"Mother Was a Rooster Mother was a Rooster is a ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg. Released October 20, 1962, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices are performed by Mel Blanc. It is the last-released cartoon scored by Milt Franklyn; Bill Lava would take over as composer for Looney Tunes cartoons starting with Good Noose until the cartoon department's closure in 1969. Late one night, Barnyard Dawg sneaks into an ostrich hatchery to steal an egg, to place it under Foghorn Leghorn and then get him to believe that he laid"
"in appearance, appears along with Pepé Le Pew in ""Odor of the Day"" (1948). Doggone Cats Doggone Cats (reissued as ""Dog Gone Cats""), is a 1947-released Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It stars Sylvester, his brother Alan (his official debut, and his only appearance until ""The Looney Tunes Show"") and a dog named Wellington. It was officially released in Cinecolor, but was reissued in Technicolor. Wellington the dog is given a package to deliver to Uncle Louie, with strict instructions not to let go of it. Sylvester and his brother Alan (although not officially named), both of"
"Doggone Cats Doggone Cats (reissued as ""Dog Gone Cats""), is a 1947-released Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It stars Sylvester, his brother Alan (his official debut, and his only appearance until ""The Looney Tunes Show"") and a dog named Wellington. It was officially released in Cinecolor, but was reissued in Technicolor. Wellington the dog is given a package to deliver to Uncle Louie, with strict instructions not to let go of it. Sylvester and his brother Alan (although not officially named), both of whom Wellington has been tormenting, see this as their chance to get even. They"
"Raw! Raw! Rooster! Raw! Raw! Rooster! is a ""Looney Tunes"" (reissued as Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies in 1961) cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn. Released in 1956, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and uncredited Daws Butler. The opening shows Foghorn Leghorn lounging in the barnyard, being fanned and serenaded by several hens, when a telegram arrives saying that his old college roommate, Rhode Island Red, will be paying him a visit. Red is voiced by Daws Butler, and is a takeoff on Jackie Gleason's ""Loudmouth"" character, Charlie Bratten (""Here's CHARLIE!!""). Foghorn"
"Sylvester the Cat Sylvester J. Pussycat Sr., usually called Sylvester, is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic Tuxedo cat in the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. Sylvester appeared in 103 cartoons in the golden age of American animation, only behind Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. Three of his cartoons won Academy Awards, the most for any starring Looney Tunes character: they are ""Tweetie Pie"", ""Speedy Gonzales"", and ""Birds Anonymous"". Sylvester predecessors appeared from 1939-1944. ""Naughty but Mice"" was"
"because he is in such a hurry. Red leaves as the bomb detonates, leaving Foghorn to finally getting his revenge on Red who returns and says to Foghorn: ""With a friend like you, I'll never need an enemy."" Raw! Raw! Rooster! Raw! Raw! Rooster! is a ""Looney Tunes"" (reissued as Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies in 1961) cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn. Released in 1956, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and uncredited Daws Butler. The opening shows Foghorn Leghorn lounging in the barnyard, being fanned and serenaded by several hens, when"
"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. It was not until 1945 that the two series appeared completely indistinguishable, and that Bugs appeared in more ""Looney Tunes"" than ""Merrie Melodies"". By 1937, the theme music for ""Looney Tunes"" was ""The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"" by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin and the theme music for ""Merrie Melodies"" was an adaptation of ""Merrily We Roll Along"" by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor (the"
"Hector the Bulldog Hector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. Hector is a muscle-bound bulldog with gray fur (except in ""A Street Cat Named Sylvester"" and ""Greedy for Tweety"", where his fur is yellowish) and walks pigeon-toed. His face bears a perpetual scowl between two immense jowls. He wears a black collar with silver studs. Hector (or a prototype) first appeared in 1945's ""Peck Up Your Troubles"", where he foils Sylvester's attempts to get a woodpecker. He made a second appearance in ""A Hare Grows in Manhattan"","
"are crazy, flashing rebus picture cards to the audience showing a screw with a ball, a cracked pot, a dripping faucet, bats in a belfry, etc. (a gag Bugs had done earlier when Elmer was freaking out after drinking the potion). This cartoon is found on Volume 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection. Hare Remover Hare Remover is a ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, released in 1946. The film was the second Bugs Bunny cartoon to be directed by Frank Tashlin at Warner Bros., the first being ""The Unruly Hare"" (1945). The title is another"
"the rhyme to comic effect. Several animated cartoon series have included pigs as prominent characters. One of the earliest pigs in cartoon was the character ""Piggy"", who appeared in four Warner Brothers' ""Merrie Melodies"" shorts between 1931 and 1937, most notably ""Pigs Is Pigs"". Piggy's character was rooted in the synonymy of pigs with gluttony. Warner Brothers later developed the character Porky Pig, who shared some of Piggy's character traits. Porky Pig was a prominent character in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, as well as made brief appearances in the films ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"" (1988) and """" (2003)."
