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As of August 2022, the two unaired episodes "The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever" and "The Twelve Missing Hares" have been found. These episodes were preserved on tape by episode writer Jerry Beck and transferred through media loan by Jerico Dvorak who made them available.
As of August 2022, the two unaired episodes "The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever" and "The Twelve Missing Hares" have been found. These episodes were preserved on tape by episode writer Jerry Beck and transferred through media loan by Jerico Dvorak who made them available.


===Season 1 (1992–95)===
===Season 1 (1992–94)===
A total of 24 episodes of the 1st seasons have aired from 1992 to 1994.
{{Episode table |background=#000 |overall=5 |title=22|airdate=17|episodes=
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!Episode No.
!Title
!Description
!Cartoons
!Air-Date
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|01
|"El Kabong"
|Cartoons about [[Hanna-Barbera]] character [[Quick Draw McGraw]] and his alter ego, El Kabong.
|"El Kabong"
"El Kabong Meets El Kazing"
"El Kabong Bongs Kabong"
|October 2nd, 1992
|-
|02
|"Barney Bear"
|Cartoons about [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|MGM]] character [[Barney Bear]].


{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Art and Wit of Tex Avery
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|02}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Barney Bear
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|09}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Cartoons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|16}}
| ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Ranger John Smith
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|23}}
| ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Hollywood
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|10|30}}
| ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = The Old West
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|06}}
| ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Music
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|13}}
| ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Sports
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|20}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Mel Blanc
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|11|27}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Daws Butler
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|12|04}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = The Evolution of Tom and Jerry
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|12|11}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Bugs Bunny in Fairy Tales
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|12|18}}
| ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Jay Ward
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|12|25}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = The Best of Tex Avery
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|01}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = Academy Award Winning Toons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|08}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = Cartoon Sequels
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|15}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 17
| Title = Popeye
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|01|22}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 18
| Title = Valentine's Day
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|02|14}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 19
| Title = St. Patrick's Day
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|03|17}}
| ShortSummary = | LineColor = 000 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| Title = Wobert Cwampett: That Cwazy Diwector
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|06|18}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 21
| Title = Don't Adjust Your Color: Black-and-White Cartoons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|06|25}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 22
| Title = Insomnia
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|08|20}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 23
| Title = Forgotten Directors: Frank Tashlin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|04|15}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 24
| Title = Forgotten Directors: Arthur Davis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|04|29}}
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}}

===Season 2 (1996)===
{{Episode table |background=#efdd57 |overall=5 |title=22|airdate=17|episodes=

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| Title = The Nudnik Shorts, Part 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|08}}<ref name="youngsters"/>
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| EpisodeNumber = 26
| Title = The Nudnik Shorts, Part 2
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|09}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 27
| Title = The Nudnik Shorts, Part 3
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|10}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 28
| Title = The Nudnik Shorts, Part 4
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|11}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 29
| Title = The Nudnik Shorts, Part 5
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|12}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 30
| Title = A Night of Independent Animation
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|20}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 31
| Title = Gossamer
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|12|16}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 32
| Title = Blame It on the Stork!
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|12|23}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 33
| Title = The Economy According to Sylvester
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|12|30}}
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}}

===Season 3 (1998–99)===
{{Episode table |background=#335C69 |overall=5 |title=22|airdate=17|episodes=

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| Title = Travelogue Cartoons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|11|13}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that parodied the travelogue, a short film that advertised the beauty and splendor of a certain country or region. Shorts featured include: [[Detouring America]] (edited for content), [[Crazy Cruise]] (edited for content), and Fresh Fish, with clips from 'The Isle of Pingo Pongo", "The Heckling Hare", "Falling Hare", and "The Goofy Gophers". | LineColor = 335C69 }}, {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| Title = Emily the Chicken
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|11|20}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons centered on Emily the Chicken, an obscure 1930s hen character who would later be redesigned as Miss Prissy in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. Shorts featured include: [[Let It Be Me (1936 film)|Let It Be Me]], A Star is Hatched, and [[Strangled Eggs]] | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| Title = Baseball Cartoons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|11|27}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that spoofed everything about the Great American pastime. Shorts featured include: Gone Batty, Batty Baseball, and Baseball Bugs | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| Title = The Early Works of Chuck Jones
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|12|04}}
| ShortSummary = A look at the Disney-esque Warner Bros. shorts Chuck Jones created when he first started as a director. Shorts featured include: "The Night Watchman", "Dog Gone Modern", and "Toy Trouble" (edited for content) | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| Title = Southern Fried Cartoons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|12|11}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that take place in the American South. Shorts featured include "Southern Fried Rabbit" (edited for content, though the scene of Bugs dressed as Abraham Lincoln chastising Sam for whipping slaves was partially shown during the first host segment), "Backwoods Bunny", and "The Dixie Fryer", with clips from the live-action movie "Gone With The Wind" and MGM's animated short "Red-Hot Riding Hood" | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| Title = Midnight in the Bookstore
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|12|18}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons showing book characters coming to life during closing time. Shorts featured include: "Speaking of the Weather" (edited for content), "You're An Education" (replaced in reruns with a redrawn-colorized, edited-for-content version of "I Like Mountain Music"), and "Book Revue" (edited for content), with clips from "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!" | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| Title = The Many Faces of Robin Hood
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|12|25}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that spoofed the legend (and many film adaptations) of Robin Hood. | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| Title = Hollywood Nights
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|01|01}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that featured Hollywood celebrities of the 1930s and '40s. | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| Title = Future Shock
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|01|08}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that parodied the 1940s and 1950s imaginings of what the future would be like. | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| Title = Movie Star Bugs
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|01|15}}
| ShortSummary = A look at how Bugs Bunny has gained movie star status in the history of American film. | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| Title = Shut Eye
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|01|22}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons centered on the comedy behind a character trying to get some sleep. | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| Title = Egghead
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|01|29}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring Egghead, a comic character said to be the precursor to Elmer Fudd. | LineColor = 335C69 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| Title = The Dreams of Bob Clampett
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|02|05}}
| ShortSummary = A look at Bob Clampett's most surreal color cartoons. | LineColor = 335C69
}}
}}

