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The Birthday Cartoon Collection

The Birthday Cartoon Collection is a UK VHS release by National Children's Home in 1989.

## Episodes

* Tweety and Sylvester: Room and Bird
* Tom and Jerry: The Cat Concerto
* DuckTales: Magica's Magic Mirror
* Bugs Bunny: Devil May Hare
* Barney Bear: The Bear and the Bean
* Goofy: How to be a Detective
* Porky Pig: An Egg Scramble
Swing Social

## Crew

### Voice Characterizations:

Harry E. Lang (uncredited)
William Hanna (uncredited)
Lillian Randolph (uncredited)

### Director:

William Hanna (uncredited)
Joseph Barbera (uncredited)

### Written By:

Joseph Barbera (uncredited)
Gus Arriola (uncredited)

### Producer:

Rudolf Ising
Fred Quimby (uncredited)
William Hanna (uncredited)

### Animated By:

Carl Urbano
Jack Zander
Ray Abrams
George Gordon (all uncredited)

## Plot

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19673211213libr/page/49/mode/1up
List of cartoons supervised by Tex Avery

This is a list of cartoons supervised by Tex Avery.

## Cartoons

* *Blitz Wolf (1942)*
* *The Early Bird Dood It! (1942)*
* *Dumb-Hounded (1943)*
* *Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)*
* *Who Killed Who? (1943)*
* *One Ham's Family (1943)*
* *What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943)*
* *Screwball Squirrel (1944)*
* *Batty Baseball (1944)*
* *Happy-Go-Nutty (1944)*
* *Big Heel-Watha (1944)*
* *The Screwy Truant (1945)*
* *The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)*
* *Jerky Turkey (1945)*
* *Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)*
* *Wild and Woolfy (1945)*
* *Lonesome Lenny (1946)*
* *The Hick Chick (1946)*
* *Northwest Hounded Police (1946)*
* *Henpecked Hoboes (1946)*
* *Hound Hunters (1947)*
* *Red Hot Rangers (1947)*
* *Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947)*
* *Slap Happy Lion (1947)*
* *King-Size Canary (1947)*
* *What Price Fleadom (1948)*
* *Little 'Tinker (1948)*
* *Half-Pint Pygmy (1948)*
* *Lucky Ducky (1948)*
* *The Cat That Hated People (1948)*
* *Bad Luck Blackie (1949)*
* *Señor Droopy (1949)*
* *The House of Tomorrow (1949)*
* *Doggone Tired (1949)*
* *Wags to Riches (1949)*
* *Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)*
* *Out-Foxed (1949)*
* *The Counterfeit Cat (1949)*
* *Ventriloquist Cat (1950)*
* *The Cuckoo Clock (1950)*
* *Garden Gopher (1950)*
* *The Chump Champ (1950)*
* *The Peachy Cobbler (1950)*
* *Cock-a-Doodle Dog (1951)*
* *Daredevil Droopy (1951)*
* *Droopy's Good Deed (1951)*
* *Symphony in Slang (1951)*
* *Car of Tomorrow (1951)*
* *Droopy's Double Trouble (1951)*
* *Magical Maestro (1952)*
* *One Cab's Family (1952)*
* *Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952)*
* *Little Johnny Jet (1953)*
* *T.V. of Tomorrow (1953)*
* *The Three Little Pups (1953)*
* *Drag-a-Long Droopy (1954)*
* *Billy Boy (1954)*
* *Homesteader Droopy (1954)*
* *The Farm of Tomorrow (1954)*
* *The Flea Circus (1954)*
* *Dixieland Droopy (1954)*
* *Field and Scream (1955)*
* *The First Bad Man (1955)*
* *Deputy Droopy (1955) (with Michael Lah)*
* *Cellbound (1955) (with Michael Lah)*
* *Millionaire Droopy (1956) (with Michael Lah (uncredited))*
* *Cat's Meow (1957) (with Michael Lah (uncredited))*
Tex Avery Screwball Classics Vol 1

**Tex Avery Screwball Classics Vol. 1** is a compilation video that includes selected cartoons from Tex Avery. It was released first on VHS in the 1980's and on Blu Ray and DVD by Warner Archive on February 18, 2020

## Contents

* Red Hot Riding Hood - 1943
* Who Killed Who? - 1943
* What's Buzzin' Buzzard - 1943
* Dumb-Hounded - 1943
* Batty Baseball - 1944
* Screwball Squirrel - 1944
* Big Heel-Watha - 1944
* The Screwy Truant - 1945
* The Hick Chick - 1946
* Lonesome Lenny - 1946
* Hound Hunters - 1947
* Red Hot Rangers - 1947
* Bad Luck Blackie - 1949
* Wags to Riches - 1949
* The Garden Gopher - 1950
* The Peachy Cobbler - 1950
* The Chump Champ - 1950
* Symphony in Slang - 1951
* Daredevil Droopy - 1951

## Titles In Series

* **Tex Avery Screwball Classics Vol 1**
* Tex Avery Screwball Classics Vol 2
* Tex Avery Screwball Classics Vol 3
Slick Wolf

Slick Wolf image

**Slick Wolf** (formerly known as **Joe Wolf** and **Wolfie** and now as **McWolf**) is a fictional character. He is often paired with Droopy and Red in their earliest cartoons.

