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[[File:Duck Amuck.gif|thumb|right|Daffy faces the ultimate animation showdown in ''[[Duck Amuck]]'']]
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[[File:Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953) - Claim this planet.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century]]'' establishes one of Daffy's most notable identities in a literal war of the worlds]]
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[[File:LumberJackRabbitLobbyCard.jpg|thumb|right|''Lumber Jack-Rabbit'', the first WB short released in 3D]]
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'''1953''' is another year in ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' history.
  
'''1953''' is another year in ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' history.
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==Events==
  
==Events==
 
*Robert McKimson's unit at Warner Bros. Cartoons is disbanded early in April.<ref name="tralfaz">http://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-shutdown.html</ref>
  
*Robert McKimson's unit at Warner Bros. Cartoons is disbanded early in April.<ref name="tralfaz">http://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-shutdown.html</ref>
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*Michael Maltese heads to Walter Lantz Productions and is credited as writer on several ''Woody Woodpecker'' cartoons.<ref name="dailyvariety"/>
  
*Michael Maltese heads to Walter Lantz Productions and is credited as writer on several ''Woody Woodpecker'' cartoons.<ref name="dailyvariety"/>
 
==Filmography==
  
==Filmography==
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Don't Give Up the Sheep]]'' (Jones/Jan 3/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1|1:3]]'') {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon reissue in 1969.)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Don't Give Up the Sheep]]'' (Jones/Jan 3/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1|GC: V1]]'') {{BR}}
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Snow Business]]'' (Freleng/Jan 17/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2|2:3]]'')
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Snow Business]]'' (Freleng/Jan 17/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2|GC: V2]]'') {{BR}}
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#{{MM*}} ''[[A Mouse Divided]]'' (Freleng/Jan 31)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[A Mouse Divided]]'' (Freleng/Jan 31/[[Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1|''CC: V1'']])
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Forward March Hare]]'' (Jones/Feb 4/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|4:1]]'') {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon reissue in 1969.)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Forward March Hare]]'' (Jones/Feb 4/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|GC: V4]]'') {{BR}}
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Kiss Me Cat]]'' (Jones/Feb 21/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|4:4]]'')
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Kiss Me Cat]]'' (Jones/Feb 21/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|GC: V4]]''/''[[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1|PC: V1]]'')
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Duck Amuck]]'' (Jones/Feb 28/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1|1:2]]'')
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Duck Amuck]]'' (Jones/Feb 28/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1|GC: V1]]''/[[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1|''PC: V1'']])
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Upswept Hare]]'' (McKimson/Mar 14) {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon Reissue on May 1963 in the 1962-63 season<ref name=":0">http://betterlivingtv.blogspot.com/2013/08/blue-ribbon-blues.html</ref>)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Upswept Hare]]'' (McKimson/Mar 14/''[[Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection|BB80]]'') {{BR}}
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#{{LT*}} ''[[A Peck o' Trouble]]'' (McKimson/Mar 28/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|4:4]]'') {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon Reissue on December 1961 in the 1961-62 season<ref name=":0" />)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[A Peck o' Trouble]]'' (McKimson/Mar 28/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|GC: V4]]'') {{BR}}
 
