List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues
This is a comprehensive list of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts that were given Blue Ribbon reissues by Warner Bros. between 1943 and 1969.
Background
[edit]The Blue Ribbon program was initiated in late 1943 as a way to cut costs for producing cartoons during World War II, and later as a way to compete against the growing popularity of television. Through the reissue seasons, the reissues had a given season's opening rings and the "Merrily We Roll Along" theme (1941–45 rendition or 1945–55 rendition; this depends on the original audio and when it is played) followed by a title card which showed a blue ribbon (hence the program's title) and a Grand Shorts Award trophy. The closing title cards, for the most part, were replaced too, with some exceptions.[1]
The Blue Ribbon titles were edited into the cartoon's original negative. For the first 13 years of the program (1943–1956 re-releases), the credits were also scrapped. However, later re-releases (from 1956 to 1964) kept them. The gap between the keeping and splitting of the credits would determine which cartoons whose copyrights were sold to Associated Artists Productions in 1956, with some exceptions (see below). Only Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons made in color were eligible for this program.
A Feud There Was was the first cartoon to be re-released with Blue Ribbon titles on September 11, 1943, scrapping the original titles. It was later re-released again on September 13, 1952, scrapping the first re-release's Blue Ribbon titles.
Though some have had their original bullet title sequences and credits restored for official DVD and Blu-ray releases, majority of the re-releases still have the Blue Ribbon credits. In addition, most Blue Ribbon prints of the short, usually through the American and European 1995 Turner prints, can be seen on television packages throughout the world. Some of them, like A Wild Hare, have edited lines, although the original unedited version is present on The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 4, Side 1, the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, The Essential Bugs Bunny, and the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 1. Also, several Blue Ribbon prints have altered titles. For example, A Wild Hare is titled The Wild Hare, My Little Buckaroo is titled My Little Buckeroo, and The Fella with the Fiddle is titled The Fella with a Fiddle. In addition to A Feud There Was, instead of re-releasing other shorts into the Blue Ribbon program, seven other Blue Ribbon shorts have been re-released twice, scrapping the first re-release titles. They are, The Cat Came Back (1944 and 1954), Of Fox and Hounds, (1944 and 1954), The Fighting 69½th (1943 and 1953), The Early Worm Gets the Bird (1943 and 1952), Rhapsody in Rivets (1947 and 1954), The Trial of Mr. Wolf (1946 and 1954), and Old Glory (1945 and 1953). However, the latter three were credited Warner Bros. on their first re-release, keeping the first Blue Ribbon re-release closing titles for the second re-release. Starting with the 1947–48 animation season reissues, custom fonts for titles were used. Dangerous Dan McFoo was the first cartoon to use this.
After the sale of copyrights of the pre-August 1948 cartoons to Associated Artists Productions in 1956, Warner Bros. would start to keep the original credits on Blue Ribbon reissues, in an attempt to save more money. These re-releases replaced the original opening cards with the animation season the cartoon was re-released in, then proceeded to the original credits through a cut instead of a fade in (they were edited into the original negative). These releases between 1956 and 1964 kept the original opening and ending music, regardless of what series the cartoon was originally in. In addition, re-releases between 1956 and 1959 always kept the original closing title cards, regardless what series the cartoon was originally in. But starting with the 1959–64 season, for the most part, the original closing title card was replaced with the reissue season's ending title card.
For the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD releases, Warner Bros. went through great lengths to track down whatever elements of the original title credits still exist in an effort to re-create as best they could the original versions of the altered 'blue ribbon' shorts. Some pristine prints of the original issues were obtained from the UCLA Film and Television Archive. As a result, such cartoons as I Love to Singa and Book Revue can once again be seen as they were originally intended. Unfortunately, there are some "Blue Ribbon" reissue versions of cartoons that are represented on the Golden Collection DVDs as they are the only versions that were made available for exhibition. In any event, to this day there is controversy among animation fans and historians on the alteration of the "Blue Ribbon" releases, primarily the ones re-released between 1943 and 1956.
Exceptions
[edit]The 1940 cartoon Mighty Hunters was the one exception to the original rule. The 1952–53 opening rings and "Blue Ribbon" title card were shown as normal, but then proceeded to the original technical credits. This was the only cartoon which ended up in the a.a.p. package (released prior to August 1, 1948) to be reissued under the 1956–57 (and later) rules.
On the other hand, five cartoons which Warner Bros. would keep for their own television packages, because these shorts were released after July 31, 1948, were re-released under the original 1943 rules (the technical credits are removed). These were: You Were Never Duckier, The Foghorn Leghorn, Daffy Dilly, Kit for Cat, and Scaredy Cat. You Were Never Duckier was reissued in the 1954–55 season, while the others were reissued during the 1955–56 season. Daffy Dilly was originally produced in Cinecolor, while the rest were produced in Technicolor. Also, Daffy Dilly is the only one of the five to have its original titles not present on DVD releases, although they are known to exist. The Foghorn Leghorn is the only one of the five to be directed by Robert McKimson and Kit for Cat is the only one of the five to be directed by Friz Freleng. The other three were directed by Chuck Jones.
