Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
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This is a list of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series, extending from 1929 (pilot) through the present day. Altogether, 1,014 animated shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s to 2014 (998 official (1930–1969), 2 cut downs (1965), and 17 revival shorts (1987–2014)[clarification needed]). From the beginning to the present day, 1,041 theatrical shorts have been created[clarification needed].
1920s–1930s
A total of 271 shorts were produced and theatrically released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners 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 film included an animated sequence featuring a Porky Pig lookalike.
| Title | Animated by | Recurring Characters | Original release date | |
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| Bosko and Honey | Rollin Hamilton & Robert McKimson | Bosko Honey Bruno Wilber | 1999 | |
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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. This version is also in the public domain. | ||||
| Breakdowns of 1939 | Rod Scribner | Porky Pig | January 1, 1939 | |
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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 a bonus on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 DVD set. | ||||
| She Married a Cop | Leon Schlesinger | Porky Pig | July 12, 1939 | |
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Republic Pictures film, with animation sequences made by Leon Schlesinger Productions. The animated character featured resembles some of the earliest incarnations of Porky Pig. | ||||
1940s
A total of 306 shorts were produced and theatrically released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners during 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 two Private Snafu shorts, in one Puppetoon short, and in two Warner Bros. live-action features.
Four of the seven additional shorts from this decade (those made for the U.S. government) are in the public domain.
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Animated by | Recurring Characters | Original release date | |
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| Any Bonds Today? | Bob Clampett | Bob Clampett | Virgil Ross, Robert McKimson, Gerry Chiniquy & Rod Scribner | Bugs Bunny Porky Pig Elmer Fudd | April 2, 1942 | |
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Propaganda short for World War II bonds. | ||||||
| Fighting Tools | Bob Clampett | P. D. Eastman | Robert McKimson, Cal Dalton, Virgil Ross & Rod Scribner | Daffy Duck | September 13, 1943 | |
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Daffy Duck makes a cameo appearance in this Private Snafu film. | ||||||
| Gas | Chuck Jones | Dr. Seuss | Robert "Bobe" Cannon, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe & Ben Washam | Bugs Bunny | May 29, 1944 | |
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Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this Private Snafu film. | ||||||
| Jasper Goes Hunting | George Pal | Jack Miller & George Pal | Robert McKimson | Bugs Bunny | July 28, 1944 | |
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Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this Puppetoons film. | ||||||
| Three Brothers | Friz Freleng | Dr. Seuss | Ken Champin, Gerry Chiniquy, Manuel Perez, Virgil Ross & Jack Bradbury | Bugs Bunny | December 4, 1944 | |
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Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this Private Snafu film. | ||||||
| For He's A Jolly Good Fala | Bob Clampett | Bob Clampett | Unknown | N/A | 1945 | |
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A cartoon featuring Fala; voice recording was underway when it was cancelled after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[1] | ||||||
| Two Guys from Texas | Friz Freleng | I. A. L. Diamond & Allen Boretz | Ken Champin, Gerry Chiniquy, Manuel Perez & Virgil Ross | Bugs Bunny | August 27, 1948 | |
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Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this live-action Warner Bros. film. | ||||||
| My Dream Is Yours | Friz Freleng | Story by : Jerry Wald & Paul Finder Moss Adapted by : Allen Rivkin & Laura Kerr Screenplay by : Harry Kurnitz & Dane Lussier | Ken Champin, Gerry Chiniquy, Arthur Davis, Ken Harris, Manuel Perez & Virgil Ross | Bugs Bunny Tweety | April 15, 1949 | |
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Bugs Bunny and Tweety make cameo appearances in this live-action Warner Bros. film. | ||||||
1950s
A total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners during the 1950s. There were no additional shorts produced during the decade.
1960s
A total of 146 shorts were produced and theatrically released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners during the 1960s (144 official and 2 cut downs). Additionally, an unaired television cartoon pilot featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner was theatrically screened instead.
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Animated by | Recurring Characters | Original release date | |
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| Adventures of the Road Runner | Chuck Jones Co-Directors: Maurice Noble and Tom Ray | John Dunn, Chuck Jones & Michael Maltese | Ken Harris, Richard Thompson, Ben Washam, Tom Ray & Bob Bransford | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner Ralph Phillips | June 2, 1962 | |
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An unsold television pilot rejected by ABC, screened in theaters. The pilot was later cut down into three shorts: To Beep or Not to Beep (1963), Road Runner a Go-Go (1965), and Zip Zip Hooray! (1965). The full cartoon is present on disc 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 DVD as a special feature. | ||||||
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
See also
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! My Life in the Golden Days of Cartoons and Radio, 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, by Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume ISBN 0-452-25993-2 (Softcover) ISBN 0-613-64753-X (Hardcover)