#{{MM*}} ''[[Fowl Weather]]'' (Freleng/Apr 4) {{BR}}
  
#{{MM*}} ''[[Fowl Weather]]'' (Freleng/Apr 4) {{BR}}
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Muscle Tussle]]'' (McKimson/Apr 18) {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon Reissue in the 1962-63 season{{Citation needed}})
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Muscle Tussle]]'' (McKimson/Apr 18) {{BR}}
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Southern Fried Rabbit]]'' (Freleng/May 2/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|4:1]]'') {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon reissue in 1969.)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Southern Fried Rabbit]]'' (Freleng/May 2/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|GC: V4]]'') {{BR}}
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Ant Pasted]]'' (Freleng/May 9)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Ant Pasted]]'' (Freleng/May 9/''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham|SS: P&F]]'')
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Much Ado About Nutting]]'' (Jones/May 23)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Much Ado About Nutting]]'' (Jones/May 23/[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6|''GC: V6'']])
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#{{LT*}} ''[[There Auto Be a Law]]'' (McKimson/Jun 6)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[There Auto Be a Law]]'' (McKimson/Jun 6/[[Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3|''CC: V3'']])
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Hare Trimmed]]'' (Freleng/Jun 20)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Hare Trimmed]]'' (Freleng/Jun 20/''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire|SS: BB]]'')
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Tom Tom Tomcat]]'' (Freleng/Jun 27) {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon Reissue on January 1962 in the 1961-62 season<ref name=":0" />)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Tom Tom Tomcat]]'' (Freleng/Jun 27) {{BR}}
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Wild Over You]]'' (Jones/Jun 11)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Wild over You]]'' (Jones/Jul 11/''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best|SS: PLP]]'')
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century]]'' (Jones/Jul 25/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1|1:2]]'')
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century]]'' (Jones/Jul 25/[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1|''GC: V1'']]/[[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1|''PC: V1'']])
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Bully For Bugs]]'' (Jones/Aug 8/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1|1:1]]'')
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Bully for Bugs]]'' (Jones/Aug 8/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1|GC: V1]]''/''[[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3|PC: V3]]'')
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Plop Goes the Weasel!]]'' (McKimson/Aug 22)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Plop Goes the Weasel!]]'' (McKimson/Aug 22/[[Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1|''CC: V1'']])
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Cat-Tails For Two]]'' (McKimson/Aug 29/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|4:3]]'') {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon Reissue on February 1963 in the 1962-63 season<ref name=":0" />)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Cat-Tails for Two]]'' (McKimson/Aug 29/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4|GC: V4]]'') {{BR}}
 
#{{LT*}} ''[[A Street Cat Named Sylvester]]'' (Freleng/Sep 5)
  
#{{LT*}} ''[[A Street Cat Named Sylvester]]'' (Freleng/Sep 5)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Zipping Along]]'' (Jones/Sep 19/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2|2:2]]'')
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Zipping Along]]'' (Jones/Sep 19/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2|GC: V2]]''/[[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2|''PC: V2'']]) {{BR}}
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Lumber Jack-Rabbit]]'' (Jones/Sep 25) (3D Release)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Lumber Jack-Rabbit]]'' (Jones/Sep 25/''[[Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection|BB80]]'') (3D Release)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Duck! Rabbit, Duck!]]'' (Jones/Oct 3/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3|3:1]]'')
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Duck! Rabbit, Duck!]]'' (Jones/Oct 3/''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3|GC: V3]]''/[[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2|''PC: V2'']])
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Easy Peckins]]'' (McKimson/Oct 17) {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon Reissue on March 1963 in the 1962-63 season<ref name=":0" />)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Easy Peckin's]]'' (McKimson/Oct 17) {{BR}}
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Catty Cornered]]'' (Freleng/Oct 31)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Catty Cornered]]'' (Freleng/Oct 31/[[Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2|''CC: V2'']])
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Of Rice and Hen]]'' (McKimson/Nov 14) {{BR}} (Blue Ribbon reissue in 1969.)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Of Rice and Hen]]'' (McKimson/Nov 14/[[Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3|''CC: V3'']]) {{BR}}
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Cats A-weigh!]]'' (McKimson/Nov 28)
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#{{MM*}} ''[[Cats A-weigh!]]'' (McKimson/Nov 28/''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem|SS: S&HH]]'')
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Robot Rabbit]]'' (Freleng/Dec 12)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Robot Rabbit]]'' (Freleng/Dec 12/''[[Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection|BB80]]'')
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Punch Trunk]]''* (Jones/Dec 19)
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#{{LT*}} ''[[Punch Trunk]]''* (Jones/Dec 19/[[Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3|''CC: V3'']])
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<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> Final cartoon to use both of the series' old-style opening sequences.</small><br />
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== Blue Ribbon Reissues ==
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=== 1952-1953 Season ===
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#{{LT*}} "[[Tale of Two Mice]]" (10-Jan-1953) (Reissued as "A Tale of Two Mice")
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#{{LT*}} "[[The Bashful Buzzard]]" (07-Feb-1953)
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#{{MM*}} "[[Country Mouse]]" (14-Mar-1953)
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#{{MM*}} "[[Little Dutch Plate]]" (11-Apr-1953)
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#{{LT*}} "[[Ain't That Ducky]]" (02-May-1953)
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#{{MM*}} "[[Mighty Hunters]]" (13-Jun-1953) (The 1st [[List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues|Blue Ribbon Reissue]] to keep/retain the original titles and credits)
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#{{MM*}} "[[The Fighting 69½th]]" (11-Jul-1953) (2nd [[List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues|Blue Ribbon]] release)
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#{{MM*}} "[[Sniffles Takes a Trip]]" (01-Aug-1953)
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#{{MM*}} "[[Wacky Wild Life]]" (29-Aug-1953)
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=== 1953-1954 Season ===
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#{{MM*}} "[[Old Glory]]" (12-Sep-1953) (2nd [[List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues|Blue Ribbon]] release)
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#{{MM*}} "[[Walky Talky Hawky]]" (17-Oct-1953)
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#{{LT*}} "[[Birth of a Notion]]" (07-Nov-1953)
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#{{MM*}} "[[The Eager Beaver]]" (28-Nov-1953)
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#{{LT*}} "[[Scent-imental over You]]" (26-Dec-1953)
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==Character Debuts==
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* January 3 - [[Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog]] in "[[Don't Give Up the Sheep]]"
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* August 8 - [[Toro the Bull]] in "[[Bully for Bugs]]"
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* August 22 - [[The Weasel]] in "[[Plop Goes the Weasel!]]"
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* August 29 - [[Speedy Gonzales]] in "[[Cat-Tails for Two]]"
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== People ==
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=== Births ===
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* January 14 - [[Gail Matthius]]
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* March 25 - [[Mary Gross]]
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* August 10 - [[Yoni Chen]]
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* October 28 - [[Keith Scott]]
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* November 27 - [[Richard Stone]]
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* December 8 - [[Roy Firestone]]
   