===Season 4 (1999)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| Title = The Goofy Gophers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|05|14}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring Mac and Tosh, a pair of overly-polite, yet extremely mischievous gophers. Shorts featured include: "The Goofy Gophers", "I Gopher You", and "Tease for Two", with clips from "Two Gophers From Texas", "A Bone for a Bone", "Back Alley Op-Roar, "The Wacky Wabbit", "Gopher Broke", "Lumber Jerks", and "Daffy Duck and Egghead". | LineColor = 9AB973 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48 (47.3)
| Title = Motor Heads
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|05|21}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons starring anthropomorphic cars and planes. Shorts featured include: "Streamlined Greta Green", "One Cab's Family", and "L'il Johnny Jet". | LineColor = 9AB973 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49 (47.5)
| Title = Fight Night
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|05|28}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that lampooned boxing. Shorts featured include: "Let's You and Him Fight" (redrawn colorized version), "To Duck...Or Not to Duck", and "Rabbit Punch", with clips from "Baseball Bugs" and "Count Me Out". | LineColor = 9AB973 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| Title = The Evolution of Tweety
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|06|06}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons chronicling how Tweety Bird's appearance and personality have changed since his debut cartoon. Shorts featured include "A Tale of Two Kitties", "Tweetie Pie", and "Canary Row", with clips from the live-action movie ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' and the animated shorts "Papa Gets the Bird", "The Cagey Canary", "Birdy and the Beast", "A Gruesome Twosome", and "Home Tweet Home" | LineColor = 9AB973 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 51
| Title = The Year Elmer Fudd Got Fat
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|06|13}}
| ShortSummary = A look at the short-lived time in the early 1940s when Elmer Fudd was depicted as a fat man to look more like his voice actor, Arthur Q. Bryan. Shorts featured include: "Wabbit Twouble", "The Wacky Wabbit", and "Fresh Hare" (edited for content), with clips from "A Wild Hare", "Good Night, Elmer", "To Duck...Or Not To Duck", "A Star is Bored", and "The Wabbit Who Came to Supper". | LineColor = 9AB973 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 52
| Title = The Nice Mice of Warner Bros.
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|06|20}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 53
| Title = Toro! Toro!
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|06|27}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that lampooned bull-fighting. Shorts include: "Bulldozing the Bull" (redrawn colorized), "Bully for Bugs", and "Senor Droopy", with clips from "Mexican Joyride". | LineColor = 9AB973 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 54
| Title = Director Robert McKimson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|07|04}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 55
| Title = Our Man Sam
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|07|11}}
| ShortSummary = A look at Yosemite Sam, Friz Freleng's hot-tempered, trigger-happy cowboy character created as a more worthy adversary to Bugs Bunny. | LineColor = 9AB973 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 56
| Title = The Musical Cartoons of Friz Freleng
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|07|18}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 57
| Title = Night of 1000 Elves
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|07|25}}
| ShortSummary = A look at cartoons that featured elven characters, often in a parody of the fable "The Shoemaker and the Elves". | LineColor = 9AB973 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 58 (54.91)
| Title = One Toon Wonders
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|08|01}}
| ShortSummary = A look at cartoons featuring characters who only starred in one cartoon, but were still considered memorable in some capacity. Shorts featured include: "Ghost Wanted" (edited for content), "The Crackpot Quail" (reissued "whistle" version), and "One Froggy Evening", with clips from "Peck Up Your Troubles" and "Buckaroo Bugs". | LineColor = 9AB973 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 59
| Title = Battle of the Bookworms
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|08|08}}
| ShortSummary = A look at how both Warner Bros and MGM created cartoons featuring green, bespectactled worm characters who go on adventures in libraries and bookstores at closing time. Shorts featured include: "The Bookworm", "Sniffles and the Bookworm", and "The Wacky Worm", with clips from "Busy Bakers", "Hollywood Steps Out", "Greetings Bait", "Daffy Doodles", and "Detouring America" | LineColor = 9AB973
}}
}}

===Season 5 (1999–2001)===
{{Episode table |background=#420002 |overall=5 |title=22|airdate=17|episodes=

