Pizzicato Pussycat
Rel 1/1/55 - Prod 1320 - Rel 2412 - MPAA 16138 - MM (Orange rings)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Virgil Ross, Manuel Perez - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: None.
Feather Dusted
Rel 1/15/55 - Prod 1295 - Rel 2413 - MPAA 16374 - MM (Orange rings)Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Rod Scribner, Phil DeLara, Charles McKimson, Herman Cohen - Layout: Robert Givens - Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
LT&MM incorrectly lists writing credit as Charles McKimson and Sid Marcus.
Video: "Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies", "The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 5".
Pests For Guests
Rel 1/30/55 - Prod ???? - Rel 2463 - Rel MPAA 16136 - MM - Blue RibbonDir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis, Manuel Perez, Ken Champin - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "Looney Tunes Assorted Nuts", "Elmer Fudd's School Of Hard Knocks", "The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 4".
Beanstalk Bunny
Rel 2/12/55 - Prod 1332 - Rel 2455 - MPAA 16895 - MM (Orange rings)Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story Michael Maltese - Anim: Ken Harris, Richard Thompson, Abe Levitow, Keith Darling - Layout: Robert Givens - Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl Stalling
In Bugs Bunny Show 1600.
Video: "Hare Beyond Compare: 14 More Bugs Bunny Classics", "Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues".
All Fowled Up
Rel 2/19/55 - Prod 1325 - Rel 2443 - MPAA 16372 - LT (Red rings)Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Charles McKimson, Sid Marcus - Anim: Phil DeLara, Richard Thompson, Keith Darling - Layout: Robert Givens - Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl Stalling
Video: "The Looney Tunes Video Show, No. 2", "LT:TCE - Canine Corps".
Stork Naked
Rel 2/26/55 - Prod 1326 - Rel 2457 - MPAA 16469 - MM (Orange rings)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Arthur Davis, Virgil Ross, Manuel Perez - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Excerpted In: The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special.
Video: "Duck Victory: Daffy Duck's Screen Classics", "Daffy Duck: Tales From The Duckside", "Superior Duck", "The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 5".
Lighthouse Mouse
Rel 3/12/55 - Prod 1328 - Rel 2456 - MPAA 16373 - MM (Orange rings)Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Sid Marcus - Anim: Phil DeLara, Charles McKimson, Herman Cohen, Rod Scribner - Layout: Robert Givens - Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 4".
Sahara Hare
Rel 3/26/55 - Prod 1343 - Rel 2466 - MPAA 16889 - LT (Orange rings)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Gerry Chiniquy, Ted Bonnicksen, Arthur Davis - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
New Looney Tunes theme music beginning with this cartoon.
Excerpted In: Friz Freleng's Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, Bugs Bunny's Easter Special.
Video: "Longitude And Looneytude: 14 Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites", "Yosemite Sam: The Good, The Bad, And The Ornery".
Sandy Claws
Rel 4/2/55 - Prod 1331 - Rel 2424 - MPAA 16896 - LT (Orange rings)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Arthur Davis, Warren Foster - Animation: Arthur Davis, Manuel Perez, Virgil Ross - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl Stalling
Additional Voice Characterizations: Bea Benaderet
Uses old Looney Tunes theme music.
Academy Award Nominee, 1954.
In Bugs Bunny Show 1576.
Video: "Stars Of Space Jam: Sylvester & Tweety".
The Hole Idea
Rel 4/16/55 - Prod 1330 - Rel 2468? - MPAA 16893 - LT (Orange rings)Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Sid Marcus - Animation: Robert McKimson - Layout And Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional VC: Robert C. Bruce, Bea Benaderet (not June Foray as listed in LT&MM).
Vitaphone Films gives release number of 2468 to both this film and Past Perfumance.
Video: "The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 2".
Ready, Set, Zoom!
