Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies Filmography (1970–present)
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This is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in the ''
Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside its spin-off series ''Merrie Melodies'', during t ...
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Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animated comedy short film series distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was part of the ''Looney Tunes'' franchise and featured many of the same characters. Originally running from August 2, 1931, to Septem ...
'' cartoon series, extending from 1929 through the present day. Altogether, 1,002 animated shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s through the 1960s (1000 official and 2 cut downs). From the beginning to the present day, 1,041 theatrical shorts have been created.


1920s–1930s

A total of 270 shorts were produced and released during the 1930s.
Additionally at least one short was produced in the 1930s, but never publicly released in theaters. A private Warner Bros end-of-year blooper reel with animated sequences featuring
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was included. This reel was never screened in theaters. A theatrical feature included an animated sequence featuring a Porky Pig lookalike.


1940s

A total of 307 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1940s. Additionally,
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was featured in a government-sponsored short for
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, but he also made a cameo appearance in two '' Private Snafu'' shorts, in one
Puppetoon ''Puppetoons'' is a series of animated puppet films made in Europe (1930s) and in the United States (1940s) by George Pal. They were made using replacement animation: using a series of different hand-carved wooden puppets (or puppet heads or limbs) ...
short, and in two Warner Bros. live-action features.


1950s

A total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1950s. There were no additional shorts produced during the decade.


1960s

A total of 147 shorts were released during the 1960s; additionally, an unaired television cartoon pilot featuring the Road Runner was theatrically screened instead.


1970s–present

Since the end of the regular production of the series in 1969, Warner Bros. has occasionally produced new ''Looney Tunes'' shorts that have been released theatrically.


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Television specials


See also

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Looney Tunes Golden Collection The ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection'' is a series of six four-disc DVD sets from Warner Home Video, each containing about 60 ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' animated shorts originally released from the 1930s to 1960s. The initial run of ...
'' * ''
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes ''The Golden Age of Looney Tunes'' is a collection of LaserDiscs released by MGM/UA Home Video in the 1990s. There were five sets made, featuring a number of discs, and each disc side represented a different theme, being made up of seven cartoon ...
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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, * ''Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist'' by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, * ''That's Not All, Folks!'' by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, (Softcover) (Hardcover) * ''Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons'', Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume (Softcover) (Hardcover)


External links

* The
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