## Appearances

The classic shorts:

* "Blitz Wolf" (1942) (as Adolf Wolf)
* "Dumb-Hounded" (1943)
* "Red Hot Riding Hood" (1943)
* "One Ham's Family" (1943)
* "The Screwy Truant" (1945) (cameo)
* "Swing Shift Cinderella" (1945)
* "The Shooting of Dan McGoo" (1945)
* "Wild and Woolfy" (1945)
* "Lonesome Lenny" (1946) (silent cameo)
* "Northwest Hounded Police" (1946)
* "Hound Hunters" (1947) (silent cameo)
* "Señor Droopy" (1949) (silent)
* "Little Rural Riding Hood" (1949)

*The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show* episodes:

## Notes

* He was originally going to make a cameo appearance in the 1988 Disney/Touchstone film *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*.
* He makes a cameo appearance in the 2022 Netflix interactive film *Cat Burglar* as one of the costumes.
Stan Freberg

**Stan Freberg** (born **Stanley Friberg**; August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American actor, author, comedian, musician, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director.

## Filmography

* Make Mine Freedom (1948) - People
* Posse Cat (1954) - Western Cook
* Hic-cup Pup (1954) - Spike Bulldog
* Baby Butch (1954) - Butch Cat
* Tom Thumb (1958) - Yawning Man

## Notes

* Tex Avery didn't recall using him even though Freberg had been in on auditions.
The Alley Cat

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**The Alley Cat** is 1941 cartoon directed by Hugh Harman.

## Plot

Butch is a black alley cat who is instantly smitten with Toodles, a female cat he sees on the balcony of her wealthy family's penthouse apartment on Park Avenue. He serenades her, but the butler sends the family's bulldog named Rover after him. A long, fast-paced chase ensues, with Rover outwitted by Butch every time, and the chase ends with the butler accidentally hitting Rover with a broom when the dog chases Butch, causing Rover to turn against the butler out of anger. With Rover and the butler out of the way, Butch makes it into the apartment to dance with his new love.

## Availability

* (1994) LaserDisc - *MGM Cartoon Classics: Happy Harmonies*, Side 7: Cartoon Classics
* (2007) DVD - *Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection*, Disc 2 (dubbed version)
* (2019) Streaming - Boomerang (dubbed version)

## Notes

* This is the first appearances of Butch Cat and Toodles Galore.
* A model sheet identifies Butch as "Tom".

## Gallery

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19683221213libr/page/103/mode/1up
Millionaire Droopy

**Millionaire Droopy** is a 1956 remake of "Wags to Riches" directed by an uncredited Michael Lah instead being credited as Tex Avery.

## Plot

This film's plot is identical to Wags to Riches as it is a remake.

## Notes

* Despite what's printed on the credits, Tex Avery had nothing to do with this cartoon - it's a Cinemascope remake of *Wags to Riches* (1949), put together by others from his original artwork and production cels. Apart from the new Cinemascope backgrounds, it's identical to the earlier film.
Pink Panther and Pals

**Pink Panther and Pals** is an animated television series part of *The Pink Panther* franchise. It was produced by MGM Television and it aired on Cartoon Network in 2010.

MGM made the episodes available on YouTube.

## Voice cast

* Dee Bradley Baker as Pink Panther
* Kel Mitchell as Charlie Ant
* Eddie Garvar as Blue Aardvark
* Alex Nussbaum as Big Nose, Hoarse, Dog, Narrator, Big Nose's wife, Dog Tracker, Hedgehog, Chef on TV, Bear, Pig, Lion, Croc 1 and 2, Grampy, Italian Chef, Radio VO, Alien, Skunks, Walrus, Mockingbird Mike, Leopard
* Jeannie Elias as Genius, Female Spy
* John Over as Blue Aardvark, Eli
* Bob Spang as Gracie Gorilla, Rowdy Rhino, Mitey Mite

## References

1. ↑ "‘Pink Panther’ Episodes Now Available on YouTube" - AWN
Walt Disney Productions

**Walt Disney Productions** (previously known as **Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio** and **Walt Disney Studio**) was an entertainment company founded by Walt Disney and his older brother Roy. Disney's association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer began as early as 1928.

