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The Merrie Melodies Show
''The Merrie Melodies Show'' was an animated anthology television series released to syndication by Warner Bros. Television in 1972. Each half-hour episode featured three shorts from the '' Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' library, primarily those produced after 1960 and featuring Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester and Daffy Duck Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character created for Leon Schlesinger Productions by animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett. Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Mel .... This series is not to be confused with the Warners' later syndicated anthology '' Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends''. Episodes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Merrie Melodies Show American children's animated anthology television series 1970s American animated television series 1972 American television series debuts 1972 American television series endings 1970s American anthology telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank ; May 30, 1908July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Judy Canova, and his own short-lived sitcom. However, he became known worldwide for his work in the Golden Age of American Animation as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and numerous other characters from the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' theatrical cartoons. He later voiced characters for Hanna-Barbera's television cartoons, including Barney Rubble and Dino on '' The Flintstones'', Mr. Spacely on '' The Jetsons'', Secret Squirrel on '' Secret Squirrel'', and Captain Caveman on ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels''. Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is regarded as one of the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvester The Cat
Sylvester Pussycat, Sr. is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic tuxedo cat in the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. He appeared in 103 cartoons in the golden age of American animation, lagging only behind superstars Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. Three of his cartoons won Academy Awards, the most for any starring a Looney Tunes character: they are '' Tweetie Pie'', ''Speedy Gonzales'', and ''Birds Anonymous''. Animation history Development Sylvester predecessors appeared from 1939 to 1945. '' Naughty but Mice'' was the first, with the prototype appearing as a normal black cat. ''Notes to You'' was remade in color in one of Sylvester's cartoons, '' Back Alley Oproar''. ''The Hep Cat'' features another version, as well as '' Birdy and the Beast'', which features Tweety. Before Sylvester's appearance in the cartoons, Blanc voiced a character named Syl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Scent Of The Matterhorn
''A Scent of the Matterhorn'' is a 1961 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon written and directed by Chuck Jones (credited as M. Charl Jones). The short was released on June 24, 1961, and stars Pepé Le Pew. The title is a play on the phrase "ascent of the Matterhorn The (, ; it, Cervino, ; french: Cervin, ; rm, Matterhorn) is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the ...." Plot References External links * 1961 films 1961 animated films 1961 short films Looney Tunes shorts Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films Short films directed by Chuck Jones Pepé Le Pew films Animated films about cats Films set in the Alps Films scored by Milt Franklyn 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films 1960s English-language films {{looney-tunes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road To Andalay
''Road to Andalay'' is a 1964 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt. The short was released on December 26, 1964, and is one of the last shorts to feature Speedy Gonzales Speedy Gonzales is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fas ... and Sylvester. Plot Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester are chasing around. Speedy scares Sylvester and forces him to fall off the edge. In an attempt to capture Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester goes to the Pet Shop to get a secret weapon. Sylvester acquires a hunting bird, a falcon named Malcolm Falcon, with disastrous results. Malcolm gets upset with Sylvester so he pecked Sylvester's head. Sylvester tells Malcolm to save it. Speedy comes up to ask, "Hello Pussycats, what you got in the bag?" Sylvester answers by releasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daffy's Diner
''Daffy's Diner'' is a 1967 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on January 21, 1967, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales. It was the final Warner Bros. cartoon to be produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. Plot Daffy runs a diner near Guadalajara, serving mouseburgers with rubber mice as substitutes for actual mice, as he hasn't seen one in ages. However, one angry cat discovers the trick and demands a real mouseburger. So by gunpoint, Daffy goes to find a mouse. At this point, Daffy encounters Speedy, begging for food, who he tries to cook. The mouse discovers his intentions and escapes to the desert, with Daffy in hot pursuit. Daffy is foiled each time by Speedy running up a cactus A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honey's Money
''Honey's Money'' is a 1962 Merrie Melodies animated short featuring Yosemite Sam. The short was released on September 1, 1962. ''Honey's Money'' is a remake of the 1950s shorts '' His Bitter Half'' and ''Hare Trimmed''. In ''His Bitter Half'', Daffy marries a female duck for her money, but is thrown for a loop when his wife immediately becomes a nag and forces him to do housework and spend quality time with a son she did not previously reveal. The same basic situation appears in ''Honey's Money'', with Yosemite Sam in Daffy's place and some alternate gags. Additionally, the different personality and character design of son Wentworth—now an innocent, dim-witted, hulking child rather than a little brat—results in a different execution of the premise. Some features from ''Hare Trimmed'' are also included, but not the meddling of that short's rival, Bugs Bunny. Plot Sam learns that a local widow has inherited $5 million and plans to marry her, after which he plans to buy the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuts And Volts (film)