Rel 4/30/55 - Prod 1327 - Rel 2470 - MPAA 16286 - LT (Orange Merrie Melodies rings)Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ben Washam, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson, Lloyd Vaughan, Ken Harris - Layout: Maurice Noble - Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard - Music: Carl Stalling
Video: "Road Runner Vs. Wile E. Coyote: If At First You Don't Succeed", "Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote: Crash Course".
Hare Brush
Rel 5/7/55 - Prod 1340 - Rel 2475 - MPAA 16472 - MM (Orange rings)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Ted Bonnicksen, Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
New Merrie Melodies theme music beginning with this cartoon.
Video: "Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers".
Past Perfumance
Rel 5/21/55 - Prod 1329 - Rel 2468? - MPAA 16898 - MM (Orange rings)
Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ken Harris,
Richard Thompson, Lloyd Vaughan - Layout: Robert Givens - Backgrounds:
Philip DeGuard - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional VC: Arthur Q. Bryan.
Vitaphone Films
gives release number of 2468 to both this film and The Hole Idea.
Video: "Pepe LePew's Skunk Tales", "A Salute To Mel Blanc", "LT:TCE
- The Vocal Genius".
Tweety's Circus
Rel 6/4/55 - Prod 1334 - Rel 2477 - MPAA 16470 - MM (Orange rings, old theme music)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy, Ted Bonnicksen - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "Looney Tunes Curtain Calls".
Rabbit Rampage
Rel 6/11/55 - Prod 1341 - Rel 2483 - MPAA 16897 - LT (Orange rings)Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ben Washam - Layout: Ernie Nordli - Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "Bugs Bunny: Big Top Bunny".
Lumber Jerks
Rel 6/25/55 - Prod 1305 - Rel 2487 - MPAA 16149 - LTDir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Arthur Davis, Virgil Ross, Manuel Perez - Effects Animation: Harry Love - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional VC: Stan Freberg.
LT&MM does not credit Harry Love.
Video: "Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies".
This Is A Life?
Rel 7/9/55 - Prod 1342 - Rel 2488 - MPAA 17254 - MM (Green rings)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Ted Bonnicksen, Arthur Davis - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional VC: Arthur Q. Bryan, June Foray.
Credits appear before title card for the first time.
Music on main title re-created for video release.
Footage Reuse From: A Hare Grows In Manhattan, Hare Do, and Buccaneer Bunny.
Excerpted In: Bugs Bunny's Mad World Of Television.
Video: "Yosemite Sam's Yeller Fever".
Double Or Mutton
Rel 7/23/55 - Prod 1343 - Rel 2491 - MPAA 17275 - LT (Green rings)Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Richard Thompson, Abe Levitow, Keith Darling, Ken Harris - Layout And Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "The Looney Tunes Video Show, No. 3".
Jumpin' Jupiter
Rel 8/6/55 - Prod 1338 - Rel 2510 - MPAA 16890 - MM (Green rings)Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ken Harris, Keith Darling, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson - Effects Anim: Harry Love - Layout: Robert Givens - Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl Stalling
Excerpted In: Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.
Video: "Looney Tunes After Dark", "Porky Pig Tales", "Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes".
A Kiddie's Kitty
Rel 8/20/55 - Prod ???? - Rel 2501 - MPAA 16887 - MMDir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy, Ted Bonnicksen - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: None.
Hyde And Hare
Rel 8/27/55 - Prod 1339 - Rel 2499 - MPAA 17056 - LT (Green rings)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Gerry Chiniquy, Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis, Ted Bonnicksen - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl Stalling
Video: "Looney Tunes After Dark".
Dime To Retire
Rel 9/3/55 - Prod 1333 - Rel 2511 - MPAA 16894 - LT (Green rings)Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Sid Marcus - Anim: Robert McKimson, Keith Darling - Layout: Robert Givens - Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Production number on main title incorrectly shown as 1133.
LT&MM incorrectly credits story to Charles McKimson and Sid Marcus.
Video: "Daffy Duck's Madcap Mania".
Speedy Gonzales
Rel 9/17/55 - Prod 1345 - Rel 2523 - MPAA 16888 - MM (Green rings)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Animation: Gerry Chiniquy, Ted Bonnicksen, Arthur Davis - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl Stalling
Academy Award Winner, 1955.
