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Cartoon Alley is a cartoon anthology program that aired on TCM on Saturday Mornings from 2004 to 2007. It featured classic Warner Bros. Cartoons from the A.A.P. package (pre-August 1948).
Overview[]
The show was hosted by Ben Mankiewicz and usually featured three classic animated shorts from the Golden Age of American animation. Much like Cartoon Network's series 'ToonHeads', each of the three shorts focused on a common theme. Most shorts came from Warner Bros., MGM and Paramount (the latter of which was only for Popeye shorts), but during the show's first season Cartoon Alley featured shorts from the Gaumont Film Company. Many recognizable characters were featured in at least one episode such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Tweety and others not so famous such as Goopy Geer, and also include animated feature films. The shorts often appeared uncut and uncensored (a few cartoons however included cuts for content), and the more controversial cartoons (such as Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt) were often introduced with a brief warning by Mankiewicz about the ethnic stereotypes being portrayed. This was the most recent time where Warner Bros. cartoons that featured certain stereotypes were shown on television. The network's logo was only featured for a brief time, usually during the last short featured. The show didn't air in February due to special programming. The series was cancelled in Autumn of 2007.
Episodes[]
A total of 47 episodes of Cartoon Alley had aired across 3 seasons.
Season 1 (2004-2005)[]
| Episode No. | Title | Shorts Featured | Air-Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Clark Gable | The Coo-Coo Nut Grove/Malibu Beach Party/Hollywood Steps Out | November 5th, 2004 |
| 02 | Christmas (Part 1) | The Pup's Christmas/Peace On Earth/The Night Before Christmas | December 4th, 2004 |
| 03 | Oscar Nominated Shorts | Blitz Wolf/Life With Feathers/Peck Up Your Troubles | January 1st, 2005 |
| 04 | Tom & Jerry | Professor Tom/Old Rockin' Chair Tom/The Cat Concerto | March 5th, 2005 |
| 05 | Tex Avery | Red Hot Riding Hood/Batty Baseball/Swing Shift Cinderella | April 2nd, 2005 |
| 06 | The Early Days Of Warner Bros. Cartoons | Honeymoon Hotel/Beauty And The Beast/I Haven't Got A Hat | May 7th, 2005 |
| 07 | The Captain And The Kids | Cleaning House/Petunia National Park/Mama's New Hat | June 4th, 2005 |
| 08 | Popeye (Part 1) | Adventures Of Popeye/The Anvil Chorus Girl/Abusement Park | July 2nd, 2005 |
| 09 | Animaland Series (Part 1) | The Platypus/The Cuckoo/The Lion | September 3rd, 2005 |
| 10 | Animaland Series (Part 2) | The Ostrich/It's A Lovely Day/The House Cat | September 10th, 2005 |
| 11 | Animaland Series (Part 3) | Ginger Nutt's Bee Bother/Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus/Ginger Nutt's Forest Dragon | September 17th, 2005 |
| 12 | Barney Bear | The Bear That Couldn't Sleep/Goggle Fishing Bear/Heir Bear | September 24th, 2005 |
| 13 | Sniffles | Naughty But Mice/Little Brother Rat/Sniffles And The Bookworm | October 1st, 2005 |
| 14 | Droopy | Dumb-Hounded/The Shooting Of Dan McGoo/Wild And Woolfy | October 8th, 2005 |
| 15 | Tweetie Bird | A Tale Of Two Kitties/Birdy And The Beast/A Gruesome Twosome | October 15th, 2005 |
| 16 | Cinemascope Cartoons | Millionaire Droopy/The Egg And Jerry/Tops With Pops | October 22nd, 2005 |
