Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–69)
This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1960 and 1969.
A total of 147 shorts were released during the 1960s.
1960
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Production Number | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Fastest with the Mostest | LT | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1536 | 1960-01-09 |
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West of the Pesos | MM | Robert McKimson | Speedy, Sylvester | 1534 | 1960-01-23 |
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Horse Hare | LT | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1539 | 1960-02-13 |
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Wild Wild World | MM | Robert McKimson | 1528 | 1960-02-27 | |||
Goldimouse and the Three Cats | LT | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Sylvester Junior | 1535 | 1960-03-19 |
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Person to Bunny | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 1523 | 1960-04-02 |
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Who Scent You? | LT | Chuck Jones | Pepé, Penelope | 1492 | 1960-04-23 | ||
Hyde and Go Tweet | MM | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety | 1526 | 1960-05-14 |
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Rabbit's Feat | LT | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Wile E. | 1532 | 1960-06-04 |
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Crockett-Doodle-Do | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Egghead Jr. | 1531 | 1960-06-25 | ||
Mouse and Garden | LT | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Sam Cat | 1538 | 1960-07-16 |
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Ready, Woolen and Able | MM | Chuck Jones | Ralph and Sam | 1519 | 1960-07-30 |
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Mice Follies | LT | Robert McKimson | The Honey-Mousers | 1542 | 1960-08-20 |
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From Hare to Heir | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1548 | 1960-09-03 |
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The Dixie Fryer | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Pappy & Elvis | 1540 | 1960-09-24 |
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Hopalong Casualty | LT | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1545 | 1960-10-08 |
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Trip for Tat | MM | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1541 | 1960-10-29 |
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Dog Gone People | MM | Robert McKimson | Elmer | 1547 | 1960-11-12 | ||
High Note | LT | Chuck Jones | 1480 | 1960-12-03 |
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Lighter Than Hare | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1533 | 1960-12-17 | ||
1961
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Production Number | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Cannery Woe | LT | Robert McKimson | Speedy, Sylvester | 1544 | 1961-01-07 |
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Zip 'N Snort | MM | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1498 | 1961-01-21 |
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Hoppy Daze | LT | Robert McKimson | Hippety, Sylvester | 1549 | 1961-02-11 | ||
The Mouse on 57th Street | MM | Chuck Jones | 1543 | 1961-02-25 | |||
Strangled Eggs | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Henery, Prissy | 1546 | 1961-03-18 | ||
Birds of a Father | LT | Robert McKimson | Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. | 1559 | 1961-04-01 | ||
D' Fightin' Ones | MM | Friz Freleng | Sylvester | 1555 | 1961-04-22 | ||
The Abominable Snow Rabbit | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Dir: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Daffy, Hugo | 1551 | 1961-05-20 |
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Lickety-Splat | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Abe Levitow |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1573 | 1961-06-03 |
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A Scent of the Matterhorn | LT | Chuck Jones (credited as M. Charl Jones) | Pepé, Penelope | 1552 | 1961-06-24 |
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Rebel Without Claws | LT | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety | 1562 | 1961-07-15 |
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Compressed Hare | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Wile E. | 1557 | 1961-07-29 |
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The Pied Piper of Guadalupe | LT | Friz Freleng
Co-Dir: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester | 1554 | 1961-08-19 |
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Prince Violent | LT | Friz Freleng
Co-Dir: Hawley Pratt |
Bugs, Sam | 1566 | 1961-09-02 |
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Daffy's Inn Trouble | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Porky | 1560 | 1961-09-23 | ||
What's My Lion? | LT | Robert McKimson | Elmer, Pete Puma (Rocky the Mountain Lion) | 1564 | 1961-10-21 |
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Beep Prepared | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1607 | 1961-11-11 |
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The Last Hungry Cat | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1569 | 1961-12-02 | ||
Nelly's Folly | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Directors: Maurice Noble & Abe Levitow |
1558 | 1961-12-30 |
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1962
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Production Number | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Wet Hare | LT | Robert McKimson | Bugs, Blacque Jacque Shellacque | 1568 | 1962-01-20 | ||
A Sheep in the Deep | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Ralph and Sam | 1563 | 1962-02-10 |
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Fish and Slips | LT | Robert McKimson | Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. | 1567 | 1962-03-10 | ||
Quackodile Tears | MM | Art Davis | Daffy | 1582 | 1962-03-31 |
