Tag Archives: Merrie Melodies

The Fifth-Column Mouse (1943) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series

Fifth-Column Mouse

CotD: Friz gives us his ver­sion of an old Harmon-Ising style car­toon with “The Fifth-Column Mouse” updated to World War II themes.

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Duck Amuck (1949) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series

Duck Amuck (1949) - Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: Daffy Duck’s tour de force, “Duck Amuck ” is one of his most mem­o­rable car­toons, and one of Chuck Jones’ great­est shorts.

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Ali Baba Bunny (1957) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series

Ali Baba Bunny  (1957) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: A car­toon ver­sion of the Hope/Crrosby Buddy pic­tures “Ali Baba Bunny ” paired Bugs against Daffy… and any­one knows who will win that match up.

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Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs (1943) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs (1943) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: Part war film and part Dis­ney send up, “Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs” is funny enough and sure to offend, but too good a short to be ignored.
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Big Top Bunny (1951) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series

Big Top Bunny (1951) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: Is Bruno the best act in the cir­cus? Watch “Big Top Bunny” and see who gets the last laugh!

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Transylvania 6–5000 (1963) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series

Transylvania 6-5000 (1963) - Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: Com­ing out about a month to late (for Hal­loween!) “Tran­syl­va­nia 6–5000″ was a great foray into hor­ror by Mr. Jones and pal Bugs.

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Bedtime For Sniffles (1940) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Bedtime For Sniffles (1940) - Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: One of Chuck Jones’ first major char­ac­ters, Snif­fles from “Bed­time For Snif­fles”, was voiced by a mys­tery woman.

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Inki And The Minah Bird (1943) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Inki And The Minah Bird (1943) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: Prob­a­bly one of the least polit­i­cally cor­rect Warner Bros. car­toon, “Inki And The Minah Bird” had a char­ac­ter that re-occurred in four other shorts, too.
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Rhapsody Rabbit (1946) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Rhapsody Rabbit (1946) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: One of the most enig­matic mys­ter­ies in ani­ma­tion: which came first, “Rhap­sody Rab­bit” or MGM’s The Cat Con­certo.

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The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series


The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: “The Hare-Brained Hyp­no­tist” is quite a scary tale for your Hal­loween plea­sure– Enjoy!
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Falling Hare (1943) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Falling Hare (1943) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: Falling Hare” is a rare WB car­toon indeed; The only Bugs Bunny car­toon to fall through the cracks and lose its copy­right protection.

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Bugs Bunny’s Howl-Oween Special (1978) — Warner Bros. Animated TV Special


Bugs Bunny's Howl-Oween Warner Bros. Animated TV Special

CotD: Its that time of year and Bugs Bunny is cel­e­brat­ing the sea­son in 1978’s “Bugs Bunny’s Howl-Oween Spe­cial

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Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: I do not like always post­ing old WB car­toons, but “Bye, Bye Blue­beard” is an Art Davis car­toon, and I will always post an Arty Cartoon!

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Mad As A Mars Hare (1963) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Mad As A Mars Hare (1963) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: Dis­ney took on Rud­yard Kipling in “Mad As A Mars Hare”, the last fea­ture film Walt Dis­ney actively oversaw.

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Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1931) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series

Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1931) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: The final entry in the three car­toon series, “Duck! Rab­bit, Duck!” we ulti­mately dis­cover its Base­ball season…

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