Warner Bros. Cartoon Filmography
1958 | 1959 | 1960

Baton Bunny

Rel 1/10/59 - Prod 1466 - MPAA 18947 - LT (Blue rings)
Dir: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ken Harris, Richard Thompson, Ben Washam - Layout: Maurice Noble - Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
OMAM and TAF only credit Chuck Jones with Direction.
Video: "Looney Tunes Curtain Calls", "Bugs Bunny's Hare-Brained Hits", "Bugs Bunny: Big Top Bunny", "LT:TCE - Musical Masterpieces".

Mouse-Placed Kitten

Rel 1/24/59 - Prod 1488 - MPAA 18701 - MM (Blue rings)
Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Tom Ray, George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder - Layout: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: William Butler - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: None.

China Jones

Rel 2/14/59 - Prod 1473 - MPAA 18945 - LT (Blue rings)
Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Tom Ray, George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder - Layout: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: William Butler - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
This cartoon might no longer be shown on television due to liberal use of Chinese stereotypes.
Video: "Porky Pig Tales", "The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 5".

Hare-Abian Nights

Rel 2/28/59 - Prod 1495 - MPAA 18944 - MM (Blue rings)
Dir: Ken Harris - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ben Washam, Ken Harris - Layout: Samuel Armstrong - Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Footage Reuse: Bully For Bugs, Water Water Every Hare, Sahara Hare.
Video: None.

Trick Or Tweet

Rel 3/21/59 - Prod 1494 - MPAA 18941 - MM
Dir: Friz Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Art Davis, Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional Voices: Daws Butler.
Video: None.

The Mouse That Jack Built

Rel 4/4/59 - Prod 1520 - MPAA 18955 - MM (Blue rings)
Dir: Robert McKimson
Cast Of Characters: Jack Benny: Himself; Mary Livingston: Herself; Rochester: Himself; Don Wilson: Himself; The Maxwell: Mel Blanc.
Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Tom Ray, George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder - Layout: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: Bob Singer - Film Editor: Treg Brown - Music: Milt Franklyn
LT&MM does not list Tom Ray as Animator.
Video: None.

Apes Of Wrath

Rel 4/18/59 - Prod 1522 - MPAA 18953 - MM (Blue rings)
Dir: Friz Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Art Davis, Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Excerpted In: The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special, Bugs Bunny's Third Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.
Video: "Stars Of Space Jam: Bugs Bunny", "Taz's Jungle Jams".

Hot Rod And Reel!

Rel 5/9/59 - Prod 1524 - MPAA 18954 - LT (Blue rings)
Dir: Chuck Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Richard Thompson, Ben Washam, Keith Darling - Layout And Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard - Film Editor: Treg Brown - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "Stars Of Space Jam: Road Runner & Coyote".

A Mutt In A Rut

Rel 5/23/59 - Prod 1493 - MPAA 18948 - LT (Blue rings)
Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder, Tom Ray - Layouts: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: William Butler - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Uncredited VC: Arthur Q. Bryan, Daws Butler.
Video: None.

Backwoods Bunny

Rel 6/13/59 - Prod 1521 - MPAA 18959 - MM (Blue rings)
Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Warren Batchelder, Tom Ray, George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen - Layout: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: William Butler - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Uncredited VC: Daws Butler.
Video: "The Looney Tunes Video Show No. 4".

Really Scent

Rel 6/27/59 - Prod 1418 - MPAA 17896 - MM (Blue rings)
Dir: Abe Levitow - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ken Harris, Richard Thompson, Ben Washam - Layout: Samuel Armstrong - Backgrounds: Phil DeGuard - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional VC: June Foray.
Video: "Pepe LePew's Skunk Tales".

Mexicali Shmoes

Rel 7/4/59 - Prod 1496 - MPAA 18958 - LT (Blue rings)
Dir: Friz Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional VC: Tom Holland.
Academy Award Nominee, 1959.
Video: "The Looney Tunes Video Show, No. 1".

Tweet And Lovely

Rel 7/18/59 - Prod 1500 - MPAA 18961 - MM (Blue rings)
Dir: Friz Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis, Virgil Ross - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "Sylvester & Tweety's Crazy Capers".

Wild And Woolly Hare

Rel 8/1/59 - Prod 1499 - MPAA 18956 - LT (Blue rings)
Dir: Friz Freleng - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Excerpted In: Friz Freleng's Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.
Video: "Yosemite Sam: The Good, The Bad, And The Ornery!"

Cat's Paw

Rel 8/15/59 - Prod 1514 - MPAA 18960 - LT (Blue rings)
Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder, Tom Ray - Layouts: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: William Butler - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: None.

Here Today, Gone Tamale

Rel 8/29/59 - Prod 1530 - MPAA 19268 - LT (Blue rings)
Dir: Friz Freleng - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis, Virgil Ross - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies", "LT:TCE - A Looney Life (Friz Freleng)".

Bonanza Bunny

Rel 9/5/59 - Prod 1527 - MPAA 19252 - MM (Orange rings)
Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Tom Ray, George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder - Layouts: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: William Butler - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: None.
(From this point on, all cartoons have Orange rings.)

A Broken Leghorn

Rel 9/26/59 - Prod 1426 - MPAA 19206 - LT
Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder, Tom Ray, George Grandpre - Layout: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: William Butler - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Don Foster screwed up the title card: he left out the word "Layout" next to Robert Gribbroek's name, making him appear to be an animator.
Video: None.

Wild About Hurry

Rel 10/10/59 - Prod 1525 - MPAA 19253 - MM
Dir: Chuck Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson, Keith Darling, Ben Washam - Layout And Backgrounds: Phil DeGuard - Effects Anim: Harry Love - Film Editor: Treg Brown - Music: Milt Franklyn
Video: "LT:TCE - All Stars"

A Witch's Tangled Hare

Rel 10/31/59 - Prod 1439 - MPAA 19254 - LT
Dir: Abe Levitow - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Richard Thompson, Ken Harris, Ben Washam, Keith Darling - Layout: Owen Fitzgerald - Backgrounds: Bob Singer - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional VC: June Foray.
Video: "Bugs Bunny's Hare-Raising Tales".

Unnatural History

Rel 11/14/59 - Prod 1471 - MPAA 18962 - MM
Dir: Abe Levitow - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ben Washam, Richard Thompson, Keith Darling - Layout And Backgrounds: Bob Singer - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Narrator: Ed Prentiss
Video: None.

Tweet Dreams

Rel 12/5/59 - Prod 1529 - LT
Dir: Friz Freleng - Story: Friz Freleng, Warren Foster - Anim: Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis, Virgil Ross - Layout: Hawley Pratt - Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
No MPAA number appears onscreen.
Video: None.

People Are Bunny

Rel 12/19/59 - Prod 1537 - MPAA 19256 - MM
Dir: Robert McKimson - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder, Tom Ray, George Grandpré - Layout: Robert Gribbroek - Backgrounds: William Butler - Film Editor: Treg Brown - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Milt Franklyn
Additional VC: Daws Butler. Frank Nelson is erroneously credited in LT&MM, but it seems to be Blanc doing a Nelson impression.
Video: "A Night At The Movies 1959: The Young Philadelphians".

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