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 60
| Title = Crooner Toons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|11|19}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that had caricatures of crooners, male singers of the 1930s and '40s. Shorts featured include: "Bingo Crosbyana", "I Only Have Eyes for You", and "Swooner Crooner" (edited for content, though the Al Jolson rooster auditioning with "September in the Rain" -- a scene often cut on most American TV channels, including Cartoon Network -- was shown in two clip montages during the "ToonHeads Trivia" segments), with clips from "Book Revue", "The Coo-Coo Nut Groove", and "I Love To Singa".| LineColor = 420002 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 61
| Title = Turkey Toons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|11|26}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring the turkey as a character, often being hunted by Pilgrims as part of the first Thanksgiving. Shorts featured include: "Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers", "Jerky Turkey" (edited for content), and "Tom Turk and Daffy", with clips from "Along Came Daffy", "Pilgrim Popeye", and "The Little Orphan". | LineColor = 420002 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 62
| Title = Hobo Flea
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|12|03}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring the flea as a Great Depression-era hobo traveling from dog to dog to make a home for himself. Shorts featured include: "The Homeless Flea", "An Itch in Time" (edited for content), and "What Price Fleadom?" (edited for content), with clips from "Hobo Gadget Band". | LineColor = 420002 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 63
| Title = Rocky and Mugsy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|12|10}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring Rocky and Mugsy, two semi-recurring gangster characters. Shorts featured include: "Bugs and Thugs", "Bugsy and Mugsy", and "The Unmentionables", with clips from "Golden Yeggs","Catty Cornered", and "Stooge for a Mouse". | LineColor = 420002 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 64
| Title = Salesman Daffy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|12|17}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that feature Daffy Duck as a relentless salesman. Shorts include: "Yankee Doodle Daffy", "The Stupor Salesman" and "Fool Coverage", with clips from "Along Came Daffy", "Rabbit's Kin", and archive footage from the Leon Schlesinger Studios gag reel. | LineColor = 420002 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 65
| Title = A ToonHeads Cartoon Christmas Special
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|12|24}}
| ShortSummary = Special one-hour episode of Christmas-themed cartoons. Shorts featured include: "Alias St. Nick", "The Captain's Christmas" (edited for content), "Peace on Earth", "The Night Before Christmas", and "Bedtime for Sniffles", with clips from "One Ham's Family" and "The Midnight Snack". | LineColor = 420002 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 66
| Title = An Ant's Life
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|12|26}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng that parody the cliché of ants at a picnic, often depicting it as a war. Shorts featured include "The Fighting 69th-½" (edited for content), "The Gay Anties", and "Ant Pasted", with clips from Chuck Jones' "The Dover Boys". | LineColor = 420002 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 67
| Title = A ToonHeads Special: The Lost Cartoons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|03|12}}
| ShortSummary = A special episode featuring lost, rare, and obscure works from Warner Bros. studios. Featuring: ''[[Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid]]'' (edited for time), ''[[Cryin' for the Carolines]]'', clips from The Leon Schlesinger Studios gag reel showing a "typical" day working at Termite Terrace; ''[[Lady, Play Your Mandolin!]]'' (edited for time), ''[[Any Bonds Today?]]'' (edited for content), ''[[Private Snafu|Spies]]'' (edited for content), ''[[The Return of Mr. Hook]]'' (edited for time), a scene from ''[[Two Guys From Texas]]'', a scene from ''[[My Dream Is Yours]]'', ''[[So Much for So Little]]'', ''[[Drafty, Isn't It?]]'', a commercial for [[Tang (drink mix)|Tang]] featuring [[Bugs Bunny]] and [[Marvin the Martian]], clips from the failed 1950s pilot ''Philbert'', and the opening credits and original theme song for ''[[Adventures of the Road Runner]]'', with clips from "You Oughta Be in Pictures", "[[One Froggy Evening]]", "Rabbit Seasoning", "Daffy Duck in Hollywood", "Slick Hare", "What's Opera, Doc?", "Tired and Feathered", "Home Tweet Home", "Baby Bottleneck", the Private Snafu shorts "Coming Home" and "Snafuperman", and "Hare Trigger". | LineColor = 420002 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 68
| Title = The Twelve Missing Hares
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|Unaired}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wd_cAAAAQBAJ&q=The+Twelve+Missing+Hares&pg=PA107|title=Prime Time Animation: Television Animation and American Culture|first=Carol|last=Stabile|date=Sep 13, 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136481642|access-date=May 25, 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| ShortSummary = A June Bugs 2001 special focused around the 12 Bugs Bunny shorts that have been banned for depicting outdated racial and ethnic caricatures (though "Fresh Hare" has aired on Cartoon Network, albeit edited to remove the ending where Bugs, Elmer, and the Canadian Mountie firing squad are in blackface and singing "Camptown Races"), with announcer Leslie Framm explaining why these caricatures are considered offensive today. All of the cartoons featured are in clips; there are no full shorts. Clips from shorts featured are: "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt", "A Feather in His Hare", "Horse Hare", "What's Cookin' Doc?", "Any Bonds Today?", "All This and Rabbit Stew", "Fresh Hare", "Herr Meets Hare", "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips", "Frigid Hare", "Which is Witch?", "Mississippi Hare", and "Bushy Hare" | LineColor = 420002 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 69
| Title = A ToonHeads Special: The Wartime Cartoons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|07|01}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/ideas-for-toon-heads-12-missing-hares.2772771/|title=Ideas for Toon Heads/12 Missing Hares|website=Anime Superhero Forum|access-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328065414/https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/ideas-for-toon-heads-12-missing-hares.2772771/|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| ShortSummary = A look at the Warner Bros., MGM, and Fleischer Studio cartoons that were made during World War II. Shorts featured include: ''[[Blitz Wolf]]'' (edited for content), ''[[Scrap Happy Daffy]]'', ''[[Herr Meets Hare]]'', ''[[Russian Rhapsody (film)|Russian Rhapsody]]'', and clips from "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips", "Tokio Jokio", "The Weakly Reporter", "Seein' Red, White, and Blue", "Spinach fer Britain", "Daffy - The Commando", "Crazy Cruise", and "Any Bonds Today?" | LineColor = 420002 }}
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===Season 6 (2001)===
{{Episode table |background=#ffc770 |overall=5 |title=22|airdate=17|episodes=

