Cartoon Alley

Cartoon Alley is a cartoon anthology program that aired on TCM on Saturday Mornings from 2004 to 2007. It featured classic Warner Bros. Cartoons from the A.A.P. package (pre-August 1948).
== Overview ==
The show was hosted by Ben Mankiewicz and usually featured three classic animated shorts from the Golden Age of American animation. Much like Cartoon Network's series 'ToonHeads', each of the three shorts focused on a common theme. Most shorts came from Warner Bros., MGM and Paramount (the latter of which was only for Popeye shorts), but during the show's first season Cartoon Alley featured shorts from the Gaumont Film Company. Many recognizable characters were featured in at least one episode such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Tweety and others not so famous such as Goopy Geer, and also include animated feature films. The shorts often appeared uncut and uncensored (a few cartoons however included cuts for content), and the more controversial cartoons (such as Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt) were often introduced with a brief warning by Mankiewicz about the ethnic stereotypes being portrayed. This was the most recent time where Warner Bros. cartoons that featured certain stereotypes were shown on television. The network's logo was only featured for a brief time, usually during the last short featured. The show didn't air in February due to special programming. The series was cancelled in Autumn of 2007.
== Episodes ==
A total of 47 episodes of Cartoon Alley had aired across 3 seasons.
=== Season 1 (2004-2005) ===
Episode No.	Title 	Shorts Featured 	Air-Date
01 	Clark Gable 	The Coo-Coo Nut Grove/Malibu Beach Party/Hollywood Steps Out 	November 5th, 2004
02 	Christmas (Part 1) 	The Pup's Christmas/Peace On Earth/The Night Before Christmas 	December 4th, 2004
03 	Oscar Nominated Shorts 	Blitz Wolf/Life With Feathers/Peck Up Your Troubles 	January 1st, 2005
04 	Tom & Jerry 	Professor Tom/Old Rockin' Chair Tom/The Cat Concerto 	March 5th, 2005
05 	Tex Avery 	Red Hot Riding Hood/Batty Baseball/Swing Shift Cinderella 	April 2nd, 2005
06 	The Early Days Of Warner Bros. Cartoons	Honeymoon Hotel/Beauty And The Beast/I Haven't Got A Hat 	May 7th, 2005
07 	The Captain And The Kids 	Cleaning House/Petunia National Park/Mama's New Hat 	June 4th, 2005
08 	Popeye (Part 1) 	Adventures Of Popeye/The Anvil Chorus Girl/Abusement Park 	July 2nd, 2005
09 	Animaland Series (Part 1) 	The Platypus/The Cuckoo/The Lion 	September 3rd, 2005
10 	Animaland Series (Part 2) 	The Ostrich/It's A Lovely Day/The House Cat 	September 10th, 2005
11 	Animaland Series (Part 3) 	Ginger Nutt's Bee Bother/Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus/Ginger Nutt's Forest Dragon	September 17th, 2005
12 	Barney Bear 	The Bear That Couldn't Sleep/Goggle Fishing Bear/Heir Bear 	September 24th, 2005
13 	Sniffles 	Naughty But Mice/Little Brother Rat/Sniffles And The Bookworm 	October 1st, 2005
14 	Droopy 	Dumb-Hounded/The Shooting Of Dan McGoo/Wild And Woolfy 	October 8th, 2005
15 	Tweetie Bird 	A Tale Of Two Kitties/Birdy And The Beast/A Gruesome Twosome 	October 15th, 2005
16 	Cinemascope Cartoons 	Millionaire Droopy/The Egg And Jerry/Tops With Pops 	October 22nd, 2005