"the ""Blue Ribbon Classics"" series of ""Merrie Melodies"". Bugs made a cameo appearance in 1942 in the Avery/Clampett cartoon ""Crazy Cruise"" and also at the end of the Frank Tashlin 1943 cartoon ""Porky Pig's Feat"", which marked Bugs' only official appearance in a black-and-white ""Looney Tunes"" short. Schlesinger sold his interest in the cartoon studio in 1944 to Warner Bros. and went into retirement; he would die five years later. More ""Looney Tunes"" characters were created (most of which first appeared in ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoons) such as Tweety (debuted in 1942's ""A Tale of Two Kitties""), Sylvester (debuted in 1945's"
"Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. Spike is a burly, gray bulldog who wears a red sweater, a brown bowler hat, and a perpetual scowl. Chester is a terrier who is just the opposite, small and jumpy with yellow fur and brown, perky ears. The characters starred in only two shorts, both directed by animator Friz Freleng. The first of these films was 1952's ""Tree for Two"". In it, Chester tells his idol Spike that he"
"gears in Granwich. He is a member of the studio audience in ""Sheep, Dog, 'n' Wolf"". Hector the Bulldog Hector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. Hector is a muscle-bound bulldog with gray fur (except in ""A Street Cat Named Sylvester"" and ""Greedy for Tweety"", where his fur is yellowish) and walks pigeon-toed. His face bears a perpetual scowl between two immense jowls. He wears a black collar with silver studs. Hector (or a prototype) first appeared in 1945's ""Peck Up Your Troubles"", where he foils Sylvester's"
"Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Though a similar character debuted in the WB cartoon ""Porky's Hare Hunt"" (1938) and appeared in a few subsequent shorts, the definitive character of Bugs is widely credited to have made his debut in director Tex Avery's Oscar-nominated film ""A Wild Hare"" (1940). Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray"
"recurring ""Merrie Melodies"" characters were retired, to be later replaced by such recurring characters as Sniffles the Mouse, Inki and the Mynah Bird, the Curious Puppies, and, on two occasions, Porky Pig (a character who was certainly more prevalent in the black and white Looney Tunes). Many of the Merrie Melodies nonetheless remained high-quality one-shot cartoons, until 1943, when the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies merged and became generic. Goopy Geer had a small role in the 1990s animated series ""Tiny Toon Adventures"" episode ""Two-Tone Town"" voiced by Robert Morse. Goopy, reprising his role as the happy-go-lucky pianist from his"
"""The Rattled Rooster"" was among the many Merrie Melodies shorts reissued under the Blue Ribbon label. It was reissued on October 22, 1955. The Rattled Rooster The Rattled Rooster is a 1948 Warner Bros. animated cartoon directed by Arthur Davis. In this short, a frustrated rooster attempts to catch a precocious worm. However, the tables turn when the rooster finds himself being chased by an amorous female rattlesnake. After reading about the ""early bird getting the worm"", a frustrated rooster attempts to beat his fellow fowls to the punch, but winds up being late for breakfast anyway. The only meal"
"Duck Cartoon Festival featuring Tick Tock Tuckered"". It also included as a bonus feature of the DVD ""My Reputation"", starring Barbara Stanwyck. Daffy Doodles Daffy Doodles is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, produced in 1945, and released in 1946. Daffy is the notorious ""moustache fiend"", bent on putting a mustache on every lip in sight, while Porky is a police officer intent on capturing Daffy. This cartoon is the first full-length cartoon that animator Robert McKimson directed. Mel Blanc provided the voices for the characters, and Warren Foster was the writer. A narrator"