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 70
| Title = The Evolution of Elmer Fudd
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|11|04}}
| ShortSummary = Special one-hour episode showing how the big-nosed Joe Penner caricature named Egghead from Tex Avery's early Warner Bros. shorts became the bald, neurotic hunter known as Elmer Fudd. Shorts featured include: "A-Lad in Bagdad", "Dangerous Dan McFoo", "Elmer's Candid Camera", "The Hardship of Miles Standish", and "A Wild Hare" (edited reissue version where Elmer's second guess during Bugs' "Guess Who?" game is "Barbara Stanwyck" instead of "Carole Lombard"), with clips from "Rabbit Fire", "Daffy Duck & Egghead", "Count Me Out", "Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas", "Ham-ateur Night", and "A Feud There Was". | LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 71
| Title = The Early Works of Hanna-Barbera
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|11|11}}
| ShortSummary = A look at the Disney-esque cartoons made by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera back when they worked at MGM Studios. Shorts featured include: "To Spring", "Puss Gets the Boot" (version where Mammy Two-Shoes' voice is redubbed), "Gallopin' Gals", "Officer Pooch", and "Yankee Doodle Mouse" (uncut version, despite most Cartoon Network installment shows at the time airing a version that cut the part where Tom appears as a blackfaced sunflower after sticking his head in a tea kettle with a firecracker in it). | LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 72
| Title = Moon Toons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|11|25}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons centered on space travel years before it would become a reality. Shorts featured include: "Little Buck Cheeser", "The Cat That Hated People", and "Haredevil Hare", with clips from [[Georges Méliès]]'s ''A Trip to the Moon'' (''La Voyage dans la Lune'') and the Tex Avery short "King-Sized Canary"
| LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 73
| Title = The Great Cartoon Controversy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|11|25}}
| ShortSummary = A look at the allegations of plagiarism between MGM's "The Cat Concerto" and Warner Bros. "Rhapsody Rabbit". Shorts include: "The Cat Concerto", "Rhapsody Rabbit", and "Tweetie Pie"
| LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 74
| Title = The Tasmanian Devil
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|02}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring The Tasmanian Devil (nicknamed "Taz"), Robert McKimson's inarticulate, ravenous whirling dervish who served as one of Bugs Bunny's enemies and has become one of the most popular Looney Tunes characters, despite starring in only five cartoons during the mid-to-late 1950s into the early 1960s. | LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 75
| Title = Before Bedrock
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|02}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that take place during the Stone Age.
| LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 76
| Title = The Early Works of Friz Freleng
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|09}}
| ShortSummary = A special one-hour episode centered on Friz Freleng's early Warner Bros. shorts. | LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 77
| Title = A Night at the Opera
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|16}}
| ShortSummary = A look at the three Chuck Jones-directed cartoons that spoofed opera. Shorts include: "Long-Haired Hare", "The Rabbit of Seville", and "What's Opera, Doc" | LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 78
| Title = Sufferin' Succotash
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|16}}
| ShortSummary = A look at the development of Sylvester the cat and how Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, and even Chuck Jones depicted him in their cartoons. | LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 79
| Title = Beaky Buzzard
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|23}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons starring Beaky Buzzard, a dopey, bashful, awkward buzzard trying to bring back prey for his mother. | LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 80
| Title = Baby Boom Toons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|23}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons that feature and parody the myth of the stork bringing newborn babies to expecting parents and premiered during the early days of the post-WWII baby boom (1946-1964). | LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 81
| Title = Tish Tash
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|30}}
| ShortSummary = A look at the animated works of [[Frank Tashlin]] during his off-and-on stint at Warner Bros. studios. | LineColor = ffc770 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 82
| Title = Cartoon Newsreels
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|30}}
| ShortSummary = A look at cartoons that lampooned the newsreel, a short film shown before movies that highlighted world events. Shorts featured include: "She Was an Acrobat's Daughter", the unreleased [[Private Snafu]] short "Going Home", and "The Hole Idea", with clips from "Bacall to Arms", "Nutty News", "The Film Fan", "Cell-Bound", and "Stage-Door Cartoon". | LineColor = ffc770
}}
}}

===Season 7 (2002)===
{{Episode table |background=#454a46 |overall=5 |title=22|airdate=17|episodes=

