Warner Bros. Cartoon Miscellany

“Son Of A Bitch!”

A Warner Bros. blooper reel entry circa 1941 that features Porky Pig, in black-and-white, as a carpenter hammering nails. Porky hits his hand with the hammer and stutters “Son of a b-b-b-b... son of a gun! Hahaha! Bet you thought I’d say ‘Son of a bitch’, didn’t ya!”

Bugs Bunny Bond Rally

Commissioned in late 1941 and premiering in early 1942, this quickie cartoon (about two minutes in length) features Bugs Bunny singing the Irving Berlin tune “Any Bonds Today?” and dancing with two characters making a rare joint appearance: Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd. Supervised by Robert Clampett, with animation by Rod Scribner, Robert McKimson and Virgil Ross. Video: “The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4”, “Shokus Vol. 5: Racial Cartoons”, “Favorite Cartoon Series Vol. 2: Black Exploitation”, “Inside Termite Terrace, Vol. 2: Tokio Jokio”, “Toons At War”, “Cartoons For Victory”.

Point Rationing Of Foods

Released February 1943 by the Government Office Of Price Administration; directed by Chuck Jones.

Private Snafu

The Private Snafu series of training films was produced by Warner Bros. and shown to soldiers only in the Army-Navy Screen Magazine. Gags and language were racier than usually permitted. These shorts were from three to four minutes long and produced in black and white. Each Warner Bros. director had his shot with the series, and the writers included Phil Eastman and Theodor (Dr. Seuss) Geisel. Titles and directors (assumed) follow.

Coming Snafu: Rel 6/43; Jones. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”.
Gripes: Rel 7/43; Freleng. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”.
Spies (Misc 929): Rel 8/43, Jones. Video: “The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4”, “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, Vol. 1”, “Private Snafu, All American”, “Warner Bros. Collection Vol. 3: Private Snafu”, “Shokus Vol. 8: Private Snafu”.
The Goldbrick: Rel 9/43; Tashlin. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Shokus Vol. 8: Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, All American”, “Warner Bros. Collection Vol. 3: Private Snafu”.
Infantry Blues: Rel 9/43; Jones. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, Vol. 1”.
Fighting Tools: Rel 10/43; Clampett. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Wartime Cartoons”.
The Home Front: Rel 11/43; Tashlin. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, Vol. 1”, “Private Snafu, All American”, “Warner Bros. Collection Vol. 3: Private Snafu”.
Rumors (Misc 930): Rel 12/43; generally attributed to Tashlin, but TWBC credits Jones and LT&MM credits Freleng. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Private, Snafu Vol. 1”, “Shokus Vol. 8: Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, All American”, “Wartime Cartoons”.
Booby Traps: Rel 1/44; Clampett. Video: “The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4”, “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, Vol. 1”, “Warner Bros. Collection, Vol. 3: Private Snafu”, “Inside Termite Terrace Vol. 5: The Booze Hangs High”, “Private Snafu, All American”, “Cartoons For Victory”.
Snafuperman: Rel 3/44; Freleng. Video: “The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4”, “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, Vol. 1”, “Shokus Vol. 8, Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, All American”, “Superman Cartoons, Complete Collection”, “Warner Bros. Collection Vol. 3: Private Snafu”, “Wartime Cartoons”.
Private Snafu Vs. Malaria Mike: Rel 3/44; Jones. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Shokus Vol. 8: Private Snafu”.
A Lecture On Camouflage: Rel 4/44; Jones. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, Vol. 1”, “Private Snafu, All American”, “Warner Bros. Collection Vol. 3: Private Snafu”, “Cartoons For Victory”.
Gas: Rel 5/44; Jones; animation by Ken Harris, Bob Cannon, Ben Washam. Cameo appearance by Bugs Bunny. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, All American.”
The Chow Hound: Rel 6/44; Tashlin. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”.
Censored: Rel 7/44; Tashlin. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”, “Shokus Vol. 8: Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, All American.”
Outpost: Rel 8/44; Jones. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”, “Inside Termite Terrace Vol. 4: Bosko”.
Pay Day: Rel 9/44; Freleng. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”.
The Three Brothers: Rel 9/44; Freleng. Cameo appearance by Bugs Bunny. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”, “Private Snafu, All American”, “Warner Bros. Collection Vol. 3: Private Snafu”.
Target Snafu: Rel 10/44; Freleng. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”,  “Private Snafu, Vol. 1”.
In The Aleutians: Rel 2/45; Jones. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”, “Wartime Cartoons”.
It’s Murder She Says: Rel 5/45; Jones; animation by Bob Cannon. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”, “Shokus Vol. 8: Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, All American”, “Warner Bros. Collection Vol. 3: Private Snafu”.
Hot Spot: Rel 7/45; Freleng. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”.
Operation Snafu: Rel 10/45; Freleng. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”, “Inside Termite Terrace Vol. 3: Jungle Jitters”.
No Buddy Atoll: Rel 10/45; Jones. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu, Vol. 2”.
Coming Home: Unreleased; Jones; listed in some sources as Going Home. Video: “The Complete, Uncensored Private Snafu”, “Shokus Vol. 8: Private Snafu”, “Private Snafu, All American”.

