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Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs becomes one of the most critically acclaimed (and infamous) of the "Censored Eleven"

Private SNAFU

Private Snafu, WB's greatest contribution to assist in the War effort

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Frank Tashlin returns for Porky Pig's final black-and-white short, Porky Pig's Feat

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Puss n' Booty, WB's final black-and-white short

1943 continued Warner Brothers' assistance in World War II with the creation of Private Snafu and many shorts with their characters fighting the fight against the Axis powers; also seeing the end of Looney Tunes black-and-white output and the finale of Porky Pig's long run as a lead character in the process.

Twenty-nine cartoons were released this year, six in black and white and the remaining in color.

History[]

  • After "Puss n' Booty", no further Looney Tunes shorts were produced in black and white. All Looney Tunes shorts from then until July 24, 1948 were part of the Associated Artists Productions library. Also, all shorts released after 1943 are currently still under copyright.
  • "To Duck .... or Not to Duck", "Yankee Doodle Daffy", "The Wise Quacking Duck", and "Daffy - The Commando" were in color this year, all featuring Daffy Duck. "The Wise Quacking Duck", however, uses the black and white bylines of "WARNER BROS." and "Present" while the other three use the color one which started in 1942.
  • Starting with "Falling Hare", the WB shield debuts to the finalized one used from 1943-46, and from 1954-64. The 1947-53 would use a different one but when the backgrounds changed to smaller ones in 1954, the WB from 1943-46 was used again. The WB from 1943-46 was also used in Bugs Bunny cartoons from 1945-49.
  • The Blue Ribbon program would start from this year and end in 1969. However, re-releases between 1964-69 had no alterations of any kind, hence those shorts exist with both their original titles and credits. The intention of the program was to compensate for the studio losing many of its talent to the war effort as well as Schlesinger's declining health by rereleasing older shorts with edited titles.
  • The studio begins producing the Private Snafu cartoons for the U.S. Army.

Theatrical Shorts[]

  1. Merrie Melodies "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" (Clampett/January 16)
  2. Looney Tunes "Confusions of a Nutzy Spy" (McCabe/January 23) Public domain
  3. Merrie Melodies "Pigs in a Polka" (Freleng/February 6) Blue Ribbon Public domain Academy Award nominee[1][2]
  4. Merrie Melodies "Tortoise Wins by a Hare" (Clampett/February 20)
  5. Looney Tunes "To Duck .... or Not to Duck" (Jones/March 6) Public domain
  6. Merrie Melodies "The Fifth-Column Mouse" (Freleng/March 6) Blue Ribbon Public domain
  7. Merrie Melodies "Flop Goes the Weasel" (Jones/March 20) Blue Ribbon
  8. Looney Tunes "Hop and Go" (McCabe/March 27) Public domain
  9. Merrie Melodies "Super-Rabbit" (Jones/April 3)
  10. Merrie Melodies "The Unbearable Bear" (Jones/April 17) Blue Ribbon
  11. Looney Tunes "The Wise Quacking Duck" (Clampett/May 1)
  12. Looney Tunes "Tokio Jokio" (McCabe, Tashlin/May 15) Public domain
  13. Merrie Melodies "Greetings Bait" (Freleng/May 15) Blue Ribbon Academy Award nominee
  14. Looney Tunes "Yankee Doodle Daffy" (Freleng/June 5) Public domain
  15. Merrie Melodies "Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk" (Freleng/June 12)
  16. Merrie Melodies "The Aristo-cat" (Jones/June 19) Blue Ribbon
  17. Merrie Melodies "Wackiki Wabbit" (Jones/July 3) Public domain
  18. Merrie Melodies "Tin Pan Alley Cats" (Clampett/July 17)
  19. Looney Tunes "Porky Pig's Feat" (Tashlin/July 17) Public domain
  20. Looney Tunes "Scrap Happy Daffy" (Tashlin/August 21) Public domain
  21. Merrie Melodies "Hiss and Make Up" (Freleng/September 11) Blue Ribbon
  22. Merrie Melodies "A Corny Concerto" (Clampett/September 25) Public domain
  23. Merrie Melodies "Fin 'n' Catty" (Jones/October 23) Blue Ribbon
  24. Merrie Melodies "Falling Hare" (Clampett/October 30) Public domain
  25. Merrie Melodies "Inki and the Minah Bird" (Jones/November 13) Blue Ribbon Public domain
  26. Looney Tunes "Daffy - The Commando" (Freleng/November 20) Public domain
  27. Merrie Melodies "An Itch in Time" (Clampett/December 4) Blue Ribbon
  28. Looney Tunes "Puss n' Booty" (Tashlin/December 11) Public domain
  29. Merrie Melodies "Little Red Riding Rabbit" (Freleng/December 18)[3][4]

Private Snafu shorts[]

  1. "Coming!! Snafu" (Jones/June 28) Public domain
  2. "Gripes" (Freleng/July 5) Public domain
  3. "Spies" (Jones/August) Public domain
  4. "The Goldbrick" (Tashlin/September) Public domain
  5. "The Infantry Blues" (Jones/September) Public domain
  6. "Fighting Tools" (Clampett/October) Public domain
  7. "The Home Front" (Tashlin/November) Public domain
  8. "Rumors" (Freleng/December) Public domain

Miscellaneous shorts[]

Blue Ribbon Reissues[]

1943-44 Season[]

  1. Merrie Melodies "A Feud There Was" (September 11)
  2. Merrie Melodies "The Early Worm Gets the Bird" (October 2)
  3. Merrie Melodies "My Little Buckaroo" (November 6)
  4. Merrie Melodies "The Fighting 69½th" (December 4)

Character Debuts[]

People[]

Births[]

References[]

  1. (1989) Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, page 137. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2. 
  2. McCall, Douglas L. (1998). Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, page 180. ISBN 978-0786405848. 
  3. https://cartoonsof1943.blogspot.com/2011/12/126-little-red-riding-rabbit.html
  4. https://ui.eidr.org/view/content?id=10.5240/D6CE-6560-5547-12C2-1236-C


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