1960

Classic Warner Brothers shorts comes to prime-time TV on The Bugs Bunny Show

"High Note" takes the comedy of music and animation directly to the source

"Mouse and Garden" gives another Oscar nomination for Friz Freleng with Sylvester

1960 is another year in the Golden Age of Looney Tunes. Warner Bros. begins their marketing to television as The Bugs Bunny Show marks the first time the classic shorts are aired for television for wider availability.

Theatrical Shorts

1.  "Fastest with the Mostest" (Jones/January 9)
2.  "West of the Pesos" (McKimson/January 23)
3.  "Horse Hare" (Freleng/February 13)
4.  "Wild Wild World" (McKimson/February 27)
5.  "Goldimouse and the Three Cats" (Freleng/March 19)
6.  "Person to Bunny" (Freleng/April 2)
7.  "Who Scent You?" (Jones/April 23)
8.  "Hyde and Go Tweet" (Freleng/May 14)
9.  "Rabbit's Feat" (Jones/June 4)
10.  "Crockett-Doodle-Do" (McKimson/June 25)
11.  "Mouse and Garden" (Freleng/July 16) 
12.  "Ready, Woolen and Able" (Jones/July 30)
13.  "Mice Follies" (McKimson/August 20)
14.  "From Hare to Heir" (Freleng/September 3)
15.  "The Dixie Fryer" (McKimson/September 24)
16.  "Hopalong Casualty" (Jones/October 8)
17.  "Trip for Tat" (Freleng/October 29)
18.  "Dog Gone People" (McKimson/November 12)
19.  "High Note" (Jones/December 3) 
20.  "Lighter Than Hare" (Freleng/December 17)

Blue Ribbon Reissues

1959-60 Season

1. "A Bone for a Bone" (January 2)
2. "The Prize Pest" (January 30)
3. "Tweety's S.O.S." (February 20)
4. "Lovelorn Leghorn" (March 12)
5. "Sleepy Time Possum" (April 9)
6. "Cheese Chasers" (April 30)
7. "Who's Kitten Who?" (May 21)
8. "The Ducksters" (June 18)
9. "Chow Hound" (July 9)
10. "French Rarebit" (August 6)
11. "A Ham in a Role" (August 27)

1960-61 Season

1. "Room and Bird" (September 10)
2. "Cracked Quack" (October 1)
3. "His Hare Raising Tale" (October 22)
4. "Gift Wrapped" (November 19)
5. "Little Beau Pepé" (December 10)
6. "Tweet Tweet Tweety" (December 31)

Television

• October 11 - The Bugs Bunny Show debuts in prime time on ABC.

People

Births

• April 29 - Steve Blum
• July 5 - Bruce Lanoil
• July 10 - Jeff Bergman
• August 5 - John Mariano
• October 21 - Paul Rugg

Notes

• This year, Mel Blanc's contract with Warner Bros. expires. Blanc becomes even busier with voice work, as not only does he work on Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, but he and Bea Benaderet also meet Alan Reed and Jean Vander Pyl to work on an animated sitcom created by William Hanna, and Joseph Barbera, called The Flintstones. Blanc voices Barney Rubble, and Benaderet voices Barney's wife Betty.

Warner Club News Stories and Art

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