This is a list of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series, extending from 1929 (pilot) through the present day. Altogether, 1,014 animated shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s to 2014 (998 official (1930–1969), 2 cut downs (1965), and 17 revival shorts (1987–2014)). From the beginning to the present day, 1,041 theatrical shorts have been created.
1920s–1930s
A total of 271 shorts were produced and theatrically released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners during the 1930s. Additionally at least one short was produced in the 1930s, but never publicly released in theaters. A private Warner Bros. end-of-year blooper reel with animated sequences featuring Porky Pig was included. This reel was never screened in theaters. A theatrical feature film included an animated sequence featuring a Porky Pig lookalike.
1940s
A total of 306 shorts were produced and theatrically released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners during the 1940s. Additionally, Bugs Bunny was featured in a government-sponsored short for U.S. Department of the Treasury, but he also made a cameo appearance in two Private Snafu shorts, in one Puppetoon short, and in two Warner Bros. live-action features.
Four of the seven additional shorts from this decade (those made for the U.S. government) are in the public domain.
1950s
A total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners during the 1950s. There were no additional shorts produced during the decade.
1960s
A total of 146 shorts were produced and theatrically released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners during the 1960s (144 official and 2 cut downs). Additionally, an unaired television cartoon pilot featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner was theatrically screened instead.
1970s–present
Since the end of the regular production of the series in 1969, Warner Bros. has occasionally produced new Looney Tunes shorts that have been released theatrically.
Feature films
Television series
Television specials
See also
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection
- The Golden Age of Looney Tunes
Further reading
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt,
- Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist, by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
- That's Not All, Folks! My Life in the Golden Days of Cartoons and Radio, by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, (Softcover) (Hardcover)
- Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, by Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume (Softcover) (Hardcover)
External links
- The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for Merrie Melodies Cartoons and for Looney Tunes Cartoons
- Golden Age Cartoons' The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website by Jon Cooke
Complete single-page filmographies
- Looney Tunes Checklist
- Complete LT/MM Filmography
