List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues

This is a comprehensive list of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts that were given Blue Ribbon reissues by Warner Bros. between 1943 and 1969.

Background[]

Beginning in September 1943, Warner Bros., in a cost-conserving effort, began to re-release its backlog of color cartoons under a new program that they called Merrie Melodies "Blue Ribbon" classics.^[1] For the reissue, the original front-and-end title sequences were altered. The revised main title card began with the "zooming" WB logo, followed by the title logo set against a background featuring a "blue ribbon" and a Grand Shorts Award trophy, followed by the name of the cartoon. This revised title sequence eliminated the opening technical credits for the first 13 years. The ending title card was also revised, replacing the original versions, except for the 1943–44 season and half of the 1944–45 season of reissues, such as "A Wild Hare" and "I Love to Singa" when Schlesinger was still producing the cartoons, and cartoons in the Merrie Melodies series originally released between 1 September 1944 and 10 July 1948.

"A Feud There Was" was the first cartoon to be re-released with Blue Ribbon titles on 11 September 1943, scrapping the original titles. It was later re-released again 13 September 1952, scrapping the first re-release's Blue Ribbon titles, as well as the original ending titles.

The revised title sequences were edited right into the original negative, and thus, the original title sequences were cut away and possibly scrapped, although Tex Avery saved a few of his shorts' original titles from erasure before they were cut.^[2] Though a select few have had their original bullet title sequences and credits restored for official DVD and Blu-ray releases, majority of the re-releases still have the Blue Ribbon credits, due to the original titles being lost, or if they do exist, no 35mm print of them exists. Warner Bros. does not restore 8mm or 16mm prints, hence why although some shorts have the original titles found, the Blue Ribbon titles were restored instead.

Some of the reissues, like "A Wild Hare", have edited lines, although the original unedited version is present on The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 4, Side 1, the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, The Essential Bugs Bunny, and the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 1. Also, several Blue Ribbon prints have altered titles. For example, "A Wild Hare"'s re-release print is also titled "The Wild Hare", "My Little Buckaroo" is titled "My Little Buckeroo", and "The Fella with the Fiddle" is titled "The Fella with a Fiddle". In addition to "A Feud There Was", instead of re-releasing other shorts into the Blue Ribbon program, eight other Blue Ribbon shorts have been re-released twice, scrapping the first re-release titles. They are, "The Cat Came Back" (1944 and 1954), "A Feud There Was", (1943 and 1953) "Of Fox and Hounds", (1944 and 1954), "The Fighting 69½th" (1943 and 1953), "The Early Worm Gets the Bird" (1943 and 1952), "Rhapsody in Rivets" (1947 and 1954), "The Trial of Mr. Wolf" (1946 and 1954) and "Old Glory" (1945 and 1953). However, the latter three were credited Warner Bros. on their first re-release, keeping the first Blue Ribbon re-release closing titles for the second re-release. Starting with the 1947-48 animation season reissues, custom fonts for titles were used. "Dangerous Dan McFoo" was the first cartoon to use this.

The determining of cutting the credits to keeping them would determine which cartoons' copyrights were sold to Associated Artists Productions in 1956, though five cartoons that would remain in Warner Bros.' television packages were re-released under the original 1943 rules and one cartoon that was re-released in the 1952-53 animation season kept its original credits, but still replaced the opening and closing bullet titles.

Later cartoons originally released from August 1948 to 1957 kept the original credits, as well as the original opening music, regardless of whether the short was part of the Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes series, to save Warner Bros. even more money. These were also edited into the original negative as the titles cut to the credits instead of faded in. Cartoons originally released between 1948 and 1951 and re-released in the 1956-59 animation seasons had their original closing titles kept, regardless if it was in the Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes series. In the 1959-64 animation season, the closing titles were also replaced, except for a few (the ones originally released in the 1956-57 animation season).

For the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD releases, as well as future restorations, WB went through great lengths to track down whatever elements of the original title credits still exist in an effort to re-create as best they could the original versions of the altered 'blue ribbon' shorts. Some pristine prints of the original issues were obtained from the UCLA Film and Television Archive. As a result, such cartoons as "I Love to Singa" and "Book Revue" can once again be seen as they were originally intended. Unfortunately, there are some "Blue Ribbon" reissue versions of cartoons that are represented on the Golden Collection DVDs or streaming on HBO Max as they are the only versions that were made available for exhibition. In any event, to this day there is controversy among animation fans and historians on the alteration of the "Blue Ribbon" releases, primarily the ones re-released between 1943 and 1956.

Titles description[]

The titles would open with a given season's opening rings then it would transition to the Blue Ribbon titles. For the first few seconds of this part, the Merrie Melodies logo was shown on top, with the bylines "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON", or in the earlier years, "Produced by LEON SCHLESINGER", and either "IN TECHNICOLOR" (1943–48), "Color by TECHNICOLOR" (1948–54), "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR"/"PRINT BY TECHNICOLOR" (1954-57), or "TECHNICOLOR" (1957–64) being shown on the bottom; both 1954-57, the "PRINT" variation was used if the cartoon was originally released in Cinecolor. A Grand Shorts Award trophy was shown as part of the Blue Ribbon titles. Afterwards, the title of the cartoon appeared. There was one exception to this rule; see "Notes" below. Only color cartoons were eligible to be reissued in this program.

In the 1943-44 season and the first half of the 1944-45 season, when Leon Schlesinger was credited as producer, the original closing was kept on re-releases. This practice was done for the first nineteen reissues only, the last being the re-release of The Fella with the Fiddle. Additionally, for early reissues up until I'm a Big Shot Now (except for Plenty of Money and You), the Blue Ribbon background would dim when the title of the cartoon appeared.