''Nuts and Volts'' is a 1964 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on July 20, 1964, and stars Speedy Gonzales Speedy Gonzales is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fas ... and Sylvester. Plot After getting tired of chasing Speedy Gonzales around the house, Sylvester decides to try a more modern-technology approach by using a hi-tech security system and a robot to hunt down and catch Speedy. Crew * Story: John Dunn * Animation: Gerry Chiniquy, Virgil Ross, Bob Matz, Art Leonardi, Lee Halpern * Layout: Hawley Pratt * Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin * Film Editor: Treg Brown * Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc * Music: Bill Lava * Produced by: David H. DePatie * Directed by: Friz Freleng Production This was the final original WB cartoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Ding Amigo
Swing or swinging may refer to: Apparatus * Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and forth * Pendulum, an object that swings * Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus * Sex swing, a type of harness for sexual intercourse * Swing ride, an amusement park ride consisting of suspended seats that rotate like a merry-go-round Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Swing'' (1938 film), an American film directed by Oscar Micheaux * ''Swing'' (1999 film), an American film by Nick Mead * ''Swing'' (2002 film), a French film by Tony Gatlif * ''Swing'' (2003 film), an American film by Martin Guigui * ''Swing'' (2010 film), a Hindi short film * ''Swing'' (2021 film), an American film by Michael Mailer Music Styles * Swing (jazz performance style), the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz * Swing music, a style of jazz popular during the 1930s–1950s Groups and labels * Swing (Canadian band), a Canadian néo-trad band * Swing (Hong Kong band), a Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Gone People
''Dog Gone People'' is a 1960 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon animated short directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on November 12, 1960 and features Elmer Fudd Elmer J.'' Hare Brush'' (1956) Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes''/'' Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon panthe .... Elmer is voiced by Hal Smith, as Arthur Q. Bryan had died the previous year. The main plot revolves around Elmer doing a favor to his boss by watching his dog, Rupert, during an out-of-town trip ... the catch being that Rupert behaves as though he is a human and expects to be treated accordingly, and that Elmer must do everything he can to not offend his guest or risk losing out on more than just a work promotion. Summary Elmer receives a phone call from his demanding boss, Mr. Crabtree, asking him to watch his dog, Rupert, while he goes on vacatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Boarders
''Mexican Boarders'' is a 1962 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on May 12, 1962, and stars Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester. Voice actors are Mel Blanc (doing the voices of Sylvester and Speedy), and Tom Holland as the narrator. The cartoon has Sylvester trying to catch Speedy in a house they share in Mexico. Sylvester switches targets when Slowpoke Rodriguez, Speedy's cousin, comes to visit. This is the second and final classic Looney Tunes short (after ''Mexicali Shmoes'') to feature Slowpoke Rodriguez. Plot Speedy Gonzales, "the fastest mouse in all Mexico", is living in the "fine hacienda of José Álvaro Meléndez" in an unnamed "big city" in Mexico where fellow resident Sylvester the Cat (dubbed "Sylverro Gato" here) is "the most pooped cat in all Mexico" from his futile attempts to catch Speedy. He eats pep pills for energy to catch the mouse, to no effect. Their pursuit is interrupted when Speedy's country cousin, Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pied Piper Of Guadalupe
''The Pied Piper of Guadalupe'' is a 1961 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on August 19, 1961, and stars Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester. It was nominated at the 34th Academy Awards in the category of Best Animated Short. Plot After being taunted and mocked by the mice in Guadalupe, Sylvester imitates the Pied Piper of Hamelin in an attempt to lure the mice of Mexico, so he can trap them in a jar. But his flute has no effect on Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all of Mexico, when he decides to rescue his friends, one by one. Synopsis Sylvester finds himself being constantly teased by the local mice as they outsmart him at every turn, going so far as to bonk him on the head with a two-by-four when he insults them, no matter how far away he is from their hole. Hoping to get even with them, Sylvester is inspired by a book based on the Pied Piper of Hamelin, and goes to take music lessons on the flute. Once he is well-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daffy's Inn Trouble
''Daffy's Inn Trouble'' is a 1961 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' theatrical cartoon directed by Robert McKimson and written by David Detiege. The short was released on September 23, 1961, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. Plot Daffy Duck and Porky Pig work in the hotel business on the western frontier. At the start of the cartoon we see Daffy sweeping the floor, and exclaiming his dissatisfaction for his job. When Porky calls Daffy over, and gives him a new broom as a present, Daffy throws his hat on the floor in disgust and resigns. Daffy then proceeds to build his own hotel business directly across the way from Porky. Porky looks on, exclaiming all that because he gave Daffy a present. Daffy does everything he can to persuade business to his new establishment, hanging signs reading 'Free Lunch', 'Free TV', 'We Give Plaid Stamps' and 'Western Spoken Here'. After Porky wishes Daffy luck, Daffy spots a customer whom he hastily invites to his newly built establishment. Upon h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