Walt Disney Productions served as the top governance for all Disney-related operations until the 1980s, when a number of decisions were made that resulted in a restructure of the company. Disney's top governance became The Walt Disney Company while its feature animation studio became Walt Disney Feature Animation.

## History with MGM

The company was formed on October 16, 1923. In 1928, Walt Disney attempted to strike a distribution deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer since he was having issues with Winkler Pictures and its head, Charles Mintz, over the then-Universal Pictures-owned *Oswald the Lucky Rabbit* short film series. He took *Oswald the Lucky Rabbit* film reels and showed them to Fred Quimby. Quimby didn't strike a deal with Disney, and he had acted as if he had seen Oswald shorts before from someone else.

*Hollywood Party*, an MGM feature film containing Mickey Mouse and a Walt Disney Productions-animated short titled "The Hot Choc-Late Soldiers", was released to theaters in 1934.

Walt Disney Productions contracted out the production of three *Silly Symphony* shorts - "Merbabies", "Pipe Dreams", and "The Little Bantamweight" - to Harman-Ising Productions. Of the three, Disney only kept one ("Merbabies"). The other two were released by MGM as part of the *Happy Harmonies* series.

Several people that worked with Walt Disney Productions had moved to MGM-related cartoon series' - these include Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, and Rudolf Ising.

## References

1. ↑ "How Disney’s Iconic Look Has Changed From 1923 to the Present Day" - D23
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation

**Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation** (or **MGM Animation** for short) was the animation division of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture studio in Hollywood, California, that specializes in animated productions for theatrical features and television. It was established in 1993 and primarily involved in producing children's entertainment based upon MGM's ownership of properties, such as *The Pink Panther*, *The Lionhearts*, *The Secret of NIMH*, and *All Dogs Go to Heaven*.

The founders, Paul Sabella and Jonathan Dern, left the company in 1999 and founded SD Entertainment. The studio has been dormant ever since then.

## Filmography

### TV shows

* The Pink Panther (1993-1995)
* All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996-1998)
* RoboCop: Alpha Commando (1998-1999)
* The Lionhearts (1998)

### Feature films

* All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
* Babes in Toyland (1997)
* An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998)
* The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
* Tom Sawyer (2000)

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  https://books.google.com/books?id=aA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA101
Meet King Joe

Meet King Joe is an 1949 Pro-business cartoon explaining the role of investment capital in building America's prosperity.

## Plot

Joe, who wears overalls and talks with a pseudo-Brooklyn accent, is king of the workers of the world because the machinery in his factory multiplies strength and efficiency. This is part of the American way of doing things, the narrator tells us. Because of far-sighted investment in industry, the American worker, personified by Joe, is "king of the workers of the world," and he has higher wages and shorter hours than his counterparts abroad. Meet King Joe argues that in view of the rewards workers reap from the American economic system, it is in labor's best interest to cooperate with management.
MGM Television

**Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television** (also known as **MGM/UA Television**) is the television production and distribution division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

## TV shows and specials

* *Tom and Jerry* (1965-1972)
* *Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!* (1966)
* *Off to See the Wizard* (1967-1968)
* *The Pogo Special Birthday Special* (1969)
* *Horton Hears a Who!* (1970)
* *The Tom and Jerry Show* (1975)
* *The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show* (1980)
* *Pandamonium* (1982)
* *Gilligan's Planet* (1982)
* *Meatballs & Spaghetti* (1982-1983)
* *Pink Panther and Sons* (1984-1985)
* *Mighty Orbots* (1984)
* *Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater* (1987)
* *Mother Goose and Grimm* (1991-1992)
* *James Bond Jr.* (1991-1992)
* *The Pink Panther* (1993-1995)
* *All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series* (1996-1998)
* *RoboCop: Alpha Commando* (1998-1999)
* *The Lionhearts* (1998)
* *Stargate Infinity* (2002–2003)
* *Spaceballs: The Animated Series* (2008–2009)
* *Pink Panther and Pals* (2010)
Little Buck Cheeser

**Little Buck Cheeser** is a 1937 *Happy Harmonies* cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.

## Plot

Little Cheeser dreams of building a rocket ship and going to the moon like his hero, Buck Rogers. Inspired by Rogers (and visions of cheese), Cheeser and the mice build the rocket to see if the moon really is made of cheese. Once there, the rocket ship becomes trapped in a Limburger cheese river.