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 83
| Title = Ralph Phillips
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|07|21}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons centered on Ralph Phillips, Chuck Jones' microscopically short-lived boy character who always had vivid daydreams. | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 84
| Title = Rabbit Season, Duck Season
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|07|28}}
| ShortSummary = A look at the "Hunter's Trilogy" (or "Rabbit Season, Duck Season") cartoons, where Daffy and Bugs argue over what hunting season it is and everything Bugs does leads to Daffy getting shot by Elmer. Shorts featured include: "Rabbit Fire", "Rabbit Seasoning", and "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 85
| Title = Hubie and Bertie
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|08|04}}
| ShortSummary = A look at Chuck Jones' Hubie and Bertie, a duo of curious, smart-aleck mice who often play pranks on a neurotic cat named Claude. | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 86
| Title = The Great Race
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|08|11}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring car races and foot races and the comedy that ensues from them. Shorts featured include: "Tortoise Beats Hare", "Porky's Road Race", "Tortoise Wins By a Hare", "Porky's Naughty Nephew", and "Rabbit Transit" | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 87
| Title = Cartoons in the Real World
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|08|18}}
| ShortSummary = A look at cartoons that blended live-action with animation. Shorts featured include: "The Adventures of Popeye" and "You Oughta Be in Pictures", with clips from "Bosko the Talk-ink Kid", "Popeye the Sailor", and "Betty Boop's Rise to Stardom". | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 88
| Title = Director Arthur Davis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|09|01}}
| ShortSummary = A look at Arthur Davis, an animator who, from 1946 to 1949 (and a brief return in 1962), directed a handful of Warner Bros. cartoons following the departures of Bob Clampett and Frank Tashlin. Shorts featured include: "Mouse Menace", "Bowery Bugs", and "Quackodile Tears", with clips from "Catch as Cats Can", "Two Gophers from Texas", and "Mexican Joyride". | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 89
| Title = Before They Were Stars
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|12|21}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring early versions of popular characters. Shorts include: "A Tale of Two Kitties" (showing an early version of Tweety Bird), "Fast and Furryous" (showing an early version of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote), "Stage Door Cartoon" (showing an early version of Yosemite Sam), and clips from "Cat-Tails for Two" (showing an early version of Speedy Gonzales). | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 90
| Title = Gangster Toons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|12|24}}
| ShortSummary = A look at cartoons that parodied gangster crime dramas. Shorts featured include: "I'm A Big Shot Now", "Thugs With Dirty Mugs", and "Bunny and Claude -- We Rob Carrot Patches", with clips from the live-action movies ''Strike Up The Band'', ''Born to Dance'', ''The Roaring Twenties'', ''Little Caesar'' (title card and credits only), and ''Bonnie and Clyde'' (the 1967 live-action version) and the animated shorts "Hollywood Steps Out", "Racketeer Rabbit", and "Slick Hare". | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 91
| Title = The Movie Parodies of Porky and Daffy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|12|26}}
| ShortSummary = A look at a subgenre of Chuck Jones-directed cartoons that featured Daffy and Porky in film spoofs. Shorts featured include: the Western parody "Drip-Along Daffy" (edited for time), the sci-fi space adventure parody "Duck Dodgers in the 24th-½ Century", and the Victorian-era mystery/Sherlock Holmes parody, "Deduce, You Say" | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 92
| Title = The Three Faces of Tom and Jerry
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|12|27}}
| ShortSummary = A look at how MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons looked under the direction of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (as seen in "Mouse Trouble"), Gene Dietch (as seen in "High Steaks"), and Chuck Jones (as seen in "Purr-chance To Dream"). | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 93
| Title = Director Norman McCabe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|12|28}}
| ShortSummary = Special one-hour episode featuring cartoons directed by Norm McCabe, an animator with Bob Clampett who directed a handful of Warner Bros. shorts. Shorts featured include: "Who's Who in the Zoo" (computer-colorized and uncut), "Daffy's Southern Exposure" (computer-colorized), "The Ducktators" (original black and white and uncut), "Gopher Goofy" (original black and white), and "Hop and Go" (original black and white and uncut), with clips from "Confusions of a Nutzy Spy" (original black and white), "Along Came Daffy", "The Timid Toreador" (original black and white), "Porky's Snooze Reel" (original black and white), "The Daffy Duckaroo" (computer-colorized), "Hobby Horse Laffs" (original black and white), "Tokio Jokio" (original black and white; title card and credits only), "Cats and Bruises" (title card and credits only), an unidentified Pink Panther cartoon (title card and credits only), and a publicity still from ''Pinky and the Brain''. | LineColor = 454a46 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 94
| Title = Speedy Gonzales
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|12|31}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring Speedy Gonzales, "the fastest mouse in all Mexico". | LineColor = 454a46
}}
}}

===Season 8 (2003)===
{{Episode table |background=#C0C0C0 |overall=5 |title=22|airdate=17|episodes=

