Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends

Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends
Genre	Anthology
Directed by	Tex Avery Bob Clampett Arthur Davis Friz Freleng Ken Harris Chuck Jones Rudy Larriva Norman McCabe Robert McKimson Phil Monroe Frank Tashlin Richard Thompson
Voices of	Mel Blanc June Foray Arthur Q. Bryan
Theme music composer	George Daugherty (first opening) Mark Watters (second opening)
Composers	Milt Franklyn William Lava Eugene Poddany John Seely Carl Stalling
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Warner Bros. Animation
Original release
Network	Syndication (1990–92) Fox Kids (1992–94)
Release	September 17, 1990 (1990-09-17) – September 9, 1994 (1994-09-09)

Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends is an animated anthology television series that aired weekdays in syndication from 1990 to 1992 and on the Fox Kids Network from 1992 to 1994. Originally made to coincide with Bugs Bunny's 50th birthday and the debut of Tiny Toon Adventures , the series featured cartoons from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies library and was distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

This series is not to be confused with Warners' earlier syndicated anthology The Merrie Melodies Show .

Format

For the syndicated version of the series, each episode began with a title sequence, directed by Darrell Van Citters, featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck showing classic cartoon clips on a screen; as usual, Daffy would try to butt in on the action, only for some humorous setback to befall him (five different setups were made, one for each weekday). The show itself ran for a half-hour and contained three classic shorts, one of them starring Bugs Bunny, with a short "Hip Clip" placed in between the second and third shorts. 65 episodes of Merrie Melodies were created and aired in first-run syndication from September 17 to December 14, 1990; reruns aired from then until 1992. ^[1]

Merrie Melodies moved to the Fox Kids Network on September 14, 1992, which brought forth several changes to the format. ^[2] A new animated opening was produced featuring Bugs oversleeping and making a frantic run through the Warner Bros. Studios, passing by several Looney Tunes characters as he makes his way to a soundstage. ^[3]

Episodes

Season 1

• An asterisk (*) denotes a black-and-white cartoon that was computer-colorized.