"Acrobatty Bunny Acrobatty Bunny is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in 1946 as part of the ""Looney Tunes"" series, directed by Robert McKimson (his second), and starring Bugs Bunny and Nero the Lion. A circus is being set up just above Bugs' rabbit hole, causing much noise and vibration. The lion cage is set up directly above the hole, and the lion takes deep sniffs (alternatively yanking Bugs towards the hole or throwing him back) to determine that the animal below is Bugs. When the lion (whom Bugs eventually refers to as ""Nero"") roars again, Bugs comes to the surface"
"were created to (initially) appear exclusively in the ""Merrie Melodies"" series, such as Egghead (who became Elmer Fudd), Inki, Sniffles, and even Warner Bros.' most popular cartoon star, Bugs Bunny. 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. 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"
"Hubie and Bertie Hubie and Bertie are animated cartoon mouse characters in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. Hubie and Bertie represent some of animator Chuck Jones' earliest work that was intended to be funny rather than cute. All of their cartoons were given Blue Ribbon reissues. Jones introduced Hubie and Bertie in the short ""The Aristo-Cat"", first released on June 19, 1943. The plot of the cartoon would serve as the template for most future Hubie/Bertie outings: a character with some mental illness or degree of naïveté (here, a cat who doesn't know what"
"Sylvester Jr. Sylvester J. Pussycat Jr., or simply Sylvester Junior, is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. He was created by Robert McKimson. Junior first appeared in the 1950 short ""Pop 'im Pop!"", directed by Robert McKimson and eventually appeared in a total of 11 shorts in the Golden age. His voice was provided by Mel Blanc until his death in 1989, and later by Joe Alaskey, who died on February 3, 2016. He is the son of Sylvester the Cat. Physically, Junior is basically a miniature version of his father, having"
"The Lion's Busy The Lion's Busy is a ""Looney Tunes"" cartoon made in 1948 but not released until 1950 and re-issued in 1960 as Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies, written by Tedd Pierce and directed by Friz Freleng. It features Leo the Lion (who had previously appeared in ""The Lyin' Mouse"", ""Hold the Lion, Please"" and ""Acrobatty Bunny"") and Beaky Buzzard (who had previously appeared in ""Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid"" and ""The Bashful Buzzard""), both voiced by Mel Blanc. This cartoon is the first time Blanc voices Beaky due to Kent Rogers' death in 1944, and the final appearance of"
"Goofy Gophers The Goofy Gophers are animated cartoon characters in Warner Bros.' ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. The gophers, named Mac and Tosh, are small and brown with tan bellies and buck teeth. They both have British accents. Their names are puns on the surname ""Macintosh."" They are characterized by an abnormally high level of politeness. The Goofy Gophers were created by Warners animator Robert Clampett for the 1947 short film ""The Goofy Gophers"". Norm McCabe had previously used a pair of gophers in his 1942 short ""Gopher Goofy"", but they bear little resemblance to Clampett's characters."
