1951

Rabbit Fire, the beginning of Chuck Jones' "Hunting Trilogy" starring Bugs, Daffy and Elmer, as well as the first actual pairing of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

The Wearing of the Grin, the final solo Porky Pig short

Hubie and Bertie pair with the neurotic Claude Cat in their final solo short, Cheese Chasers

1951 brings the introduction of the renowned Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd hunting trilogy. Several older plot formulas were retired around this time, as Chuck Jones drops his older Disney-esque era characters, while the other directors continue to pursue churning out cartoons featuring their main stars. Twenty-nine cartoons were released this year.

Theatrical Cartoons

1.  "Hare We Go" (McKimson/January 6)
2.  "A Fox in a Fix" (McKimson/January 20) 
3.  "Canned Feud" (Freleng/February 3) 
4.  "Rabbit Every Monday" (Freleng/February 10)
5.  "Putty Tat Trouble" (Freleng/February 24) 
6.  "Corn Plastered" (McKimson/March 3) 
7.  "Bunny Hugged" (Jones/March 10) 
8.  "Scent-imental Romeo" (Jones/March 24) 
9.  "A Bone for a Bone" (Freleng/April 7) 
10.  "The Fair Haired Hare" (Freleng/April 14)
11.  "A Hound for Trouble" (Jones/April 28) 
12.  "Early to Bet" (McKimson/May 12) 
13.  "Rabbit Fire" (Jones/May 19) 
14.  "Room and Bird" (Freleng/June 2) 
15.  "Chow Hound" (Jones/June 16) 
16.  "French Rarebit" (McKimson/June 30) 
17.  "The Wearing of the Grin" (Jones/July 14) 
18.  "Leghorn Swoggled" (McKimson/July 28) 
19.  "His Hare Raising Tale" (Freleng/August 11) 
20.  "Cheese Chasers" (Jones/August 25) 
21.  "Lovelorn Leghorn" (McKimson/September 8) 
22.  "Tweety's S.O.S." (Freleng/September 22) 
23.  "Ballot Box Bunny" (Freleng/October 6) 
24.  "A Bear for Punishment" (Jones/October 20) 
25.  "Sleepy Time Possum" (McKimson/November 3) 
26.  "Drip-Along Daffy" (Jones/November 17) 
27.  "Big Top Bunny" (McKimson/December 1) 
28.  "Tweet Tweet Tweety" (Freleng/December 15) 
29.  "The Prize Pest" (McKimson/December 22) 

Blue Ribbon Reissues

1950-51 Season

1. "Duck Soup to Nuts" (January 6)
2. "Flowers for Madame" (February 3)
3. "Life with Feathers" (March 3)
4. "Peck Up Your Troubles" (March 24)
5. "Odor-able Kitty" (April 21)
6. "Book Revue" (May 19)
7. "Stage Fright" (June 23)
8. "Sioux Me" (July 21)
9. "The Stupid Cupid" (September 1)

1951-52 Season

1. "Holiday for Shoestrings" (September 15)
2. "The Lady in Red" (October 13)
3. "Sniffles and the Bookworm" (November 20)
4. "Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears" (December 1)

Character Debuts

• Sam Cat
• Nasty Canasta

People

Births

• June 9 - James Newton Howard
• June 20 - Tress MacNeille
• July 7 - Roz Ryan
• July 23 - Edie McClurg
• July 28 - Danny Mann
• August 13 - Jeff Altman
• August 22 - Earl Kress
• September 25 - Mark Hamill
• October 26 - Bootsy Collins
• November 20 - Rodger Bumpass

Deaths

• February 2 - Griff Jay
• June 3 - Rollin Hamilton

Warner Club News Stories and Art

Front cover of the Jan. 1951 issue

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