Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
This is a list of all theatrical animated shorts released by Warner Bros. Pictures under the Looney Tunes (LT) and Merrie Melodies (MM) banners between the years of 1940 and 1949.
A total of 306 shorts were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners during the 1940s.
Series overview
[edit]| Year | Shorts | Originally released | ||
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| First released | Last released | |||
| 1940 | 39 | January 6, 1940 (earliest known date) | December 21, 1940 | |
| 1941 | 41 | January 4, 1941 | December 27, 1941 | |
| 1942 | 39 | January 3, 1942 | December 12, 1942 | |
| 1943 | 28 | January 16, 1943 | December 11, 1943 | |
| 1944 | 27 | January 4, 1944 | December 30, 1944 | |
| 1945 | 18 | January 6, 1945 | December 18, 1945 | |
| 1946 | 25 | January 5, 1946 | November 23, 1946 | |
| 1947 | 22 | January 18, 1947 | December 13, 1947 | |
| 1948 | 33 | January 3, 1948 | December 18, 1948 | |
| 1949 | 34 | January 1, 1949 | December 31, 1949 | |
1940
[edit]| No. overall | No. in year | Title | Series | Directed by | Animated by | Recurring characters | Original release date [1] | Official DVD/Blu-Ray Availability | |
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| 272 | 1 | The Early Worm Gets the Bird | MM | Tex Avery | Robert Cannon | N/A (one-shot cartoon) | January 6, 1940[2] (earliest known date) | N/A | |
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One of three young birds in the Blackbird family wakes up at 5 a.m. to catch a worm. Story by Jack Miller | |||||||||
| 273 | 2 | Africa Squeaks | LT | Bob Clampett | John Carey & Dave Hoffman | Porky Pig | January 27, 1940 | DVD: Porky Pig 101 | |
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A "spot gag" cartoon set in continental Africa parodying the movie Stanley and Livingstone, with Porky Pig leading a tribe of Africans. | |||||||||
| 274 | 3 | Mighty Hunters | MM | Chuck Jones | Ken Harris | N/A (one-shot cartoon) | January 27, 1940 | N/A | |
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An adaptation of Jimmy Swinnerton's Canyon Kiddies from Good Housekeeping. Story by Dave Monahan | |||||||||
| 275 | 4 | Busy Bakers | MM | Ben Hardaway & Cal Dalton | Richard Bickenbach | N/A (one-shot cartoon) | February 10, 1940 | DVD: Brother Orchid (extra, unrestored) | |
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A local town baker is afraid of going out of business, so he gives a kind deed to an old man to keep his bakery running. Story by Jack Miller | |||||||||
| 276 | 5 | Ali-Baba Bound | LT | Bob Clampett | Vive Risto | Porky Pig | February 10, 1940 | DVD: Porky Pig 101 | |
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Porky Pig receives a message from Tattle Tale Gray about an attack on a fort in the Sahara Desert. Story by Melvin Millar | |||||||||
| 277 | 6 | Elmer's Candid Camera | MM | Chuck Jones | Robert McKimson | Elmer Fudd | March 2, 1940 | DVD: Golden Collection: Vol. 1 DVD: The Essential Bugs Bunny Blu-Ray/DVD: Platinum Collection: Vol. 2 Blu-Ray: Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection | |
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Elmer Fudd wants to take a picture of a rabbit with his camera, but the rabbit evades him from doing so. Story by Rich Hogan Notes:
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| 278 | 7 | Pilgrim Porky | LT | Bob Clampett | Norman McCabe | Porky Pig | March 16, 1940 | DVD: Golden Collection: Vol. 5 DVD: Porky Pig 101 | |
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Porky Pig leads the pilgrims from Plymouth to America. Story by Warren Foster | |||||||||
| 279 | 8 | Cross Country Detours | MM | Tex Avery | Paul Smith | N/A (one-shot cartoon) | March 16, 1940 | Blu-Ray: Collector's Choice: Vol. 2 | |
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A "spot gag" cartoon involving the wonders of nature in the United States. Story by Rich Hogan | |||||||||
| 280 | 9 | Confederate Honey | MM | Friz Freleng | Cal Dalton | Elmer Fudd | March 30, 1940 | DVD: Virginia City (extra, unrestored & censored) | |
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Elmer Fudd plays Ned Cutler, who participates in the American Civil War in 1861. Story by Ben Hardaway | |||||||||
| 281 | 10 | The Bear's Tale | MM | Tex Avery | Rod Scribner | N/A (one-shot cartoon) | April 13, 1940 | DVD: Golden Collection: Vol. 5 | |
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A comical recreation of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" crossing over with "Little Red Riding Hood". Story by Ben Hardaway | |||||||||
| 282 | 11 | Slap Happy Pappy | LT | Bob Clampett | John Carey & Izzy Ellis | Porky Pig Jack Bunny | April 13, 1940 | DVD: Porky Pig 101 | |
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Most of Eddie Cackler's children that hatch out of the eggs on Porky Pig's farm are girls, he has no luck of having a son. | |||||||||
| 283 | 12 | Porky's Poor Fish | LT | Bob Clampett | Dave Hoffman | Porky Pig | April 27, 1940 | DVD: Golden Collection: Vol. 4 DVD: Porky Pig 101 | |
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While the fish store's owner Porky Pig is out to lunch, the fish attempt to attack a cat that enters the store. Story by Melvin Millar | |||||||||
| 284 | 13 | The Hardship of Miles Standish | MM | Friz Freleng | Gil Turner | Elmer Fudd | April 27, 1940 | N/A | |
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Elmer Fudd plays messenger John Alden, who must give a letter to Miles Standish's love interest Priscilla Mullins while avoiding Indians that attack her house. Story by Jack Miller | |||||||||
| 285 | 14 | Sniffles Takes a Trip | MM | Chuck Jones | Phil Monroe | Sniffles | May 11, 1940 | DVD: Golden Collection: Vol. 6 (extra, unrestored) Blu-Ray/DVD: Mouse Chronicles (restored) | |
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Sniffles goes into the countryside hoping to enjoy nature there and escape city life. Story by Dave Monahan | |||||||||
| 286 | 15 | You Ought to Be in Pictures | LT | Friz Freleng | Herman Cohen | Daffy Duck Porky Pig | May 18, 1940 | DVD: Golden Collection: Vol. 2 Blu-Ray/DVD: Platinum Collection: Vol. 2 DVD: Porky Pig 101 | |
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Daffy Duck wants to be the top star of Warner Bros. Cartoons, so he tricks Porky Pig into asking Leon Schlesinger to release him from his contract. But Porky finds himself a stranger around the rest of the studio lot. Story by Jack Miller | |||||||||
| 287 | 16 | A Gander at Mother Goose | MM | Tex Avery | Charles McKimson | Porky Pig (cameo) | May 25, 1940 | DVD: Golden Collection: Vol. 5 | |
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A "spot gag" cartoon involving classic nursery rhymes. Story by Dave Monahan | |||||||||
| 288 | 17 | Tom Thumb in Trouble | MM | Chuck Jones | Robert Cannon | N/A (one-shot cartoon) | June 8, 1940 | DVD: Golden Collection: Vol. 5 | |
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Tom Thumb falls in water while his father is away, and a bird saves him. Tom's father mistakenly believes that the little bird who has just rescued his tiny son from drowning in the dishwater is attacking the boy and drives it away. Tom sets off to find the bird and gets lost in a fierce snowstorm. Story by Rich Hogan | |||||||||
| 289 | 18 | The Chewin' Bruin | LT | Bob Clampett | No | ||||