337 images (& sounds) of the Merrie Melodies cast of characters. Merrie Melodies are theatrical cartoon shorts produced by Warner Bros. from 1931 until 1936. While Hugh Harman directed the Looney Tunes shorts, Rudolf Ising directed the Merrie Melodies shorts. In addition to the change in formula, "I Haven't Got a Hat" would serve as the debut of the first Warner Bros. cartoon character to draw in audiences based on star power - Porky Pig. This is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, extending from 1929 through the present. Though a similar character called Happy Rabbit debuted in the WB cartoon Porky's Hare Hunt (1938) and appeared in a few subsequent shorts, the definitive character of Bugs is widely … For example, "A Wild Hare"'s re-release print is also 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". Background: Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969. 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). Some pristine prints of the original issues were obtained from the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1940 and 1949.. A total of 307 shorts were released during the 1940s. For the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD releases, WB 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. 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. The revised main title card began with the "zooming" WB logo, followed by the title logo set against a background featuring a "blue ribbon" (hence the re-release program's title) and a Grand Shorts Award trophy, followed by the name of the cartoon. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969) Warner Bros. Cartoons produced two series of animated shorts for commercial theatrical release, Looney Tunes (1930–1969) and Merrie Melodies (1931–1969). In the late 1930s, the animators were released from this obligation, and the Merrie Melodies shorts came to resemble more closely the black-and-white Looney Tunes series. The sister series to Warner's Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies were originally one-shot musical cartoon shorts before gradually featuring recurring characters. Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age p160. 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. Edit. Merrie Melodies is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. from 1931 to 1969, during the golden age of American animation. [1], Three of the Merrie Melodies shorts ("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?") Merrie Melodies was originally produced by Harman-Ising Productions from 1931 to 1933, and then Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. This is a listing of the shorts, in Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, extending from 1929 through 1969. Hittin' the Trail to Hallelujah Land is the only black-and-white short on the list while the other 10 are in color, and the only "Piggy" on the list. Apart from that, the other main difference was that in 1934, they began to make the Merrie Melodies shorts in color, whereas the Looney Tunes series remained black-and-white until 1943. Producer Leon Schlesinger had already produced one cartoon in the Looney Tunes series, based on music, and its success prompted him to try to sell a sister series to Warner Bros. His selling point was that the new cartoons would feature music from the soundtracks of Warner Bros. films and would thus serve as advertisements for Warner Bros. recordings and sheet music. Looney Tunes opening WB graphic used from 1964 to 1967.. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. \"The Booze Hangs High\" (Harman and Ising/Nov/6:3) 5. The name is a play on "Silly Symphonies". The ending title card was also revised (except for the 1943–44 season and half of the 1944–45 season of reissues, such as "A Wild Hare" and "I Love to Singa" when Schlesinger was still producing the cartoons and cartoons in the Merrie Melodies series originally released between September 1, 1944 and July 10, 1948), replacing the original versions. The songs are available on iTunes for 99¢. As with its sister series, Looney Tunes, it featured cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Elmer Fudd. Their success convinced Schlesinger to produce all future Merrie Melodies shorts in color as well. Photos of the Merrie Melodies (Short) voice actors. The policy annoyed the animators of Merrie Melodies, since the songs often interrupted the cartoons' momentum and pacing. List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, http://ssnpodcast.com/2016/07/01/whats-difference-looney-tunes-merrie-melodies, http://betterlivingtv.blogspot.com/2013/08/blue-ribbon-blues.html, Behind The Voice Actors - Merrie Melodies, https://looneytunes.fandom.com/wiki/Merrie_Melodies?oldid=233864. \"Congo Jazz\" (Harman and Ising/Sep/6:3) 3. If you haven't solved the crossword clue Merrie Melodies shorts yet try to search our … "Dangerous Dan McFoo" was the first cartoon to use this. Category page. Merrie Melodies is also the title of a segment in The Looney Tunes Show in which various characters sing songs. TV Shows. Goopy Geer was the last recurring character created by Harman-Ising, and he appeared in two shorts released in between the one-shot cartoons. Each cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series would be contractually obligated to include at least one full chorus from a Warner Bros. song. Since You Like / I Like, however, new songs aren't being released the day after the episode … Soundeffects Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. \"Hold Anything\" (Harman and Ising/Oct) 4. A group of elves secretly come at night to repair the shoes for him, timed to the tune of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. The contractual obligation to include at least one full chorus from a Warner Bros. song in a Merrie Melodies short was done away with in 1937. The first three shorts starred two characters named Foxy and Roxy, while the fourth and fifth starred two characters named Piggy and Fluffy. Altogether, 1,004 animated theatrical shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s through the 1960s. History Talk (0) All of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Cartoons Trending pages. 1. D&D Beyond Friz Freleng once said in an interview; "I never knew if a film I was making would be Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies, and what the hell difference would it make, anyway?". 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. These were also edited into the original negative as the titles cut to the credits instead of faded in. Duck Amuck (1953) (Short) Fast and Furry-ous; Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches (1968 Short) Chariots of Fur (1994 Short) Zip 'n Snort; Rabbit Fire (1951) (Short) Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. With the twin syndicated packages of Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies and Popeye, u.a.a. \"Sinkin' in the Bathtub\" (Harman and Ising/1st LT-Apr/3:2s) 2. Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [6], In 1934, Schlesinger produced his first color Merrie Melodies shorts, "Honeymoon Hotel" and "Beauty and the Beast", which were both produced in Cinecolor (Disney had exclusive rights to the richer Technicolor process). The studio agreed, and Schlesinger dubbed the series Merrie Melodies.Each cartoon in t… Merrie Melodies Openings And Closings (1931-1969) UPGRADED 2.0. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny (1980), Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980), Duck Dodgers: Attack of the Clones (2004), Eatin' on the Cuff (or 'The Moth Who Came to Dinner'), The Dover Boys at Pimento University (or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall), It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House. have been inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. As time went on, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies became indistinguishable save for their opening and ending theme songs. The final short part of the Merrie Melodies series would be "Injun Trouble". Hugh Harman later claimed that he did not want to work on the Merrie Melodies because he didn't like how the role of music played in the new series. See also Category:Looney Tunes shorts. : MPAA No. Starting with the 1947-48 animation season reissues, custom fonts for titles were used. 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. 1940s shorts in chronological order by release date Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, and the newly renamed Warner Bros. Cartoons continued production until 1963. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Shorts. [9] 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. Looney Tunes Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community.