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 95
| Title = The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|Unaired}}
| ShortSummary = A special centered around the worst Hanna Barbera, Ruby Spears, and Filmation cartoons ever made. Features clips from the various short-lived series that copied the characters and premise of ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?'', failed Hanna-Barbera series from the 1970s, and the Filmation Tom and Jerry series. It also features the full episode of "Disco Droopy" as ToonHeads top pick of "The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever". | LineColor = C0C0C0 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 96
| Title = Captain and the Kids
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|10|19}}
| ShortSummary = A look at "The Captain and the Kids", MGM's animated adaptation of "The Katzenjammer Kids". Shorts include: "Cleaning House", "Poultry Pirates", "Old Smokey", "Petunia Natural Park", and "Mama's New Hat" | LineColor = C0C0C0 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 97
| Title = The Early Career of Porky Pig
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|10|26}}
| ShortSummary = A look at the early 1930s cartoons starring Warner Bros. first true star character (after Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harmon took Bosko over to MGM and Buddy wasn't warmly received), Porky Pig. Shorts include: "Golddiggers of '49", "The Blow Out", "Westward Whoa", "Porky's Romance", and "Porky's Duck Hunt". | LineColor = C0C0C0 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 98
| Title = Private SNAFU
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|09}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons centered on Private Snafu, a comically incompetent Army private whose shorts were only seen by military audiences during World War II. Shorts featured include: ''[[Coming Snafu|Coming! Snafu]]'', ''[[Private Snafu|Booby Traps]]'', ''Spies'' (shown uncut, despite appearing edited on "''Toonheads'': The Lost Cartoons"), ''[[Snafuperman]]'', and ''[[Private Snafu|Censored]]'' (edited for content)| LineColor = C0C0C0 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 99
| Title = Tex's Red
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|09}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons featuring the sexy showgirl character (nicknamed "Red" by fans) who appeared in Tex Avery's MGM shorts. Shorts include: "Red Hot Riding Hood", "Wild 'n Woolfy", and "Little Rural Riding Hood". | LineColor = C0C0C0 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 100
| Title = The Many Moods of Daffy Duck
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|16}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons showing how Daffy Duck went from "wacky" to "vain and greedy". Shorts include: "The Wise Quacking Duck", "Duck Amuck", and "Ali Baba Bunny" | LineColor = C0C0C0 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 101
| Title = Pepé Le Pew
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|16}}
| ShortSummary = Cartoons about Chuck Jones' amorous French skunk character, Pepe Le Pew. Shorts featured include: "Odor-able Kitty", "For Scent-imental Reasons", and "Louvre, Come Back to Me", with clips from "Wild Over You", "The Cats Bah", "Really Scent", "Odor of the Day", "Scent-imental Over You", "Two Scents Worth", "Heaven Scent", "Touché and Go", "Who Scent You?", "A Scent of the Matterhorn", "Dog Pounded", "Scent-imental Romeo", and "Little Beau Pepe"| LineColor = C0C0C0 }} {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 102
| Title = The Boys from Kansas City
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|11|23}}
| ShortSummary = A special one-hour episode (and series finale) showing how Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harmon, Rudolf Ising, and Isadore "Friz" Freleng went from working with Walt Disney in Kansas City to moving to Hollywood, California and becoming legends in the animation industry. Shorts include: "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" (redrawn colorized), "Porky and Gabby", "Porky's Hare Hunt", "Bottles", and "The Milky Way". | LineColor = C0C0C0
}}
}}


