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 145 shorts were released during the 1960s. Excluding the two Road Runner cuttowns by Format Films as they didn't include any new content.
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 | January 9, 1960 |
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West of the Pesos | MM | Robert McKimson | Speedy, Sylvester | 1534 | January 23, 1960 |
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Horse Hare | LT | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1539 | February 13, 1960 |
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Wild Wild World | MM | Robert McKimson | 1528 | February 27, 1960 | |||
Goldimouse and the Three Cats | LT | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Sylvester Junior | 1535 | Mar 15, 1960 |
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Person to Bunny | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 1523 | April 1, 1960 |
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Who Scent You? | LT | Chuck Jones | Pepé, Penelope | 1492 | April 23, 1960 | ||
Hyde and Go Tweet | MM | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety | 1526 | May 14, 1960 |
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Rabbit's Feat | LT | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Wile E. | 1532 | June 4, 1960 |
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Crockett-Doodle-Do | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Egghead Jr. | 1531 | June 25, 1960 | ||
Mouse and Garden | LT | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Sam Cat | 1538 | July 16, 1960 |
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Ready, Woolen and Able | MM | Chuck Jones | Ralph and Sam | 1519 | July 30, 1960 |
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Mice Follies | LT | Robert McKimson | The Honey-Mousers | 1542 | August 20, 1960 |
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From Hare to Heir | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1548 | September 3, 1960 |
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The Dixie Fryer | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Pappy & Elvis | 1540 | September 24, 1960 |
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Hopalong Casualty | LT | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1545 | October 8, 1960 |
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Trip for Tat | MM | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1541 | October 29, 1960 |
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Dog Gone People | MM | Robert McKimson | Elmer | 1547 | November 12, 1960 | ||
High Note | LT | Chuck Jones | 1480 | December 3, 1960 |
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Lighter Than Hare | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1553 | December 17, 1960 | ||
1961
Title | Series | Director | Characters | Production Number | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Cannery Woe | LT | Robert McKimson | Speedy, Sylvester | 1544 | January 7, 1961 |
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Zip 'N Snort | MM | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1498 | January 21, 1961 |
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Hoppy Daze | LT | Robert McKimson | Hippety, Sylvester | 1549 | February 11, 1961 | ||
The Mouse on 57th Street | MM | Chuck Jones | 1543 | February 25, 1961 | |||
Strangled Eggs | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Henery, Prissy | 1546 | March 18, 1961 | ||
Birds of a Father | LT | Robert McKimson | Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. | 1559 | April 1, 1961 | ||
D' Fightin' Ones | MM | Friz Freleng | Sylvester | 1555 | April 22, 1961 | ||
The Abominable Snow Rabbit | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Dir: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Daffy, Hugo | 1551 | May 20, 1961 |
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Lickety-Splat | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Abe Levitow |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1573 | June 3, 1961 |
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A Scent of the Matterhorn | LT | Chuck Jones (credited as M. Charl Jones) | Pepé, Penelope | 1552 | June 24, 1961 |
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Rebel Without Claws | LT | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety | 1562 | July 15, 1961 |
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Compressed Hare | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Wile E. | 1557 | July 29, 1961 |
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The Pied Piper of Guadalupe | LT | Friz Freleng
Co-Dir: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester | 1554 | August 19, 1961 |
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Prince Violent | LT | Friz Freleng
Co-Dir: Hawley Pratt |
Bugs, Sam | 1566 | September 2, 1961 |
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Daffy's Inn Trouble | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Porky | 1560 | September 23, 1961 | ||
What's My Lion? | LT | Robert McKimson | Elmer, Pete Puma (Rocky the Mountain Lion) | 1564 | October 21, 1961 |
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Beep Prepared | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1607 | November 11, 1961 |
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The Last Hungry Cat | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1569 | December 2, 1961 | ||
Nelly's Folly | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Directors: Maurice Noble & Abe Levitow |
1558 | December 30, 1961 |
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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 | January 20, 1962 | ||
A Sheep in the Deep | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Ralph and Sam | 1563 | February 10, 1962 |
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Fish and Slips | LT | Robert McKimson | Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. | 1567 | March 10, 1962 | ||
Quackodile Tears | MM | Art Davis | Daffy | 1582 | March 31, 1962 |
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Crows' Feat | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Elmer (cameo), Jose & Manuel | 1561 | April 21, 1962 | ||
Mexican Boarders | LT | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester, Slowpoke Rodriguez | 1570 | May 12, 1962 |
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Bill of Hare | MM | Robert McKimson | Bugs, Taz | 1612 | June 9, 1962 |