## Notes

* Final Little Cheeser cartoon.
* A clip of this cartoon was used in the first episode of the American adult animated series *Futurama*.
* MeTV aired this cartoon on "Toon In with Me", however the airing appears unrestored.

1. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/harman-isings-little-buck-cheeser-1937/
The Bear and the Hare

**Reissue:**
February 15, 1957

**The Bear and the Hare** is a 1948 *Barney Bear* cartoon.

## Plot

Barney's hunting - and skiing when he spots a snowshoe rabbit (difficult, since it all but disappears against the snow). He goes after it, but the rabbit is, of course, smarter than Barney. A snowball fight between the two turns into a tennis match.

## Trivia

* This is the first time Barney roars, Note: his roar is a stock sound effect which has been used in a few other MGM cartoons in the 40's, and in other films or series such as the 1976 King Kong movie and *Jaws: The Revenge*.
Meathead Cat

**Meathead** is a brown, mangy, generally dull-witted cat who first appeared in the Tom and Jerry 1943 short, *Sufferin' Cats!*, as Tom's rival. Meathead later reappeared in *Baby Puss* (in which he serves as one of three minor foes/a recurring villain) and additional shorts as one of Tom's alley cat buddies/foes.
List of unreleased Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated shorts

This is a list of several cartoons that were planned by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number
MGM Cartoons LaserDiscs

These are the LaserDisc releases of the MGM cartoons (not including the MGM animated films). They were made for LaserDisc releases that never came out on VHS, released between 1993 and 1994.

Other LaserDisc sets that center around the MGM cartoons include:

* MGM Happy Harmonies LaserDisc
* The Art of Tom & Jerry
* The Compleat Tex Avery
One Mother's Family

## Crew

### Producer:

Rudolf Ising
Fred Quimby (uncredited)

### Musician:

Scott Bradley (uncredited)

**One Mother's Family** is a 1939 MGM cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.

## Credits

* Director: Rudolf Ising (uncredited)
* Animation: Carl Urbano (uncredited)
* Story: Ray Kelly (uncredited)
* Film Editor: Fred McAlpin (uncredited)
* Music: Scott Bradley (uncredited)
* Producer: Rudolf Ising, Fred Quimby (uncredited)

## Characters

* Hen
* Farmer
* Chick
Kent Rogers

**Kent Rogers**

## Filmography

* Wanted: No Master (1939) - Justice of the Peace
* The Bookworm Turns (1940) - Mr. Hyde
* The Goose Goes South (1941) - Cotton Picker, Rochester Babies
* The Rookie Bear (1941) - Mailman
* Fraidy Cat (1942) - Tom Cat
* Puss N' Toots (1942) - Tom Cat
* Bats in the Belfry (1942) - Bat #1
* Blitz Wolf (1942) - Devils
* The Early Bird Dood It! (1942) - Worm, Bird (muzzling noises)
* Red Hot Riding Hood (1943) - Slick Wolf (some lines)
* Who Killed Who? (1943) - The Victim, Butler, Skeleton, Falling Body, Santa Claus, Red Skelton, Murderer
* One Ham's Family (1943) - Narrator, Junior Pig, Slick Wolf
* What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943) - Joe Buzzard, Pal Buzzard's Stomach, Rabbit
Officer Pooch

**Officer Pooch** is a 1941 short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

## Crew

### Director:

William Hanna
Joseph Barbera

### Animated By:

Jack Zander
George Gordon
Irv Spence (all uncredited)

## Synopsis

Officer Pooch must break up a cat and dog fight.

## Notes

* This short is mostly done in pantomime.

## Availability

* (1992) VHS - *Droopy and Company*
* (1994) LaserDisc - *The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume II*, Side 3
* (2006) DVD - *Go West / The Big Store* (Warner Bros.)
* (2019) Streaming - Boomerang (Warner Bros.)
MGM Cartoon Filmography

The following list is a filmography of all animated short subjects distributed by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) motion picture studio through Loew's Incorporated between 1930 and 1958 and between 1961 and 1967.

Between 1937 and 1957, MGM ran an in-house cartoon studio which produced some of the most popular cartoon series and characters in the world, including *Tom and Jerry*, *Barney Bear*, *Droopy*, *Red Hot Riding Hood & The Wolf*, *Screwy Squirrel*, *George and Junior*, and *Spike and Tyke*. The studio was headed by Fred Quimby from 1937 to 1955. Other producers included Ub Iwerks (1930–34), Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising (1934–38), William L. Snyder (1961–62), and Chuck Jones (1963–67).

