The Bob Clampett Show is an animated anthology television series which ran from 2000 to 2001. The show features animated theatrical shorts from the Warner Bros. library that were animated or directed by Bob Clampett, as well as a selection of shorts from the Beany and Cecil animated television series. It originally was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network, with reruns airing at the tail end of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block in the mid-2000s. Twenty-six episodes were made in all.

The show's opening title sequence was nominated for an Annie Award in 2000 in the category "Outstanding Achievement in An Animated Special Project", but it lost to The Scooby-Doo Project.

Censorship

This was one of two animated anthology shows on Cartoon Network (joining The Popeye Show) that aired uncut and uncensored shorts, as well as shorts that would normally get little to no airtime on American TV due to racially insensitive and outdated content (such as Russian Rhapsody and Bacall to Arms), though Kristopher Kolumbus, Jr., the 1938 version of Injun Trouble (ironically, its color remake, Wagon Heels aired), Pilgrim Porky, and the Censored Eleven shorts Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves and Tin Pan Alley Cats were the only Bob Clampett shorts that never aired on the show; the version of Farm Frolics shown was the Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies reissue with a missing tobacco spitting joke and a truncated beginning that, as of 2023, was found; and, while there was mention of the violent "director's cut" ending of Hare Ribbin, the version that aired had the general release ending instead.

Episodes

Season 1

All shorts featured this season were produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.

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! Episode #

! Shorts featured

! Original air date

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| 1

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  • Draftee Daffy
  • Falling Hare
  • The Timid Toreador

| May 21, 2000

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| 2

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  • A Corny Concerto
  • The Hep Cat
  • Porky's Hero Agency

| May 28, 2000

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| 3

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  • Baby Bottleneck
  • Buckaroo Bugs
  • A Tale of Two Kitties

| June 18, 2000

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| 4

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  • The Big Snooze
  • The Cagey Canary
  • Porky's Last Stand

| July 9, 2000

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| 5

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  • The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
  • Porky in Wackyland
  • Porky in Egypt

| July 16, 2000

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| 6

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  • What's Cookin' Doc?
  • Porky's Picnic
  • The Wise Quacking Duck

| June 25, 2000

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| 7

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  • Kitty Kornered
  • Rover's Rival
  • Wabbit Twouble

| July 23, 2000

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| 8

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  • Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
  • A Gruesome Twosome
  • Book Revue

| July 30, 2000

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| 9

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  • Tick Tock Tuckered
  • Wacky Blackout
  • The Daffy Doc

| August 6, 2000

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| 10

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  • Hare Ribbin
  • The Lone Stranger and Porky
  • Porky's Movie Mystery

| August 13, 2000

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| 11

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  • Birdy and the Beast
  • Porky & Daffy
  • Porky's Tire Trouble

| August 20, 2000

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| 12

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  • The Old Grey Hare
  • Wise Quacks
  • Porky's Naughty Nephew

| September 9, 2000

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| 13

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  • The Wacky Wabbit
  • What Price Porky
  • The Bashful Buzzard

| September 10, 2000

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Season 2

This season features a mix between Warner Bros. Cartoons shorts and Beany and Cecil shorts. All Beany & Cecil shorts are marked with an asterisk (*), otherwise all shorts are produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.

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! Original air date

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| 14

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  • Tortoise Wins by a Hare
  • Porky's Poor Fish
  • The Film Fan

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| 15

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  • Wildman of Wildsville*
  • Porky's Badtime Story
  • Scalp Trouble

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| 16

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  • Horton Hatches the Egg
  • Naughty Neighbors
  • Patient Porky

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| 17

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  • Beany Meets the Monstrous Monster*
  • Slap Happy Pappy
  • Pied Piper Porky

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| 18

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  • Russian Rhapsody
  • The Henpecked Duck
  • Porky's Poppa

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| 19

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  • Wagon Heels
  • Farm Frolics
  • Porky's Pooch

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| 20

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  • The Spots Off a Leopard*
  • Porky's Five and Ten
  • Jeepers Creepers

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| 21

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  • An Itch in Time
  • Porky's Hotel
  • Eatin' on the Cuff

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| 22

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  • Prehistoric Porky
  • Meet John Doughboy
  • Chicken Jitters

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| 23

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  • Super Cecil*
  • We, the Animals Squeak!
  • Nutty News

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| 24

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  • Bacall to Arms
  • Porky's Party
  • Get Rich Quick Porky

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| 25

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  • Goofy Groceries
  • Polar Pals
  • The Chewin' Bruin

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| 26

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  • Beanyland*
  • Porky's Snooze Reel
  • The Sour Puss

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See also

  • Cartoon Alley
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
  • ToonHeads
  • The Popeye Show
  • The Tex Avery Show

References