In 1932, a Merrie Melodies cartoon, entitled It's Got Me Again!, was nominated for the first Academy Award to be given for animation. 6 - Supporting Players, The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 3, Side 10: Politically Incorrect, Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6, Disc 3: Bosko, Buddy and Merrie Melodies (special feature, Bonus cartoons), Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5, Disc 4: "The Early Daze", The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 2, Side 7: Fables & Fairy Tales, Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition - Vol. [2], Three of the Merrie Melodies films (Tweetie Pie, Speedy Gonzales and Birds Anonymous) won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and another three (Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, and What's Opera, Doc?) Laserdisc - Cartoon Moviestars: Daffy! Here's a new upgraded Merrie Melodies video. In 1944, the studio went to an all-color schedule; though for the first year of this, Bugs still appeared mainly in the Merrie Melodies series (not appearing in a Looney Tunes cartoon until the end of August), whereas Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (who each appeared in a few Merrie Melodies prior to mid-1942) appeared mainly in Looney Tunes that year. [8] The shorts proved to be enormously popular with the public. 10 - Canine Corps, The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 5, Side 1: Black and White Classics, Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3, Disc 2: , (special feature, From the Vaults), Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, Side 10: Merrie Melodies, Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6, Disc 3: Bosko, Buddy and Merrie Melodies, (special feature, Bonus cartoons), Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition - Vol. Lady, Play Your Mandolin! Leon Schlesinger had to negotiate with them to keep the rights to the name Merrie Melodies, as well as for the right to use the slogan, So Long Folks, at the end of the cartoons. Foxy was the star of the first Merrie Melodies cartoons Ising directed for producer Leon Schlesinger. First cartoon produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later known as. • Academy Awards for Best Short Subject Winners: "Tweetie Pie" (1947) (Merrie Melodies) "For Scent-imental Reasons" (1949) (Looney Tunes) 3, Side 6: Tashlin/Clampett, Laserdisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 1, Side 5: Chuck Jones, VHS - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5: Chuck Jones. The Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons didn't start up again until 1987 with only two cartoons made, The Night of the Living Duck (1987) and (Blooper) Bunny (1991). and the Legend of the Vampire, Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League. 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. First appearance of Happy Rabbit, who evolved into, Laserdisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 4: Musical Madenss, Not to be confused with the later 1969 Warner Bros. cartoon of the same name, Laserdisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 1, Side 1: 1930's Musicals, VHS - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 1: 1930's Musicals, VHS - Porky Pig: The Days of Swine and Roses (colorized). For this year, most would still be in black and white up until Rhythm in the Bow. Early characters exclusive to the series included Foxy, Piggy and Goopy Geer, and since the 1940's it would primarily include Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn or Tweety Bird, though it would also include characters like Daffy … Walt Disney Productions had already scored with their Silly Symphonies. have been inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Reply. which had previously only been used on the Looney Tunes series. * First cartoon directed by Bernard Brown. The Turner prints of this short cut out all blackface scenes, reducing the short to less than five minutes. [9] Their success convinced Schlesinger to produce all future Merrie Melodies shorts in color, using two-strip Technicolor. As revealed in his second appearance, the "A." “The Fella With the Fiddle” was also Mel Blanc’s first “Merrie Melodies” cartoon. Turtles, Grasshoppers, Bees, Spiders, Frogs, Worms, Robin, Beavers, Bear, Farmer. Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid is a live-action/animated short film starring a character named Bosko. In 1936, the cartoons began to end with the slogan "That's all Folks!" 