Notably, Bugs Bunny cartoons were often excluded from being reissued. This was due to those cartoons being billed as Bugs Bunny Specials, a sub-series which Warner Bros. sold to theaters at a higher price. They also allowed theaters to book these cartoons separately if they wanted. Very few cartoons featuring the character were actually reissued under the program: Only 22 cartoons in total were reissued, and only A Wild Hare and Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt were reissued under the 1943–1956 rules (i.e. tiles & credits removed). The other 20 still keep their both their technical credits and (with the exceptions of Hot Cross Bunny, Knights Must Fall, Rabbit Hood & Homeless Hare) the Bugs Bunny in card as well. However, following the shutdown of the original studio, several Bugs Bunny cartoons were reissued in the 1964–69 season due to providing a high box office value for a low cost.
Cartoons with re-releases in the last few years of the program (past August 1964) did not have new titles. Instead, they were re-released with their original titles, or for the case of any cartoon reissued beforehand, their first reissue titles, due to low budgets from DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
Reissued cartoons
[edit]A total of 323 cartoons were reissued through the Blue Ribbon program.
| Title | Original release date | Original series | Reissue season | Reissue release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Mouse | 1935-07-13 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-03-14 |
| The Merry Old Soul | 1935-08-17 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-08-02 |
| The Lady in Red | 1935-09-07 | MM | 1951–52 | 1951-10-13 |
| Little Dutch Plate | 1935-10-19 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-04-11 |
| Flowers for Madame | 1935-11-30 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-02-03 |
| The Cat Came Back | 1936-02-08 | MM | 1943–44, 1953–54 | 1944-07-15, 1954-06-05 |
| I'm a Big Shot Now | 1936-04-11 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-06-04 |
| Let It Be Me | 1936-05-09 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-09-16 |
| When I Yoo Hoo | 1936-06-27 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-02-24 |
| I Love to Singa | 1936-07-18 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-11-18 |
| Sunday Go to Meetin' Time | 1936-08-13 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-10-27 |
| Don't Look Now | 1936-11-07 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-04-10 |
| He Was Her Man | 1937-01-02 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-04-02 |
| Pigs Is Pigs | 1937-01-30 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-02-22 |
| The Fella with a Fiddle | 1937-03-27 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-01-20 |
| Ain't We Got Fun | 1937-05-01 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-04-21 |
| I Only Have Eyes for You | 1937-03-06 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-03-17 |
| Sweet Sioux | 1937-07-03 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-04-08 |
| Plenty of Money and You | 1937-07-31 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-12-09 |
| A Sunbonnet Blue | 1937-08-21 | MM | 1945–46 | 1945-11-17 |
| Speaking of the Weather | 1937-09-04 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-07-21 |
| I Wanna Be a Sailor | 1937-09-25 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-04-30 |
| The Lyin' Mouse | 1937-10-16 | MM | 1945–46 | 1945-12-22 |
| Little Red Walking Hood | 1937-11-06 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-08-17 |
| September in the Rain | 1937-12-18 | MM | 1944–45 | 1944-09-30 |
| Daffy Duck & Egghead | 1938-01-01 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-04-20 |
| My Little Buckaroo | 1938-01-29 | MM | 1943–44 | 1943-11-06 |
| The Sneezing Weasel | 1938-03-12 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-07-26 |
| Now That Summer is Gone | 1938-05-14 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-11-22 |
| Katnip Kollege | 1938-06-11 | MM | 1945–46 | 1945-10-20 |
