Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
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
1940s
A total of 307 shorts were produced and theatrically 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