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Zoom at the Top | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1574 | June 30, 1962 |
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The Slick Chick | LT | Robert McKimson | Foghorn | 1577 | July 21, 1962 |
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Louvre Come Back to Me! | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Pepé, Penelope, Claude | 1572 | August 18, 1962 |
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Honey's Money | MM | Friz Freleng | Sam | 1583 | September 1, 1962 |
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The Jet Cage | LT | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1609 | September 22, 1962 |
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Mother Was a Rooster | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Barnyard Dawg | 1571 | October 20, 1962 |
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Good Noose | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy | 1565 | November 10, 1962 | ||
Shishkabugs | LT | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1615 | December 8, 1962 | ||
Martian Through Georgia | LT | Chuck Jones & Abe Levitow
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
1556 | December 29, 1962 |
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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 | January 19, 1963 | |||
Devil's Feud Cake | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Sam | 1653 | February 9, 1963 |
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Fast Buck Duck | MM | Robert McKimson
Co-Director: Ted Bonnicksen |
Daffy, Hector (Percy) | 1617 | March 9, 1963 |
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The Million Hare | LT | Robert McKimson | Bugs, Daffy | 1610 | April 6, 1963 | ||
Mexican Cat Dance | LT | Friz Freleng | Speedy, Sylvester, El Toro | 1614 | April 20, 1963 |
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Now Hear This | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
1611 | April 27, 1963 |
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Woolen Under Where | MM | Phil Monroe and Richard Thompson | Ralph and Sam | 1620 | May 11, 1963 |
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Hare-Breadth Hurry | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Wile E. | 1663 or 1616 | June 8, 1963 | ||
Banty Raids | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn, Barnyard Dawg | 1613 | June 29, 1963 |
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Chili Weather | MM | Friz Freleng | Speedy, Sylvester | 1650 | August 17, 1963 |
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The Unmentionables | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Rocky and Mugsy | 1622 | September 7, 1963 |
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Aqua Duck | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy | 1619 | September 28, 1963 |
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Mad as a Mars Hare | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Marvin | 1667 | October 19, 1963 |
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Claws in the Lease | MM | Robert McKimson | Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. | 1654 | November 9, 1963 | ||
Transylvania 6-5000 | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Count Blood Count, Witch Hazel (cameo) | 1621 | November 30, 1963 |
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To Beep or Not to Beep | MM | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1608 | December 28, 1963 |
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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 | January 18, 1964 | ||
A Message to Gracias | LT | Robert McKimson | Speedy, Sylvester | 1652 | February 8, 1964 |
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Bartholomew Versus the Wheel | MM | Robert McKimson | 1661 | February 29, 1964 |
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Freudy Cat | LT | Robert McKimson | Hippety, Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. | 1657 | March 14, 1964 | ||
Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare | MM | Robert McKimson | Bugs, Taz | 1665 | March 28, 1964 |
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Nuts and Volts | LT | Friz Freleng | Speedy, Sylvester | 1651 | April 25, 1964 |
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The Iceman Ducketh | LT | Phil Monroe
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Bugs, Daffy | 1668 | May 16, 1964 | ||
War and Pieces | LT | Chuck Jones
Co-Director: Maurice Noble |
Wile E. and Road Runner | 1660 | June 6, 1964 |
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Hawaiian Aye Aye | MM | Gerry Chiniquy | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1662 | June 27, 1964 |
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False Hare | LT | Robert McKimson | Bugs, Foghorn (cameo) | 1669 | July 16, 1964 |
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Señorella and the Glass Huarache | LT | Hawley Pratt | 1606 | August 1, 1964 |
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Pancho's Hideaway | LT | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy. Yosemite Sam (Pancho Vanilla) | No Number | October 24, 1964 |
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Road To Andalay | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester | No Number | December 26, 1964 |
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! | LT | Chuck Jones (uncredited) | Wile E. and Road Runner, Ralph Phillips | January 1, 1965 |
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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 | January 16, 1965 |
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Cats and Bruises | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester | January 30, 1965 |
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Road Runner a Go-Go | MM | Chuck Jones (uncredited) | Wile E. and Road Runner | February 1, 1965 |
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Wild Chase, The | MM | Friz Freleng
Co-Director: Hawley Pratt |
Speedy, Sylvester, Wile E. and Road Runner | February 27, 1965 |
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Moby Duck | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | March 27, 1965 | ||
Assault and Peppered | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | April 24, 1965 |
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Well Worn Daffy | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | May 22, 1965 | ||
Suppressed Duck | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy | June 18, 1965 | ||