| Have You Got Any Castles? | 1938-06-25 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-02-01 |
| The Isle of Pingo Pongo | 1938-05-28 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-08-19 |
| A Feud There Was | 1938-09-24 | MM | 1943–44, 1952–53 | 1943-09-11, 1952-09-13 |
| Little Pancho Vanilla | 1938-10-08 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-03-20 |
| Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas | 1938-10-22 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-06-22 |
| You're an Education | 1938-11-05 | MM | 1946–47 | 1946-10-26 |
| The Night Watchman | 1938-11-19 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-05-18 |
| The Mice Will Play | 1938-12-31 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-08-06 |
| Dog Gone Modern | 1939-01-14 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-06-14 |
| Robin Hood Makes Good | 1939-02-11 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-07-06 |
| A Day at the Zoo | 1939-03-11 | MM | 1952–53 | 1952-11-08 |
| Prest-O Change-O | 1939-03-25 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-02-05 |
| Thugs with Dirty Mugs | 1939-05-06 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-06-03 |
| Hobo Gadget Band | 1939-05-27 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-02-14 |
| Old Glory | 1939-07-01 | MM | 1944–45, 1953–54 | 1945-08-25, 1953-09-12 |
| Dangerous Dan McFoo | 1939-07-15 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-01-31 |
| Little Brother Rat | 1939-09-02 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-06-08 |
| Sioux Me | 1939-09-09 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-07-21 |
| The Little Lion Hunter | 1939-10-07 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-03-23 |
| The Good Egg | 1939-10-21 | MM | 1946–47 | 1946-01-05 |
| Fresh Fish | 1939-11-04 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-04-06 |
| Fagin's Freshman | 1939-11-18 | MM | 1950–51 | 1950-09-16 |
| Sniffles and the Bookworm | 1939-12-02 | MM | 1951–52 | 1951-11-10 |
| The Curious Puppy | 1939-12-30 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-04-24 |
| The Early Worm Gets the Bird | 1940-01-13 | MM | 1943–44, 1952–53 | 1943-10-02, 1952-11-29 |
| Mighty Hunters | 1940-01-27 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-06-13 |
| Busy Bakers | 1940-02-10 | MM | 1944–45 | 1945-10-20 |
| Cross Country Detours | 1940-03-16 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-01-15 |
| The Bear's Tale | 1940-04-13 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-03-11 |
| Sniffles Takes a Trip | 1940-05-11 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-08-01 |
| Tom Thumb in Trouble | 1940-06-08 | MM | 1949–50 | 1949-09-24 |
| Circus Today | 1940-06-22 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-05-22 |
| Little Blabbermouse | 1940-07-06 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-06-12 |
| The Egg Collector | 1940-07-20 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-07-16 |
| A Wild Hare | 1940-07-27 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-06-17 |
| Stage Fright | 1940-09-28 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-06-23 |
| Wacky Wildlife | 1940-11-09 | MM | 1952–53 | 1953-08-29 |
| Bedtime for Sniffles | 1940-11-23 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-01-01 |
| Of Fox and Hounds | 1940-12-07 | MM | 1943–44, 1953–54 | 1944-05-13, 1954-02-06 |
| The Fighting 69½th | 1941-01-18 | MM | 1943–44, 1952–53 | 1943-12-04, 1953-07-11 |
| Sniffles Bells the Cat | 1941-02-01 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-09-20 |
| The Cat's Tale | 1941-03-01 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-03-29 |
| Goofy Groceries | 1941-03-29 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-04-19 |
| Toy Trouble | 1941-04-12 | MM | 1949–50 | 1949-12-31 |
| The Trial of Mr. Wolf | 1941-04-26 | MM | 1945–46, 1954–55 | 1946-02-09, 1954-12-25 |
| Farm Frolics | 1941-05-10 | MM | 1949–50 | 1949-10-15 |
| Hollywood Steps Out | 1941-05-24 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-10-02 |
| Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt | 1941-06-07 | MM | 1943–44 | 1944-02-12 |
| The Wacky Worm | 1941-06-21 | MM | 1946–47 | 1946-10-12 |
| Inki and the Lion | 1941-07-19 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-05-20 |
| Snowtime for Comedy | 1941-08-30 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-04-12 |
| The Brave Little Bat | 1941-09-27 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-03-15 |
| The Bug Parade | 1941-10-11 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-07-12 |
| The Cagey Canary | 1941-11-22 | MM | 1946–47 | 1947-10-11 |
| Rhapsody in Rivets | 1941-12-06 | MM | 1946–47, 1954–55 | 1947-08-16, 1954-09-11 |
| Hop, Skip and a Chump | 1942-01-03 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-03-05 |
| Horton Hatches the Egg | 1942-04-11 | MM | 1945–46 | 1946-05-04 |
| Double Chaser | 1942-06-27 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-03-25 |
| The Squawkin' Hawk | 1942-08-08 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-07-10 |
| Fox Pop | 1942-09-05 | MM | 1946–47 | 1946-09-28 |
| The Hep Cat | 1942-10-03 | LT | 1949–50 | 1949-11-12 |
| The Sheepish Wolf | 1942-10-17 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-03-04 |
| A Tale of Two Kitties | 1942-11-21 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-07-31 |
| My Favorite Duck | 1942-12-05 | LT | 1949–50 | 1950-01-28 |
| Pigs in a Polka | 1943-02-06 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-08-14 |
| The Fifth-Column Mouse | 1943-03-06 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-04-22 |
| Flop Goes the Weasel | 1943-03-20 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-05-21 |
| The Unbearable Bear | 1943-04-17 | MM | 1950–51 | 1950-12-09 |
| Greetings Bait | 1943-05-15 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-08-28 |
| The Aristo-Cat | 1943-06-19 | MM | 1950–51 | 1950-11-11 |
| Hiss and Make Up | 1943-09-11 | MM | 1947–48 | 1948-09-18 |
| Fin'n Catty | 1943-10-23 | MM | 1948–49 | 1948-12-11 |
| Inki and the Minah Bird | 1943-11-13 | MM | 1948–49 | 1949-08-20 |
| An Itch in Time | 1943-12-04 | MM | 1948–49 | 1948-10-30 |
| Tick Tock Tuckered | 1944-04-08 | LT | 1949–50 | 1950-06-03 |
| Swooner Crooner | 1944-05-06 | LT | 1948–49 | 1949-02-12 |
| Duck Soup to Nuts | 1944-05-27 | LT | 1950–51 | 1951-01-06 |
| Slightly Daffy | 1944-06-17 | MM | 1950–51 | 1950-10-14 |
| From Hand to Mouse | 1944-08-05 | LT | 1951–52 | 1952-02-09 |
| Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears | 1944-09-02 | MM | 1951–52 | 1951-12-01 |
| Lost and Foundling | 1944-09-30 | MM | 1949–50 | 1950-08-26 |
| Booby Hatched | 1944-10-14 | LT | 1949–50 | 1950-07-01 |
| The Stupid Cupid | 1944-11-25 | LT | 1950–51 | 1951-09-01 |
| Odor-able Kitty | 1945-01-06 | LT | 1950–51 | 1951-04-21 |
| Trap Happy Porky | 1945-02-24 | LT | 1949–50 | 1950-08-05 |
| Life with Feathers | 1945-03-24 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-03-03 |
| Ain't That Ducky | 1945-05-19 | LT | 1952–53 | 1953-05-02 |
| A Tale of Two Mice | 1945-06-30 | LT | 1952–53 | 1953-01-10 |
| Fresh Airedale | 1945-08-25 | MM | 1951–52 | 1952-08-30 |
| The Bashful Buzzard | 1945-09-15 | LT | 1952–53 | 1953-02-07 |
| Peck Up Your Troubles | 1945-10-20 | MM | 1950–51 | 1951-03-24 |
| Book Revue | 1946-01-05 | LT | 1950–51 | 1951-05-19 |
| Holiday for Shoestrings | 1946-02-23 | MM | 1951–52 | 1951-09-15 |
| Baby Bottleneck | 1946-03-16 | LT | 1951–52 | 1952-06-14 |
| Daffy Doodles | 1946-04-06 | LT | 1952–53 | 1952-10-11 |
| Hush My Mouse | 1946-05-04 | LT | 1951–52 | 1952-05-03 |
| The Eager Beaver | 1946-07-13 | MM | 1953–54 | 1953-11-28 |
| Of Thee I Sting | 1946-08-17 | LT | 1951–52 | 1952-01-12 |
| Walky Talky Hawky | 1946-08-31 | MM | 1953–54 | 1953-10-17 |
| Fair and Worm-er | 1946-09-28 | MM | 1955–56 | 1955-11-05 |
| The Mouse-Merized Cat | 1946-10-19 | MM | 1955–56 | 1955-11-26 |
| Mouse Menace | 1946-11-02 | LT | 1953–54 | 1954-08-14 |
| Roughly Squeaking | 1946-11-23 | LT | 1953–54 | 1954-02-27 |
| One Meat Brawl | 1947-01-18 | MM | 1953–54 | 1954-07-10 |
