1948

McKimson introduces his own rival for Sylvester, the joey Hippety Hopper, in Hop, Look and Listen

Haredevil Hare, the first appearance of Marvin the Martian

Bugs Bunny cameos in a dream sequence in Two Guys from Texas

1948 marks some personality changes for certain characters that would persist for majority of the classic cartoons, such as the transition of Daffy Duck from a screwball into a greedy, selfish character. Thirty-three cartoons were released this year, several of which were later sold to Associated Artists Productions.

Notes

• The color shorts released prior to August 1st of this year (of which "Haredevil Hare" is the most recent) were sold to Associated Artists Productions in 1956, which in turn passed over to United Artists and later to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer before passing to Turner Entertainment and back to Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery) upon their purchase of Turner's library in 1996. The first nineteen shorts released this year wind up in the AAP package while the remainder, as well as all subsequent cartoons, remain in Warner Bros.' possession.
• "You Were Never Duckier" marks a new era as the first post-1948 cartoon.
• Starting with "Bugs Bunny Rides Again", the byline "IN TECHNICOLOR" is changed to "Color by TECHNICOLOR", though Blue Ribbon reissues during this period would use the former byline until mid-1949. A few cartoons released after the short would use the former byline, though they had earlier production codes.
• The Color Rings change to the rings used in the earlier Cinecolor cartoons starting with "Hare Splitter".
• Bugs Bunny makes a cameo in the movie Two Guys from Texas.

Warner Club News Stories and Art

Jan. 1948

Mar. 1948

Front cover of the Apr. 1948 issue

Apr. 1948

May 1948

July 1948

Aug. 1948

Sept. 1948 - Part 1

Sept. 1948 - Part 2

Oct. 1948

Nov. 1948

Dec. 1948

Theatrical Shorts

1.  "Gorilla My Dreams" (McKimson/January 3)
2.  "Two Gophers from Texas" (Davis/January 17) 
3.  "A Feather in His Hare" (Jones/February 7)
4.  "What Makes Daffy Duck" (Davis/February 14)
5.  "What's Brewin', Bruin?" (Jones/February 28) 
6.  "Daffy Duck Slept Here" (McKimson/March 6)
7.  "A Hick a Slick and a Chick" (Davis/March 13)
8.  "Back Alley Oproar" (Freleng/March 27) 
9.  "I Taw a Putty Tat" (Freleng/April 3) 
10.  "Rabbit Punch" (Jones/April 10)
11.  "Hop, Look and Listen" (McKimson/April 17) 
12.  "Nothing but the Tooth" (Davis/May 1)
13.  "Buccaneer Bunny" (Freleng/May 8)
14.  "Bone Sweet Bone" (Davis/May 22) 
15.  "Bugs Bunny Rides Again" (Freleng/June 12)
16.  "The Rattled Rooster" (Davis/June 26) 
17.  "The Up-Standing Sitter" (McKimson/July 3)
18.  "The Shell Shocked Egg" (McKimson/July 10) 
19.  "Haredevil Hare" (Jones/July 24)
20.  "You Were Never Duckier" (Jones/August 7) 
21.  "Dough Ray Me-ow" (Davis/August 14)
22.  "Hot Cross Bunny" (McKimson/August 21) 
23.  "The Pest That Came to Dinner" (Davis/September 11) 
24.  "Hare Splitter" (Freleng/September 25) 
25.  "Odor of the Day" (Davis/October 2)
26.  "The Foghorn Leghorn" (McKimson/October 9) 
27.  "A-Lad-In His Lamp" (McKimson/October 23)
28.  "Daffy Dilly" (Jones/October 30) 
29.  "Kit for Cat" (Freleng/November 6) 
30.  "The Stupor Salesman" (Davis/November 20)
31.  "Riff Raffy Daffy" (Davis/November 27)
32.  "My Bunny Lies over the Sea" (Jones/December 4) 
33.  "Scaredy Cat" (Jones/December 18) 

Blue Ribbon Reissues

1947-48 Season

1. "Dangerous Dan McFoo" (January 31)
2. "Hobo Gadget Band" (February 14)
3. "Little Pancho Vanilla" (March 20)
4. "Don't Look Now" (April 10)
5. "The Curious Puppy" (April 24)
6. "Circus Today" (May 22)
7. "Little Blabbermouse" (June 12)
8. "The Squawkin' Hawk" (July 10)
9. "A Tale of Two Kitties" (July 31)
10. "Pigs in a Polka" (August 14)
11. "Greetings Bait" (August 28)
12. "Hiss and Make Up" (September 18)
13. "Hollywood Steps Out" (October 2)

1948-49 Season

1. "An Itch in Time" (October 30)
2. "Fin 'n' Catty" (December 11)

Character Debuts

• Gruesome Gorilla
• Marvin the Martian
• Hippety Hopper
• The Crusher

People

Births

• 28 February - Bernadette Peters
• 1 June - Powers Boothe
• 10 August - Mark Kausler
• 17 September - James T. Walker
• 24 September - Phil Hartman

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