Misce-Looney-Ous: Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies

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BLUE RIBBON MERRIE MELODIES

McFoo The following is a listing of the Warner Bros. cartoons which were rereleased as "Blue Ribbon" Merrie Melodies without their original opening credits.

The earliest cartoon to be issued first with "Blue Ribbon" titles was probably "My Little Buckeroo" (1938/Freleng) when the re-releasing program of its back catalogue began in September, 1943. The policy of granting full credits in reissuing these cartoons occurred after the end of the 1955-1956 theatrical season, which was about the same time that Warner Bros. was in the final stages of selling much of the pre-1948 library (both live-action and animation titles) to Associated Artists Productions at an estimated price of $21 million (the deal was finalized in April 1956).

The following information was posted on Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research awhile back: "Many also wonder about the Oscar-like statue that appears on those Blue Ribbon titles. Here's a better shot of The Grand Shorts Award (at left). This award, won by THE LONE STRANGER AND PORKY and other Looney Tunes, was bestowed on the most popular shorts of the year, decided by the readers of THE EXHIBITOR, a movie theatre trade magazine from Jay Emanuel Publications. Warners fooled theatre owners into thinking their reissues were hand picked award winning shorts. In reality they reissued practically all their color cartoons at one time or another. "

See also: Special thanks to: Steve Siegert, William A. Padron, John Lund, Chris, Jerry Beck, Patrick McCart, and Jack Tatay.



Above: An assortment of Blue Ribbon reissue title cards!!

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  • "The Country Mouse" (1935/Freleng)
  • "The Merry Old Soul" (1935/Freleng)
  • "The Lady in Red" (1935/Freleng)
  • "Little Dutch Plate" (1935/Freleng)
  • "Flowers for Madame" (1935/Freleng)

  • "The Cat Came Back" (1936/Freleng)
  • "I'm A Big Shot Now" (1936/Freleng)
  • "Let It Be Me" (1936/Freleng)
  • "When I Yoo Hoo" (1936/Freleng)
  • "I Love To Singa" (1936/Avery) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2.
  • "Sunday Go to Meetin' Time" (1936/Freleng)
  • "Don't Look Now" (1936/Avery)

  • "He Was Her Man" (1937/Freleng)
  • "Pigs Is Pigs" (1937/Freleng)
  • "I Only Have Eyes For You" (1937/Avery)
  • "The Fella With The Fiddle" (1937/Freleng)
  • "Ain't We Got Fun" (1937/Freleng)
  • "Sweet Sioux" (1937/Freleng)
  • "Plenty of Money and You" (1937/Freleng)
  • "A Sunbonnet Blue" (1937/Avery)
  • "Speaking of the Weather" (1937/Tashlin) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 3.
  • "I Wanna Be A Sailor" (1937/Avery)
  • "The Lyin' Mouse" (1937/Freleng)
  • "Little Red Walking Hood" (1937/Avery) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5.
  • "September in the Rain" (1937/Freleng)

  • "Daffy Duck and Egghead" (1938/Avery) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 3.
  • "My Little Buckaroo" (1938/Freleng)
  • "The Sneezing Weasel" (1938/Avery)
  • "Now That Summer Is Gone" (1938/Tashlin)
  • "The Isle of Pingo Pongo" (1938/Avery)
  • "Katnip Kollege" (1938/Hardaway/Dalton)
  • "Have You Got Any Castles?" (1938/Tashlin)
  • "A Feud There Was" (1938/Avery)
  • "Little Pancho Vanilla" (1938/Tashlin)
  • "Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas" (1938/Avery)
  • "You're an Education" (1938/Tashlin)
  • "The Night Watchman" (1938/Jones) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 4.
  • "The Mice Will Play" (1938/Avery)

  • "Dog Gone Modern" (1939/Jones)
  • "Robin Hood Makes Good" (1939/Jones)
  • "A Day at the Zoo" (1939/Avery)
  • "Prest-o Change-o" (1939/Jones)
  • "Thugs With Dirty Mugs" (1939/Avery)
  • "Hobo Gadget Band" (1939/Hardaway/Dalton)
  • "Old Glory" (1939/Jones)
  • "Dangerous Dan McFoo" (1939/Avery)
  • "Little Brother Rat" (1939/Jones)
  • "Sioux Me" (1939/Hardaway/Dalton)
  • "The Little Lion Hunter" (1939/Jones)
  • "The Good Egg" (1939/Jones)
  • "Fresh Fish" (1939/Avery)
  • "Fagin's Freshman" (1939/Hardaway/Dalton)
  • "Sniffles and the Bookworm" (1939/Jones)
  • "Curious Puppy" (1939/Jones)

  • "The Early Worm Gets the Bird" (1940/Avery)
  • "The Mighty Hunters" (1940/Jones) NOTE: The only pre-1948 WB cartoon to feature both "Blue Ribbon" and staff credit titles, which also has an attached "THE END" title as well.
  • "Busy Bakers" (1940/Freleng)
  • "Cross-Country Detours" (1940/Avery)
  • "The Bear's Tale" (1940/Avery) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5.
  • "Sniffles Takes a Trip" (1940/Jones)
  • "Tom Thumb in Trouble" (1940/Jones)
  • "Circus Today" (1940/Avery)
  • "Little Blabbermouse" (1940/Freleng)
  • "The Egg Collector" (1940/Jones)
  • "A Wild Hare" (1940/Avery) NOTE: Reissued as "The Wild Hare". In the Blue Ribbon reissue print of this cartoon, when the copyright date fades in, it VERY BRIEFLY says 1944 before quickly changing to 1940. Released with original titles on laserdisc (GAOLT Vol. 4) and shown on the TNT special What's Up, Doc?: A Salute to Bugs Bunny (1990).
  • "Stage Fright" (1940/Jones)
  • "Wacky Wildlife" (1940/Avery)
  • "Bedtime For Sniffles" (1940/Jones)
  • "Of Fox and Hounds" (1940/Avery)

