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A total of 270 shorts were produced and released during the 1930s. |
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== 1940s == |
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<br>Additionally at least one short was produced in the 1930s, but never publicly released in theaters. A private Warner Bros end-of-year blooper reel with animated sequences featuring [[Porky Pig]] was included. This reel was never screened in theaters. A theatrical feature included an animated sequence featuring a Porky Pig lookalike. |
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|''[[Bosko and Honey]]'' |
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|Hugh Harman |
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|[[Bosko|Bosko the Tall-Ink Kid]] |
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|1999 (made in 1932) |
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* Planned for theatrical release |
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* Release on VHS in 1999 but was made in 1932 and reworked into ''[[Bosko's Dizzy Date]]'' |
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* First Bosko the Tall-Ink Kid cartoon since 1933. |
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|''Breakdowns of 1939'' |
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| Unknown |
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|[[Porky Pig]] |
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|January 1, 1939 |
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|[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|LTGC Volume 4, Disc 4]] |
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[[Porky Pig 101]] |
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* Annual Warner Bros. blooper reel in which included several sequences of Porky Pig swearing. Porky's sequences were edited together and released as Bonus on DVD. |
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|''[[She Married a Cop]]'' |
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| [[Sidney Salkow]] |
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|July 12, 1939 |
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* [[Republic Pictures]] film, with animation sequences produced by [[Leon Schlesinger]] studio. The star of the sequence character resembles some of the earliest incarnations of Porky Pig. |
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== 1940s == |
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A total of 307 shorts were released in the 1940s. Additionally, Bugs Bunny was featured in government-sponsored short for [[U.S. Department of the Treasury]], but he also made a cameo appearance a [[Puppetoon]] short and in two Warner Bros. live-action features. |
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|''[[Any Bonds Today?]]'' |
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|[[Bob Clampett]] |
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|Bugs Bunny |
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|April 2, 1942 |
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|[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1|LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3]] (part of ''[[ToonHeads]]: The Lost Cartoons'') (edited) |
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|''[[Jasper Goes Hunting]]'' |
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| [[George Pal]] |
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|Jasper |
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| July 28, 1944 |
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| The Puppetoon Movie volume 2 - Blu-ray |
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* Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this [[Puppetoons]] film |
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* Bugs Bunny's animated by [[Robert McKimson]] |
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* Bugs Bunny's voiced by [[Mel Blanc]] |
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|''[[Two Guys from Texas]]'' |
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| [[Friz Freleng]] (uncredited) |
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| Bugs Bunny |
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|August 27, 1948 |
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| [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1|''Looney Tunes Golden Collection'', vol. 1 (special features)]]. |
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* Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this live-action Warner Bros. film. |
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|''[[My Dream Is Yours]]'' |
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|Friz Freleng (uncredited) |
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| Bugs Bunny and Tweety |
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|April 15, 1949 |
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| [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1|''Looney Tunes Golden Collection'', vol. 1 (special features)]]. |
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* Bugs Bunny and Tweety make cameo appearances in this live-action Warner Bros. film. |
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== 1950s == |
== 1950s == |
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{{Main list|Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)}} |
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A total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1950s. there were no additional shorts produced during the decade. |
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== 1960s == |
== 1960s == |
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{{Main list|Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)}} |
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A total of 147 shorts were released during the 1960s; additionally, an unaired television cartoon pilot featuring the Road Runner was theatrically screened instead. |
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|''[[Adventures of the Road Runner]]'' |
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|[[Chuck Jones]] |
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|[[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]] |
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|June 2, 1962 |
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|[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2|LTGC Volume 2, Disc 2]] |
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* Unsold TV pilot, screened in theaters. |
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* Later cut down into three shorts; ''[[To Beep or Not to Beep]]'' (1963), ''[[Road Runner a Go-Go]]'' (1965), and ''[[Zip Zip Hooray!]]'' (1965). |
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==1970s–present== |
==1970s–present== |
Revision as of 23:14, 9 July 2023
This is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series, extending from 1929 through the present day. Altogether, 1,002 animated shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s through the 1960s (1000 official and 2 cut downs). From the beginning to the present day, 1,041 theatrical shorts have been created.
1920s–1930s
A total of 270 shorts were produced and released during the 1930s.
Additionally at least one short was produced in the 1930s, but never publicly released in theaters. A private Warner Bros end-of-year blooper reel with animated sequences featuring Porky Pig was included. This reel was never screened in theaters. A theatrical feature included an animated sequence featuring a Porky Pig lookalike.
Title | Director | Starring | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Bosko and Honey | Hugh Harman | Bosko the Tall-Ink Kid | 1999 (made in 1932) | — |
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Breakdowns of 1939 | Unknown | Porky Pig | January 1, 1939 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 4 |
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She Married a Cop | Sidney Salkow | — | July 12, 1939 | — |
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1940s
A total of 307 shorts were released in the 1940s. Additionally, Bugs Bunny was featured in government-sponsored short for U.S. Department of the Treasury, but he also made a cameo appearance a Puppetoon short and in two Warner Bros. live-action features.
Title | Director | Starring | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Any Bonds Today? | Bob Clampett | Bugs Bunny | April 2, 1942 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 (part of ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons) (edited) | |
Jasper Goes Hunting | George Pal | Jasper | July 28, 1944 | The Puppetoon Movie volume 2 - Blu-ray |
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Two Guys from Texas | Friz Freleng (uncredited) | Bugs Bunny | August 27, 1948 | Looney Tunes Golden Collection, vol. 1 (special features). |
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My Dream Is Yours | Friz Freleng (uncredited) | Bugs Bunny and Tweety | April 15, 1949 | Looney Tunes Golden Collection, vol. 1 (special features). |
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1950s
A total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1950s. there were no additional shorts produced during the decade.
1960s
A total of 147 shorts were released during the 1960s; additionally, an unaired television cartoon pilot featuring the Road Runner was theatrically screened instead.
Title | Director | Starring | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Adventures of the Road Runner | Chuck Jones | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | June 2, 1962 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 2 |
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1970s–present
Since the end of the regular production of the series in 1969, Warner Bros. has occasionally produced new Looney Tunes shorts that have been released theatrically.
Feature films
Television series
Television specials
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
- Looney Tunes
- Merrie Melodies
- Warner Bros.
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection
- The Golden Age of Looney Tunes
References
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