Wagon Heels (1945) The Wise Quacking Duck (1943)
""Detouring America"": A tour of the country of the United States filled with hilarious sight gags, starring the ""Human Fly"", an acrobat that tries to scale the Umpire State. ""Crazy Cruise"": We take a cruise around the world and stop on various places, each one with a joke to laugh at. ""Fresh Fish"": Another tour, this time at the bottom of the seas, introducing us to the various forms of aquatic life.
A look at a hen character named ""Emily"" who wanted to become a star and often fell head-over heels for many male stars, while the rooster who actually loved her often had to get her out of trouble. CARTOONS SHOWN: ""Let It Be Me"" (w/A.A.P. logo) ""A Star Is Hatched"" (w/A.A.P. logo) ""Strangled Eggs""
Baseball, the American sport. Cartoons eventually fell into the popular gig by playing the game themselves in wacky and outragous ways. CARTOONS SHOWN: ""Gone Batty"" ""Batty Baseball"" (MGM)-directed by Tex Avery ""Baseball Bugs""-directed by Friz Freleng
A show dedicated to the cartoons Chuck Jones made in his beginnings. ""The Night Watchman"": Tommy Cat has to replace his father as a store's watchman, but a gang of rats decide to take the store for themselves. ""Dog Gone Modern"": A couple of dogs visit ""The House of Tomorrow"", and they will be constantly harassed by the modern inventions, specially an automatic sweeper. Toy Trouble"": Sniffles and the Bookworm visit a toy store, which will lead to lots of chases and, as the title implies, trouble.
CARTOONS SHOWN: ""Southern Fried Rabbit""- Bugs tries to get into Yosemite Sam's south territory where there are better carrots. ""Backwoods Bunny""- Bugs battles wits with two hillbilli eagels who want Bugs for dinner. ""The Dixie Fryer""- Foghorn Leghorn travels south and runs into the same eagels from the previous cartoon, and now they want FOGHORN for dinner!
CARTOONS SHOWN: ""Speaking Of The Weather"" (w/A.A.P. logo) ""You're An Education"" (w/A.A.P. logo) ""Book Revue""* (as ""Book Review"") [Note: During the weekend of 03/19-21/1999, ""You're An Education"" was replaced with a hand-colorized print of ""I Like Mountain Music"" as the first title played. ""Speaking Of The Weather"" became the second cartoon to be shown, followed by ""Book Revue"". New wraparound intros were made for ""I Like Mountain Music"" and ""Speaking Of The Weather"", now as a ""dubbed version"", during the weekend of 10/06-08/2000.]
:ROBIN HOOD MAKES GOOD""- three squirrels play Robin Hood, but the littlest squirrel ends up playing the badguy, but doesn't want to. Eventually he becoms the hero when a fox captures the other two for dinner. ""ROBIN HOOD DAFFY""- Daffy tries to prove to Fat Friar (Porky Pig) that he is really Robin Hood. ""ROBIN HOODWINKED""- Jerry Mouse and his cousin Nibbles try to rescue Robin Hood from jail, but Tom the cat is guarding the jailcell.
CARTOONS SHOWN: ""The Coo-Coo Nut Grove"" ""Hollywood Steps Out"" (w/A.A.P. logo) ""Slick Hare""
This episode featured a brief look at the history of ""Termite Terrace"", and a little history on Bugs Bunny. The two cartoons shown with this episode were ""A Hare Grows in Mathatten"" where Bugs talks about an incident that happened when he was a child, and ""What's Up Doc"", Bugs tells about how he became the popular rabbit he is today. The Toonheads trivia question was ""Who are the 4 celebrities who get snubbed off by Elmer in WHAT'S UP DOC? The 4 are Jack Benny, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, and Eddie Cantor.
Cartoons can't seem to fall asleep in these shorts. ""Good Night Elmer"": Elmer Fudd is ready for bedtime, but the candle that lights his room won't dissappear. ""Back Alley Oproar"": Sylvester's singing won't let Elmer sleep, so he'll try anything to shut the cat. ""Daffy Duck Slept Here"": Daffy Duck and Porky Pig share a hotel room, but Porky won't be able to sleep because of Daffy's continious interruptions.
A look at ""Egghead"" the original version of Elmer Fudd. Cartoons Shown: Daffy Duck and Egghead made in1938, directed by Tex Avery. Egghead hunts for ducks and runs into Daffy duck. Count Me Out made in 1938, directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton Egghead registers to join a boxing class. A Day at the Zoo made in 1939, directed by Tex Avery. A narration cartoon taking place ina zoo. Running gag of Egghead annoying a lion and the narrator telling him not to. TOONHEADS TRIVIA: What was the company that sent Egghead the boxing equipment? ANSWER: Acme Company.