## Series

*Main article: List of MGM cartoon series*
## Outsourced cartoons

* *Flip the Frog* (1930-1933; with Celebrity Productions)
* *Willie Whopper* (1933-1934; with Celebrity Productions)
* *An Optical Poem* (1938; with Oskar Fischinger Productions)
* *Fun and Facts About America* (1948-1950; with John Sutherland Productions)
* *Albert in Blunderland* (1950; with John Sutherland Productions)
* *Inside Cackle Corners* (1951; with John Sutherland Productions)
* *Fresh Laid Plans* (1951; with John Sutherland Productions)

## Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio (1938–1958)

MGM began producing its cartoons in-house following a budget dispute with Harman-Ising.
The Bear That Wasn't

**The Bear That Wasn't** is a 1967 MGM short directed by Chuck Jones.

## Availability

* (2005) DVD - *Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3*, Disc Three (standard-definition)
* (2011) Blu-ray - *Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1*, Disc Three (standard-definition)
* (2019) Streaming - Boomerang

## Notes

* This cartoon is the final entry in the MGM cartoons.
* MGM wouldn't release anymore theatrical shorts until "Driving Mr. Pink".
* This was one of only two non-*Tom and Jerry* animated short subjects to be released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer post-1958. The other one is "The Dot and the Line".
* Although credited as a producer, Frank Tashlin has no involvement with this short.
* This short was considered for an Academy Award in 1967, but was not nominated.

## References

1. ↑ https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First&Search\_Arg=RE0000704380&Search\_Code=REGS
2. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1967/
Pink Panther

Pink Panther image

The **Pink Panther** is an animated character who appeared in the opening and/or closing credit sequences of every film in *The Pink Panther* series except for *A Shot in the Dark* and *Inspector Clouseau*. In the storyline of the original film, "the Pink Panther" was the name of a valuable pink diamond named for a flaw that showed a "figure of a springing panther" when held up to the light in a certain way; in the credits this was translated to an animated pink panther.

The character's popularity spawned a spin-off franchise of television cartoons and merchandise. He starred in 10 TV shows. The character is closely associated with "The Pink Panther Theme", composed by Henry Mancini.

The character is currently owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

## Notes

* While originally owned by United Artists, Pink Panther has been voiced by Rich Little ("Sink Pink" and "Pink Ice") and Mel Blanc ("Pink Punch" and "Pinto Pink").
Pinto Colvig

**Pinto Colvig**

## Filmography

### As a writer

* Blue Monday (1938)
* The Pygmy Hunt (1938)
* The Honduras Hurricane (1938)
* Bats in the Belfry (1942)
* Sufferin' Cats! (1943)
* War Dogs (1943)
* Puttin' on the Dog (1944)
* Flirty Birdy (1945)
* Quiet Please! (1945)

### As an actor

* Blue Monday (1938) - Vocal effects
* Poultry Pirates (1938) - Rooster
* The Captain's Pup (1938) - Dog
* The Pygmy Hunt (1938) - Hyena, Dog
* Old Smokey (1938) - Smokey, Fire Engine
* The Honduras Hurricane (1938) - Rooster, Vocal effects
* The Flying Bear (1941) - Barney Bear
* The Bear and the Beavers (1942) - Vocal effects
* Little Gravel Voice (1942) - Wolf
* Bats in the Belfry (1942) - Bat #2, Bat #3
* Blitz Wolf (1942) - Sergeant Pork
* The Boy and the Wolf (1943) - Rabbit, Sheep, Wolf, Dog
* Red Hot Riding Hood (1943) - Slick Wolf (howling)
* One Ham's Family (1943) - Father Pig
* The Stork's Holiday (1943) - Doc Stork
* Innertube Antics (1944) - Ol' Doc Donkey
* Batty Baseball (1944) - McGrip
* The Tree Surgeon (1944) - Ol' Doc Donkey
* The Screwy Truant (1945) - Meathead, Screwy Squirrel (laughing)
* The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945) - Droopy (howling) (archive sound)
* Wild and Woolfy (1945) - Slick Wolf (howling) (archive sound)
* The Hick Chick (1946) - Lem Kadoodlehopper (chicken noises) (archive sound)
* Hound Hunters (1947) - Dog (howling) (archive sound)
* King-Size Canary (1947) - Hungry Cat
* What Price Fleadom (1948) - Dog
* The Cat That Hated People (1948) - Lips
* Goggle Fishing Bear (1949) - Vocal effects
* Little Rural Riding Hood (1949) - Country Wolf
* Fresh Laid Plans (1951) - Farmer
* Little Runaway (1952) - Seal, Tom Cat (seal noises)
List of Tom and Jerry Shorts

This is a complete list of the 164 shorts in the Tom and Jerry series produced and released between 1940 and 2014. Of these, 162 are theatrical shorts, one is a made-for-TV short, and one is a 2-minute sketch shown as part of a telethon.

