Looney Tunes 1941-42 – There’s a War Going On, Folks!
By the end of this season, there were not only occasional references to the ongoing conflict, but entire cartoons inspired by it.
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Merrie Melodies 1940-41: The Care and Feeding of a New Cartoon Star (Part 2)
Continuing with the latter portion of the season in which Bugs Bunny came unto his own – and our survey of the songs Carl Stalling used on the soundtracks
Merrie Melodies 1940-41: The Care and Feeding of a New Cartoon Star (Part 1)
Carl Stalling continued to fold songs – both old and new – into the scores of the WB cartoons.
Looney Tunes 1940-41 – The Last Full Year of Peace
The background music in the Looney Tunes during the 1940-41 season, at a time when the world seemed to want comedy – and escapism.
Merrie Melodies 1939-40: A Significant Year (Part 2)
The remainder of the 1939-40 Merrie Melodies include titles that crystalize the personalities of two of Warner’s top characters.
Merrie Melodies 1939-40: A Significant Year
The 1939-40 season of Merrie Melodies saw many familiar to us from endless television runs – and, late in the season, one of the most significant cartoons of all.
Looney Tunes 1939-40: Keep On Keepin’ On
By the 1939-40 season, a new pattern had now been established – and the use of Warner songs in the cartoons became much more sophisticated.
1938-39 Merrie Melodies: “The People’s Choice” (Pt. 2)
We continue with the first of many extended seasons of Merrie Melodies to come. The Warner animators were not only creative, but prolific in output – a profitable combination of character traits, to say the least.
1938-39 Merrie Melodies: The People’s Choice (Pt. 1)
The musical highlights from those Merrie Melodies cartoons familiar from television as part of AAP’s package of shorts, first syndicated in 1956.
1938-39 Looney Tunes: New Patterns Emerge
For the 1938-39 film season, there were about twice as many Merrie Melodies produced in color as there were Looney Tunes in black and white.
