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
Complete single-page filmographies
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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.
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.
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| Bosko and Honey | Rollin Hamilton & Robert McKimson | Frank Marsales | 1999 | |
The original version of what would later become Bosko's Dizzy Date . This version was planned for a theatrical release and was originally produced in 1932, but the Bosko's Dizzy Date version was released instead. It was not released to the public until in 1999 when it was released on VHS. | ||||
| Breakdowns of 1939 | Rod Scribner | Carl W. Stalling | January 1, 1939 | |
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. | ||||
| She Married a Cop | Leon Schlesinger | Cy Feuer | July 12, 1939 | |
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. | ||||
A total of 307 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1940s. Additionally, Bugs Bunny was featured in a government-sponsored short for U.S. Department of the Treasury, but he also made a cameo appearance in a Puppetoon short and in two Warner Bros. live-action features.
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Animated by | Original release date | Video if in the public domain |
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| Any Bonds Today? | Bob Clampett | Bob Clampett | Virgil Ross, Robert McKimson, Gerry Chiniquy & Rod Scribner | April 2, 1942[ citation needed ] |
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| 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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A total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1950s. There were no additional shorts produced during the decade.
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 | Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble and Tom Ray | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | June 2, 1962 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 2 |
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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.
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Looney Tunes is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside the related series Merrie Melodies, during the golden age of American animation. Following a revival in the late 1970s, new shorts were released as recently as 2014. The two series introduced a large cast of characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig. The term Looney Tunes has since been expanded to also refer to the characters themselves.
Charlie Dog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes series of cartoons. The character was featured in nine cartoons between 1941 and 1958. He is generally characterized as a friendly wise guy.
Merrie Melodies is an American animated comedy short film series distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was part of the Looney Tunes franchise and featured many of the same characters. It originally ran from August 2, 1931, to September 20, 1969, during the golden age of American animation, though it was revived in 1979, with new shorts sporadically released until June 13, 1997. Originally, Merrie Melodies placed emphasis on one-shot color films in comparison to the black-and-white Looney Tunes films. After Bugs Bunny became the breakout character of Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes transitioned to color production in the early 1940s, the two series gradually lost their distinctions and shorts were assigned to each series randomly.
Petunia Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears a dress and has pigtailed black hair.
Beans the Cat is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Cartoons series of cartoons from 1935–1936. Beans was the third Warner Bros cartoon character star after Bosko and Buddy. He was voiced by Billy Bletcher. He was created by director Friz Freleng. The character was featured in nine cartoons made in 1935 and 1936.
The Bugs Bunny Show was a long-running American animated anthology television series hosted by Bugs Bunny that was mainly composed of theatrical Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons released by Warner Bros. between 1948 and 1969. The show originally debuted as a primetime half-hour program on ABC in 1960, featuring three theatrical Looney Tunes cartoons with new linking sequences produced by the Warner Bros. Cartoons staff.
Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. was an American animation studio, serving as the in-house animation division of Warner Bros. during the Golden Age of American animation. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, it was primarily responsible for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films. The characters featured in these cartoons, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, are among the most famous and recognizable characters in the world. Many of the creative staff members at the studio, including directors and animators such as Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, Arthur Davis, and Frank Tashlin, are considered major figures in the art and history of traditional animation.
Duck Soup to Nuts is a 1944 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon was released on May 27, 1944, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.
This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1930 and 1939, plus the pilot film from 1929 which was used to sell the Looney Tunes series to Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros. A total of 270 shorts were released during the 1930s.
This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1950 and 1959.
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This is a listing of all theatrical animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1970 and the present. It also lists shorts originally planned for theatrical release and other shorts that were not feature films, television series, or television specials.
Old Glory is a 1939 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on July 1, 1939, and stars Porky Pig. The cartoon was commissioned by Warner Bros. as a counterpart for a series of live-action films about American patriotism.
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Porky Pig 101 is a DVD box-set released by Warner Archive Collection, collecting the first 101 animated short subjects starring the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies character Porky Pig. The set features all 99 Porky Pig cartoons made in black and white, as well as two cartoons made in color: Porky's debut appearance in I Haven't Got a Hat (1935) and the color "special" Old Glory (1939).