From the second half of the 1944-45 season all the way to the 1948-49 season, all closings were replaced, as Schlesinger was no longer the cartoons' producer. Even though the original closing stock titles were replaced, the cartoons still retained their original closing music.

Starting with the 1949-50 season, shorts produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons started to be re-released. The Merrie Melodies kept their original closing rings, while the Looney Tunes shorts had their closing rings replaced with the Blue Ribbon closing rings. Starting in the 1954-55 season, four Looney Tunes kept their original closing rings. They went back briefly to Blue Ribbon closings in the 1955-56 animation season. Starting in the 1954-55 animation series, Merrie Melodies that were originally produced in Cinecolor were re-released. Unlike the Technicolor Merrie Melodies shorts, the Cinecolor cartoons had their original closing titles replaced. Beginning in the 1953-54 season, shorts under the Looney Tunes series began to keep "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" as their closing music, though their ending cards were still replaced.

Beginning with the 1956-57 season, the part where the cartoon's title being showed on the aforementioned background was eliminated. Instead, the original technical credits were shown, through a cut rather than a fade-in as originally released. However, the opening rings, and sometimes the closing rings if it was select shorts from 1959-64, were still replaced. The original closing rings were always kept if the short was re-released between 1956 and 1959, regardless of which series it was originally in. Also beginning with the 1956-57 season, the shorts kept their original opening and closing music, regardless of series.

From the 1949-1950 through 1957-1958 release seasons, the Blue Ribbon reissues were assigned new production numbers which appeared below the WB shield on the main title. During the time of the cartoon studio's shutdown, the 1953-1954 (#'s 1351-1363) and 1954-1955 (#'s 1364-1377) reissue production number groups ran back to back.

The Blue Ribbon program continued after Termite Terrace's shutdown, although the amount of reissued cartoons were reduced due to lower budgets. Later cartoons reissued in the 1964-69 seasons (past August 1964) were re-released with their original titles, or for the case of any cartoon reissued beforehand, their first reissue titles, due to low budgets from DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

Notes[]

The 1940 cartoon "Mighty Hunters" was the one exception to the original rule. The 1952-53 opening rings and "Blue Ribbon" title card were shown as normal, but then proceeded to the original technical credits. This was the only cartoon which ended up in the a.a.p. package (released prior to August 1, 1948) to be reissued under the 1956-57 and later rules.

On the other hand, only five cartoons which WB would keep for their own TV packages released 1 August 1948 or later were reissued under the original 1943 rules; the technical credits are removed. These were: "Daffy Dilly", "The Foghorn Leghorn", "Kit for Cat", "Scaredy Cat" and "You Were Never Duckier". The latter cartoon was reissued in the 1954-55 season, while the others were reissued during the 1955-56 season. "Kit for Cat" was the only Looney Tunes while the rest are Merrie Melodies. "Daffy Dilly" is the only one of those five to not have its original technical credits restored, though they are known to exist. "Daffy Dilly" is also the only one of those five to be originally in Cinecolor and the other four were originally in Technicolor.

Notably, Bugs Bunny cartoons were often excluded from being reissued. This was due to those cartoons being billed as Bugs Bunny Specials, a sub-series which Warner Bros. sold to theaters at a higher price. They also allowed theaters to book these cartoons separately if they wanted. Very few cartoons featuring the character were actually reissued under the program; only 45 cartoons starring Bugs were reissued, and only "A Wild Hare" and "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" were reissued under the 1943-1956 rules, with the tiles and credits removed. Twenty of these cartoons were reissued under the 1956-1964 rules, with the opening rings removed, and the original credits kept. Following the shutdown of the original studio, twenty-three more Bugs Bunny cartoons were reissued during the 1964-69 season due to providing a high box office value for a low cost and to mitigate the studio's limitations of characters in new cartoons, although the titles were not altered for any of these 23 cartoons.

Four cartoons reissued past the 1955-56 season had their original title cards replaced with a different version, but after the title card is shown, it cuts to the original technical credits. These cartoons are "Often an Orphan", "The Ducksters", "Tweety's S.O.S.", and "Cheese Chasers". Their original title cards remain unknown and presumed lost.

Two pre-1948 shorts' Turner "dubbed" versions contain recreated Blue Ribbon titles, as their original AAP prints had their original opening and closing titles excised. These two cartoons were "Daffy Duck & Egghead" and "The Night Watchman". Both shorts were later restored with their original titles on the Golden Collection.

Reissued cartoons[]