  • "The Fighting 69 1/2th" (1941/Freleng)
  • "Sniffles Bells The Cat" (1941/Jones)
  • "The Cat's Tale" (1941/Freleng)
  • "Goofy Groceries" (1941/Clampett)
  • "Toy Trouble" (1941/Jones)
  • "The Trail of Mister Wolf" (1941/Freleng) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5.
  • "Farm Frolics" (1941/Clampett)
  • "Hollywood Steps Out" (1941/Avery)
  • "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941/Freleng) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available as an extra on the three-disc DVD edition of the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon.
  • "The Wacky Worm" (1941/Freleng)
  • "Inki and the Lion" (1941/Jones)
  • "Snowtime for Comedy" (1941/Jones)
  • "Brave Little Bat" (1941/Jones)
  • "The Bug Parade" (1941/Avery)
  • "The Cagey Canary" (1941/Avery/Clampett)
  • "Rhapsody in Rivets" (1941/Freleng)

  • "Hop, Skip, and a Chump" (1942/Freleng)
  • "Horton Hatches the Egg" (1942/Clampett)
  • "Double Chaser" (1942/Freleng)
  • "The Squawkin' Hawk" (1942/Jones)
  • "Fox Pop" (1942/Jones)
  • "The Hep Cat" (1942/Clampett)
  • "The Sheepish Wolf" (1942/Freleng)
  • "A Tale of Two Kitties" (1942/Clampett)
  • "My Favorite Duck" (1942/Jones)

  • "Pigs in a Polka" (1943/Freleng)
  • "The Fifth Column Mouse" (1943/Freleng)
  • "Flop Goes the Weasel" (1943/Jones)
  • "The Unbearable Bear" (1943/Jones)
  • "Greetings Bait" (1943/Freleng)
  • "The Aristo-Cat" (1943/Jones)
  • "Hiss and Make Up" (1943/Freleng)
  • "Fin N' Catty" (1943/Jones)
  • "An Itch In Time" (1943/Clampett)
  • "Inki and the Mynah Bird" (1943/Jones)

  • "Tick Tock Tuckered" (1944/Clampett)
  • "The Swooner Crooner" (1944/Tashlin)
  • "Duck Soup to Nuts" (1944/Freleng)
  • "Slightly Daffy" (1944/Freleng)
  • "From Hand to Mouse" (1944/Jones)
  • "Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears" (1944/Freleng)
  • "Lost and Foundling" (1944/Jones)
  • "Booby Hatched" (1944/Tashlin)
  • "The Stupid Cupid" (1944/Tashlin)

  • "Odor-able Kitty" (1945/Jones)
  • "Trap-Happy Porky" (1945/Jones)
  • "Life With Feathers" (1945/Freleng)
  • "Ain't That Ducky" (1945/Freleng)
  • "A Tale of Two Mice" (1945/Tashlin)
  • "Fresh Airedale" (1945/Jones)
  • "The Bashful Buzzard" (1945/Clampett)
  • "Peck Up Your Troubles" (1945/Freleng)

  • "Book Revue" (1946/Clampett) NOTE: Reissued as "Book Review". Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2.
  • "Holiday For Shoestrings" (1946/Freleng) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5.
  • "Baby Bottleneck" (1946/Clampett) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2.
  • "Daffy Doodles" (1946/McKimson)
  • "Hush My Mouse" (1946/Jones)
  • "The Eager Beaver" (1946/Jones)
  • "Of Thee I Sting" (1946/Freleng)
  • "Walky Talky Hawky" (1946/McKimson)
  • "Fair and Worm-Er" (1946/Jones)
  • "The Mouse-Merized Cat" (1946/McKimson)
  • "Mouse Menace" (1946/Davis)
  • "Roughly Squeaking" (1946/Jones)

  • "One Meat Brawl" (1947/McKimson)
  • "The Goofy Gophers" (1947/Davis)
  • "The Gay Anties" (1947/Freleng)
  • "Scent-imental Over You" (1947/Jones)
  • "Birth of a Notion" (1947/McKimson)
  • "Tweetie Pie" (1947/Freleng)
  • "Hobo Bobo" (1947/McKimson)
  • "Along Came Daffy" (1947/Freleng)
  • "Inki at the Circus" (1947/Jones)
  • "Crowing Pains" (1947/McKimson) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 6.
  • "The Foxy Duckling" (1947/Davis)
  • "House Hunting Mice" (1947/Jones)
  • "Little Orphan Airedale" (1947/Jones)
  • "Doggone Cats" (1947/Davis)
  • "A Horsefly Fleas" (1947/McKimson)

  • "Two Gophers From Texas" (1948/Davis)
  • "What's Brewin' Bruin?" (1948/Jones)
  • "Back Alley Op-Roar" (1948/Freleng) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2.
  • "I Taw a Putty Tat" (1948/Freleng)
  • "Hop, Look, and Listen" (1948/McKimson) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles.
  • "Bone Sweet Bone" (1948/Davis) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles.
  • "The Rattled Rooster" (1948/Davis)
  • "The Shell-Shocked Egg" (1948/McKimson)
  • "You Were Never Duckier" (1948/Jones) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5.
  • "The Foghorn Leghorn" (1948/McKimson) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 1.
  • "Daffy Dilly" (1948/Jones)
  • "Kit For Cat" (1948/Freleng) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 1.
  • "Scaredy Cat" (1948/Jones) NOTE: Recently restored with original titles. Available on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 1.
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