"Foghorn Leghorn Foghorn J. Leghorn is a cartoon character that has appeared in ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoons for Warner Bros. Pictures. He was created by Robert McKimson and writer Warren Foster, and starred in 29 cartoons from 1946 to 1964 in the Golden Age of American Animation. All 29 of these cartoons were directed by McKimson. Foghorn Leghorn's first appearance was in the 1946 Henery Hawk short, ""Walky Talky Hawky"". The character is tied with the Tasmanian Devil as the most popular McKimson-created character . Foghorn's voice was created and originally performed by Mel Blanc and was later"
"he doesn't, either, then covers his mouth, followed by the iris out. The cartoon has not been officially released on DVD. However, it was included in the ""Golden Age of Looney Tunes"" LaserDisc/videocassette series. Additionally, it can often be found on low-quality VHS tapes and DVDs of various public domain cartoons, since the copyright on this film has not been renewed. The cartoon was reissued in the 1943-44 season and again in the 1952-53 season. The Early Worm Gets the Bird The Early Worm Gets the Bird is a 1938 produced, 1940 released Merrie Melodies cartoon supervised by Tex Avery"
"Gossamer (Looney Tunes) Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, orange monster. His rectangular body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth, with two hulking arms ending in dirty, clawed fingers. The monster's main trait is bright uncombed orange hair. He originally was voiced by Mel Blanc and has been voiced by Frank Welker, Maurice LaMarche, Joe Alaskey, Jim Cummings, and Kwesi Boakye. The word ""gossamer"" means any sort"
"refuses with the lie that the provision was in fact for a stampede of wild elephants and one baby zebra, whereupon a baby zebra follows the elephants through the room. Daffy proclaims ""And one baby zebra!"" and faints. This cartoon can be found, restored and with its original opening and closing title sequences, in the Fool Coverage Fool Coverage is a 1952 Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" cartoon (re-issued in the series Blue Ribbon ""Merrie Melodies"" while maintaining ""The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"" theme song in 1961), directed by Robert McKimson and featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. Daffy is an insurance"
"Super Stars"" sets and the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection: Plus various one-shots, specials and appearances in anthology comics like March of Comics, Top Comics and Dell Giant from various Western Publishing imprints. The numbering of the Dell issues generally includes 3-4 appearances in Dell's Four Color comics. Looney Tunes Looney Tunes is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation, alongside its sister series ""Merrie Melodies"". It was known for introducing Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Tweety, Sylvester,"
"the ""Merrie Melodies"" or ""Looney Tunes"" series. In the 1959-64 animation season, the closing titles were also replaced, except for a few (the ones originally released in the 1956-57 animation season). These cartoons can also be found as extras on DVDs of classic Warner Bros. films of the period: Merrie Melodies Merrie Melodies is an American animated cartoon series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. from 1931 to 1969, during the golden age of American animation. As with its sister series, ""Looney Tunes"", it featured cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd."
"first cartoon, meets the series' stars when they visit the ""black-and-white"" part of town. His appearance in this cartoon is updated somewhat and seems to be based on early promotional drawings where his fur is black rather than his actual cartoon appearances. Goopy Geer Goopy Geer is an animated cartoon character in the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons from Warner Bros. The character is a tall, lanky anthropomorphic dog with scruffy whiskers and long, expressive ears. In all of his animated appearances, Goopy is depicted as light colored, but in an early promotional drawing for his first"
"Lighthouse Mouse Lighthouse Mouse is a Warner Brothers ""Merrie Melodies"" animated cartoon featuring Sylvester the Cat, Hippety Hopper, a lightkeeper who speaks with a pronounced Scottish brogue, a loquacious parrot named Polly, and a very restless and mischievous mouse. First presented in 1955, it was written by Sid Marcus and directed by Robert McKimson, with voice characterizations provided by Mel Blanc. It is 11 o'clock at night at a lighthouse on a small island, and the clock's pendulum is intermittently deflecting the light from the beacon into a mouse-hole downstairs, keeping the resident mouse wide awake. The baggy-eyed rodent crawls"
"by Frank Marsales. This year marks the debut of the ""Merrie Melodies"" series. All Merrie Melodies cartoons are directed by Rudolf Ising, and all Looney Tunes cartoons after ""The Tree's Knees"" are directed by Hugh Harman. The cartoons star Bosko, Foxy, Piggy, and other characters. All the cartoons are scored by Frank Marsales. All cartoons are directed by Hugh Harman or Rudolf Ising. All cartoons are scored by Frank Marsales. All cartoons through ""Buddy's Day Out"" are scored by Frank Marsales. This year marks the beginning of production of color WB cartoons. For this year, most would still be in"
"with the rooster. Dawg also appeared in ""Space Jam"" as a member of the Tune Squad, and in """" playing cards with other dogs in Yosemite Sam's casino. In ""Baby Looney Tunes"", Dawg appears as a puppy who chases the cool roosters, until Foghorn Leghorn shows the cool roosters how to deal with dogs (through a game of fetch), and instead of joining them, just befriends Dawg. Barnyard Dawg first appeared in ""The Looney Tunes Show"" episode ""Fish and Visitor's"" Merrie Melodie's segment, ""Chickenhawk"" singing voice by Ben Falcone. He had a brief cameo at the end of the segment"