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Crows' Feat | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Elmer (cameo), Jose & Manuel | 1561 | 1962-04-21 | ||
Mexican Boarders | LT | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester, Slowpoke Rodriguez | 1570 | 1962-05-12 |
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Bill of Hare | MM | Robert McKimson | Bugs, Taz | 1612 | 1962-06-09 |
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Zoom at the Top | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1574 | 1962-06-30 |
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The Slick Chick | LT | Robert McKimson | Foghorn | 1573 | 1962-07-21 |
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Louvre Come Back to Me! | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Pepé, Penelope, Claude | 1572 | 1962-08-18 |
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Honey's Money | MM | Friz Freleng | Sam | 1553 | 1962-09-01 |
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The Jet Cage | LT | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1609 | 1962-09-22 |
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Mother Was a Rooster | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Barnyard Dawg | 1571 | 1962-10-20 |
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Good Noose | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy | 1569 | 1962-11-10 |
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Shishkabugs | LT | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1615 | 1962-12-08 | ||
Martian Through Georgia | LT | Chuck Jones & Abe Levitow
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
1556 | 1962-12-29 |
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1963
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Production Number | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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I Was a Teenage Thumb | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
1578 | 1963-01-19 | |||
Devil's Feud Cake | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1653 | 1963-02-09 |
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Fast Buck Duck | MM | Robert McKimson
Co-Director: Ted Bonnicksen |
Daffy, Hector (Percy) | 1617 | 1963-03-09 |
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The Million Hare | LT | Robert McKimson | Bugs, Daffy | 1610 | 1963-04-06 |
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Mexican Cat Dance | LT | Friz Freleng | Speedy, Sylvester, El Toro | 1614 | 1963-04-20 |
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Now Hear This | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
1611 | 1963-04-27 |
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Woolen Under Where | MM | Phil Monroe
Co-Director: Richard Thompson |
Ralph and Sam | 1620 | 1963-05-11 |
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Hare-Breadth Hurry | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Wile E. | 1663 | 1963-06-08 | ||
Banty Raids | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Barnyard Dawg | 1613 | 1963-06-29 |
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Chili Weather | MM | Friz Freleng | Speedy, Sylvester | 1650 | 1963-08-17 |
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The Unmentionables | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Rocky and Mugsy | 1622 | 1963-09-07 |
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Aqua Duck | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy | 1619 | 1963-09-28 |
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Mad as a Mars Hare | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Marvin | 1667 | 1963-10-19 |
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Claws in the Lease | MM | Robert McKimson | Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. | 1654 | 1963-11-09 | ||
Transylvania 6-5000 | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Count Blood Count, Witch Hazel(Cameo) | 1621 | 1963-11-30 |
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To Beep or Not to Beep | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1608 | 1963-12-28 |
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1964
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Production Number | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Dumb Patrol | LT | Gerry Chiniquy | Bugs, Porky (cameo), Sam | 1664 | 1964-01-18 |
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A Message to Gracias | LT | Robert McKimson | Speedy, Sylvester | 1652 | 1964-02-08 |
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Bartholomew Versus the Wheel | MM | Robert McKimson | 1661 | 1964-02-29 |
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Freudy Cat | LT | Robert McKimson | Hippety, Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. | 1657 | 1964-03-14 | ||
Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare | MM | Robert McKimson | Bugs, Taz | 1665 | 1964-03-28 |
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Nuts and Volts | LT | Friz Freleng | Speedy, Sylvester | 1651 | 1964-04-25 |
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The Iceman Ducketh | LT | Phil Monroe
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Daffy | 1668 | 1964-05-16 | ||
War and Pieces | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1660 | 1964-06-06 |
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Hawaiian Aye Aye | MM | Gerry Chiniquy | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1662 | 1964-06-27 |
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False Hare | LT | Robert McKimson | Bugs, Foghorn (cameo) | 1669 | 1964-07-16 |
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Señorella and the Glass Huarache | LT | Hawley Pratt | 1606 | 1964-08-01 |
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Pancho's Hideaway | LT | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy. Yosemite Sam (Pancho Vanilla) | No Number | 1964-10-24 |
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Road To Andalay | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester | No Number | 1964-12-26 |
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1965
- All cartoons except Cats and Bruises star either Daffy or Wile E. and Road Runner.
