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Yankee Doodle Bugs is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short, written by Warren Foster and directed by Friz Freleng. [2] The short was released on August 28, 1954, and stars Bugs Bunny. [3] In the short, Bugs' nephew Clyde has trouble remembering important dates and events in history in preparation for an exam, so Bugs offers to help.
Angel Puss is the only cartoon directed by Jones on the list, as well as the only Looney Tunes cartoon on the list. Hittin' the Trail to Hallelujah Land is the only black-and-white short on the list, and the only cartoon to star Piggy. Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears is the only cartoon on this list not to be produced by Leon Schlesinger.
The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts released by Warner Bros. feature a range of characters which are listed and briefly detailed here. Major characters from the franchise include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester the Cat, the Tasmanian Devil, Tweety, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, and ...
A Horse Fly Fleas is a 1947 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short. It was written by Warren Foster and directed by Robert McKimson. [2] The short was released on December 13, 1947. [3] The short stars A. Flea, the nearly-microscopic protagonist of An Itch in Time from 1943.
A Feather in His Hare is a 1948 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes animated short, directed by Chuck Jones. [1] Completed in 1946, the short was originally released on February 7, 1948. [2] The title is a pun on "hair".
From 1942 to 1964, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were the most popular animated shorts in movie theaters. [4] Looney Tunes has become one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time, spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, music albums, video games, and amusement park rides. Many of the characters have made ...
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt, ISBN 0-8050-0894-2; Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-12348-9; That's Not All, Folks! by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe.
The cartoon has been criticized for its stereotypical and insensitive depictions of Native Americans. [4] [5] The film is set during the California Gold Rush, and depicts Porky Pig leading a wagon train to California. He is opposed by Injun Joe, a Native American chief who has claimed any area to the west of the Eastern Seaboard as his own.