|"[[Wee-Willie Wildcat]]"
"The Impossible Possum"
"The Bear And The Beavers"
|October 9th, 1992
|-
|03
|"Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Cartoons"
|[[Tom and Jerry]] cartoons made under [[Chuck Jones]]'s direction in the 1960s
|"[[The Cat Above and the Mouse Below|The Cat Above And The Mouse Below]]"
"[[Much Ado About Mousing]]"
"[[Cat and Dupli-cat|Cat And Dupli-cat]]"
|October 16th, 1992
|-
|04
|"Ranger John Smith"
|[[Yogi Bear]] cartoons featuring Yogi's antagonist, [[Ranger Smith]].
|"A Bear Living"
"Bear Face Disguise"
"Home Sweet Jellystone"
|October 23rd, 1992
|-
|05
|"Hollywood"
|Cartoons centered on [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and the celebrities of the era.
|"[[Slick Hare]]"
"Popeye's 20th Anniversary"
"[[Yankee Doodle Daffy]]"
|October 30th, 1992
|-
|06
|"The Old West"
|Cartoons that parody [[Western (genre)|Westerns]].
|"[[Hare Trigger]]"
"Homesteader Droopy"
"[[Wagon Heels]]"
|November 6th, 1992
|-
|07
|"Music"
|Cartoons that heavily feature music.
|"[[Me Musical Nephews]]"
"[[Rabbit of Seville|Rabbit Of Seville]]"
"[[Johann Mouse]]"
|November 13th, 1992
|-
|08
|"Sports"
|Cartoons in which most of the gags center on sports.
|"[[Baseball Bugs]]"
"The Bowling Alley-Cat"
"The Football Toucher Downer"
|November 20th, 1992
|-
|09
|"Mel Blanc"
|Cartoons featuring [[Mel Blanc]]'s voice-acting range.
|"[[Rabbit Seasoning]]"
"[[Speedy Gonzales (film)|Speedy Gonzales]]"
"[[Daffy Duck Slept Here]]"
|November 27th, 1992
|-
|10
|"Daws Butler"
|Cartoons featuring [[Daws Butler]]'s voice-acting range.
|"Mars Little Precious"
"Tricky Trapper"
"Pie-Pirates"
|December 4th, 1992
|-
|11
|"The Evolution Of Tom And Jerry"
|[[Tom and Jerry]] cartoons as the years progressed.
|"[[Puss Gets the Boot|Puss Gets The Boot]]"
"[[Mouse Trouble]]"
"[[Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life|Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life]]"
|December 11th, 1993
|-
|12
|"Bugs Bunny In Fairy Tales"
|Fairy tale parodies featuring [[Bugs Bunny]]
|"[[Little Red Riding Rabbit]]"
"[[Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears|Bugs Bunny And The Three Bears]]"
"[[Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk|Jack-Wabbit And The Beanstalk]]"
|December 18th, 1992
|-
|13
|"Jay Ward"
|Cartoons from [[Jay Ward Productions]].
|"Treasure Of Sierra Madre"
""Tom Tom the Piper's Son"
"Dudley Do-Right"
"How to Direct Movies"
"Snow White"
|December 25th, 1992
|-
|14
|"The Best Of Tex Avery"
|Some of the many great MGM cartoons directed by [[Tex Avery]].
|'''UNKNOWN'''
|January 1st, 1993
|-
|15
|"Academy Award-Winning Toons"
|Cartoons that have won [[Academy Awards|academy awards]].
|'''UNKNOWN'''
|January 8th, 1993
|-
|16
|"Cartoon Sequels"
|'''UNKNOWN'''
|'''UNKNOWN'''
|January 15th, 1993
|-
|17
|"Popeye"
|Cartoons featuring [[Popeye|Popeye The Sailor]].
|'''UNKNOWN'''
|January 22nd, 1993
|-
|18
|"Valentine's Day"
|Romantic comedy cartoons.
|"[[The Zoot Cat]]"
"[[The Stupid Cupid]]"
"[[Little 'Tinker]]"
|February 14th, 1993
|-
|19
|"St. Patrick's Day"
|Cartoons featuring [[Leprechaun|leprechauns]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] caricatures.
|"The Huck Of The Irish"
"Droopy Leprechaun"
"[[The Wearing of the Grin|The Wearing Of The Grin]]"
|March 17th, 1993
|-
|20
|"Wobert Cwampett: That Cwasy Diwector"
|[[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Warner Bros. cartoons]] directed by the great [[Bob Clampett]].
|'''UNKNOWN'''
|June 18th, 1993
|-
|21
|"Don't Adjust Your Color: Black-And-White Cartoons
|Cartoons originally made in [[black-and-white]].
|'''UNKNOWN'''
|June 25th, 1993
|-
|22
|"Insomnia"
|Cartoons featuring characters trying to get to sleep.
|"Quiet Please!"
'''UNKNOWN'''
|August 20th, 1993
|-
|23
|"Forgotten Directors: Frank Tashlin
|Cartoons directed by [[Frank Tashlin]].
|'''UNKNOWN'''
|April 15th, 1994
|-
|24
|"Forgotten Directors: Arthur Davis
|Cartoons directed by [[Art Davis (animator)|Art Davis]].
|'''UNKNOWN'''
|April 29th, 1994
|}
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ToonHeads
Narrated byDon Kennedy (1996)
Leslie Fram (1998–2003) George A. Klein (1998-2003, scratch tracks only)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes102 (2 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerAndy Merrill (1992-1996) George A. Klein (1998-2003)
Running time15–60 minutes
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network
ReleaseOctober 2, 1992 (1992-10-02) –
November 23, 2003 (2003-11-23)

ToonHeads is an American animation anthology series consisting of Hanna-Barbera, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros., and Popeye cartoon shorts, with background information and trivia, prominently about animators and voice actors of the shorts.[1] ToonHeads was originally broadcast on Cartoon Network from October 2, 1992, until November 23, 2003.

The series was first announced on the Cartoon Network Special "Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network" as part of a promotion advertising the various blocks that would appear on the channel and what order they would be shown in. This special was the very first broadcast on the Cartoon Network's launch on October 1, 1992, and was re-aired throughout October 1992. The series includes more than 102 episodes (many undocumented), when including five specials (four one-hour specials and one half-hour special, two of which ("The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever" and "The Twelve Missing Hares") were never aired).

Format

Early seasons feature an announcer stating each episode's theme and three cartoons to be showcased. Then the show underwent two format changes. The first happened in late 1995[2][3] when Don Kennedy was added as the narrator and would tell the history and facts of each cartoon shown (Don Kennedy would also have narration duties on The Tex Avery Show that same year).

The second format change came in 1998 when George A. Klein took over as producer and writer of the show. He wanted the show to be a "Ken Burns" type of weekly documentary on specific cartoon history. Creating specific "themed" episodes utilizing the Warner Bros. cartoons. Three basic concepts used for these episodes are directors (e.g. Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng), characters (e.g. "Evolution of Tweety" and "The Year Elmer Fudd Got Fat"), and themes. Episodes include themes like cartoons that lampooned Hollywood celebrities and movies; cartoons where the humor comes from a character trying to get some sleep and being interrupted; cartoons that make fun of sports; obscure and rare works from Warner Bros.; and a look at the allegations of plagiarism between "The Cat Concerto" and "Rhapsody Rabbit". Trivia questions were also added about the related cartoons used in each episode's theme. From 1998 to 2003 Leslie Fram did the narration for each episode's final tracks and George A. Klein narrated the rough-cut scratch tracks.