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==Warner Club News Stories and Art==
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<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> Final cartoon to use both of the series' old-style opening and closing sequences</small><br />
  
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<gallery>
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WCN - January 1953.jpg|January 1953
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WCN - December 1953.jpg|December 1953
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</gallery>
   
 
{{timeline
  
{{timeline

Latest revision as of 04:37, 23 January 2024

Duck Amuck

Daffy faces the ultimate animation showdown in Duck Amuck

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953) - Claim this planet

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century establishes one of Daffy's most notable identities in a literal war of the worlds

LumberJackRabbitLobbyCard

Lumber Jack-Rabbit, the first WB short released in 3D

1953 is another year in Looney Tunes history.

Events

  • Robert McKimson's unit at Warner Bros. Cartoons is disbanded early in April.[1]
  • The Warner Bros. animation studio is shut down on June 19, and would remain shut down until January 4, 1954. Everybody is laid off, save for ten unnamed staffers. The reasons given for the shutdown are a heavy backlog of releases until late 1954 and uncertainty about whether to make the cartoons in 2D or 3D.[2]
  • Chuck Jones goes to work at the Walt Disney studio on the film Sleeping Beauty.[3]
  • Michael Maltese heads to Walter Lantz Productions and is credited as writer on several Woody Woodpecker cartoons.[2]