17 	Peter Lorre Caricatures 	Horton Hatches The Egg/Hair-Raising Hare/Birth Of A Notion 	October 29th, 2005
=== Season 2 (2005-2006) ===
18	Happy Harmonies (Part 1) 	The Discontented Canary/The Old Pioneer/The Tale Of Vienna Woods 	November 5th, 2005
19	Elmer Fudd 	Elmer's Candid Camera/Confederate Honey/The Hardship Of Miles Standish 	November 12th, 2005
20	Benny Burro 	Little Gravel Voice/The Prospecting Bear/Half-Pint Palomino 	November 19th, 2005
21	WB Cartoon Character Debuts 	Walky Talky Hawky/The Goofy Gophers/Haredevil Hare 	November 26th, 2005
22	Popeye (Part 2) 	Baby Wants A Bottleship/A Balmy Swami/Beaus Will Be Beaus 	December 3rd, 2005
23	Two Curious Puppies 	Dog Gone Modern/The Curious Puppy/Snowtime For Comedy 	December 10th, 2005
24	Christmas (Part 2) 	The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives/Bedtime For Sniffles/Good Will To Men	December 17th, 2005
25	Nursery Rhymes And Bedtime Stories	Little Red Walking Hood/The Bear's Tale/The Trial Of Mr. Wolf 	December 31st, 2005
26	Homer The Flea 	The Homeless Flea/What Price Fleadom/The Cat That Hated People 	September 2nd, 2006
27	Black And White Warner Bros. 	I've Got To Sing A Torch Song/Pettin' In The Park/Gold Diggers Of '49 	September 9th, 2006
28	Tex Avery's Screwball Classics 	Lucky Ducky/Bad Luck Blackie/Symphony In Slang 	September 16th, 2006
29	Hubie And Bertie 	The Aristo-Cat/Roughly Squeaking/House Hunting Mice 	September 23rd, 2006
30	Popeye (Part 3) 	Can You Take It/Child Psykolojiky/Car-azy Drivers 	September 30th, 2006
31	Warner Brothers 	Egghead Rides Again/The Bashful Buzzard/Boulevardier From The Bronx 	October 7th, 2006
32	Cinemascope Tom & Jerry 	Mucho Mouse/Tom's Photo Finish/Royal Cat Nap 	October 14th, 2006
33	Cinemascope Droopy 	Blackboard Jumble/One Droopy Knight/Sheep Wrecked 	October 21st, 2006
34	Conrad Cat 	The Bird Came C.O.D./Porky's Cafe/Conrad The Sailor 	October 28th, 2006
=== Season 3 (2006-2007) ===
35	George And Junior 	Henpecked Hoboes/Hound Hunters/Half-Pint Pygmy 	November 4th, 2006
36	Early Bugs Bunny 	A Wild Hare/Elmer's Pet Rabbit/Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt 	November 11th, 2006
37	Spike 	The Counterfeit Cat/Ventriloquist Cat/Garden Gopher 	November 18th, 2006
38	Bugs And Cecil 	Tortoise Beats Hare/Tortoise Wins By A Hare/Rabbit Transit 	November 25th, 2006
39	Happy Harmonies (Part 2) 	When The Cat's Away/The Lost Chick/The Calico Dragon 	December 2nd, 2006
40	Porky Pig 	Porky's Picnic/Porky's Baseball Broadcast/Porky's Snooze Reel	December 9th, 2006
41	Bing Crosby Spoofs 	Let It Be Me/Bingo Crosbyana/The Woods Are Full Of Cuckoos 	December 16th, 2006
42	Christmas (Part 3) 	Toyland Broadcast/Alias St. Nick/The Captain's Christmas 	December 23rd, 2006
43	Goopy Geer 	Goopy Geer/Moonlight For Two/The Queen Was In The Parlor 	December 30th, 2006
44	The Bear Family 	Goldilocks And The Three Bears/A Rainy Day/Papa Gets The Bird	January 6th, 2007
45	Beans 	The Fire Alarm/The Phantom Ship/Boom Boom 	January 13th, 2007
46	Adolph Hitler WB Caricatures	Daffy The Commando/Russian Rhapsody/Herr Meets Hare 	January 20th, 2007
47	Screwy Squirrel 	Screwball Squirrel/The Screwy Truant/Lonesome Lenny 	January 27th, 2007
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