Title	Original release date	Reissue season	Reissue release date
"The Country Mouse"	1935-07-13	1952–53	1953-03-14
"The Merry Old Soul"	1935-08-17	1951–52	1952-08-02
"The Lady in Red"	1935-09-07	1951–52	1951-10-13
"Little Dutch Plate"	1935-10-19	1952–53	1953-04-11
"Flowers for Madame"	1935-11-20	1950–51	1951-02-03
"The Cat Came Back"	1936-02-08	1943–44, 1953–54	1944-07-15, 1954-06-05
"I'm a Big Shot Now"	1936-04-11	1944–45	1945-06-04^[3]
"Let It Be Me"	1936-05-02	1944–45	1944-09-16
"When I Yoo Hoo"	1936-06-27	1944–45	1945-02-24
"I Love to Singa"	1936-07-18	1944–45	1944-11-18
"Sunday Go to Meetin' Time"	1936-08-08	1944–45	1944-10-28
"Don't Look Now"	1936-11-07	1947–48	1948-04-10
"He Was Her Man"	1937-01-02	1948–49	1949-04-02
"Pigs Is Pigs"	1937-01-30	1946–47	1947-02-22
"I Only Have Eyes for You"	1937-02-27	1944–45	1945-03-17
"The Fella with the Fiddle"	1937-03-27	1944–45	1945-01-20
"Ain't We Got Fun"	1937-05-01	1944–45	1945-04-21
"Sweet Sioux"	1937-06-26	1943–44	1944-04-08
"Plenty of Money and You"	1937-07-31	1944–45	1944-12-09
"A Sunbonnet Blue"	1937-08-21	1945–46	1945-11-17
"Speaking of the Weather"	1937-09-04	1944–45	1945-07-21
"I Wanna Be a Sailor"	1937-09-25	1948–49	1949-04-30
"The Lyin' Mouse"	1937-10-16	1945–46	1945-12-22
"Little Red Walking Hood"	1937-11-06	1945–46	1946-08-17
"September in the Rain"	1937-12-18	1944–45	1944-09-30
"Daffy Duck & Egghead"	1938-01-01	1945–46	1946-04-20
"My Little Buckaroo"	1938-01-29	1943–44	1943-11-06
"The Sneezing Weasel"	1938-03-12	1946–47	1947-07-26
"Now That Summer Is Gone"	1938-05-14	1946–47	1947-11-22
"The Isle of Pingo Pongo"	1938-05-28	1943–44	1944-08-19
"Katnip Kollege"	1938-06-11	1945–46	1946-05-04
"Have You Got Any Castles?"	1938-06-25	1946–47	1947-02-01
"A Feud There Was"	1938-09-24	1943–44, 1952–53	1943-09-11, 1952-09-13
"Little Pancho Vanilla"	1938-10-08	1947–48	1948-03-20
"Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas"	1938-10-22	1945–46	1946-06-22
"You're an Education"	1938-11-05	1946–47	1946-10-26
"The Night Watchman"	1938-11-19	1945–46	1946-05-18
"The Mice Will Play"	1938-12-31	1948–49	1949-08-06
"Dog Gone Modern"	1939-01-14	1946–47	1947-06-14
"Robin Hood Makes Good"	1939-02-11	1945–46	1946-07-06
"A Day at the Zoo"	1939-03-11	1952–53	1952-11-08
"Prest-O Change-O"	1939-03-25	1948–49	1949-02-05
"Thugs with Dirty Mugs"	1939-05-06	1943–44	1944-06-03
"Hobo Gadget Band"	1939-06-17	1947–48	1948-02-14
"Old Glory"	1939-07-01	1944–45, 1953–54	1945-08-25, 1953-09-12
"Dangerous Dan McFoo"	1939-07-15	1947–48	1948-01-31
"Little Brother Rat"	1939-09-02	1945–46	1946-06-08
"Sioux Me"	1939-09-09	1950–51	1951-07-21
"The Little Lion Hunter"	1939-10-07	1945–46	1946-03-23
"The Good Egg"	1939-10-21	1946–47	1946-01-05
"Fresh Fish"	1939-11-04	1945–46	1946-04-06
"Fagin's Freshman"	1939-11-18	1950–51	1950-09-16
"Sniffles and the Bookworm"	1939-12-02	1951–52	1951-11-10
"The Curious Puppy"	1939-12-30	1947–48	1948-04-24
"The Early Worm Gets the Bird"	1940-01-13	1943–44, 1952–53	1943-10-02, 1952-11-29
"Mighty Hunters"	1940-01-27	1952–53	1953-06-13
"Busy Bakers"	1940-02-10	1944–45	1945-10-20
"Cross Country Detours"	1940-03-16	1943–44	1944-01-15
"The Bear's Tale"	1940-04-13	1943–44	1944-03-11
"Sniffles Takes a Trip"	1940-05-11	1952–53	1953-08-01
"Tom Thumb in Trouble"	1940-06-08	1949–50	1949-09-24
"Circus Today"	1940-06-22	1947–48	1948-05-22
"Little Blabbermouse"	1940-07-06	1947–48	1948-06-12
"The Egg Collector"	1940-07-20	1948–49	1949-07-16
"A Wild Hare"	1940-07-27	1943–44	1944-06-17
"Stage Fright"	1940-09-28	1950–51	1951-06-23
"Wacky Wild Life"	1940-11-09	1952–53	1953-08-29
"Bedtime for Sniffles"	1940-11-23	1948–49	1949-01-01
"Of Fox and Hounds"	1940-12-07	1943–44, 1953–54	1944-05-13, 1954-02-06
"The Fighting 69½th"	1941-01-18	1943–44, 1952–53	1943-12-04, 1953-07-11
"Sniffles Bells the Cat"	1941-02-01	1946–47	1947-09-20
"The Cat's Tale"	1941-03-01	1946–47	1947-03-29
"Goofy Groceries"	1941-03-29	1946–47	1947-04-19
"Toy Trouble"	1941-04-12	1949–50	1949-12-31
"The Trial of Mr. Wolf"	1941-04-26	1945–46, 1954–55	1946-02-09, 1954-12-25
"Farm Frolics"	1941-05-10	1949–50	1949-10-15