## 1940–58: Hanna-Barbera/MGM Cartoons

The following 114 cartoons were directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in Hollywood, California. All cartoons were released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Rudolf Ising was the producer of Puss Gets the Boot; subsequent cartoons were produced by Fred Quimby through 1955. Quimby retired in 1955 and from 1955 to 1957, Hanna and Barbera produced the shorts until MGM closed the cartoon studio in 1957, and the last cartoon was released in 1958. Most of these cartoons were produced in the standard Academy ratio (1.37:1). Four cartoons were produced for both Academy Ratio and CinemaScope formats (2.55:1, later 2.35:1). Finally, 19 cartoons were produced in widescreen CinemaScope format only (though reissues have the standard Academy ratio (1.37:1) instead).
Like the other studios, MGM reissued and edited its cartoons when rereleased to theaters. Many pre-1952 cartoons were reissued with Perspecta Sound, which was introduced in 1954. MGM also reissued its cartoons before the introduction of Perspecta Sound. Because of the 1965 MGM vault fire, all original film of pre-September-1951 MGM cartoons are lost, leaving only the backup prints (usually the altered reissue prints), although some production artwork relating to the missing material has survived, like pencil sketches.

## 1940-1950

### 1940-1944

* Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
* The Midnight Snack (1941)
* The Night Before Christmas (1941)
* Fraidy Cat (1942)
* Dog Trouble (1942)
* Puss N' Toots (1942)
* The Bowling Alley-Cat (1942)
* Fine Feathered Friend (1942)
* Sufferin' Cats! (1943)
* The Lonesome Mouse (1943)
* The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
* Baby Puss (1943)
* The Zoot Cat (1944)
* The Million Dollar Cat (1944)
* The Bodyguard (1944)
* Puttin' on the Dog (1944)
* Mouse Trouble (1944)

### 1945-1950

* The Mouse Comes To Dinner (1945)
* Mouse in Manhattan (1945)
* Tee for Two (1945)
* Flirty Birdy (1945)
* Quiet Please! (1945)
* Springtime for Thomas (1946)
* The Milky Waif (1946)
* Trap Happy (1946)
* Solid Serenade (1946)
* Cat Fishin' (1947)
* Part Time Pal (1947)
* The Cat Concerto (1947)
* Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947)
* Salt Water Tabby (1947)
* A Mouse in the House (1947)
* The Invisible Mouse (1947)
* Kitty Foiled (1948)
* The Truce Hurts (1948)
* Old Rockin' Chair Tom (1948)
* Professor Tom (1948)
* Mouse Cleaning (1948)
* Polka-Dot Puss (1949)
* The Little Orphan (1949)
* Hatch Up Your Troubles (1949)
* Heavenly Puss (1949)
* The Cat and the Mermouse (1949)
* Love That Pup (1949)
* Jerry's Diary (1949)
* Tennis Chumps (1949)
* Little Quacker (1950)
* Saturday Evening Puss (1950)
* Texas Tom (1950)
* Jerry and the Lion (1950)
* Safety Second (1950)
* Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl (1950)
* The Framed Cat (1950)
* Cue Ball Cat (1950)
One Droopy Knight

**One Droopy Knight** is a 1957 *Droopy* cartoon directed by Michael Lah.

## Plot

Essentially a remake of 1949's *Señor Droopy*, but taking place in a medieval setting rather than the country of Mexico, *One Droopy Knight* casts Droopy and his rival Butch as medieval knights out to slay a dragon and win the hand of a beautiful human princess. However, the dragon considers both as nothing more than minor nuisances. Droopy, though, takes more chances to slay the dragon, but it thinks Droopy is small and harmless. Meanwhile, Butch is being foiled after being moulded into a metal can.

Droopy, however, bangs a flail on the dragon's tail and says, "Take that, you no-good dragon!" Once again, the dragon single-handedly flicks Droopy away. Butch comes back riding on a steed. Suddenly, the dragon blows fire on Butch and the horse, leaving them naked.

Butch gives up and goes away, while Droopy stands and cries looking at a picture of the princess. The dragon draws a moustache and beard on the photo and laughs himself silly. Droopy quietly puts the picture away, marches up to the dragon and says "Mr. Dragon, that makes me mad!" He then beats up the dragon and wins the heart of the princess. Finally, at the palace, Droopy reads the ending of the story of the dragon and closes the book. He kisses the princess's hand, then takes up a cigar to show her about smoking, and Droopy gives the cigar a blow, the dragon comes up, and breathes fire on it. The result is smoke coming out from the cigar when Droopy smokes it before revealing this to the princess.
What a Lion!

