1958 was one of the years of the Golden Age of Looney Tunes.
History[]
- 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".
Shorts[]
- "Don't Axe Me" (McKimson/January 4)
- "Tortilla Flaps" (McKimson/January 18/GC: V4)
- "Hare-Less Wolf" (Freleng/February 1/BB80)
- "A Pizza Tweety-Pie" (Freleng/February 22)
- "Robin Hood Daffy" (Jones/March 8/GC: V3/PC: V1)
- "Hare-Way to the Stars" (Jones/March 29/PC: V1)
- "Whoa, Be-Gone!" (Jones/April 12/GC: V2)
- "A Waggily Tale" (Freleng/April 26)
- "Feather Bluster" (McKimson/May 10)
- "Now, Hare This" (McKimson/May 31/BB80)
- "To Itch His Own" (Jones/June 28)
- "Dog Tales" (McKimson/July 26)
- "Knighty Knight Bugs" (Freleng/August 23/GC: V4/PC: V3)
- "Weasel While You Work" (McKimson/September 6/SS: FL&F)
- "A Bird in a Bonnet" (Freleng/September 27)
- "Hook, Line and Stinker" (Jones/October 11/GC: V6)
- "Pre-Hysterical Hare" (McKimson/November 1/CC: V3)
- "Gopher Broke" (McKimson/November 15/SS: FL&F)
- "Hip Hip- Hurry!" (Jones/December 6/CC: V1)
- "Cat Feud" (Jones/December 20/GC: V4)
Blue Ribbon Reissues[]
1957 - 1958 Season[]
- "Home, Tweet Home" (Freleng/January 25) (with production number 1507)[3]
- "Mississippi Hare" (Jones/February 15) (with production number 1508)[3]
- "Caveman Inki" (Jones/March 1) (with production number 1509)[3]
- "It's Hummer Time" (McKimson/March 22) (with production number 1510)[3]
- "A Fractured Leghorn" (McKimson/April 19) (with production number 1511)[3]
- "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" (Jones/May 17) (with production number 1512)[3]
- "All a Bir-r-r-d" (Freleng/June 14) (with production number 1513)[3]
- "Awful Orphan" (Jones/July 12) (with production number 1516)[3]
- "Rebel Rabbit" (McKimson/August 9) (with production number 1517)[3]
- "Stooge for a Mouse" (Freleng/August 30) (with production number 1518)[3]
1958 - 1959 Season[]
- "Bowery Bugs" (Davis/September 16)[3]
- "An Egg Scramble" (McKimson/October 4)[3]
- "Wise Quackers" (Freleng/October 25)[3]
- "Two's a Crowd" (Jones/November 22)[3]
- "Canary Row" (Freleng/December 13)[3]
Character Debuts[]
People[]
Deaths[]
- 4 October - Jack King (aged 62)
Warner Club News Stories and Art[]
References[]
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