"Hollywood Steps Out"	1941-05-24	1947–48	1948-10-02
"Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt"	1941-06-07	1943–44	1944-02-12
"The Wacky Worm"	1941-06-21	1946–47	1946-10-12
"Inki and the Lion"	1941-07-19	1949–50	1950-05-20
"Snowtime for Comedy"	1941-08-30	1951–52	1952-04-12
"The Brave Little Bat"	1941-09-27	1951–52	1952-03-15
"The Bug Parade"	1941-10-11	1951–52	1952-07-12
"The Cagey Canary"	1941-11-22	1946–47	1947-10-11
"Rhapsody in Rivets"	1941-12-06	1946–47, 1954–55	1947-08-16, 1954-09-11
"Hop, Skip and a Chump"	1942-01-03	1948–49	1949-03-05
"Horton Hatches the Egg"	1942-04-11	1948–49	1949-06-18
"Double Chaser"	1942-06-27	1949–50	1950-03-25
"The Squawkin' Hawk"	1942-08-08	1947–48	1948-07-10
"Fox Pop"	1942-09-05	1946–47	1946-09-28
"The Hep Cat"	1942-10-03	1949–50	1949-11-12
"The Sheepish Wolf"	1942-10-17	1949–50	1950-03-04
"A Tale of Two Kitties"	1942-11-21	1947–48	1948-07-31
"My Favorite Duck"	1942-12-05	1949–50	1950-01-28
"Pigs in a Polka"	1943-02-06	1947–48	1948-08-14
"The Fifth-Column Mouse"	1943-03-06	1949–50	1950-04-22
"Flop Goes the Weasel"	1943-03-20	1948–49	1949-05-21
"The Unbearable Bear"	1943-04-17	1950–51	1950-12-09
"Greetings Bait"	1943-05-15	1947–48	1948-08-28
"The Aristo-cat"	1943-06-19	1950–51	1950-11-11
"Hiss and Make Up"	1943-09-11	1947–48	1948-09-18
"Fin 'n' Catty"	1943-10-23	1948–49	1948-12-11
"Inki and the Minah Bird"	1943-11-13	1948–49	1949-08-20
"An Itch in Time"	1943-12-04	1948–49	1948-10-30
"Tick Tock Tuckered"	1944-04-08	1949–50	1950-06-03
"Swooner Crooner"	1944-05-06	1948–49	1949-02-12
"Duck Soup to Nuts"	1944-05-27	1950–51	1951-01-06
"Slightly Daffy"	1944-06-17	1950–51	1950-10-14
"From Hand to Mouse"	1944-08-05	1951–52	1952-02-09
"Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears"	1944-09-02	1951–52	1951-12-01
"Lost and Foundling"	1944-09-30	1949–50	1950-08-26
"Booby Hatched"	1944-10-14	1949–50	1950-07-01
"The Stupid Cupid"	1944-11-25	1950–51	1951-09-01
"Odor-able Kitty"	1945-01-06	1950–51	1951-04-21
"Trap Happy Porky"	1945-02-24	1949–50	1950-08-05
"Life with Feathers"	1945-03-24	1950–51	1951-03-03
"Ain't That Ducky"	1945-05-19	1952–53	1953-05-02
"Tale of Two Mice"	1945-06-30	1952–53	1953-01-10
"Fresh Airedale"	1945-08-25	1951–52	1952-08-30
"The Bashful Buzzard"	1945-09-15	1952–53	1953-02-07
"Peck Up Your Troubles"	1945-10-20	1950–51	1951-03-24
"Book Revue"	1946-01-05	1950–51	1951-05-19
"Holiday for Shoestrings"	1946-02-23	1951–52	1951-09-15
"Baby Bottleneck"	1946-03-16	1951–52	1952-06-14
"Daffy Doodles"	1946-04-06	1952–53	1952-10-11
"Hush My Mouse"	1946-05-04	1951–52	1952-05-03
"The Eager Beaver"	1946-07-13	1953–54	1953-11-28
"Of Thee I Sting"	1946-08-17	1951–52	1952-01-12
"Walky Talky Hawky"	1946-08-31	1953–54	1953-10-17
"Fair and Worm-er"	1946-09-28	1955–56	1955-11-05
"The Mouse-Merized Cat"	1946-10-19	1955–56	1955-11-26
"Mouse Menace"	1946-11-02	1953–54	1954-08-14
"Roughly Squeaking"	1946-11-23	1953–54	1954-02-27
"One Meat Brawl"	1947-01-18	1953–54	1954-07-10
"The Goofy Gophers"	1947-01-25	1954–55	1955-07-23
"The Gay Anties"	1947-02-15	1953–54	1954-04-24
"Scent-imental over You"	1947-03-08	1953–54	1953-12-26
"Birth of a Notion"	1947-04-12	1953–54	1953-11-07
"Tweetie Pie"	1947-05-03	1954–55	1955-06-25
"Hobo Bobo"	1947-05-17	1953–54	1954-04-03
"Along Came Daffy"	1947-06-07	1953–54	1954-07-24
"Inki at the Circus"	1947-06-21	1954–55	1954-10-16
"Crowing Pains"	1947-07-12	1954–55	1955-04-23
"The Foxy Duckling"	1947-08-23	1954–55	1954-11-06
"House Hunting Mice"	1947-09-06	1954–55	1955-04-02
"Little Orphan Airedale"	1947-10-04	1955–56	1956-08-04
"Doggone Cats"	1947-10-25	1955–56	1955-09-10
"A Horse Fly Fleas"	1947-12-13	1955–56	1956-07-07
"Two Gophers from Texas"	1948-01-17	1955–56	1956-03-31
"What's Brewin', Bruin?"	1948-02-28	1954–55	1955-08-20
"Back Alley Oproar"	1948-03-27	1954–55	1955-02-05
"I Taw a Putty Tat"	1948-04-03	1955–56	1956-02-25
"Hop, Look and Listen"	1948-04-17	1954–55	1955-06-04
"Bone Sweet Bone"	1948-05-22	1955–56	1956-01-21
"The Rattled Rooster"	1948-06-26	1955–56	1955-10-22
"The Shell Shocked Egg"	1948-07-10	1954–55	1954-11-27
"You Were Never Duckier"	1948-08-07	1954–55	1955-02-26