| The Goofy Gophers | 1947-01-25 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-07-23 |
| The Gay Anties | 1947-02-15 | MM | 1953–54 | 1954-04-24 |
| Scent-imental Over You | 1947-03-08 | LT | 1953–54 | 1953-12-26 |
| Birth of a Notion | 1947-04-12 | LT | 1953–54 | 1953-11-07 |
| Tweetie Pie | 1947-05-03 | MM | 1954–55 | 1955-06-25 |
| Hobo Bobo | 1947-05-17 | MM | 1953–54 | 1954-04-03 |
| Along Came Daffy | 1947-06-14 | LT | 1953–54 | 1954-07-24 |
| Inki at the Circus | 1947-06-21 | MM | 1954–55 | 1954-10-16 |
| Crowing Pains | 1947-07-12 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-04-23 |
| The Foxy Duckling | 1947-08-23 | MM | 1954–55 | 1954-11-06 |
| House Hunting Mice | 1947-09-06 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-04-02 |
| Little Orphan Airedale | 1947-10-04 | LT | 1955–56 | 1956-08-04 |
| Doggone Cats | 1947-10-25 | MM | 1955–56 | 1955-09-10 |
| A Horse Fly Fleas | 1947-12-13 | LT | 1955–56 | 1956-07-07 |
| Two Gophers from Texas | 1948-01-17 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-03-31 |
| What's Brewin', Bruin? | 1948-02-26 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-08-20 |
| Back Alley Oproar | 1948-03-27 | MM | 1954–55 | 1955-02-05 |
| I Taw a Putty Tat | 1948-04-02 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-02-25 |
| Hop, Look and Listen | 1948-04-17 | LT | 1954–55 | 1955-06-04 |
| Bone Sweet Bone | 1948-05-22 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-01-21 |
| The Rattled Rooster | 1948-06-26 | LT | 1955–56 | 1955-10-22 |
| The Shell Shocked Egg | 1948-07-10 | MM | 1954–55 | 1954-11-27 |
| You Were Never Duckier | 1948-08-07 | MM | 1954–55 | 1955-02-26 |
| Hot Cross Bunny | 1948-08-21 | MM | 1959–60 | 1959-11-21 |
| The Pest That Came to Dinner | 1948-09-11 | LT | 1957–58 | 1957-12-07 |
| Hare Splitter | 1948-09-25 | MM | 1957–58 | 1957-09-07 |
| The Foghorn Leghorn | 1948-10-09 | MM | 1955–56 | 1955-12-24 |
| Daffy Dilly | 1948-10-30 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-08-18 |
| Kit for Cat | 1948-11-06 | LT | 1955–56 | 1956-04-21 |
| My Bunny Lies over the Sea | 1948-12-04 | MM | 1958–59 | 1959-02-21 |
| Scaredy Cat | 1948-12-18 | MM | 1955–56 | 1956-06-02 |
| Wise Quackers | 1949-01-01 | LT | 1958–59 | 1958-10-25 |
| Awful Orphan | 1949-01-29 | MM | 1957–58 | 1958-07-12 |
| Mississippi Hare | 1949-02-26 | LT | 1957–58 | 1958-02-15 |
| Paying the Piper | 1949-03-12 | LT | 1956–57 | 1956-10-20 |
| Daffy Duck Hunt | 1949-03-26 | LT | 1956–57 | 1956-11-17 |
| Rebel Rabbit | 1949-04-09 | MM | 1957–58 | 1958-08-09 |
| Mouse Wreckers | 1949-04-23 | LT | 1956–57 | 1957-03-09 |
| High Diving Hare | 1949-04-30 | LT | 1958–59 | 1959-07-25 |
| The Bee-Deviled Bruin | 1949-05-14 | MM | 1958–59 | 1959-07-11 |
| Bowery Bugs | 1949-06-04 | MM | 1958–59 | 1958-09-16 |
| Knights Must Fall | 1949-07-16 | MM | 1959–60, 1967–68 | 1967-10-28 |
| Mouse Mazurka | 1949-06-11 | MM | 1956–57 | 1956-09-15 |
| Henhouse Henery | 1949-07-02 | LT | 1956–57 | 1956-12-01 |
| Bad Ol' Putty Tat | 1949-07-23 | MM | 1956–57 | 1957-06-29 |
| The Grey Hounded Hare | 1949-08-06 | LT | 1961–62 | 1961-10-28 |
| Often an Orphan | 1949-08-13 | MM | 1959–60 | 1959-10-03 |
| Dough for the Do-Do | 1949-09-03 | MM | 1956–57 | 1957-04-06 |
| Fast and Furry-ous | 1949-09-17 | LT | 1956–57, 1969 | 1957-04-27, 1969-09-13 |
| Each Dawn I Crow | 1949-09-24 | MM | 1956–57 | 1957-06-15 |
| Swallow the Leader | 1949-10-15 | LT | 1956–57 | 1957-01-19 |
| Bye, Bye Bluebeard | 1949-10-22 | MM | 1961–62 | 1962-05-19 |
| For Scent-imental Reasons | 1949-11-12 | LT | 1956–57 | 1957-02-02 |
| Hippety Hopper | 1949-11-19 | MM | 1956–57 | 1957-08-24 |
| Bear Feat | 1949-12-10 | LT | 1956–57 | 1957-05-18 |
| Rabbit Hood | 1949-12-24 | MM | 1961–62 | 1962-03-17 |
| A Ham in a Role | 1949-12-31 | LT | 1959–60 | 1960-08-27 |
| Home Tweet Home | 1950-01-14 | MM | 1957–58 | 1958-01-25 |
| Hurdy-Gurdy Hare | 1950-01-21 | MM | 1962–63 | 1962-09-08 |
| Boobs in the Woods | 1950-01-28 | LT | 1958–59 | 1959-06-20 |
| Mutiny on the Bunny | 1950-02-11 | LT | 1967–68 | 1968-01-20 |
| The Lion's Busy | 1950-02-18 | LT | 1960–61 | 1961-05-13 |