| 17 | Peter Lorre Caricatures | Horton Hatches The Egg/Hair-Raising Hare/Birth Of A Notion | October 29th, 2005 |
Season 2 (2005-2006)[]
| 18 | Happy Harmonies (Part 1) | The Discontented Canary/The Old Pioneer/The Tale Of Vienna Woods | November 5th, 2005 |
| 19 | Elmer Fudd | Elmer's Candid Camera/Confederate Honey/The Hardship Of Miles Standish | November 12th, 2005 |
| 20 | Benny Burro | Little Gravel Voice/The Prospecting Bear/Half-Pint Palomino | November 19th, 2005 |
| 21 | WB Cartoon Character Debuts | Walky Talky Hawky/The Goofy Gophers/Haredevil Hare | November 26th, 2005 |
| 22 | Popeye (Part 2) | Baby Wants A Bottleship/A Balmy Swami/Beaus Will Be Beaus | December 3rd, 2005 |
| 23 | Two Curious Puppies | Dog Gone Modern/The Curious Puppy/Snowtime For Comedy | December 10th, 2005 |
| 24 | Christmas (Part 2) | The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives/Bedtime For Sniffles/Good Will To Men | December 17th, 2005 |
| 25 | Nursery Rhymes And Bedtime Stories | Little Red Walking Hood/The Bear's Tale/The Trial Of Mr. Wolf | December 31st, 2005 |
| 26 | Homer The Flea | The Homeless Flea/What Price Fleadom/The Cat That Hated People | September 2nd, 2006 |
| 27 | Black And White Warner Bros. | I've Got To Sing A Torch Song/Pettin' In The Park/Gold Diggers Of '49 | September 9th, 2006 |
| 28 | Tex Avery's Screwball Classics | Lucky Ducky/Bad Luck Blackie/Symphony In Slang | September 16th, 2006 |
| 29 | Hubie And Bertie | The Aristo-Cat/Roughly Squeaking/House Hunting Mice | September 23rd, 2006 |
| 30 | Popeye (Part 3) | Can You Take It/Child Psykolojiky/Car-azy Drivers | September 30th, 2006 |
| 31 | Warner Brothers | Egghead Rides Again/The Bashful Buzzard/Boulevardier From The Bronx | October 7th, 2006 |
| 32 | Cinemascope Tom & Jerry | Mucho Mouse/Tom's Photo Finish/Royal Cat Nap | October 14th, 2006 |
| 33 | Cinemascope Droopy | Blackboard Jumble/One Droopy Knight/Sheep Wrecked | October 21st, 2006 |
| 34 | Conrad Cat | The Bird Came C.O.D./Porky's Cafe/Conrad The Sailor | October 28th, 2006 |
Season 3 (2006-2007)[]
| 35 | George And Junior | Henpecked Hoboes/Hound Hunters/Half-Pint Pygmy | November 4th, 2006 |
| 36 | Early Bugs Bunny | A Wild Hare/Elmer's Pet Rabbit/Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt | November 11th, 2006 |
| 37 | Spike | The Counterfeit Cat/Ventriloquist Cat/Garden Gopher | November 18th, 2006 |
| 38 | Bugs And Cecil | Tortoise Beats Hare/Tortoise Wins By A Hare/Rabbit Transit | November 25th, 2006 |
| 39 | Happy Harmonies (Part 2) | When The Cat's Away/The Lost Chick/The Calico Dragon | December 2nd, 2006 |
| 40 | Porky Pig | Porky's Picnic/Porky's Baseball Broadcast/Porky's Snooze Reel | December 9th, 2006 |
| 41 | Bing Crosby Spoofs | Let It Be Me/Bingo Crosbyana/The Woods Are Full Of Cuckoos | December 16th, 2006 |
| 42 | Christmas (Part 3) | Toyland Broadcast/Alias St. Nick/The Captain's Christmas | December 23rd, 2006 |
| 43 | Goopy Geer | Goopy Geer/Moonlight For Two/The Queen Was In The Parlor | December 30th, 2006 |
| 44 | The Bear Family | Goldilocks And The Three Bears/A Rainy Day/Papa Gets The Bird | January 6th, 2007 |
| 45 | Beans | The Fire Alarm/The Phantom Ship/Boom Boom | January 13th, 2007 |
| 46 | Adolph Hitler WB Caricatures | Daffy The Commando/Russian Rhapsody/Herr Meets Hare | January 20th, 2007 |
| 47 | Screwy Squirrel | Screwball Squirrel/The Screwy Truant/Lonesome Lenny | January 27th, 2007 |