Rocket-Bye Baby
Studio: Warner Brothers Release Date : August 4, 1956 Series: Merrie Melodies
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Synopsis

A cosmic disturbance causes a Martian baby to be delivered to a couple on Earth, and the new father tries to adjust to having such a strange child.

Distributor(s)

Warner Brothers

Trivia

  • The book "Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald incorrectly states that the story for this cartoon was by Tedd Pierce.

Television

Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends (Season 1, Episode 45)
That's Warner Bros.! (Season 1, Episode 57)
Bugs 'n' Daffy (Season 1, Episode 57)
Bugs 'n' Daffy (Season 2, Episode 5)

DVD

United States

Looney Tunes Golden Collection - Volume 6
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection - Volume 6
LooneyTunes Platinum Collection - Volume 2
50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes

BluRay Disc

United States

LooneyTunes Platinum Collection - Volume 2

Technical Specifications

Production No.: 1395
MPAA No.: 17373
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color Type: Technicolor
Sound Type: Mono
Print Type: 35mm
Negative Type: 35mm
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Original Language: English
Original Country: United States

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Credits

Director

Charles M. "Chuck" Jones

Animator

Ken Harris
Abe Levitow
Ben Washam

Story

Michael "Mike" Maltese

Music

Milton J. "Milt" Franklyn

Backgrounds

Philip "Phil" de Guard

Voices

Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler
June Foray

Layout

Ernest "Ernie" Nordli

Effects Animation

Harry Love

Film Editor

Treg Brown

Screenshots

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Lobby Card

Note: The Chuck Jones credit was probably added at a later date.
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History

10/1/2012

  • Credits added by eutychus

4/21/2013

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5/27/2013

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7/9/2013

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8/26/2013

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6/25/2014

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1/7/2018

  • Television info added by ToonStar95

1/23/2018

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3/7/2018

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4/10/2018

  • Gallery items added
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6/26/2018

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6/28/2018

  • MPAA Number added by TibbyH

6/29/2018

  • Synopsis added by ToonStar95

4/11/2020

    4/12/2020

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    4/13/2020

      Sources

      Charles M. "Chuck" Jones: Director
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Ken Harris: Animator
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Abe Levitow: Animator
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Ben Washam: Animator
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Ernest "Ernie" Nordli: Layout
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Philip "Phil" de Guard: Backgrounds
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Harry Love: Effects Animation
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Treg Brown: Film Editor
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Milton J. "Milt" Franklyn: Music
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler: Voices
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      June Foray: Voices
      • Verified by "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald

      Michael "Mike" Maltese: Story
      • Verified by onscreen credits (not always reliable)

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