Corn on the Cop | MM | Irv Spector | Daffy, Granny, Porky | July 24, 1965 | ||
Rushing Roulette | MM | Robert McKimson | Wile E. and Road Runner | July 31, 1965 | ||
Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | August 21, 1965 |
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Tease for Two | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Goofy Gophers | August 28, 1965 | ||
Tired and Feathered | LT | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | September 18, 1965 |
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Boulder Wham! | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | October 9, 1965 |
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Chili Corn Corny | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | October 23, 1965 | ||
Just Plane Beep | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | October 30, 1965 |
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Hairied and Hurried | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | November 13, 1965 |
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Go Go Amigo | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | November 20, 1965 | ||
Highway Runnery | LT | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | December 11, 1965 |
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Chaser on the Rocks | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E. and Road Runner | December 25, 1965 |
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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 | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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The Astroduck | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | January 1, 1966 |
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Shot and Bothered | LT | Rudy Larriva | Wile E., Road Runner | January 8, 1966 |
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Out and Out Rout | MM | Rudy Larriva | Wile E., Road Runner | January 29, 1966 |
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Mucho Locos | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy, Porky Pig (cameo) | February 5, 1966 |
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The Solid Tin Coyote | LT | Rudy Larriva | Wile E., Road Runner | February 19, 1966 |
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Mexican Mousepiece | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | February 26, 1966 | ||
Clippety Clobbered | LT | Rudy Larriva | Wile E., Road Runner | March 12, 1966 | ||
Daffy Rents | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | March 26, 1966 |
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A-Haunting We Will Go | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy, Witch Hazel | Apr 16, 1966 |
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Snow Excuse | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | May 21, 1966 |
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A Squeak in the Deep | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | July 19, 1966 |
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Feather Finger | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | August 20, 1966 | ||
Swing Ding Amigo | LT | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy | September 17, 1966 | ||
Sugar and Spies | LT | Robert McKimson | Wile E., Road Runner | November 5, 1966 | ||
A Taste of Catnip | MM | Robert McKimson | Daffy, Speedy, Sylvester, Hector (cameo) | December 3, 1966 |
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, Sam 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 | Director | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Daffy's Diner | MM | Robert McKimson | January 21, 1967 | Daffy, Speedy | ||
Quacker Tracker | LT | Rudy Larriva | April 29, 1967 | Daffy, Speedy |
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The Music Mice-Tro | MM | Rudy Larriva | May 27, 1967 | Daffy, Speedy |
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The Spy Swatter | LT | Rudy Larriva | June 24, 1967 | Daffy, Speedy, Sam cat |
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Speedy Ghost to Town | MM | Alex Lovy | July 29, 1967 | Daffy, Speedy |
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Rodent to Stardom | LT | Alex Lovy | September 23, 1967 | Daffy, Speedy | ||
Go Away Stowaway | MM | Alex Lovy | September 30, 1967 | Daffy, Speedy | ||
Cool Cat | LT | Alex Lovy | October 14, 1967 | Cool Cat, Colonel Rimfire |
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Merlin the Magic Mouse | MM | Alex Lovy | November 18, 1967 | Merlin, Second Banana, Sam cat |
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Fiesta Fiasco | LT | Alex Lovy | December 9, 1967 | 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 | January 13, 1968 | ||
Norman Normal | N/A | Alex Lovy | February 3, 1968 |
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Big Game Haunt | MM | Alex Lovy | Cool Cat, Colonel Rimfire | February 10, 1968 | ||
Skyscraper Caper | LT | Alex Lovy | Daffy, Speedy | March 9, 1968 | ||
Hippydrome Tiger | LT | Alex Lovy | Cool Cat, Colonel Rimfire | March 30, 1968 | ||
Feud with a Dude | MM | Alex Lovy | Merlin & Second Banana | May 25, 1968 | ||
See Ya Later Gladiator | LT | Alex Lovy | Daffy, Speedy | June 29, 1968 | ||
3 Ring Wing Ding | LT | Alex Lovy | Cool Cat, Colonel Rimfire | August 24, 1968 | ||
Flying Circus | LT | Alex Lovy | September 14, 1968 | |||
Chimp and Zee | MM | Alex Lovy | October 12, 1968 | |||
Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches) | LT | Robert McKimson | Bunny and Claude | November 9, 1968 |
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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 | Director | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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The Great Carrot Train Robbery | MM | Robert McKimson | Bunny and Claude | January 25, 1969 | ||
Fistic Mystic | LT | Robert McKimson | Merlin & Second Banana | March 29, 1969 |
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Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too | LT | Robert McKimson | Rapid Rabbit and Quick Brown Fox | June 7, 1969 |
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Shamrock and Roll | MM | Robert McKimson | Merlin & Second Banana | June 28, 1969 | ||
Bugged by a Bee | LT | Robert McKimson | Cool Cat | July 26, 1969 | ||
Injun Trouble | MM | Robert McKimson | Cool Cat | September 20, 1969 | ||
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
- Official website
- 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