"Hot Cross Bunny"	1948-08-21	1959-60	1959-11-21
"The Pest That Came to Dinner"	1948-09-11	1957–58	1957-12-07
"Hare Splitter"	1948-09-25	1957–58	1957-09-07
"The Foghorn Leghorn"	1948-10-09	1955–56	1955-12-24
"Daffy Dilly"	1948-10-30	1955–56	1956-08-18
"Kit for Cat"	1948-11-06	1955–56	1956-04-21
"My Bunny Lies over the Sea"	1948-12-04	1958–59	1959-02-21
"Scaredy Cat"	1948-12-18	1955–56	1956-06-02
"Wise Quackers"	1949-01-01	1958–59	1958-10-25
"Awful Orphan"	1949-01-29	1957–58	1958-07-12
"Mississippi Hare"	1949-02-26	1957–58	1958-02-15
"Paying the Piper"	1949-03-12	1956–57	1956-10-20
"Daffy Duck Hunt"	1949-03-26	1956–57	1956-11-17
"Rebel Rabbit"	1949-04-09	1957–58	1958-08-09
"Mouse Wreckers"	1949-04-23	1956–57	1957-03-09
"High Diving Hare"	1949-04-30	1958–59	1959-07-25
"The Bee-Deviled Bruin"	1949-05-14	1958–59	1959-07-11
"Bowery Bugs"	1949-06-04	1958–59	1958-09-16
"Mouse Mazurka"	1949-06-11	1956–57	1956-09-15
"Henhouse Henery"	1949-07-02	1956–57	1956-12-01
"Knights Must Fall"	1949-07-16	1967–68	1967-10-28
"Bad Ol' Putty Tat"	1949-07-23	1956–57	1957-06-29
"The Grey Hounded Hare"	1949-08-06	1961–62	1961-10-28
"Often an Orphan"	1949-08-13	1959–60	1959-10-03
"Dough for the Do-Do"	1949-09-03	1956–57	1957-04-06
"Fast and Furry-ous"	1949-09-17	1956–57, 1969	1957-04-27, 1969-09-13
"Each Dawn I Crow"	1949-09-24	1956–57	1957-06-15
"Swallow the Leader"	1949-10-15	1956–57	1957-01-19
"Bye, Bye Bluebeard"	1949-10-22	1961–62	1962-05-19
"For Scent-imental Reasons"	1949-11-12	1956–57	1957-02-02
"Hippety Hopper"	1949-11-19	1956–57	1957-08-24
"Bear Feat"	1949-12-10	1956–57	1957-05-18
"Rabbit Hood"	1949-12-24	1961–62	1962-03-17
"A Ham in a Role"	1949-12-31	1959–60	1960-08-27
"Home, Tweet Home"	1950-01-14	1957–58	1958-01-25
"Hurdy-Gurdy Hare"	1950-01-21	1962–63	1962-09-08
"Boobs in the Woods"	1950-01-28	1958–59	1959-06-20
"Mutiny on the Bunny"	1950-02-11	1967–68	1968-01-20
"The Lion's Busy"	1950-02-18	1960–61	1961-05-13
"The Scarlet Pumpernickel"	1950-03-04	1957–58	1958-05-17
"Homeless Hare"	1950-03-11	1961–62	1962-06-16
"Strife with Father"	1950-04-01	1961–62	1961-09-30
"The Hypo-Chondri-Cat"	1950-04-15	1957–58	1957-12-28
"The Leghorn Blows at Midnight"	1950-05-06	1957–58	1957-11-02
"His Bitter Half"	1950-05-20	1957–58	1957-10-19
"An Egg Scramble"	1950-05-27	1958–59	1958-10-04
"All a Bir-r-r-d"	1950-06-24	1957–58	1958-06-14
"8 Ball Bunny"	1950-07-08	1962-63	1962-11-24
"It's Hummer Time"	1950-07-22	1957–58	1958-03-22
"Golden Yeggs"	1950-08-05	1958–59	1959-03-14
"Dog Gone South"	1950-08-26	1958–59	1959-08-22
"The Ducksters"	1950-09-02	1959–60	1960-06-18
"A Fractured Leghorn"	1950-09-16	1957–58	1958-04-19
"Canary Row"	1950-10-07	1958–59	1958-12-13
"Stooge for a Mouse"	1950-10-21	1957–58	1958-08-30
"Pop 'Im Pop!"	1950-10-28	1957–58	1957-09-21
"Caveman Inki"	1950-11-25	1957–58	1958-03-01
"Dog Collared"	1950-12-02	1958–59	1959-01-03
"Rabbit of Seville"	1950-12-16	1969	1969-01-18
"Two's a Crowd"	1950-12-30	1958–59	1958-11-22
"A Fox in a Fix"	1951-01-20	1958–59	1959-01-31
"Canned Feud"	1951-02-03	1958–59	1959-05-02
"Putty Tat Trouble"	1951-02-24	1959–60	1959-10-24
"Corn Plastered"	1951-03-03	1960–61	1961-07-01
"Bunny Hugged"	1951-03-10	1960–61	1961-01-28
"Scent-imental Romeo"	1951-03-24	1958–59	1959-04-11
"A Bone for a Bone"	1951-04-07	1959–60	1960-01-02
"A Hound for Trouble"	1951-04-28	1961–62	1961-09-09
"Early to Bet"	1951-05-12	1958-59	1959-05-30
"Rabbit Fire"	1951-05-19	1960–61	1961-04-08
"Room and Bird"	1951-06-02	1960–61	1960-09-10
"Chow Hound"	1951-06-16	1959–60	1960-07-09
"French Rarebit"	1951-06-30	1959-60	1960-08-06
"The Wearing of the Grin"	1951-07-14	1960–61	1961-02-18
"Leghorn Swoggled"	1951-07-28	1961–62	1961-11-25
"His Hare Raising Tale"	1951-08-11	1960–61	1960-10-22
"Cheese Chasers"	1951-08-25	1959–60	1960-04-30
"Lovelorn Leghorn"	1951-09-08	1959–60	1960-03-12
"Tweety's S.O.S."	1951-09-22	1959–60	1960-02-20
"Ballot Box Bunny"	1951-10-06	1960–61	1961-08-26
"A Bear for Punishment"	1951-10-20	1959–60	1959-12-12
"Sleepy Time Possum"	1951-11-03	1959–60	1960-04-09
"Drip-Along Daffy"	1951-11-17	1959–60	1959-09-12