- All cartoons directed by Rudy Larriva are produced by Format Films.
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Zip Zip Hooray! | MM | Chuck Jones (uncredited) | Wile E. and Road Runner, Ralph Phillips | 1965-01-01 |
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It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House | LT | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Daffy, Granny, Speedy, Sylvester | 1965-01-16 |
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Cats and Bruises | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester | 1965-01-30 |
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Road Runner a Go-Go | MM | Chuck Jones (uncredited) | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-02-01 |
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Wild Chase, The | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester, Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-02-27 |
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Moby Duck | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | 1965-03-27 | ||
Assault and Peppered | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | 1965-04-24 |
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Well Worn Daffy | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | 1965-05-22 | ||
Suppressed Duck | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy | 1965-06-18 | ||
Corn on the Cop | MM | Irv Spector | Daffy, Granny, Porky | 1965-07-24 | ||
Rushing Roulette | MM | Robert McKimson | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-07-31 | ||
Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-08-21 |
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Tease for Two | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Goofy Gophers | 1965-08-28 |
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Tired and Feathered | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-09-18 |
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Boulder Wham! | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-10-09 |
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Chili Corn Corny | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | 1965-10-23 | ||
Just Plane Beep | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-10-30 |
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Hairied and Hurried | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-11-13 |
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Go Go Amigo | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | 1965-11-20 | ||
Highway Runnery | LT | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-12-11 |
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Chaser on the Rocks | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1965-12-25 |
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1966
- All Daffy and Speedy cartoons are directed by Robert McKimson.
- All Wile E. and Road Runner cartoons are directed by Rudy Larriva except Sugar and Spies, which is directed by the former.
Title | Series | Director | Release date | Characters | Availability | Notes |
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The Astroduck | LT | Robert McKimson | 1966-01-01 | Daffy, Speedy |
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Shot and Bothered | LT | Rudy Larriva | 1966-01-08 | Wile E., Road Runner |
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Out and Out Rout | MM | Rudy Larriva | 1966-01-29 | Wile E., Road Runner |
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Mucho Locos | MM | Robert McKimson | 1966-02-05 | Daffy, Speedy, Porky Pig (Cameo) |
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The Solid Tin Coyote | LT | Rudy Larriva | 1966-02-19 | Wile E., Road Runner |
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Mexican Mousepiece | MM | Robert McKimson | 1966-02-26 | Daffy, Speedy | ||
Clippety Clobbered | LT | Rudy Larriva | 1966-03-12 | Wile E., Road Runner | ||
Daffy Rents | LT | Robert McKimson | 1966-03-26 | Daffy, Speedy |
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A-Haunting We Will Go | LT | Robert McKimson | 1966-04-16 | Daffy, Speedy, Witch Hazel |
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Snow Excuse | MM | Robert McKimson | 1966-05-21 | Daffy, Speedy |
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A Squeak in the Deep | LT | Robert McKimson | 1966-07-19 | Daffy, Speedy |
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Feather Finger | MM | Robert McKimson | 1966-08-20 | Daffy, Speedy | ||
Swing Ding Amigo | LT | Robert McKimson | 1966-09-17 | Daffy, Speedy | ||
Sugar and Spies | LT | Robert McKimson | 1966-11-05 | Wile E., Road Runner |
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A Taste of Catnip | MM | Robert McKimson | 1966-12-03 | Daffy, Speedy, Sylvester, Hector(Cameo) |
1967
- In 1967, Seven Arts, which had just acquired Warner Bros., decided to internalize cartoon production once more, with William L. Hendricks as producer and Alex Lovy as director.