Episodes

ToonHeads is notable for showing cartoons that were rarely seen on television, such as on "The Wartime Cartoons" special, "The Lost Cartoons" special, and one series of episodes in January 1996 featuring the long-unseen Nudnik shorts[4] There was also a special that aired on October 20, 1996, titled A Night of Independent Animation, which featured independent student films, such as Another Bad Day for Philip Jenkins by Mo Willems, and The Wire by Aaron Augenblick.

As of August 2022, the two unaired episodes "The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever" and "The Twelve Missing Hares" have been found. These episodes were preserved on tape by episode writer Jerry Beck and transferred through media loan by Jerico Dvorak who made them available.

Season 1 (1992–94)

A total of 24 episodes of the 1st seasons have aired from 1992 to 1994.

Episode No. Title Description Cartoons Air-Date
01 "El Kabong" Cartoons about Hanna-Barbera character Quick Draw McGraw and his alter ego, El Kabong. "El Kabong"

"El Kabong Meets El Kazing" "El Kabong Bongs Kabong"

October 2nd, 1992
02 "Barney Bear" Cartoons about MGM character Barney Bear.


"Wee-Willie Wildcat"

"The Impossible Possum" "The Bear And The Beavers"

October 9th, 1992
03 "Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Cartoons" Tom and Jerry cartoons made under Chuck Jones's direction in the 1960s "The Cat Above And The Mouse Below"

"Much Ado About Mousing" "Cat And Dupli-cat"

October 16th, 1992
04 "Ranger John Smith" Yogi Bear cartoons featuring Yogi's antagonist, Ranger Smith. "A Bear Living"

"Bear Face Disguise" "Home Sweet Jellystone"

October 23rd, 1992
05 "Hollywood" Cartoons centered on Hollywood and the celebrities of the era. "Slick Hare"

"Popeye's 20th Anniversary" "Yankee Doodle Daffy"

October 30th, 1992
06 "The Old West" Cartoons that parody Westerns. "Hare Trigger"

"Homesteader Droopy" "Wagon Heels"

November 6th, 1992
07 "Music" Cartoons that heavily feature music. "Me Musical Nephews"

"Rabbit Of Seville" "Johann Mouse"

November 13th, 1992
08 "Sports" Cartoons in which most of the gags center on sports. "Baseball Bugs"

"The Bowling Alley-Cat" "The Football Toucher Downer"

November 20th, 1992
09 "Mel Blanc" Cartoons featuring Mel Blanc's voice-acting range. "Rabbit Seasoning"

"Speedy Gonzales" "Daffy Duck Slept Here"

November 27th, 1992
10 "Daws Butler" Cartoons featuring Daws Butler's voice-acting range. "Mars Little Precious"

"Tricky Trapper" "Pie-Pirates"

December 4th, 1992
11 "The Evolution Of Tom And Jerry" Tom and Jerry cartoons as the years progressed. "Puss Gets The Boot"

"Mouse Trouble" "Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life"

December 11th, 1993
12 "Bugs Bunny In Fairy Tales" Fairy tale parodies featuring Bugs Bunny "Little Red Riding Rabbit"

"Bugs Bunny And The Three Bears" "Jack-Wabbit And The Beanstalk"

December 18th, 1992
13 "Jay Ward" Cartoons from Jay Ward Productions. "Treasure Of Sierra Madre"

""Tom Tom the Piper's Son" "Dudley Do-Right" "How to Direct Movies" "Snow White"

December 25th, 1992
14 "The Best Of Tex Avery" Some of the many great MGM cartoons directed by Tex Avery. UNKNOWN January 1st, 1993
15 "Academy Award-Winning Toons" Cartoons that have won academy awards. UNKNOWN January 8th, 1993
16 "Cartoon Sequels" UNKNOWN UNKNOWN January 15th, 1993
17 "Popeye" Cartoons featuring Popeye The Sailor. UNKNOWN January 22nd, 1993
18 "Valentine's Day" Romantic comedy cartoons. "The Zoot Cat"

"The Stupid Cupid" "Little 'Tinker"

February 14th, 1993
19 "St. Patrick's Day" Cartoons featuring leprechauns and Irish caricatures. "The Huck Of The Irish"

"Droopy Leprechaun" "The Wearing Of The Grin"

March 17th, 1993
20 "Wobert Cwampett: That Cwasy Diwector" Warner Bros. cartoons directed by the great Bob Clampett. UNKNOWN June 18th, 1993
21 "Don't Adjust Your Color: Black-And-White Cartoons Cartoons originally made in black-and-white. UNKNOWN June 25th, 1993
22 "Insomnia" Cartoons featuring characters trying to get to sleep. "Quiet Please!"

UNKNOWN

August 20th, 1993
23 "Forgotten Directors: Frank Tashlin Cartoons directed by Frank Tashlin. UNKNOWN April 15th, 1994
24 "Forgotten Directors: Arthur Davis Cartoons directed by Art Davis. UNKNOWN April 29th, 1994

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References

  1. ^ "Tex Avery Show / Toonheads Episode Guides". www.intanibase.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Cartoon Network/TBS - August 1995 Commercials, Bumpers, and Interstitials". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Cartoon Network - June 1994 Promos Bumpers (REUPLOADED)". youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ Mendoza, N.F. (January 7, 1996). "Shows for Youngsters and Their Parents Too : At Last, 'Nudnik' Emerges from Storage onto the Cartoon Network". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
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