1958

Robin Hood Daffy ends Daffy and Porky's parody series on a high note

To Itch His Own concludes Carl W. Stalling's long work scoring the Looney Tunes shorts

Knighty Knight Bugs finally earns Bugs Bunny an Oscar-winning short

1958 marked a turning point in the series, as longtime musical director Carl W. Stalling would score his final set of cartoons, ending a 22-year career, while a musicians' strike leads to six cartoons having stock music from the Capitol Hi-Q library. Eddie Selzer also left the studio after fourteen years, and Michael Maltese after seventeen. Meanwhile, Bugs Bunny would win his only Oscar in "Knighty Knight Bugs". Twenty cartoons were released this year.

History

• Eddie Selzer retires from producing cartoons and is succeeded by John W. Burton.
• Michael Maltese leaves Warner Bros. Cartoons to work for Hanna-Barbera.
• All cartoons from this year had blue Color Rings with the WB zooming shield.
• Carl W. Stalling retires from composing music for the series.
  • Shortly after Carl Stalling retired, due to a musicians strike later this year, Milt Franklyn was not able to compose music for 6 cartoons; he returned to compose the music in "Cat Feud". As a result, stock music was used from "Weasel While You Work" to "Hip Hip Hurry".

Theatrical Shorts

1.  "Don't Axe Me" (McKimson/January 4)
2.  "Tortilla Flaps" (McKimson/January 18)
3.  "Hare-Less Wolf" (Freleng/February 1) 
4.  "A Pizza Tweety-Pie" (Freleng/February 22)
5.  "Robin Hood Daffy" (Jones/March 8)
6.  "Hare-Way to the Stars" (Jones/March 29) 
7.  "Whoa, Be-Gone!" (Jones/April 12)
8.  "A Waggily Tale" (Freleng/April 26)
9.  "Feather Bluster" (McKimson/May 10)
10.  "Now, Hare This" (McKimson/May 31) 
11.  "To Itch His Own" (Jones/June 28)
12.  "Dog Tales" (McKimson/July 26)
13.  "Knighty Knight Bugs" (Freleng/August 23)  
14.  "Weasel While You Work" (McKimson/September 6)
15.  "A Bird in a Bonnet" (Freleng/September 27)
16.  "Hook, Line and Stinker" (Jones/October 11)
17.  "Pre-Hysterical Hare" (McKimson/November 1) 
18.  "Gopher Broke" (McKimson/November 15)
19.  "Hip Hip- Hurry!" (Jones/December 6)
20.  "Cat Feud" (Jones/December 20)

Blue Ribbon Reissues

1957-58 Season

1. "Home, Tweet Home" (January 25)
2. "Mississippi Hare" (February 15)
3. "Caveman Inki" (March 1)
4. "It's Hummer Time" (March 22)
5. "A Fractured Leghorn" (April 19)
6. "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" (May 17)
7. "All a Bir-r-r-d" (June 14)
8. "Awful Orphan" (July 12)
9. "Rebel Rabbit" (August 9)
10. "Stooge for a Mouse" (August 30)

1958-59 Season

1. "Bowery Bugs" (September 16)
2. "An Egg Scramble" (October 4)
3. "Wise Quackers" (October 25)
4. "Two's a Crowd" (November 22)
5. "Canary Row" (December 13)

Character Debuts

• Charles M. Wolf
• Señor Vulturo
• Mighty Angelo

People

Births

• 30 March - Maurice LaMarche

Deaths

• 16 August - Don Coleman (aged 47)
• 4 October - Jack King (aged 62)
• 19 October - George Manuell (aged 49)

Warner Club News Stories and Art

January 1958 - Part 1

January 1958 - Part 2

February 1958 - Part 1

February 1958 - Part 2

February 1958 (Warner Bros. Commercial and Industrial Films Division)

Chuck Jones' design of the Gillette parrot mascot

March 1958 - Part 1

March 1958 - Part 2

April 1958 - Part 1

April 1958 - Part 2

May 1958 - Part 1

May 1958 - Part 2

June 1958 - Part 1

June 1958 - Part 2

July 1958 - Part 1

July 1958 - Part 2

August 1958

September 1958 - Part 1

September 1958 - Part 2

October 1958 - Part 1

October 1958 - Part 2

November 1958 - Part 1

November 1958 - Part 2

December 1958 - Part 1

December 1958 - Part 2

References

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