Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
This is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, extending from 1929 through the present. Altogether, 1,002 animated theatrical 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 shorts have been created.
1920s–1930s
A total of 270 theatrical shorts were produced and released during the 1930s.
Additionally at least one short was produced in the 1930s, but never theatrically released. 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 | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Bosko and Honey | Hugh Harman | Bosko, Bruno, Honey, Wilbur | 1999 (made in 1932) | N/A |
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Breakdowns of 1939 | Unknown | Porky Pig | January 1, 1939 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 4
Porky Pig 101 |
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She Married a Cop | Unknown | Paddy the Pig | July 12, 1939 | N/A |
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1940s
A total of 307 theatrical shorts were released in 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 | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Any Bonds Today? | Bob Clampett | Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig | April 2, 1942 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 (part of ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons) (edited) | |
Jasper Goes Hunting | George Pal | Bugs Bunny, Jasper, Professor Scarecrow, and Blackbird | July 28, 1944 | The Puppetoon Movie volume 2 - Blu-ray |
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Two Guys from Texas | Bugs Bunny | August 27, 1948 | Looney Tunes Golden Collection, vol. 1 (special features).[1] |
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My Dream Is Yours | Bugs Bunny, Tweety | April 15, 1949 | Looney Tunes Golden Collection, vol. 1 (special features).[1] |
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1950s
A total of 278 theatrical shorts were theatrically released in the 1950s. There were no additional shorts produced during the decade.
1960s
A total of 147 theatrical shorts were released during the 1960s; additionally, an unaired television plot featuring the Road Runner was produced it was theatrically screened instead.
Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Adventures of the Road Runner | Chuck Jones | Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Ralph Phillips | June 2, 1962 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 2 |
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1970s–present
Feature Films
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
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