**What a Lion!** is a 1938 *Captain and the Kids* cartoon directed by William Hanna.

## What a Lion!

### Starring:

The Captain
Hans and Fritz
The Inspector

## Synopsis

The Captain and The Inspector are hunting for lions.

## Credits

* Director: William Hanna
* Story: Ray Kelly (uncredited)
* Music: Scott Bradley (uncredited)
* Film Editor: Fred McAlpin (uncredited)
* Producer: Fred Quimby (uncredited)

## Notes

* This is the 6th released Captain and the Kids short.

## Characters

* The Captain, Hans and Fritz, The Inspector
List of cartoons supervised by Friz Freleng

This is a list of cartoons supervised by Friz Freleng.

## Cartoons

* *Poultry Pirates (1938)*
* *A Day at the Beach (1938)*
* *The Pygmy Hunt (1938)*
* *Hounduras Hurricane (1938) (uncredited)*
* *The Captain's Christmas (1938) (uncredited)*
* *Petunia Natural Park (1939) (uncredited)*
* *Seal Skinners (1939) (uncredited)*
* *Mama's New Hat (1939) (uncredited)*
* *The Bookworm (1939) (uncredited)*
The Anniversary Cartoon Collection

The Anniversary Cartoon Collection is a UK VHS release by National Children's Home on 1st October 1990.

## Episodes

* **Pluto:** Pluto's Purchase
* **Tom and Jerry:** Little School Mouse
* **Pepe Le Pew:** Who Scent You?
* **Donald Duck:** Donald's Happy Birthday
* **The Pink Panther:** Pink Flea
* **Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner:** To Beep or Not to Beep
* **Mickey Mouse:** Pluto's Party
* **Tom and Jerry:** The Little Orphan
* **Bugs Bunny:** Homeless Hare
List of cartoons that are currently restored on DVD or Blu-ray releases

## Key Map

* **T&JSC** = *Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection* (not Volume 1)
* **T&JGC** = *Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection*
* **V#** = Volume Number, Indicates what volume collection that which cartoon can be found in.
* **AAAC** = *Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection*
* **T&JTCJC** = Released on *Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection*
* **T&JTGDC** = Released on *Tom and Jerry: The Gene Deitch Collection*
* **TADTCTC** = *Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection* (mostly restored)
* **TASC** = Released on *Tex Avery: Screwball Classics*
* **UIWW** = *Ub Iwerks' Willie Whopper*

## Cartoons

### 1933

* "The Air Race" - **UIWW**
* "Play Ball" - **UIWW**
* "Spite Flight" - **UIWW**
* "Stratos Fear" - **UIWW**
* "Davy Jones' Locker" - **UIWW**

### 1934

* "Hell's Fire" - **UIWW**
* "Robin Hood, Jr." - **UIWW**
* "Insultin' the Sultan" - **UIWW**
* "Reducing Creme" - **UIWW**
* "Rasslin' Round" - **UIWW**
* "Cave Man" - **UIWW**
* "Jungle Jitters" - **UIWW**
* "The Good Scout" - **UIWW**
* "Viva Willie" - **UIWW**

### 1940

* "Puss Gets the Boot" - **AAAC**
* "The Milky Way" - **AAAC**

### 1943

* "Dumb-Hounded" - **TASC-V1**
* "The Yankee Doodle Mouse" - **AAAC**

### 1944

* "Screwball Squirrel" - **TASC-V1** (not *Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2*)
Seal Skinners

**Seal Skinners** is a 1939 Captain and the Kids cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.

## Seal Skinners

### Starring:

The Captain
Long John Silver
Hans and Fritz

## Characters

* The Captain
* Long John Silver
* Hans and Fritz

## Notes

* This is the final appearance of Long John Silver.
* This is the penultimate cartoon in The Captain and the Kids series.

## Synopsis

Long John Silver disguises himself as a seal that is escaped from a circus and a 1,000 dollar reward for his capture.
The Three Little Pups

## The Three Little Pups

### Starring:

Droopy
Snoopy and Loopy
Big Bad Dog Catcher
Spike Bulldog
Narrator

## Crew

### Voice Characterizations:

Bill Thompson (uncredited)
Daws Butler (uncredited)
Red Coffey (uncredited)
Joe Trescari (uncredited)

### Animated By:

Walter Clinton
Grant Simmons
Robert Bentley
Michael Lah
Ray Patterson

### Musician:

Scott Bradley

**The Three Little Pups** is a 1953 *Droopy* cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

## Availability

* VHS - *Cartoon Moviestars*: Here Comes Droopy!
* LaserDisc - *The Compleat Tex Avery*
* DVD - *Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection* (Warner Bros.)
* Blu-ray - *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2* (restored)