Filmography

  1. Looney Tunes Don't Give Up the Sheep (Jones/Jan 3/GC: V1) Blue Ribbon
  2. Looney Tunes Snow Business (Freleng/Jan 17/GC: V2) Blue Ribbon
  3. Merrie Melodies A Mouse Divided (Freleng/Jan 31/CC: V1)
  4. Looney Tunes Forward March Hare (Jones/Feb 4/GC: V4) Blue Ribbon
  5. Looney Tunes Kiss Me Cat (Jones/Feb 21/GC: V4/PC: V1)
  6. Merrie Melodies Duck Amuck (Jones/Feb 28/GC: V1/PC: V1)
  7. Merrie Melodies Upswept Hare (McKimson/Mar 14/BB80) Blue Ribbon
  8. Looney Tunes A Peck o' Trouble (McKimson/Mar 28/GC: V4) Blue Ribbon
  9. Merrie Melodies Fowl Weather (Freleng/Apr 4) Blue Ribbon
  10. Merrie Melodies Muscle Tussle (McKimson/Apr 18) Blue Ribbon
  11. Looney Tunes Southern Fried Rabbit (Freleng/May 2/GC: V4) Blue Ribbon
  12. Looney Tunes Ant Pasted (Freleng/May 9/SS: P&F)
  13. Merrie Melodies Much Ado About Nutting (Jones/May 23/GC: V6)
  14. Looney Tunes There Auto Be a Law (McKimson/Jun 6/CC: V3)
  15. Merrie Melodies Hare Trimmed (Freleng/Jun 20/SS: BB)
  16. Merrie Melodies Tom Tom Tomcat (Freleng/Jun 27) Blue Ribbon
  17. Looney Tunes Wild over You (Jones/Jul 11/SS: PLP)
  18. Merrie Melodies Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (Jones/Jul 25/GC: V1/PC: V1)
  19. Looney Tunes Bully for Bugs (Jones/Aug 8/GC: V1/PC: V3)
  20. Looney Tunes Plop Goes the Weasel! (McKimson/Aug 22/CC: V1)
  21. Merrie Melodies Cat-Tails for Two (McKimson/Aug 29/GC: V4) Blue Ribbon
  22. Looney Tunes A Street Cat Named Sylvester (Freleng/Sep 5)
  23. Merrie Melodies Zipping Along (Jones/Sep 19/GC: V2/PC: V2) Blue Ribbon
  24. Looney Tunes Lumber Jack-Rabbit (Jones/Sep 25/BB80) (3D Release)
  25. Merrie Melodies Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (Jones/Oct 3/GC: V3/PC: V2)
  26. Looney Tunes Easy Peckin's (McKimson/Oct 17) Blue Ribbon
  27. Merrie Melodies Catty Cornered (Freleng/Oct 31/CC: V2)
  28. Looney Tunes Of Rice and Hen (McKimson/Nov 14/CC: V3) Blue Ribbon
  29. Merrie Melodies Cats A-weigh! (McKimson/Nov 28/SS: S&HH)
  30. Looney Tunes Robot Rabbit (Freleng/Dec 12/BB80)
  31. Looney Tunes Punch Trunk* (Jones/Dec 19/CC: V3)

* Final cartoon to use both of the series' old-style opening sequences.

Blue Ribbon Reissues

1952-1953 Season

  1. Looney Tunes "Tale of Two Mice" (10-Jan-1953) (Reissued as "A Tale of Two Mice")
  2. Looney Tunes "The Bashful Buzzard" (07-Feb-1953)
  3. Merrie Melodies "Country Mouse" (14-Mar-1953)
  4. Merrie Melodies "Little Dutch Plate" (11-Apr-1953)
  5. Looney Tunes "Ain't That Ducky" (02-May-1953)
  6. Merrie Melodies "Mighty Hunters" (13-Jun-1953) (The 1st Blue Ribbon Reissue to keep/retain the original titles and credits)
  7. Merrie Melodies "The Fighting 69½th" (11-Jul-1953) (2nd Blue Ribbon release)
  8. Merrie Melodies "Sniffles Takes a Trip" (01-Aug-1953)
  9. Merrie Melodies "Wacky Wild Life" (29-Aug-1953)

1953-1954 Season

  1. Merrie Melodies "Old Glory" (12-Sep-1953) (2nd Blue Ribbon release)
  2. Merrie Melodies "Walky Talky Hawky" (17-Oct-1953)
  3. Looney Tunes "Birth of a Notion" (07-Nov-1953)
  4. Merrie Melodies "The Eager Beaver" (28-Nov-1953)
  5. Looney Tunes "Scent-imental over You" (26-Dec-1953)

Character Debuts

People

Births

Warner Club News Stories and Art


<< 1952 Timeline 1954 >>


References

  1. ↑ http://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-shutdown.html
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Daily Variety June 16, 1953. Readable at [1]
  3. ↑ http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Home%20Page/WhatsNewArchivesNov07.htm
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