Warner Bros. Cartoon Filmography
1958 | 1959 | 1960

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Baton Bunny

Rel 1/10/59 - Prod 1466 - Rel 2859 - 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 - Orchestrations: Milt Franklyn  (music is from Franz von Suppe's "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna")
OMAM and TAF only credit Chuck Jones with Direction.

Mouse-Placed Kitten

Rel 1/24/59 - Prod 1488 - Rel 2862 - 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

China Jones

Rel 2/14/59 - Prod 1473 - Rel 2861 - 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
No longer shown on television due to liberal use of Chinese stereotypes.

Hare-Abian Nights

Rel 2/28/59 - Prod 1495 - Rel 2863 - 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.

Trick Or Tweet

Rel 3/21/59 - Prod 1494 - Rel 2866 - 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.

The Mouse That Jack Built

Rel 4/4/59 - Prod 1520 - Rel 2875 - 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.

Apes Of Wrath

Rel 4/18/59 - Prod 1522 - Rel 2876 - 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.

Hot Rod And Reel!

Rel 5/9/59 - Prod 1524 - Rel 2880 - 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

A Mutt In A Rut

Rel 5/23/59 - Prod 1493 - Rel 2871 - 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.

Backwoods Bunny

Rel 6/13/59 - Prod 1521 - Rel 2883 - 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.

Really Scent

Rel 6/27/59 - Prod 1418 - Rel 2872 - 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.

Mexicali Shmoes

Rel 7/4/59 - Prod 1496 - Rel 2881 - 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.

Tweet And Lovely

Rel 7/18/59 - Prod 1500 - Rel 2893 - 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

Wild And Woolly Hare

Rel 8/1/59 - Prod 1499 - Rel 2894 - 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

Cat's Paw

Rel 8/15/59 - Prod 1514 - Rel 2896 - 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

Here Today, Gone Tamale

Rel 8/29/59 - Prod 1530 - Rel 2895 - 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

Bonanza Bunny

Rel 9/5/59 - Prod 1527 - Rel 2897 - 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
(From this point on, all cartoons have Orange rings.)

A Broken Leghorn

Rel 9/26/59 - Prod 1426 - Rel 2899 - 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.

Wild About Hurry

Rel 10/10/59 - Prod 1525 - Rel 2900 - 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

A Witch's Tangled Hare

Rel 10/31/59 - Prod 1439 - Rel 2901 - 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.

Unnatural History

Rel 11/14/59 - Prod 1471 - Rel 2902 - 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

Tweet Dreams

Rel 12/5/59 - Prod 1529 - Rel 2914 - MPAA ????? - 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.

People Are Bunny

Rel 12/19/59 - Prod 1537 - Rel 2909 - 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
  Blue Ribbon Reissues: The Final Batch
These were reissued between 1959 and 1964 and are in original release order. Reissue dates not known.
Hot Cross Bunny
Knights Must Fall
The Grey-Hounded Hare
Often an Orphan
Bye, Bye Bluebeard
Rabbit Hood
A Ham in a Role
Hurdy Gurdy Hare
The Lion's Busy
Homeless Hare
Strife with Father
8 Ball Bunny
The Ducksters
Putty Tat Trouble
Bunny Hugged
A Bone for a Bone
A Hound for Trouble
Early to Bet
Rabbit Fire
Room and Bird
Chow Hound
French Rarebit
The Wearing of the Grin
Leghorn Swoggled
His Hare Raising Tale
Cheese Chasers
Lovelorn Leghorn
Tweety's SOS
Ballot Box Bunny
A Bear for Punishment
Sleepy Time Possum
Drip-along Daffy
Big Top Bunny
Tweet Tweet Tweety
The Prize Pest
Who's Kitten Who?
Feed the Kitty
Gift Wrapped
Thumb Fun
14 Carrot Rabbit
Little Beau Pepe
Kiddin' the Kitten
Sock-A-Doodle Do
Beep Beep
Ain't She Tweet
Cracked Quack
A Bird in a Guilty Cage
Fool Coverage
Upswept Hare
A Peck o' Trouble
Fowl Weather
Muscle Tussle
Cat-Tails for Two
Easy Peckins
Dog Pounded
No Barking
Design for Leaving
Satan's Waitin'
Gone Batty
From A to Z-z-z-z-z
Pests for Guests
Weasel Stop
The High and the Flighty
Raw! Raw! Rooster
Yankee Dood It
Fox Terror
Tabasco Road
Birds Anonymous
Greedy for Tweety

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