This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by

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under the ''

Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series ''Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation.

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Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...

'' banners between 1930 and 1939, plus the pilot film from 1929 which was used to sell the ''Looney Tunes'' series to

Leon Schlesinger Leon Schlesinger (May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer who founded Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the Golden Age of American animation. He was a distant r ...

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A total of 270 shorts were released during the 1930s.

1929

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid ''Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid'' is a 1929 live-action/animated short film produced to sell a series of Bosko cartoons. The film was never released to theaters, and therefore not seen by a wide audience until 2000 (71 years later) on Cartoon Network' ...

'' is a live-action/animated short film starring a character named Bosko. The film was produced in May 1929, directed by

Hugh Harman Hugh Harman (August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982) was an American animator. He was known for creating the Warner Bros. Cartoons and MGM Cartoons and his collaboration with Rudolf Ising during the golden age of American animation. Career He ...

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Rudolf Ising Rudolf Carl Ising (August 7, 1903 – July 18, 1992) was an American animator best known for collaborating with Hugh Harman to establish the Warner Bros. and MGM Cartoon studios during the early years of the golden age of American animation. In ...

, and shown by the two to various distributors. In the film, a cartoonist (portrayed in live-action by Rudolf Ising) draws Bosko, who comes to life. Bosko speaks, sings, dances and plays the piano before the cartoonist sucks him into his ink pen and pours him back into the inkwell. Bosko pops out of the bottle and promises to return. The film is in the public domain. The film was first made viewable to the public on

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's television special ''Toonheads: The Lost Cartoons'' on March 12, 2000, in an edited form. The full cartoon is present on disc 4 of the '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1'' as a special feature.

1930

All cartoons are ''

'' starring

Bosko Bosko is an animated cartoon character created by animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. Bosko was the first recurring character in Leon Schlesinger's cartoon series and was the star of 39 ''Looney Tunes'' shorts released by Warner Bros. He ...

and are all directed and produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, along with Leon Schlesinger as associate producer. All cartoons are scored by

Frank Marsales Frank Alfred Marsales (31 August 188614 August 1975) was a Canadian composer best known for his work scoring many classic animated films by Warner Bros. Cartoons in the 1930s. He also worked with Walter Lantz Studios in the mid to late 1930s. ...

. All cartoons are in the public domain.

1931

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

, Foxy, Piggy, and other characters. All the cartoons are scored by

. All cartoons are in the public domain.

1932

All cartoons are directed by Hugh Harman or Rudolf Ising. All cartoons are scored by

1933

All cartoons through ''Buddy's Day Out'' are scored by

1934

This year marks the beginning of production of color WB cartoons. For this year, most would still be in black and white up until ''Rhythm in the Bow''. All cartoons are under copyright.

1935

All ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons are in 2-strip Technicolor until the end of the year, when the series adopts 3-strip

Technicolor Technicolor is a series of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...

as its new color process, starting with ''Flowers for Madame''.

1936

This year, the ''Merrie Melodies'' series adopts the iconic bullseye rings in its opening titles alongside a script "That's all Folks!" text starting with '' I Wanna Play House'' and later the " Merrily We Roll Along" theme song starting with ''

Boulevardier from the Bronx ''Boulevardier from the Bronx'' is a 1936 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on October 10, 1936. Plot Big-city baseball team with a cocky chicken pitcher named Dizzy Dan plays an exhibition ...

''.

1937

Starting this year, the ''Looney Tunes'' series adopts ''

The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" is a song written in 1937 by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin and published by Harms Inc., New York. It is best known as the theme tune for the ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon series and ''Merrie Melodies'' reissued cartoon ...

'' theme song starting with ''Rover's Rival''.

1938

1939

References

External links

Official Looney Tunes site
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