"Big Top Bunny"	1951-12-01	1962–63	1963-08-24
"Tweet Tweet Tweety"	1951-12-15	1960–61	1960-12-31
"The Prize Pest"	1951-12-22	1959–60	1960-01-30
"Who's Kitten Who?"	1952-01-05	1959–60	1960-05-21
"Feed the Kitty"	1952-02-02	1960–61	1961-04-29
"Gift Wrapped"	1952-02-16	1960–61, 1965-66	1960-11-19, May 1966
"Thumb Fun"	1952-03-01	1960–61	1961-06-10
"Little Beau Pepé"	1952-03-29	1960–61	1960-12-10
"Kiddin' the Kitten"	1952-04-05	1960–61	1961-08-05
"Sock a Doodle Do"	1952-05-10	1961–62	1962-02-17
"Beep, Beep"	1952-05-24	1960–61	1961-03-11
"Ain't She Tweet"	1952-06-21	1961–62	1962-04-14
"Cracked Quack"	1952-07-05	1960–61	1960-10-01
"Hoppy Go Lucky"	1952-08-09	1967–68	1968-03-16
"A Bird in a Guilty Cage"	1952-08-30	1961–62	1962-07-14
"Fool Coverage"	1952-12-13	1961–62	1962-08-11
"Don't Give Up the Sheep"	1953-01-03	1969	1969-03-22
"Snow Business"	1953-01-17	1965-66	December 1965
"Forward March Hare"	1953-02-14	1969	1969-05-24
"Upswept Hare"	1953-03-14	1962–63	1963-05-25
"A Peck o' Trouble"	1953-03-28	1961–62	1961-12-23
"Fowl Weather"	1953-04-04	1962-63	1962-10-27
"Muscle Tussle"	1953-04-18	1962–63	1962-09-29
"Southern Fried Rabbit"	1953-05-02	1969	1969-07-12
"Tom Tom Tomcat"	1953-07-27	1961-62	1962-01-27
"Cat-Tails for Two"	1953-08-29	1962–63	1963-02-16
"Zipping Along"	1953-09-19	1969	1969-11-15
"Easy Peckin's"	1953-10-17	1962–63	1963-03-16
"Of Rice and Hen"	1953-11-14	1969	1969-02-15
"Dog Pounded"	1954-01-02	1962–63	1963-01-26
"Captain Hareblower"	1954-01-16	1969	1969-10-11
"No Barking"	1954-02-27	1962–63	1963-04-13
"Design for Leaving"	1954-03-27	1959–64	1962-12-22
"Bell Hoppy"	1954-04-17	1962–63	1963-06-15
"Satan's Waitin'"	1954-08-07	1962–63	1963-07-24
"Gone Batty"	1954-09-04	1963–64	1963-10-12
"By Word of Mouse"	1954-10-02	1964-65	June 1965
"From A to Z-Z-Z-Z"	1954-10-16	1963–64	1963-11-16
"Quack Shot"	1954-10-30	1969	1969-07-19
"Pests for Guests"	1955-01-29	1963–64	May 1964
"All Fowled Up"	1955-02-19	1969	1969-08-02
"Lighthouse Mouse"	1955-03-12	1967–68	1967-12-16
"The Hole Idea"	1955-04-16	1964-65	April 1965
"A Kiddies Kitty"	1955-08-20	1963–64	August 1964
"Heir-Conditioned"	1955-11-26	1964-65	September 1964
"One Froggy Evening"	1955-12-31	1969	1969-12-06
"Too Hop to Handle"	1956-01-26	1964-65	January 1965
"Weasel Stop"	1956-02-11	1963–64	1964-01-25
"The High and the Flighty"	1956-02-18	1963–64	April 1964
"Broom-Stick Bunny"	1956-02-25	1964-65	September 1964
"Heaven Scent"	1956-03-31	1964-65	December 1964
"Rabbitson Crusoe"	1956-04-28	1964-65	January 1965
"Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z"	1956-05-05	1969	1969-12-27
"Tree Cornered Tweety"	1956-05-19	1964-65	November 1964
"The Unexpected Pest"	1956-06-02	1964-65	August 1965
"Napoleon Bunny-Part"	1956-06-16	1964-65	May 1965
"Rocket-bye Baby"	1956-08-04	1964-65	October 1964
"Half-Fare Hare"	1956-08-18	1964-65	July 1965
"Raw! Raw! Rooster!"	1956-08-25	1963–64	July 1964
"Yankee Dood It"	1956-10-13	1963–64	1963-09-14
"Wideo Wabbit"	1956-10-27	1965-66	November 1965
"To Hare Is Human"	1956-12-15	1966-67	December 1966
"Tweet Zoo"	1957-01-12	1963–64	1963-12-21
"Cheese It, the Cat!"	1957-05-04	1969	1969-09-27
"Fox-Terror"	1957-05-11	1963–64	August 1964
"Piker's Peak"	1957-05-25	1965-66	June 1966
"Steal Wool"	1957-06-08	1969	1969-08-30
"Boston Quackie"	1957-06-22	1969	1969-10-25
"What's Opera, Doc?"	1957-07-06	1965-66	September 1965
"Tabasco Road"	1957-07-20	1963–64	1964-02-15
"Birds Anonymous"	1957-08-10	1963–64	June 1964
"Zoom and Bored"	1957-09-14	1964-65	March 1965
"Greedy for Tweety"	1957-09-28	1963–64	March 1964
"Gonzales' Tamales"	1957-11-30	1967-68	1968-07-10
"Rabbit Romeo"	1957-12-14	1966-67	July 1967
"Hare-Less Wolf"	1958-02-01	1966-67	October 1966
"Hare-Way to the Stars"	1958-03-29	1967-68	1968-06-08
"Now, Hare This"	1958-05-31	1965-66	February 1966
"Knighty Knight Bugs"	1958-08-23	1965-66	February 1966
"Pre-Hysterical Hare"	1958-11-01	1966-67	April 1967
"Baton Bunny"	1959-01-10	1967–68	1968-04-20
"Hare-abian Nights"	1959-02-28	1966-67	May 1967
"Backwoods Bunny"	1959-06-13	1966-67	September 1966
"Wild and Woolly Hare"	1959-08-01	1966-67	February 1967