Three Bob Clampett classics, all with nightmare or futuristic themes. ""The Old Grey Hare"": Elmer Fudd is sent 50 years to the future to hunt an old version of Bugs Bunny, after he gets him, they recall their first meeting as babies. ""The Great Piggy Bank Robbery"": Daffy Duck dreams he's the great detective Dick Twacy, and he must retrieve his lost piggy bank from a gang of gangsters. ""The Big Snooze"": Elmer Fudd quits the WB (ironic since this is Clampett's last short for the WB) and when he falls asleep while fishing, Bugs Bunny haunts him in his dream.
Cartoons about human-like cars who feel the need for speed. ""Streamlined Greta Green""* ""One Cab's Family"" (MGM) ""Little Johnny Jet"" (MGM)
In 1942, Bob Clampett and Friz Freleng decided to change Elmer's appearence to make him look like the actor who voiced him: Arthur Q. Bryan. Wabbit Twouble made in 1942, directed by Bob Clampett. Elmer goes camping, and Bugs wrecks his vacation. Wacky Wabbit made in 1942, directed by Bob Clampett Elmer is looking for gold. The only gold around is Bugs Bunny's gold tooth. FRESH HARE made in 1942, directed by Friz Freleng Bugs is wanted in Canada, and mountie hunter Elmer Fudd is sent to retrieve him.
The cartoons Tex Avery made, but hate. Soft cute cartoons about mice. Awwww.... ""Ain't We Got Fun"" ""A Sunbonnet Blue"" [dubbed version debut on 05/12-14/2000] ""The Mice Will Play""
BULLDOZING THE BULL- Popeye reluctantly fights a bull in order to impress Olive Oyl. BULLY FOR BUGS- Bugs takes a wrong turn at alberquerque, and finds himself in the middle of a bullfight. SENIOR DROOPY- Droopy and a wolf bullfight both to win the girl of their dreams.
Toonheads' own tribute to brilliant draftsman Robert McKimson. ""Daffy Doodles"": Policeman Porky is on the tracks of Daffy Duck, who is painting moustaches on everyone's faces. ""Easter Yeggs"": Bugs Bunny replaces the Easter Bunny, and has to deal with an annoying kid and escape from Elmer who wants him for Easter Rabbit Stew. ""Walky Talky Hawky"": Henery Hawk is out for chickens, while Foghorn Leghorn is busy harassing Barnyard Dog.
""HARE TRIGGER""- Bugs meets Yosemite Sam who is wanted in the old west. ""ALONG CAME DAFFY""- Daffy attempts to sell food to two starving Sam twins, but they want just the duck for dinner. ""BUGS BUNNY RIDES AGAIN""- Bugs and Sam have a battle. Whoever loses has to leave town. Sam loses and aboards a train and finds out it's ""Miami Special"", and then Bugs wants to leave town.
""Rhapsody In Rivets"" ""Lights Fantastic"" (one edit = Chinatown residents scene removed) ""Rhapsody Rabbit"" [dubbed version seen on 11/21/2002]
""Ghost Wanted""* ""The Crackpot Quail""* ""One Froggy Evening""
""Tom Turkey And His Harmonica Humdingers"" (MGM) ""Jerky Turkey"" (MGM) ""Tom Turk & Daffy""
Three cartoons in which Daffy Duck tries to prove his multiple talents as a salesman. ""Yankee Doodle Daffy"": Daffy shows talent scout Porky Pig the numerous artistic talents of a little duck he represents, Sleepy LaGoon. ""The Stupor Salesman"": Daffy won't stop until he manages to sell something to a thug that has recently robbed a bank. ""Fool Coverage"": Daffy tries to sell Porky an insurance by showing him all the accidents that can happen at home, but of course accidents often backfire...
A look at some of history's most memorable Christmas themed cartoon shorts from the golden age of animation
[This one-hour documentary-style special featured mostly highlights and lengthy, sometimes edited, extracts from some films that were rarely seen or previously forgotten in public.] CARTOONS SHOWN: ""Bosko The Talk-Ink Kid"" ""Crying For The Carolines"" ""Lady Play Your Mandolin"" ""Bugs Bunny's Bond Rally"" ""Spies"" ""The Return Of Mr. Hook"" ""Two Guys From Texas"" ""My Dream Is Yours"" ""So Much For So Little"" ""Orange Blossoms For Violet"" ""Drafty Isn't It?"" Tang Commerical [B&W] with Bugs Bunny and Marvin Martian ""Philbert"" ""The Adventures Of The Road Runner""
Four complete WWII-themed cartoons, plus some clips from war-related shorts. ""Blitz Wolf"": A variation of the Three Little Pigs tale, with the pigs as American soldiers and the Wolf as Adolf Hitler. ""Scrap Happy Daffy"": Daffy Duck proudly guards the biggest scrap pile in the U.S., but when Hitler finds out, he send the nazi troops to destroy it. ""Herr Meets Hare"": After making (for the first time) the wrong turn in Albuquerque, Bugs Bunny finds himself in Germany being hunted down by Hermann Goering. ""Russian Rhapsody"": Hitler flies himself a plane to drop a bomb to Moscow, but the ""Gremlins from the Kremlin"" are there to sabotage his plan.