| The Scarlet Pumpernickel | 1950-03-04 | LT | 1957–58 | 1958-05-17 |
| Homeless Hare | 1950-03-11 | MM | 1961–62 | 1962-06-16 |
| Strife with Father | 1950-04-01 | MM | 1961–62 | 1961-09-30 |
| The Hypo-Chondri-Cat | 1950-04-15 | MM | 1957–58 | 1957-12-28 |
| The Leghorn Blows at Midnight | 1950-05-06 | LT | 1957–58 | 1957-11-02 |
| His Bitter Half | 1950-05-20 | MM | 1957–58 | 1957-10-19 |
| An Egg Scramble | 1950-05-27 | MM | 1958–59 | 1958-10-04 |
| All a Bir-r-r-d | 1950-06-24 | LT | 1957–58 | 1958-06-14 |
| 8 Ball Bunny | 1950-07-08 | LT | 1962–63 | 1962-11-24 |
| It's Hummer Time | 1950-07-22 | LT | 1957–58 | 1958-03-22 |
| Golden Yeggs | 1950-08-05 | MM | 1958–59 | 1959-03-14 |
| Dog Gone South | 1950-08-26 | MM | 1958–59 | 1959-08-22 |
| The Ducksters | 1950-09-02 | LT | 1959–60 | 1960-06-18 |
| A Fractured Leghorn | 1950-09-16 | MM | 1957–58 | 1958-04-19 |
| Canary Row | 1950-10-07 | MM | 1958–59 | 1958-12-13 |
| Stooge for a Mouse | 1950-10-21 | MM | 1957–58 | 1958-08-30 |
| Pop 'im Pop! | 1950-10-28 | LT | 1957–58 | 1957-09-21 |
| Caveman Inki | 1950-11-25 | LT | 1957–58 | 1958-03-01 |
| Dog Collared | 1950-12-02 | MM | 1958–59 | 1959-01-03 |
| Rabbit of Seville | 1950-12-16 | LT | 1969 | 1969-01-18 |
| Two's A Crowd | 1950-12-30 | LT | 1957–59 | 1958-11-22 |
| A Fox in a Fix | 1951-01-20 | MM | 1958–59 | 1959-01-31 |
| Canned Feud | 1951-02-03 | LT | 1958–59 | 1959-05-02 |
| Putty Tat Trouble | 1951-02-24 | LT | 1959–60 | 1959-10-24 |
| Corn Plastered | 1951-03-03 | MM | 1960–61 | 1961-07-01 |
| Bunny Hugged | 1951-03-10 | MM | 1960–61 | 1961-01-28 |
| Scent-imental Romeo | 1951-03-24 | MM | 1958–59 | 1959-04-11 |
| A Bone for a Bone | 1951-04-07 | LT | 1959–60 | 1960-01-02 |
| A Hound for Trouble | 1951-04-28 | MM | 1961–62 | 1961-09-09 |
| Early to Bet | 1951-05-12 | MM | 1958–59 | 1959-05-30 |
| Rabbit Fire | 1951-05-19 | LT | 1960–61 | 1961-04-08 |
| Room and Bird | 1951-06-02 | MM | 1960–61 | 1960-09-10 |
| Chow Hound | 1951-06-16 | LT | 1959–60 | 1960-07-09 |
| French Rarebit | 1951-06-30 | MM | 1959–60 | 1960-08-06 |
| The Wearing of the Grin | 1951-07-14 | MM | 1960–61 | 1961-02-18 |
| Leghorn Swoggled | 1951-07-28 | MM | 1961–62 | 1961-11-25 |
| His Hare Raising Tale | 1951-08-11 | LT | 1960–61 | 1960-10-22 |
| Cheese Chasers | 1951-08-25 | MM | 1959–60 | 1960-04-30 |
| Lovelorn Leghorn | 1951-09-08 | LT | 1959–60 | 1960-03-12 |
| Tweety's S.O.S. | 1951-09-22 | MM | 1959–60 | 1960-02-20 |
| Ballot Box Bunny | 1951-10-06 | MM | 1960–61 | 1961-08-26 |
| A Bear for Punishment | 1951-10-20 | MM | 1959–60 | 1959-12-12 |
| Sleepy Time Possum | 1951-11-03 | MM | 1959–60 | 1960-04-09 |
| Drip-Along Daffy | 1951-11-17 | MM | 1959–60 | 1959-09-12 |
| Big Top Bunny | 1951-12-01 | MM | 1962–63 | 1963-08-24 |
| Tweet Tweet Tweety | 1951-12-15 | LT | 1960–61 | 1960-12-31 |
| The Prize Pest | 1951-12-22 | LT | 1959–60 | 1960-01-30 |
| Who's Kitten Who? | 1952-01-05 | LT | 1959–60 | 1960-05-21 |
| Feed the Kitty | 1952-02-02 | MM | 1960–61 | 1961-04-29 |
| Gift Wrapped | 1952-02-16 | LT | 1960–61, 1965–66 | 1960-11-19, May 1966 |
| Thumb Fun | 1952-03-01 | LT | 1960–61 | 1961-06-10 |
| Little Beau Pepe | 1952-03-29 | MM | 1960–61 | 1960-12-10 |
| Kiddin' the Kitten | 1952-04-05 | MM | 1960–61 | 1961-08-05 |
| Sock a Doodle Do | 1952-05-10 | LT | 1961–62 | 1962-02-17 |
| Beep, Beep | 1952-05-24 | MM | 1960–61 | 1961-03-11 |
| Ain't She Tweet | 1952-06-21 | LT | 1961–62 | 1962-04-14 |
| Cracked Quack | 1952-07-05 | MM | 1960–61 | 1960-10-01 |
| Hoppy-Go-Lucky | 1952-08-09 | LT | 1967–68 | 1968-03-16 |
| A Bird in a Guilty Cage | 1952-08-30 | LT | 1961–62 | 1962-07-14 |
| Fool Coverage | 1952-12-13 | LT | 1961–62 | 1962-08-11 |
| Don't Give Up the Sheep | 1953-01-03 | LT | 1969 | 1969-03-22 |
| Snow Business | 1953-01-17 | LT | 1965–66 | December 1965 |
| Forward March Hare | 1953-02-14 | LT | 1969 | 1969-05-24 |
| Upswept Hare | 1953-03-14 | MM | 1962–63 | 1963-05-25 |
| A Peck o' Trouble | 1953-03-28 | LT | 1961–62 | 1961-12-23 |
| Fowl Weather | 1953-04-04 | MM | 1962–63 | 1962-10-27 |
| Muscle Tussle | 1953-04-18 | MM | 1962–63 | 1962-09-29 |
