Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends

Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends
Genre Comedy
Directed by
Composer(s)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 65
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network Syndication (1990–92)
Fox (1992–94)

Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends was an animated anthology television series that aired weekdays in syndication from 1990 to 1992 and on the Fox Kids Network from 1992 to 1994. Originally made to coincide with Bugs Bunny's 50th birthday and the debut of Tiny Toon Adventures, the series featured cartoons from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies library and was distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

This series is not to be confused with Warners' earlier syndicated anthology The Merrie Melodies Show.

Format

For the syndicated version of the series, each episode began with a title sequence, directed by Darrell Van Citters, featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck showing classic cartoon clips on a screen; as usual, Daffy would try to butt in on the action, only for some humorous setback to befall him (five different setups were made, one for each weekday). The show itself ran for a half-hour and contained three classic shorts, one of them starring Bugs Bunny, with a short "Hip Clip" placed in between the second and third shorts. 65 episodes of Merrie Melodies were created and aired in first-run syndication from September 17 to December 14, 1990; reruns aired from then until 1992.[1]

Merrie Melodies moved to the Fox Kids Network in September 1992, which brought forth several changes to the format.[2] A new animated opening was produced featuring Bugs oversleeping and making a frantic run through the Warner Bros. Studios, passing by several Looney Tunes characters as he makes his way to a soundstage.[3]