A look at how Elmer Fudd evolved from a character called ""Egghead"". Cartoons showed: A-Lad-In-Bagdad Made in 1938, directed by Cal Howard and Cal Dalton Egghead plays Aladdin, and tries to impress the salton's princess with the magic lamp he got out of a crane game. The Dangerous Dan Mcfoo Made in 1939, directed by Tex Avery A two dogs battle in a saloon for the heart of a pretty girl dog. The Hardship of Miles Standish Made in 1940, directed by Friz Freleng An old man tells his grandson the real story about how Percilla and John Alden (Elmer Fudd) became married. Elmer's candid Camera Made in 1940, directed by Chuck Jones Elmer goes to film widlife, but a wild rabbit makes it difficult for him. A Wild Hare Made in 1940, directed by Tex Avery Elmer Fudd is out hunting rabbits and attempts to capture a VERY early Bugs Bunny. TOONHEADS TRIVIA: What's the proof that Elmer evolved into Elmer? In ""A Feud There Was"" (1938), Egghead's name ""Elmer Fudd"" is written on t
In 1946 WB and MGM released two cartoons about a pianoist upstaged by a mouse. Both studios accused each other of coppying their idea. Cartoons Shown: Rhapsody Rabbit (WB cartoon) Made in 1946, directed by Friz Freleng Bugs Bunny is a pianoist entertaining an audience, but gets tormented by a mouse. The Cat Concerto (MGM cartoon) Made in 1946, directed by Willim Hanna and Joe Barbara Same plot as ""Rhapsody Rabbit"" with Tom & Jerry replacing Bugs and the mouse. TOONHEADS TRIVIA: What WB cartoon broke MGM's 4-year award winning streak? ANSWER: Friz Freleng's cartoon, Tweety Pie. Tweety Pie Made in 1947, directed by Friz Freleng. Sylvester (called ""Thomas"" in this cartoon), attempts to eat a yellow canary named Tweety, but Sylvester's owner disaproves of it and takes Tweety in as a pet.
The history of Tazmanian Deviel creaded by Robert McKimson. DEVIL MAY HARE: Bugs tries to outwit the hungry Tazmanian Devil. DUCKING THE DEVIL: Daffy Duck finds out if you turn in a tazmanian devil to the zoo you will win $5,000. Daffy also learns the devil is attracted to music. Dr. DEVIL and MR. HARE: Bugs plays ""doctor"" with the devil and attepts to perform an opperation on him. TOONHEADS TRIVIA ANSWER: A fan once nicknamed tyhe devil ""Taz Boy"".
BUGS BUNNY GETS THE BOID- Beaky's mother orders him to get a rabbit. Beaky tries to snatch Bugs. BASHFUL BUZZARD- The mother vulture tells her children to get something for dinner. But, Beaky doesn't want to because he's shy, and not as good at hunting like his brothers. STRIFE WITH FATHER- Beaky's adopted parents, two english pigeons, teach Beaky how to catch food.
This episode is all about Warner Bros. director Franklin ""Tish"" Tashlin who would later infuse the cornball antics of ""Looney Tunes"" into the live action movies that he ended up directing.
""The Aristo-Cat""- A cat's butler leaves him and now the cat must fend on his own and catch mice. The mice he meets are Hubie and Bertie who help the cat try to catch a mouse (which is actually a dog). ""Mouse Wreckers""- Hubie & Bertie drive Claude Cat insane and drive him out of the house so the mice can hace a safe place to live. ""Cheese Chasers""- Hubie & Bertie are sick of eating cheese and decide to end it all, and try to make Claude Cat eat them.
""You Ought to Be In Pictures""- Daffy tricks Porky into leaving WB to pursue a real career in movie features. meanwhile Daffy tries to talk Leon Schlesinger into having him replace Porky. ""Advantures of Popeye""- Popeye teaches a child how not to let bullies pick on him.
""Drip-Along Daffy"" [edited] ""Duck Dodgers In The 24-1/2th Century"" ""Deduce, You Say""
FRom the ""Termite Terrace Trading Post"": Toonheads: The Boys From Kansas City ""Smile, Darn Ya, Smile"" (WB, 1931) - redrawn ""Porky and Gabby"" (WB, 1936) - computer-colorized ""Porky's Hare Hunt"" (WB, 1937) - computer-colorized ""Bottles"" (MGM, 1936) ""The Milky Way"" (MGM, 1940)