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The Pied Piper of Guadalupe

The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, one of three Oscar-nominated shorts also including Beep Prepared and Nelly's Folly

Beep Prepared Gag

Beep Prepared, the only Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote short to be nominated for an Oscar.

Nelly's Folly Sample

Chuck Jones experiments with animated drama with Nelly's Folly

1961 is a year in the Golden Age of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. John W. Burton retires during this period, allowing David H. DePatie to take over his role as producer. Most regular main characters continued to appear, while several others such as Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig were in the process of being retired from the studio by this point.

History[]

  • David H. DePatie starts his long-time executive producer career this year.
  • Starting from this year and onwards all the way to 1969, the ending titles would have A VITAPHONE RELEASE or A VITAGRAPH RELEASE at the end on the bottom with A WARNER BROS. CARTOON, as first shown in "From Hare to Heir" and "Hopalong Casualty". However, some 1960-1961 BR reissues, along with some shorts such as "Pests for Guests", "Yankee Dood It", "Tweet Zoo", and some other shorts released with orange rings, were exceptions.

Theatrical Shorts[]

  1. Looney Tunes "Cannery Woe" (McKimson/January 7)
  2. Merrie Melodies "Zip 'n Snort" (Jones/January 21)
  3. Looney Tunes "Hoppy Daze" (McKimson/February 11)
  4. Merrie Melodies "The Mouse on 57th Street" (Jones/February 25)
  5. Merrie Melodies "Strangled Eggs" (McKimson/March 18)
  6. Looney Tunes "Birds of a Father" (McKimson/April 1)
  7. Merrie Melodies "D' Fightin' Ones" (Freleng/April 22)
  8. Looney Tunes "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" (Jones/May 20)
  9. Looney Tunes "Lickety-Splat" (Jones/June 3)
  10. Looney Tunes "A Scent of the Matterhorn" (Jones/June 24)
  11. Looney Tunes "The Rebel Without Claws" (Freleng/July 15)
  12. Merrie Melodies "Compressed Hare" (Jones/July 29)
  13. Looney Tunes "The Pied Piper of Guadalupe" (Freleng/August 19) Academy Award nominee
  14. Looney Tunes "Prince Violent" (Freleng/September 2)
  15. Looney Tunes "Daffy's Inn Trouble" (McKimson/September 23)
  16. Looney Tunes "What's My Lion?" (McKimson/October 21)
  17. Merrie Melodies "Beep Prepared" (Jones/November 11) Academy Award nominee
  18. Merrie Melodies "The Last Hungry Cat" (Freleng/December 2)
  19. Merrie Melodies "Nelly's Folly" (Jones/December 30) Academy Award nominee

Blue Ribbon Reissues[]

1960-61 Season[]

  1. Merrie Melodies "Bunny Hugged" (January 28)
  2. Looney Tunes "The Wearing of the Grin" (February 18)
  3. Merrie Melodies "Beep, Beep" (March 11)
  4. Looney Tunes "Rabbit Fire" (April 8)
  5. Merrie Melodies "Feed the Kitty" (April 29)
  6. Looney Tunes "The Lion's Busy" (May 13)
  7. Looney Tunes "Thumb Fun" (June 10)
  8. Merrie Melodies "Corn Plastered" (July 1)
  9. Merrie Melodies "Kiddin' the Kitten" (August 5)
  10. Merrie Melodies "Ballot Box Bunny" (August 26)

1961-62 Season[]

  1. Merrie Melodies "A Hound for Trouble" (September 9)
  2. Merrie Melodies "Strife with Father" (September 30)
  3. Looney Tunes "The Grey Hounded Hare" (October 28)
  4. Merrie Melodies "Leghorn Swoggled" (November 25)
  5. Looney Tunes "A Peck o' Trouble" (December 23)

Character Debuts[]

Warner Club News Stories and Art[]


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