Episodes

Season 1

  • An asterisk (*) denotes a black-and-white cartoon that was computer-colorized.
No. 1st cartoon 2nd cartoon 3rd cartoon Original air date
1 High Diving Hare Claws for Alarm Fast and Furry-ous September 17, 1990
2 Often an Orphan Mouse Wreckers The Hasty Hare September 18, 1990
3 Bully for Bugs Tweet and Sour Henhouse Henery September 19, 1990
4 The Scarlet Pumpernickel My Bunny Lies Over the Sea One Froggy Evening September 20, 1990
5 From A to Z-Z-Z-Z Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z Hillbilly Hare September 21, 1990
6 Mutiny on the Bunny Deduce, You Say Much Ado About Nutting September 24, 1990
7 Mouse-Taken Identity Rabbit Fire To Beep or Not to Beep September 25, 1990
8 Frigid Hare Kiss Me Cat Dog Collared September 26, 1990
9 Bill of Hare Lovelorn Leghorn The Hypo-Chondri-Cat September 27, 1990
10 Daffy Dilly Stooge for a Mouse What's Opera, Doc? September 28, 1990
11 Roman Legion-Hare Golden Yeggs Scaredy Cat October 1, 1990
12 Little Boy Boo Dough Ray Me-Ow Show Biz Bugs October 2, 1990
13 Transylvania 6-5000 Bear Feat Zip 'N Snort October 3, 1990
14 Curtain Razor Weasel While You Work Bugs and Thugs October 4, 1990
15 Robot Rabbit Dog Gone South Putty Tat Trouble October 5, 1990
16 Duck! Rabbit, Duck! Zoom at the Top Wild Wild World October 8, 1990
17 The Slap-Hoppy Mouse Wholly Smoke* Sahara Hare October 9, 1990
18 Stork Naked Feline Frame-Up His Hare-Raising Tale October 10, 1990
19 Broom-Stick Bunny A Sheep in the Deep Jeepers Creepers* October 11, 1990
20 Feather Dusted Ready, Set, Zoom! Rabbit's Kin October 12, 1990
21 A Star is Bored An Egg Scramble Yankee Dood It October 15, 1990
22 Stupor Duck Spaced Out Bunny Caveman Inki October 16, 1990
23 Strife with Father Highway Runnery Rabbit Romeo October 17, 1990
24 The Iceman Ducketh Of Rice and Hen Porky Pig's Feat* October 18, 1990
25 I Gopher You Bowery Bugs Snow Business October 19, 1990
26 Ballot Box Bunny Boulder Wham! Gone Batty October 22, 1990
27 Riff Raffy Daffy Apes of Wrath Dime to Retire October 23, 1990
28 Strangled Eggs A Fox in a Fix Person to Bunny October 24, 1990
29 Baby Buggy Bunny Out and Out Rout Pappy's Puppy October 25, 1990
30 A Bear for Punishment Porky's Pooch* This is a Life? October 26, 1990
31 Wild and Woolly Hare Bell Hoppy Rocket Squad October 29, 1990
32 Quack Shot Captain Hareblower The Leghorn Blows at Midnight October 30, 1990
33 Tom Tom Tomcat Whoa, Be-Gone! The Hasty Hare October 31, 1990
34 The Prize Pest Bewitched Bunny The Mouse That Jack Built November 1, 1990
35 Cracked Quack Roman Legion-Hare Kiddin' the Kitten November 2, 1990
36 Rabbit Seasoning Stop! Look! And Hasten! The Honey-Mousers November 5, 1990
37 A Fractured Leghorn Paying the Piper My Bunny Lies Over the Sea November 6, 1990
38 The Super Snooper Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny Goo Goo Goliath November 7, 1990
39 To Hare is Human The Ducksters Go Fly a Kit November 8, 1990
40 Little Red Rodent Hood Shot and Bothered Ballot Box Bunny November 9, 1990
41 Southern Fried Rabbit Double or Mutton Crockett-Doodle-Do November 12, 1990
42 Greedy for Tweety Gopher Broke Hillbilly Hare November 13, 1990
43 False Hare Beep Prepared Chow Hound November 14, 1990
44 Boston Quackie Bill of Hare Porky's Duck Hunt* November 15, 1990
45 Big House Bunny Rocket-bye Baby A Coy Decoy* November 16, 1990
46 Bonanza Bunny Chaser on the Rocks Cats A-Weigh! November 19, 1990
47 You Were Never Duckier The Unmentionables Early to Bet November 20, 1990
48 Pop 'im Pop Frigid Hare Bugged by a Bee November 21, 1990
49 Horse Hare Porky's Bear Facts* A Hound for Trouble November 22, 1990
50 Rebel Rabbit Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner The Egg-Cited Rooster November 23, 1990
51 Barbary Coast Bunny Lickety-Splat Sleepy Time Possum November 26, 1990
52 The Foghorn Leghorn Porky's Midnight Matinee* A Star is Bored November 27, 1990
53 Tweet Zoo Wideo Wabbit Don't Give Up the Sheep November 28, 1990
54 People Are Bunny War and Pieces The Bee-Deviled Bruin November 29, 1990
55 The Daffy Duckaroo* Sock-a-Doodle-Do Lighter Than Hare November 30, 1990
56 Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol Raw! Raw! Rooster! Just Plane Beep December 3, 1990
57 Freudy Cat Baby Buggy Bunny The Lion's Busy December 4, 1990
58 Bushy Hare Porky & Daffy* Cheese It, the Cat! December 5, 1990
59 The Slick Chick Apes of Wrath Puss n' Booty* December 6, 1990
60 Wise Quackers Clippety Clobbered The Windblown Hare December 7, 1990
61 14 Carrot Rabbit The Pest That Came to Dinner Tired and Feathered December 10, 1990
62 The High and the Flighty Two's a Crowd A-Lad-In His Lamp December 11, 1990
63 The Dixie Fryer Prince Varmint Mouse Warming December 12, 1990
64 Rebel Without Claws Woolen Under Where Rabbit Seasoning December 13, 1990
65 Hare-Abian Nights To Itch His Own Bye, Bye Bluebeard December 14, 1990

References

  1. ↑ Carmody, John (September 17, 1990). "The TV Column". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Freeman, Mike; Coe, Steve (June 3, 1991). "Fox affiliates pleased with network's plans". Broadcasting.
  3. ↑ McCorry, Kevin. "Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends". Retrieved November 15, 2017.
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