1946-48: Looney Tunes Stars Reach For The Stars
Some further musical highlights from a little over two seasons of Looney Tunes, featuring the Warner gang at their peak.
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Newcomers from 1944-46
The war was progressing favorably, and the tone of Warner cartoons began to return to more traditional.
Looney Tunes 1942-43: Hello, Technicolor!
There were only a dozen Looney Tunes cartoons produced this season… and some of those were now released in Technicolor.
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.
Classic Cartoon Greeting Card Records by Buzza-Cardozo
Before e-cards, cardboard records festooned with favorite animated characters and laminated with specially produced voice and music recordings sent magical messages.
Warner Brothers’ Sylvester and Tweety on Records
Sylvester and Tweety first teamed in 1947’s Oscar-winning Tweetie Pie, then on records in 1950, where June Foray voiced Granny five years before she took over the role in films.
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.
A.C. Gamer: Captain (or Lieutenant) of the Clouds
A.C. Gamer was typically an effects animator on Warner Bros. Cartoons and in general, that is how he is remembered. Here’s his story.
Big Changes For Merrie Melodies 1934-35
During the 1934-35 season, Warner found a new way of introducing their movies. They began throwing their shield at the audience out of a bank of clouds.
Exit Bosko… “So Long, Folks!”
Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were about to leave – and taking the studio’s most popular character with them. Here is Warner’s last batch of Boskos.