In Bugs Bunny Show 1589.
Video: "A Night At The Movies, 1955: Battle Cry", "A Salute To Friz Freleng", "LT:TCE - The Vocal Genius".
Knight-Mare Hare
Rel 10/1/55 - Prod 1349 - Rel 2522 - MPAA 17366 - MM (Green rings)Dir: Chuck Jones - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Ken Harris, Ben Washam, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson - Layout: Ernie Nordli - Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
For the first time, Jones takes screen credit as Chuck.
Video: "Bugs Bunny's Hare-Raising Tales".
Two Scent's Worth
Rel 10/15/55 - Prod 1377 - Rel 2524 - MPAA 17369 - MM (Green rings)Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Charles M. Jones - Anim: Keith Darling, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson, Ken Harris - Layout: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard -VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "The Looney Tunes Video Show, No. 2".
Red Riding Hoodwinked
Rel 10/29/55 - Prod 1346 - Rel 2528 - MPAA 17057 - LT (Green rings)Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy, Ted Bonnicksen - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner -VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional VC: June Foray.
Excerpted In: Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.
Video: "Wince Upon A Time: Foolhardy Fairy Tales And Looney Legends".
Roman Legion Hare
Rel 11/12/55 - Prod 1384 - Rel 2544 - MPAA 17370 - LT (Green rings)Dir: Friz Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner -VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
First cartoon to credit Freleng as Friz.
Excerpted In: Friz Freleng's Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.
Video: "Longitude And Looneytude: 14 Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites", "Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures".
Heir Conditioned
Rel 11/26/55 - Prod 1393 - Rel 2545 - MPAA 17383 - LT (Green rings)Dir: Friz Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Arthur Davis, Gerry Chiniquy, Virgil Ross - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner -VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
The second of the three Sloan Foundation-financed cartoons.
Additional VC: Daws Butler.
Video: "The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 6".
Guided Muscle
Rel 12/10/55 - Prod 1344 - Rel 2546 - MPAA 16896 - LT (Green rings)Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Richard Thompson, Ken Harris, Ben Washam, Abe Levitow - Layout: Phillip DeGuard - Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - Music: Carl Stalling
Video: "Road Runner Vs. Wile E. Coyote: If At First You Don't Succeed", "Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote: The Scrapes Of Wrath".
Pappy's Puppy
Rel 12/17/55 - Prod 1378 - Rel 2565 - MPAA ????? - MMDir: Friz Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Gerry Chiniquy - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Irv Wyner - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl Stalling
No MPAA number appears on credit title.
Video: None.
One Froggy Evening
Rel 12/31/55 - Prod 1335 - Rel 2547 - MPAA 16892 - MM (Green rings)Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson, Ken Harris, Ben Washam - Layout: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard - Music: Milt Franklyn
Assertions that Terence Monck was the voice of the frog have been disproven. The voice is actually that of singer Bill Roberts.
In Bugs Bunny Show 1580.
Excerpted In: Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.
Video: "Looney Tunes Curtain Calls", "A Salute To Chuck Jones", "LT:TCE - Musical Masterpieces".
Blue Ribbon reissues in 1955
Back Alley Oproar 2/5/55 #1377
Back Alley Oproar 2/5/55 #1377
You Were Never Duckier 2/26/55 #1369
House Hunting Mice 4/2/55 #1370
Crowing Pains 4/23/55 #1371
Hop, Look and Listen 6/4/55 #1373
Tweetie Pie 6/25/55 #1374
The Goofy Gophers 7/23/55 #1375
What's Brewin, Bruin? 8/20/55 #1372
1955-1956 season:
Doggone Cats 9/10/55 #1401?
Fair and Worm-er 10/22/55 #1401?
The Rattled Rooster 10/22/55 #1402
The Mouse-Merized Cat 11/26/55 #1404
The Foghorn Leghorn 12/24/55 #1405