- All cartoons, except for Cool Cat and Merlin the Magic Mouse, co-star Daffy and Speedy.
- All cartoons produced by Format Films are directed by Rudy Larriva.
- DFE cartoons are directed by Robert McKimson.
- All cartoons after the 4th one this year are directed by Alex Lovy at Warner Bros. Animation.
Title | Series | Release Date | Characters | Availability | Notes |
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Daffy's Diner | MM | 1967-01-21 | Daffy, Speedy | ||
Quacker Tracker | LT | 1967-04-29 | Daffy, Speedy |
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The Music Mice-Tro | MM | 1967-05-27 | Daffy, Speedy |
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The Spy Swatter | LT | 1967-06-24 | Daffy, Speedy, Sam cat |
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Speedy Ghost to Town | MM | 1967-07-29 | Daffy, Speedy |
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Rodent to Stardom | LT | 1967-09-23 | Daffy, Speedy | ||
Go Away Stowaway | MM | 1967-09-30 | Daffy, Speedy |
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Cool Cat | LT | 1967-10-14 | Cool Cat, Colonel Rimfire |
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Merlin the Magic Mouse | MM | 1967-11-18 | Merlin, Second Banana, Sam cat |
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Fiesta Fiasco | LT | 1967-12-09 | Daffy, Speedy |
1968
- All cartoons directed by Alex Lovy except Bunny and Claude.
- Blue Ribbon re-releases ended this year.
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Hocus Pocus Pow Wow | LT | Alex Lovy | Merlin & Second Banana | 1968-01-13 | ||
Norman Normal | N/A | Alex Lovy | 1968-02-03 |
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Big Game Haunt | MM | Alex Lovy | Cool Cat, Colonel Rimfire | 1968-02-10 | ||
Skyscraper Caper | LT | Alex Lovy | Daffy, Speedy | 1968-03-09 | ||
Hippydrome Tiger | LT | Alex Lovy | Cool Cat, Colonel Rimfire | 1968-03-30 | ||
Feud with a Dude | MM | Alex Lovy | Merlin & Second Banana | 1968-05-25 | ||
See Ya Later Gladiator | LT | Alex Lovy | Daffy, Speedy | 1968-06-29 | * Final cartoon to star Daffy and Speedy, and final cartoon of the 'classic era' to feature original WB characters (every cartoon afterwards featured WB-Seven Arts characters) | |
3 Ring Wing Ding | LT | Alex Lovy | Cool Cat, Colonel Rimfire | 1968-08-24 | ||
Flying Circus | LT | Alex Lovy | 1968-09-14 | |||
Chimp and Zee | MM | Alex Lovy | 1968-10-12 | * Final cartoon directed by Alex Lovy. | ||
Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches) | LT | Robert McKimson | Bunny and Claude | 1968-11-09 |
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1969
- All cartoons directed by Robert McKimson. The Warner Bros. Animation studio shut down in 1969 when the Kinney National Corporation acquired Warner Bros. from Seven Arts. Injun Trouble was the final WB cartoon until 1980, when Warner Bros. reopened its animation department.
Title | Series | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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The Great Carrot Train Robbery | MM | Bunny and Claude | 1969-01-25 |
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Fistic Mystic | LT | Merlin & Second Banana | 1969-03-29 |
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Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too | LT | Rapid Rabbit and Quick Brown Fox | 1969-06-07 |
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Shamrock and Roll | MM | Merlin & Second Banana | 1969-06-28 |
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Bugged by a Bee | LT | Cool Cat | 1969-07-26 |
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Injun Trouble | MM | Cool Cat | 1969-09-20 |
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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
- "Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion", a wealth of trivia about the Warner cartoons
- Official site