Cartoons with technical credits restored[]

Many of the above cartoons have been restored for DVD or Blu-ray releases, some with their original opening rings, credits, and ending titles recovered. These are:

Title	Original release date	Original titles first released	Notes
1943-56 reissues (original titles fully replaced)
"The Lady in Red"	1935-09-07	Joe's Apartment (Warner Archive Collection)	Opening audio recreated.
"I Love to Singa"	1936-07-18	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2	Original end title retained on Blue Ribbon release.
"Speaking of the Weather"	1937-09-04	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3	End title has incorrect ending cue.
"Little Red Walking Hood"	1937-11-06	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5
"Daffy Duck & Egghead"	1938-01-01	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3	End title has incorrect ending cue.
"The Night Watchman"	1938-11-19	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
"Little Brother Rat"	1939-09-02	Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection
"Cross Country Detours"	1940-03-16	Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2	Restoration previously aired on MeTV.
"The Bear's Tale"	1940-04-13	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5	Original end title retained on Blue Ribbon release.
"A Wild Hare"	1940-07-27	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection	Opening rings recreated.
"The Trial of Mr. Wolf"	1941-04-26	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5
"Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt"	1941-06-07	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection	Original titles were used in the 1995 dubbed version, but in an unrestored state. Original end title retained on Blue Ribbon release.
"Trap Happy Porky"	1945-02-24	Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection
"Book Revue"	1946-01-05	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2
"Holiday for Shoestrings"	1946-02-23	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5	Original end title retained on Blue Ribbon release.
"Baby Bottleneck"	1946-03-16	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2
"Hush My Mouse"	1946-05-04	Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection
"Hobo Bobo"	1947-05-17	Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3	Opening rings recreated.
"Crowing Pains"	1947-07-12	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
"A Horse Fly Fleas"	1947-12-13	Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2
"Back Alley Oproar"	1948-03-27	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2	Original end title retained on Blue Ribbon release.
"Hop, Look and Listen"	1948-04-17	Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem	Original titles were used in the 1995 dubbed version, but in an unrestored state. Original end title retained on Blue Ribbon release.
"You Were Never Duckier"	1948-08-07	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5	Original end title retained on Blue Ribbon release.
"The Foghorn Leghorn"	1948-10-09	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1	Original titles were used in the 1998 dubbed version. Original end title retained on Blue Ribbon release.
"Kit for Cat"	1948-11-06	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1	Original titles were used in the 1998 dubbed version.
"Scaredy Cat"	1948-12-18	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1	Original titles were used in the 1998 dubbed version. Original end title retained on Blue Ribbon release.
1956-64 reissues (opening/ending rings replaced; original credits kept)
"Hot Cross Bunny"	1948-08-21	Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
"The Pest That Came to Dinner"	1948-09-11	Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham
"Hare Splitter"	1948-09-25	Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
"Knights Must Fall"	1949-07-16	Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection	Reissued in 1967 but had original rings replaced.
"Hippety Hopper"	1949-11-29	Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem
"A Ham in a Role"	1949-12-31	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
"Home, Tweet Home"	1950-01-14	Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2
"The Lion's Busy"	1950-02-18	Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2
"Strife with Father"	1950-04-01	Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2
"The Hypo-Chondri-Cat"	1950-04-15	Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection
"It's Hummer Time"	1950-07-22	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
"Dog Gone South"	1950-08-26	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
"Canary Row"	1950-10-07	Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3
"Pop 'Im Pop!"	1950-10-28	Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem
"Dog Collared"	1950-12-02	Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham
"Canned Feud"	1951-02-03	Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2
"Fool Coverage"	1952-12-13	Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham
"Upswept Hare"	1953-03-14	Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
"Bell Hoppy"	1954-04-17	Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem
"From A to Z-Z-Z-Z"	1954-10-16	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection

