote Ugly | ||||
Yosemite Slam | ||||
Aluminum Chef: Elmer Fudd vs. Yosemite Sam | Looney Tunes: Reality Check | Iron Chef parody | ||
Aluminum Chef: Sylvester Cat vs. Tweety Bird | ||||
Judge Granny: Case 1: Tweety vs. Sylvester | Judge Judy parody | |||
Judge Granny: Case 2: Coyote vs. Roadrunner | ||||
Judge Granny: Case 3: Fudd vs. Duck | ||||
Junkyard Run: Part 1 | Cannonball Run Parody | |||
Junkyard Run: Part 2 | ||||
Junkyard Run: Part 3 | ||||
Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained: Sufferin Sasquatch | Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction | |||
Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained: Who Wants to Be a Martian-aire? | ||||
Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained: Loch Ness Mess | ||||
Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained: Cropsy Curvy | ||||
Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained: The Bermuda Short | ||||
Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained: The Taming of the Screwball | ||||
Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained: ¡El Chupacabra! | ||||
Planet of the Taz | Planet of the Apes parody | |||
Beneath the Planet of the Taz | ||||
Enough With the Planet of the Taz | ||||
The Royal Mallard: Gone in 30 Minutes | ||||
The Royal Mallard: Window Pains | ||||
The Royal Mallard: Daffy's Meet Market | ||||
The Royal Mallard: Cube Wars | ||||
The Royal Mallard: Hogs & Kisses | ||||
Survival of the Dimmest | Toon Marooned | Looney Tunes: Reality Check | Survivor parody | |
Beach, Blanket, Bang-O | ||||
Helter Shelter | ||||
Finder's Eaters | ||||
Sandcastle Hassle | ||||
I've Misplaced My Piano | ||||
Spread, Seared and Feared | ||||
Oh My Darlin' Serpentine | ||||
Obstacles, of Course | ||||
Fowl Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain | ||||
Commercials
- "Anvil-O's" (cereal)
- "Caves" (parody of MTV Cribs)
- "D.I.P.S. (Department of Investigations of Paranormal Sightings)"
- "Da Beepo" (Road Runner's psychic hotline)
- "The Law Firm of Duck, Duck, McKimson & Duck" (law firm)
- "Elmer Fudd's Extreme Wabbit Hunt Wampage 3: Elmer's Wevenge" (video game)
- "Looney Tunes Cruise Lines"
- "Porky's Pizza Palace"
- "Stone Cold Duck"
- "50/50" (20/20 parody)
- "Twick or Tweety"
Feature films
Television specials
See also
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080512144025/http://www.mynameisearlkress.com/weblog/?p=67
- ↑ Independently produced film (1967 copyright) purchased and distributed by WB in 1968
- 1 2 http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/snafu/
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)
External links
- The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for Merrie Melodies Cartoons and for Looney Tunes Cartoons
- Golden Age Cartoons' The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website by Jon Cooke
- Official site