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
editA 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 | Animated by | Score by | Original release date | |
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Bosko and Honey | Rollin Hamilton & Robert McKimson | Frank Marsales | 1939 | |
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. |
1940s
editA total of 307 shorts were 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 | 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) | |
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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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1950s
editA total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1950s. There were no additional shorts produced during the decade.
1960s
editA total of 147 shorts were released during the 1960s; additionally, an unaired television cartoon pilot featuring the Road Runner was theatrically screened instead.
Title | Directors | Starring | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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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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1970s–present
editSince 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
editTelevision series
editTelevision specials
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- 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)
External links
edit- 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