1958 would mark the year where several staff members from the studio would retire or quit for other ventures. Carl W. Stalling would score his final set of cartoons, while a musician strike leads to six cartoons having stock music from the Capitol Hi-Q library. Meanwhile, Bugs Bunny would win his only Oscar in "Knighty Knight Bugs".
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.[1][2]
- 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[]
- "Don't Axe Me" (McKimson/January 4)
- "Tortilla Flaps" (McKimson/January 18)
- "Hare-Less Wolf" (Freleng/February 1)
- "A Pizza Tweety-Pie" (Freleng/February 22)
- "Robin Hood Daffy" (Jones/March 8)
- "Hare-Way to the Stars" (Jones/March 29)
- "Whoa, Be-Gone!" (Jones/April 12)
- "A Waggily Tale" (Freleng/April 26)
- "Feather Bluster" (McKimson/May 10)
- "Now, Hare This" (McKimson/May 31)
- "To Itch His Own" (Jones/June 28)
- "Dog Tales" (McKimson/July 26)
- "Knighty Knight Bugs" (Freleng/August 23)
- "Weasel While You Work" (McKimson/September 6)
- "A Bird in a Bonnet" (Freleng/September 27)
- "Hook, Line and Stinker" (Jones/October 11)
- "Pre-Hysterical Hare" (McKimson/November 1)
- "Gopher Broke" (McKimson/November 15)
- "Hip Hip- Hurry!" (Jones/December 6)
- "Cat Feud" (Jones/December 20)
Blue Ribbon Reissues[]
1957-58 Season[]
- "Home, Tweet Home" (January 25)
- "Mississippi Hare" (February 15)
- "Caveman Inki" (March 1)
- "It's Hummer Time" (March 22)
- "A Fractured Leghorn" (April 19)
- "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" (May 17)
- "All a Bir-r-r-d" (June 14)
- "Awful Orphan" (July 12)
- "Rebel Rabbit" (August 9)
- "Stooge for a Mouse" (August 30)
1958-59 Season[]
- "Bowery Bugs" (September 16)
- "An Egg Scramble" (October 4)
- "Wise Quackers" (October 25)
- "Two's a Crowd" (November 22)
- "Canary Row" (December 13)
Character Debuts[]
People[]
Deaths[]
- 4 October - Jack King (aged 62)
- 19 October - George Manuell (aged 49)
Warner Club News Stories and Art[]
References[]
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