| Southern Fried Rabbit | 1953-05-02 | LT | 1969 | 1969-07-12 |
| Tom Tom Tomcat | 1953-06-27 | MM | 1961–62 | 1962-01-27 |
| Cat-Tails for Two | 1953-08-29 | MM | 1962–63 | 1963-02-16 |
| Zipping Along | 1953-09-19 | MM | 1969 | 1969-11-15 |
| Easy Peckin's | 1953-10-17 | LT | 1962–63 | 1963-03-16 |
| Of Rice and Hen | 1953-11-14 | LT | 1969 | 1969-02-15 |
| Dog Pounded | 1954-01-02 | LT | 1962–63 | 1963-01-26 |
| Captain Hareblower | 1954-01-16 | MM | 1969 | 1969-10-11 |
| No Barking | 1954-02-27 | MM | 1962–63 | 1963-04-13 |
| Design for Leaving | 1954-03-27 | LT | 1962–63 | 1962-12-22 |
| Bell Hoppy | 1954-04-17 | LT | 1962–63 | 1963-06-15 |
| Satan's Waitin' | 1954-08-07 | LT | 1962–63 | 1963-07-24 |
| Gone Batty | 1954-09-04 | LT | 1959–64 | October 1963 |
| By Word of Mouse | 1954-10-02 | LT | 1964–65 | June 1965 |
| From A to Z-Z-Z-Z | 1954-10-16 | LT | 1963–64 | 1963-11-16 |
| Quack Shot | 1954-10-30 | MM | 1969 | 1969-07-19 |
| Pests for Guests | 1955-01-29 | MM | 1963–64 | 1964-05-30 |
| All Fowled Up | 1955-02-19 | LT | 1969 | 1969-08-02 |
| Lighthouse Mouse | 1955-03-12 | MM | 1967–68 | 1967-12-16 |
| The Hole Idea | 1955-04-16 | LT | 1964–65 | April 1965 |
| A Kiddies Kitty | 1955-08-20 | MM | 1963–64 | 1964-08-15 |
| Heir-Conditioned | 1955-11-26 | LT | 1964–65 | September 1964 |
| One Froggy Evening | 1955-12-31 | MM | 1969 | 1969-12-06 |
| Too Hop to Handle | 1956-01-26 | LT | 1964–65 | January 1965 |
| Weasel Stop | 1956-02-11 | MM | 1963–64 | 1964-01-25 |
| The High and the Flighty | 1956-02-18 | MM | 1963–64 | April 1964 |
| Broom-Stick Bunny | 1956-02-25 | LT | 1964–65 | September 1964 |
| Heaven Scent | 1956-03-31 | MM | 1964–65 | December 1964 |
| Rabbitson Crusoe | 1956-04-28 | LT | 1964–65 | January 1965 |
| Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z | 1956-05-05 | LT | 1969 | 1969-12-27 |
| Tree Cornered Tweety | 1956-05-19 | MM | 1964–65 | November 1964 |
| The Unexpected Pest | 1956-06-02 | MM | 1964–65 | August 1965 |
| Napoleon Bunny-Part | 1956-06-16 | MM | 1964–65 | May 1965 |
| Rocket-Bye Baby | 1956-08-04 | MM | 1964–65 | October 1964 |
| Half-Fare Hare | 1956-08-18 | MM | 1964–65 | July 1965 |
| Raw! Raw! Rooster! | 1956-08-25 | LT | 1959–64 | July 1964 |
| Yankee Dood It | 1956-10-13 | MM | 1959–64 | 1963-09-14 |
| Wideo Wabbit | 1956-10-27 | MM | 1965–66 | November 1965 |
| To Hare Is Human | 1956-12-15 | MM | 1966–67 | December 1966 |
| Tweet Zoo | 1957-01-12 | MM | 1963–64 | 1963-12-21 |
| Cheese It, the Cat! | 1957-05-04 | MM | 1969 | 1969-09-27 |
| Fox-Terror | 1957-05-11 | MM | 1963–64 | 1964-08-29 |
| Piker's Peak | 1957-05-25 | LT | 1965–66 | June 1966 |
| Steal Wool | 1957-06-08 | LT | 1969 | 1969-08-30 |
| Boston Quackie | 1957-06-22 | LT | 1969 | 1969-10-25 |
| Tabasco Road | 1957-07-20 | MM | 1963–64 | 1964-02-15 |
| Birds Anonymous | 1957-08-10 | MM | 1963–64 | June 1964 |
| Zoom and Bored | 1957-09-14 | MM | 1964–65 | March 1965 |
| Greedy for Tweety | 1957-09-28 | LT | 1963–64 | March 1964 |
| Gonzales' Tamales | 1957-11-30 | LT | 1967–68 | 1968-07-10 |
| Rabbit Romeo | 1957-12-14 | LT | 1966–67 | July 1967 |
| Hare-Less Wolf | 1958-02-01 | MM | 1966–67 | October 1966 |
| Hare-Way to the Stars | 1958-03-29 | LT | 1967–68 | 1968-06-08 |
| Now, Hare This | 1958-05-31 | LT | 1965–66 | February 1966 |
| Knighty Knight Bugs | 1958-08-23 | LT | 1965–66 | February 1966 |
| Pre-Hysterical Hare | 1958-11-01 | LT | 1966–67 | April 1967 |
| Baton Bunny | 1959-01-10 | LT | 1967–68 | 1968-04-20 |
| Hare-Abian Nights | 1959-02-28 | LT | 1966–67 | May 1967 |
| Backwoods Bunny | 1959-06-13 | MM | 1966–67 | September 1966 |
| Wild and Woolly Hare | 1959-08-01 | LT | 1966–67 | February 1967 |
Cartoons with original technical credits restored on DVD
[edit]Many of the above cartoons have been restored for DVD release as part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Looney Tunes Super Stars and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD releases. However, only a handful of cartoons that were reissued prior to the 1956–57 season have their original opening titles, technical credits, and closing titles restored.
