1940

1940 is another year of the Looney Tunes golden age.

Notes

• Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd debut in 1940. Elmer in "Elmer's Candid Camera" and Bugs in "A Wild Hare". "Elmer's Candid Camera" was also the last appearance of Bugs' prototype, Happy Rabbit.
• The finalized "That's all Folks!" writing debuts starting with "Confederate Honey" and is still used today. It is even used on movies and later media as well, like T-shirts. "Confederate Honey" is also the start of the second half of the 1939-40 season where the sky background changes to a black background, but everything else remains the same.
• Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton were demoted back to story artists because Friz Freleng returned. Their final short was "Busy Bakers". As a result, Hardaway left the studio. Dalton stayed until 1947.

That's all Folks!

• The finalized version of the writing debuts in "Confederate Honey" for the second half of the 1939-40 animation season and would be used for every short to this day forward. It is even used on movies and later media as well, like T-shirts.

Shorts

1. Porky's Last Stand
2. The Early Worm Gets the Bird
3. Africa Squeaks
4. Mighty Hunters
5. Ali-Baba Bound
6. Busy Bakers
7. Elmer's Candid Camera
8. Pilgrim Porky
9. Cross Country Detours
10. Confederate Honey
11. Slap Happy Pappy
12. The Bear's Tale
13. The Hardship of Miles Standish
14. Porky's Poor Fish
15. Sniffles Takes a Trip
16. You Ought to Be in Pictures
17. A Gander at Mother Goose
18. The Chewin' Bruin
19. Tom Thumb in Trouble
20. Circus Today
21. Porky's Baseball Broadcast
22. Little Blabbermouse
23. The Egg Collector
24. A Wild Hare
25. Ghost Wanted
26. Patient Porky
27. Ceiling Hero
28. Malibu Beach Party
29. Calling Dr. Porky
30. Stage Fright
31. Prehistoric Porky
32. Holiday Highlights
33. Good Night Elmer
34. The Sour Puss
35. Wacky Wildlife
36. Bedtime for Sniffles
37. Porky's Hired Hand
38. Of Fox and Hounds
39. The Timid Toreador
40. Shop, Look and Listen

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