Secrets Of The Carribean: Unreleased; Jones. Video: None.

In addition to the Warner Bros. titles, Snafu also appeared in the following cartoons produced by other studios: A Few Quick Facts: Fear, Inflation (both from Industrial Films, which later became UPA) and Private Snafu Meets Seaman Tarfu (Harman-Ising).

Warner Bros. also produced a series of cartoons for the U.S. Navy featuring the character Seaman Hook. Three recently discovered titles were found in a garage in Virginia. All from 1945, they are The Return Of Mr. Hook (possibly McKimson), The Good Egg (Jones) and Tokyo Woes (Clampett). All three of these cartoons appear on “The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 5”. Take Heed, Mr. Tojo, the title card for which appears in Enchanted Drawings, is actually a Walter Lantz cartoon produced in color in 1943, possibly directed by Hank Ketcham.

So Much For So Little

1949 – Special documentary cartoon produced for U.S. Public Health Service
Dir: Charles M. Jones – Story: I. Freleng, Charles M. Jones – Anim: Ben Washam, Ken Harris, Philip Monroe, Lloyd Vaughan – Layout And Backgrounds: Robert Gribbroek, Paul Julian, Peter Alvarado – Music: Carl Stalling
Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Short, 1950.
 

Orange Blossoms For Violet

Rel 5/24/52 – MPAA 14847 – Vitaphone Novelties
Story: Charles M. Jones, I. Freleng – Director Of Photography: William Thompson, A.S.C. – Editor: Anthony DeLeon – Music: Howard Jackson – Voices: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce, Bea Benaderet
Not a cartoon. Pieced together by Jones and Freleng from extant live-action footage of monkeys and other animals in costumes and settings.
 

A Hitch In Time

Rel 1955 – Prod 1382 – Special for United States Air Force
Dir: Charles M. Jones – Story: Charles M. Jones – Anim: Ken Harris, Gerry Chiniquy, Ben Washam, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson – Layout: Ernie Nordli – Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard – VC: Mel Blanc – Music: Milt Franklyn

90 Day Wondering

Rel 1956 – Prod 1394 – U.S. Army MF 12-8669
Dir: Chuck Jones – Story: Michael Maltese, Chuck Jones – Anim: Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson, Ken Harris, Ben Washam – Layout: Maurice Noble – Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard – VC: Mel Blanc – Music: Milt Franklyn

Drafty, Isn’t It?

Rel 1957 – Prod 1478 – U.S. Army MF 12-8853  
Dir: Chuck Jones – Anim: Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson – Layout: Maurice Noble – Character Layout: Abe Levitow – Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard – Film Editor: Treg Brown – VC: Daws Butler – Music: Milt Franklyn

The Bugs Bunny Show

has been moved to its own page!

Philbert

Starring: William Schallert, Joanna Barnes - Voice of Philbert: Trustin Howard - Director: Richard D. Donner - Director Of Animation: Friz Freleng - Story: Friz Freleng - Screenplay: Richard DeRoy - Animation Gag Material: John Dunn - Music: Howard Jackson - Animation Co-Directors: Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy - Animation: Art Babbitt, Virgil Ross, Ken Harris, Bob Matz, Ben Washam, Art Leonardi, Lee Halpern - Art Direction: Stanley Fleischer - Set Decorations: C.H. Barrett, Ralph Hurst - Assistant Director: Russ Saunders - Film Editor: Donald Tait - Music Editor: Hal Findlay - Title Song By: Sammy Fain, Sy Miller - Sound: Ross Owen - Makeup Supervisor: Gordon Bau - Supervising Hair Stylist: Jean Burt Reilly

Unfortunately, Philbert was conceived at a bad time: ABC had decided to cancel all its Warner Bros. programming for the upcoming television season, and that included Philbert, which had won a berth on the fall schedule. The 24-minute film received some theatrical bookings .

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

MPAA 20319
One of the last assignments of the Warner Bros. cartoon division was to provide animation for this Don Knotts film. Knotts finds himself transformed into a dolphin, courtesy of the animation skills of Vladimir Tytla and some of the regular Warner Bros. cartoonists.
Story Development: John Dunn - Associate Animation Directors: Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy - Animation Designers: Hawley Pratt, Maurice Noble - Supervising Sequence Director: Vladimir Tytla - Sequence Director: Robert McKimson - Backgrounds: Don Peters
Video: The Incredible Mr. Limpet.