The following titles are known to have original titles exist, but have not been released on DVD or Blu-ray media.^[4] Most of these original titles were found in 16mm or 8mm prints, which Warner Bros. do not restore:

Title	Original release date	Found on	Notes
1943-56 reissues (original titles fully replaced)
"The Merry Old Soul"	1935-08-17	VHS transfer^[5]	Part of the original opening music is present in the Blue Ribbon reissue.
"When I Yoo Hoo"	1936-06-27	HBO Max	Only title card was restored; reissue ending card was kept.
"Sunday Go to Meetin' Time"	1936-07-18	16mm print
"Don't Look Now"	1936-12-30	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"I Only Have Eyes for You"	1937-02-27	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"Plenty of Money and You"	1937-07-31	Title cel
"September in the Rain"	1937-12-18	35mm print^[6]
"The Isle of Pingo Pongo"	1938-05-28	VHS transfer^[7]	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"Katnip Kollege"	1938-06-11	Title card setup
"A Feud There Was"	1938-06-11	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas"	1938-10-22	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"The Mice Will Play"	1938-12-31	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"A Day at the Zoo	1939-03-11	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"Thugs with Dirty Mugs"	1939-05-06	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"Sioux Me"	1939-09-09	Title card setup
"Fresh Fish"	1939-11-04	HBO Max	Previously found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a 35mm nitrate fragment.
"The Early Worm Gets the Bird"	1940-01-13	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment. Original title audio was used in a 1939 Termite Terrace gag reel.^[8]
"Tom Thumb in Trouble"	1940-06-08	35mm print
"Circus Today"	1940-06-22	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"Wacky Wild Life"	1940-11-09	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"Of Fox and Hounds"	1940-12-07	35mm print	Found on an eBay lot in 2004 as a nitrate fragment.
"The Cat's Tale"	1941-03-01	Title card setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"Farm Frolics"	1941-05-10	35mm print^[9]	Preserved at the Library of Congress.
"The Cagey Canary"	1941-11-22	Title card setup
"Rhapsody in Rivets"	1941-12-06	Title and credits setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"Horton Hatches the Egg"	1942-04-11	Title card setup
"Double Chaser"	1942-06-27	Title card setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"The Squawkin' Hawk"	1942-08-08	Title setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"The Sheepish Wolf"	1942-10-17	Title setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"A Tale of Two Kitties"	1942-11-21	Production sketch
"My Favorite Duck"	1942-12-05	Title setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"Pigs in a Polka"	1943-02-06	Title setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"The Fifth-Column Mouse"	1943-03-06	Title card setup
"Flop Goes the Weasel"	1943-03-20	Title setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"The Unbearable Bear"	1943-04-17	Title setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"Hiss and Make Up"	1943-09-11	Title setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"Fin 'n' Catty"	1943-10-23	Animation cel	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"An Itch in Time"	1943-12-04	Production sketch of opening rings
"Tick Tock Tuckered"	1944-04-08	Cel of character credits
"Slightly Daffy"	1944-06-17	Title card setup
"From Hand to Mouse"	1944-06-17	Animation cel	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"Life with Feathers"	1945-03-24	35mm B&W print	Film lacks original audio.
"Tale of Two Mice"	1945-03-24	16mm print^[10]
"The Bashful Buzzard"	1945-09-15	Original audio element	Opening recreated as a bonus feature on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5.
"Peck Up Your Troubles"	1945-10-20	Title card setup	Preserved at the University of Wyoming.
"Of Thee I Sting"	1946-08-17	16mm B&W print^[11]
"The Mouse-Merized Cat"	1946-10-19	16mm B&W print	Found on an eBay auction in 2010.
"Mouse Menace"	1946-11-02	16mm B&W print^[12]	Part of the original audio preserved in Associated Artists Productions prints.
"Tweetie Pie"	1947-05-03	16mm B&W print^[13]	Original audio preserved in Associated Artists Productions prints.
"House Hunting Mice"	1947-09-06	16mm print
"Doggone Cats"	1947-10-25	16mm print^[14]
"I Taw a Putty Tat"	1948-04-03	Bugs Bunny: Superstar and 16mm print^[15]	DVD version keeps original title card, but has the reissue audio. 16mm print retains the entire title sequences, with the original music cue.
"Bone Sweet Bone"	1948-05-22	35mm print^[16]	This version had interchangeably aired with its reissued version when aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
"The Rattled Rooster"	1948-05-22	HBO Max
"Daffy Dilly"	1948-10-30	16mm print^[17]
1956-64 reissues (opening/ending rings replaced; original credits kept)
"Boobs in the Woods"	1950-01-28	16mm print^[18]
"Two's a Crowd"	1950-12-30	HBO Max
"Leghorn Swoggled"	1951-07-28	HBO Max
"Sleepy Time Possum"	1951-11-03	HBO Max
"Tom Tom Tomcat"	1953-06-27	16mm print^[19]
"Dog Pounded"	1954-01-02	16mm print^[20]
"Design for Leaving"	1954-03-27	16mm print^[21]
"The High and the Flighty"	1956-02-18	16mm B&W print
"Fox-Terror"	1957-05-11	35mm print^[22]
"Tabasco Road"	1957-07-20	35mm print