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The film is in the p… First cartoon produced by Leon Schlesinger. The first cartoon of the new Merrie Melodies series was Lady, Play Your Mandolin!, released in 1931. In 1934, Schlesinger produced his first color Merrie Melodies shorts, Honeymoon Hotel and Beauty and the Beast, which were produced in two-strip Cinecolor (Disney then had exclusive animation rights to the richer three-strip Technicolor process). Scooby-Doo! The members of this cast were moved from Merrie Melodies to Looney Tunes at this point. This revised title sequence eliminated the opening technical credits. Walt Disney Productions had already scored with their S… VHS - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 2: Firsts, Laserdisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 1, Side 2: Firsts, VHS - Viddy-Oh! All cartoons through Buddy's Day Out are scored by Frank Marsales. Walt Disney Productions had already scored with their Silly Symphonies. [1] Between 1934 and 1943, the Merrie Melodies series were distinguished from the black-and-white, Buddy or Porky Pig-starring Looney Tunes shorts by an emphasis on one-shot stories in color featuring Warner Bros.-owned musical selections. Glen Banks March 03, 2020 1:12:09 pm Thank you for an amazing post! First cartoon scored by Bernard Brown and Norman Spencer. Also by 1936, Disney's exclusivity on the three-color Technicolor process was lifted, allowing Merrie Melodies a full color palette for the first time, hence the use of the blue concentric rings (as a technical test) for the rest of the 1935–36 season and the 1936–37 season. Field Mouse, Fiddling Mouse, Tax Collector, Gabby Goose, Hippo, Dole Promise, Who Dehr, Maestro Stickoutski, Lester Coward, Bette Savis, Little Oscar, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, St. Peter, Stepin Fetchit, The Heaven All-Stars, Satan, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Al Jolson, The Mills Brothers, Uncle Tom, Hound, Simon Legree, Little Eva, Narrator, Topsy, Eliza, Trader Drum, Indian Scout, Chief Rain in the Face, Gabby Goat, Porky Pig, Oil Land Hustler, Honest John, Conductor, Cholly Jam, Walter Snitchall, Public Enemy #1, Judge, Various Animals and Creatures, Mostly Dogs, Peter Parrot, Mama Parrot, Papa Parrot, Gabby Duckling, Petunia Pig, Porky Pig, Patrick Pig, Peter Pig, Percy Pig, Portis Pig, Lawyer Goodwill, Egghead, Little Red Riding Hood, Wolf, Granny, Porky Pig, Porky's Mother, Emperor Jones, The Gorgon, Sheriff, Posse, Mexican Bandito, The Terror, Pig Rider, Natives, Guard, Preacher, Vacuum Cleaner, Salesman, Queen, Emily the Chicken, Clem, J. Megga Phone, W.C. Fields, Walrus, Drunk Penguin, Dancing Penguin, M.C., Vocalists, Porky Pig, Sloppy Moe, Trail Boss, Injun Joe, Porky Pig, Black Fury, Penguin, Goosey, Silkworm, Town Crier, Praying Earth, Rip Van Winkle, Emily Host, Aladdin, Vocal Group, Old King Cole, W. C. Fields, Whistler's Mother, Heidi, Egghead, Cinderella, Fairy Godmother, Cuckoo Clock, Royal Guard, Porky Pig, Streamline the Dog, Rooster, Chickens, Travel Brochures, Flying Fish, Swimmers, Hungary Boys, Cook Island Thief of Bagdad, Pawnee Indians, Baby, Central America Bobbies, Mounties, Scotland Yard, Dude Ranch Hand, Lone Stranger, Lone Stranger's Horse, Sherlock Holmes, Singing Tibetan, Daffy Duck, I. M. Stupendous, Mark Von Hemburger, Rooster Actor, Assistant Directors, Katharine Hepburn, Chicken, Fat Lady, Egghead, Various Contestants, Audience with crushed feet, Hippo, Flea, Juliet Hen, Master of Ceremonies, Porky Pig, Porky's Boss, Flat Foot Flookey, Cop, Seabiscuit, City Slicker, Old Prospector, Old Timer, Driver, Scandinavian. First WB cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. This would last until 1935. Merrie Melodies is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ended in 1997. In 1943, Schlesinger began producing Looney Tunes in color as well, and the two series became virtually indistinguishable except by their theme music and opening titles – in addition, characters once exclusive to one series began regularly appearing in the other as well. This is an incomplete list of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters. First cartoon to use the zooming WB Shield on the bullseye rings opening. For example, the "Blue Ribbon" version of the Bugs Bunny short A Wild Hare was retitled The Wild Hare for reissue, along with some slight subtle edits (the original unaltered version has been released on LaserDisc, DVD and Blu-ray Disc). First Merrie Melodies cartoon. Daffy Duck, Hatta Mari, Pigeon 13, Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Narrator 8-14 Sep. 16, 1944 No First Looney Tunes cartoon produced by Eddie Selzer. 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