"Norman Normal", the first one-off since Termite Terrace's closure about a businessman's life problems
The remaining classic characters leave the Golden Age with the aptly-named "See Ya Later Gladiator"
Bugs Bunny joins his show with the Road Runner's show in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
1968 marks one of the final years of the Golden Age of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Production would continue at Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, while the studio would take advantage of their recently-obtained Sunset Productions package to colorize the cartoons for television viewing. With Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales leaving the Golden Age theatrical shorts at this point, the studio aimed to try to get their new stars more attention.
History[]
- Color Systems starts production of redrawing several black-and-white cartoons.
- The last pre-1964 classic characters, including Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales, make their final appearances in the Golden Age.
- United Artists, the then-current owner of the pre-1948 cartoon package, withholds eleven cartoons that feature racial stereotypes of African Americans from distribution.
- Alex Lovy leaves the cartoon studio, forcing Robert McKimson to finish the last cartoons of the original theratrical run.
Theatrical Shorts[]
"Hocus Pocus Powwow" (Lovy/January 13)- "Norman Normal" (Lovy/February 3)
- "Big Game Haunt" (Lovy/February 10)
- "Skyscraper Caper" (Lovy/March 9)
- "Hippydrome Tiger" (Lovy/March 30)
- "Feud with a Dude" (Lovy/May 25)
- "See Ya Later Gladiator" (Lovy/June 29)
- "3 Ring Wing-Ding" (Lovy/August 24)
- "Flying Circus" (Lovy/September 14)
- "Chimp & Zee" (Lovy/October 12)
- "Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches)" (McKimson/November 9)
Miscellaneous shorts[]
- "The Door" (Mundie/June 1)
Blue Ribbon Reissues[]
1967-68 Season[]
- "Mutiny on the Bunny" (January 20)
- "Hoppy-Go-Lucky" (March 16)
- "Baton Bunny" (April 20)
- "Hare-Way to the Stars" (June 8)
- "Gonzales' Tamales" (July 10)
Television[]
People[]
Births[]
- 3 December - Brendan Fraser
Deaths[]
- 20 April - Sid Sutherland
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