No.	1st cartoon	2nd cartoon	3rd cartoon	Original air date
1	High Diving Hare	Claws for Alarm	Fast and Furry-ous	September 17, 1990 (1990-09-17)
2	Often an Orphan	Mouse Wreckers	The Hasty Hare	September 18, 1990 (1990-09-18)
3	Bully for Bugs	Tweet and Sour	Henhouse Henery	September 19, 1990 (1990-09-19)
4	The Scarlet Pumpernickel	My Bunny Lies Over the Sea	One Froggy Evening	September 20, 1990 (1990-09-20)
5	From A to Z-Z-Z-Z	Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z	Hillbilly Hare	September 21, 1990 (1990-09-21)
6	Mutiny on the Bunny	Deduce, You Say	Much Ado About Nutting	September 24, 1990 (1990-09-24)
7	Mouse-Taken Identity	Rabbit Fire	To Beep or Not to Beep	September 25, 1990 (1990-09-25)
8	Frigid Hare	Kiss Me Cat	Dog Collared	September 26, 1991 (1991-09-26)
9	Bill of Hare	Lovelorn Leghorn	The Hypo-Chondri-Cat	September 27, 1991 (1991-09-27)
10	Daffy Dilly	Stooge for a Mouse	What's Opera, Doc?	September 28, 1991 (1991-09-28)
11	Roman Legion-Hare	Golden Yeggs	Scaredy Cat	October 1, 1991 (1991-10-01)
12	Little Boy Boo	Dough Ray Me-Ow	Show Biz Bugs	October 2, 1991 (1991-10-02)
13	Transylvania 6-5000	Bear Feat	Zip 'N Snort	October 3, 1991 (1991-10-03)
14	Curtain Razor	Weasel While You Work	Bugs and Thugs	October 4, 1991 (1991-10-04)
15	Robot Rabbit	Dog Gone South	Putty Tat Trouble	October 5, 1992 (1992-10-05)
16	Duck! Rabbit, Duck!	Zoom at the Top	Wild Wild World	October 8, 1992 (1992-10-08)
17	The Slap-Hoppy Mouse	Wholly Smoke *	Sahara Hare	October 9, 1992 (1992-10-09)
18	Stork Naked	Feline Frame-Up	His Hare-Raising Tale	October 10, 1992 (1992-10-10)
19	Broom-Stick Bunny	A Sheep in the Deep	Jeepers Creepers *	October 11, 1992 (1992-10-11)
20	Feather Dusted	Ready, Set, Zoom!	Rabbit's Kin	October 12, 1992 (1992-10-12)
21	A Star is Bored	An Egg Scramble	Yankee Dood It	October 15, 1992 (1992-10-15)
22	Stupor Duck	Spaced Out Bunny	Caveman Inki	October 16, 1992 (1992-10-16)
23	Strife with Father	Highway Runnery	Rabbit Romeo	October 17, 1992 (1992-10-17)
24	The Iceman Ducketh	Of Rice and Hen	Porky Pig's Feat *	October 18, 1992 (1992-10-18)
25	I Gopher You	Bowery Bugs	Snow Business	October 19, 1992 (1992-10-19)
26	Ballot Box Bunny	Boulder Wham!	Gone Batty	October 22, 1992 (1992-10-22)
27	Riff Raffy Daffy	Apes of Wrath	Dime to Retire	October 23, 1992 (1992-10-23)
28	Strangled Eggs	A Fox in a Fix	Person to Bunny	October 24, 1992 (1992-10-24)
29	Baby Buggy Bunny	Out and Out Rout	Pappy's Puppy	October 25, 1992 (1992-10-25)
30	A Bear for Punishment	Porky's Pooch *	This is a Life?	October 26, 1992 (1992-10-26)
31	Wild and Woolly Hare	Bell Hoppy	Rocket Squad	October 29, 1992 (1992-10-29)
32	Quack Shot	Captain Hareblower	The Leghorn Blows at Midnight	October 30, 1993 (1993-10-30)
33	Tom Tom Tomcat	Whoa, Be-Gone!	The Hasty Hare	October 31, 1993 (1993-10-31)
34	The Prize Pest	Bewitched Bunny	The Mouse That Jack Built	November 1, 1993 (1993-11-01)
35	Cracked Quack	Roman Legion-Hare	Kiddin' the Kitten	November 2, 1993 (1993-11-02)
36	Rabbit Seasoning	Stop! Look! And Hasten!	The Honey-Mousers	November 5, 1993 (1993-11-05)
37	A Fractured Leghorn	Paying the Piper	My Bunny Lies Over the Sea	November 6, 1993 (1993-11-06)
38	The Super Snooper	Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny	Goo Goo Goliath	November 7, 1993 (1993-11-07)
39	To Hare is Human	The Ducksters	Go Fly a Kit	November 8, 1993 (1993-11-08)
40	Little Red Rodent Hood	Shot and Bothered	Ballot Box Bunny	November 9, 1993 (1993-11-09)
41	Southern Fried Rabbit	Double or Mutton	Crockett-Doodle-Do	November 12, 1993 (1993-11-12)
42	Greedy for Tweety	Gopher Broke	Hillbilly Hare	November 13, 1993 (1993-11-13)
43	False Hare	Beep Prepared	Chow Hound	November 14, 1993 (1993-11-14)
44	Boston Quackie	Bill of Hare	Porky's Duck Hunt *	November 15, 1993 (1993-11-15)
45	Big House Bunny	Rocket-bye Baby	A Coy Decoy *	November 16, 1993 (1993-11-16)
46	Bonanza Bunny	Chaser on the Rocks	Cats A-Weigh!	November 19, 1993 (1993-11-19)
47	You Were Never Duckier	The Unmentionables	Early to Bet	November 20, 1993 (1993-11-20)
48	Pop 'im Pop	Frigid Hare	Bugged by a Bee	November 21, 1993 (1993-11-21)
49	Horse Hare	Porky's Bear Facts *	A Hound for Trouble	November 22, 1993 (1993-11-22)
50	Rebel Rabbit	Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner	The EGGcited Rooster	November 23, 1993 (1993-11-23)
51	Barbary Coast Bunny	Lickety-Splat	Sleepy Time Possum	November 26, 1993 (1993-11-26)
52	The Foghorn Leghorn	Porky's Midnight Matinee *	A Star is Bored	November 27, 1993 (1993-11-27)
53	Tweet Zoo	Wideo Wabbit	Don't Give Up the Sheep	November 28, 1993 (1993-11-28)
54	People Are Bunny	War and Pieces	The Bee-Deviled Bruin	November 29, 1993 (1993-11-29)
55	The Daffy Duckaroo *	Sock-a-Doodle-Do	Lighter Than Hare	November 30, 1993 (1993-11-30)
56	Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol	Raw! Raw! Rooster!	Just Plane Beep	December 3, 1993 (1993-12-03)
57	Freudy Cat	Baby Buggy Bunny	The Lion's Busy	December 4, 1994 (1994-12-04)
58	Bushy Hare	Porky & Daffy *	Cheese It, the Cat!	December 5, 1994 (1994-12-05)
59	The Slick Chick	Apes of Wrath	Puss n' Booty *	December 6, 1994 (1994-12-06)
60	Wise Quackers	Clippety Clobbered	The Windblown Hare	December 7, 1994 (1994-12-07)
61	14 Carrot Rabbit	The Pest That Came to Dinner	Tired and Feathered	December 10, 1994 (1994-12-10)
62	The High and the Flighty	Two's a Crowd	A-Lad-In His Lamp	December 11, 1994 (1994-12-11)
63	The Dixie Fryer	Prince Varmint	Mouse Warming	December 12, 1994 (1994-12-12)
64	Rebel Without Claws	Woolen Under Where	Rabbit Seasoning	December 13, 1994 (1994-12-13)
65	Hare-Abian Nights	To Itch His Own	Bye, Bye Bluebeard	September 9, 1994 (1994-09-09)

References

1. Carmody, John (September 17, 1990). "The TV Column". The Washington Post . Retrieved November 15, 2017.
2. Freeman, Mike; Coe, Steve (June 3, 1991). "Fox affiliates pleased with network's plans". Broadcasting.
3. McCorry, Kevin. "Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends" . Retrieved November 15, 2017.

External links

• Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends at IMDb