- (*) Upon re-release, short retained original ending card.
- (**) "A Wild Hare" had its original credits present for The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, though the opening titles on that release were just recreations.
- (***) Original opening titles and credits restored for their 1998 "THIS VERSION" prints.
- (#) Original opening titles and credits present for their 1995 Turner "dubbed" version prints.
In addition to the cartoons listed above, the following cartoons reissued after 1956–57 have had their original opening rings, and ending rings if re-released in the 1959–64 animation season, restored.
(*) Upon re-release, short retained original ending card.
"A Wild Hare", reissued as "The Wild Hare", had its original credits present for The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, though the opening titles were just recreations. The original opening titles were restored for the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection.
A copy of "Bone Sweet Bone" with the original titles exists. However, the original copy with the original titles has problems of its own, as split cuts in this copy cut out the ending lines from when the dog says, "If you think for a moment that this little incident is going to upset me--" then it cuts to him freaking out. The rest of his line, "you're absolutely right", is missing in the original title print. The Blue Ribbon print does not have these split-cuts. In 2020, the Blue Ribbon titles were restored for HBO Max.
The original titles for "The Merry Old Soul",[2] "September in the Rain", "Tweetie Pie", "Tale of Two Mice", "House Hunting Mice", "Doggone Cats", "I Taw a Putty Tat", "Daffy Dilly", "Mouse Menace" and "Life with Feathers" all are known to exist. However, Warner Bros. does not restore 8mm or 16mm prints, and many of these shorts only have their original titles in 8mm or 16mm versions. Hence, the Blue Ribbon titles for many of these were restored instead.
The titles for "A Day at the Zoo", "Of Fox and Hounds", "The Isle of Pingo Pongo", "Don't Look Now", "Wacky Wildlife", "Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas", "Thugs with Dirty Mugs", "A Feud There Was", "The Early Worm Gets the Bird", "Circus Today", "The Mice Will Play", and "I Only Have Eyes for You" were found on eBay in 2007, but never released on DVD.
Sketches and photos of the original titles for "Katnip Kollege", "Sioux Me", "The Fifth-Column Mouse", "Pigs in a Polka", "The Mouse-Merized Cat", "The Cagey Canary", "A Tale of Two Kitties" and "Horton Hatches the Egg" have surfaced, but their real titles have not been found.
The titles pre-1948 for "When I Yoo Hoo", "Fresh Fish" and "The Rattled Rooster" were restored for HBO Max, but have not been released on DVD. The titles for "The Lady in Red" are official recreations from Warner Bros., although it has its original audio music on the recreation title card, as well as the ending titles, while the restoration for "When I Yoo Hoo" retains the Blue Ribbon ending titles. MeTV aired a restored version of "Cross Country Detours" with the original titles before it was released to DVD or HBO Max. The original titles of "Farm Frolics" were found in a discovering through the Library of Congress.
The titles post-1948 for "Two's a Crowd", "Leghorn Swoggled" and "Sleepy Time Possum" were restored for HBO Max, but have not been released on DVD.
The titles for "Hobo Bobo" were restored for the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 3 Blu-ray (although the rings were sourced from "Hollywood Daffy").[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Michael J. Hayde's BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION: BLUE RIBBON BLUES". August 18, 2013.
- ^ "The Merry Old Soul – titles". YouTube. August 24, 2014.
- ^ "Thad K. Reviews Looney Tunes: Collector's Choice Vol. 3 |".
Sources
[edit]Further 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
- The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website by Jon Cooke[permanent dead link]
- "Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion", a wealth of trivia about the Warner cartoons
- Official site