## References

1. ↑ Of Mice and Magic, revised and updated edition
2. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/avery-vol-2-well-imagine-that/
Matinee Mouse

## Matinee Mouse

### Starring:

Tom Cat
Jerry Mouse
Spike Bulldog
Cuckoo
Droopy

## Crew

### Voice Characterizations:

Mel Blanc (uncredited)
William Hanna (uncredited)

### Director:

William Hanna (archival)
Joseph Barbera (archival)
Tom Ray

### Animated By:

Ken Muse (archival)
Ed Barge (archival)
Irven Spence (archival)
Ray Patterson (archival)
Lewis Marshall (archival)
Ken Harris (uncredited)
Don Towsley (uncredited)
Grant Simmons (uncredited)
Don Patterson (uncredited)

### Musician:

Dean Elliott

TBA
Paula Winslowe

**Paula Winslowe** (born **Winifred Reyleche**; March 23, 1910 – March 6, 1996) was an American television, radio and voice actress, best known for her role as the voice of Bambi's mother in the 1942 movie Bambi. She was a wife of John Sutherland, who also worked for his cartoons to be released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

## Filmography

* The Milky Way (1940) - Mama Cat
* Mrs. Ladybug (1940) - Mrs. Ladybug
* The Little Mole (1941) - Mrs. Mole
Narrator

**The Narrator** is an off-screen character.

## List of Narrators

* Harry Stanton ("Abdul the Bulbul-Ameer")
* Frank Bingman ("The Goose Goes South", "Little Cesario", "The Rookie Bear", "Barney Bear's Victory Garden", "War Dogs")
* Frank Graham (various cartoons)
* Pedro de Cordoba ("The First Swallow")
* Harry E. Lang ("The Lonesome Mouse")
* Kent Rogers ("One Ham's Family")
* John Wald ("What's Buzzin' Buzzard" and "Batty Baseball")
* Don Messick ("The House of Tomorrow" (kitchen scene))
* Gil Warren ("Car of Tomorrow", "Field and Scream")
* Daws Butler (various cartoons)
* Hans Conried ("Johann Mouse")
* Paul Frees ("T.V. of Tomorrow", "The Farm of Tomorrow" and "The Bear That Wasn't")
* Colleen Collins ("The Farm of Tomorrow" (pig and flower scenes))
* Billy Bletcher ("The Farm of Tomorrow" (tomato scene))
* John Brown ("Dixieland Droopy")
* Tex Ritter ("The First Bad Man")
* Allen Swift ("It's Greek to Me-ow!" and "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit")
* Robert Morley ("The Dot and the Line")

## List of cartoons with a Narrator

* Petunia Natural Park
* Goldilocks and the Three Bears
* Gallopin' Gals (as the announcer)
* The Goose Goes South
* The Rookie Bear (as the reader of the journal at the start of the cartoon)
* Little Cesario
* The Night Before Christmas (as the teller of the poem at the start of the cartoon)
* The First Swallow (describing swallow's life)
* Blitz Wolf
* Barney Bear's Victory Garden (announcing the rules for a victory garden)
* Red Hot Riding Hood, The Shooting of Dan McGoo, Swing Shift Cinderella, Wild and Woolfy, Uncle Tom's Cabaña and Little Rural Riding Hood (as the stage announcer)
* The Lonesome Mouse
* One Ham's Family
* War Dogs (gives rules for what the dogs needs to become war dogs)
* What's Buzzin' Buzzard (says an advice at the end of the cartoon)
* Batty Baseball (John Waid, the announcer of this cartoon, talks very quickly but clearly),
* Big Heel-Watha (Buck of the Month)
* The House of Tomorrow, Car of Tomorrow, T.V. of Tomorrow and The Farm of Tomorrow (describing various things)
* The Cuckoo Clock
* The Chump Champ (as the announcer)
* The Peachy Cobbler
* Barney's Hungry Cousin (giving the welcome at the start of the cartoon)
* Johann Mouse
* The Three Little Pups
* Homesteader Droopy
* Dixieland Droopy
* Field and Scream (describiting the deer's hunting and more).
* The First Bad Man (like the title says, it explains what was the first bad man of Texas).
* Blue Cat Blues (Jerry narrates the story)
* One Droopy Knight (at the end, it is revealed that Droopy is reading the fairy tale).
* Sheep Wrecked (the narrator says what the characters are thinking).
* Mutts About Racing (as the announcer)
* It's Greek to Me-ow!
* The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit (describing the kit)
* The Dot and the Line
* The Bear That Wasn't
Toyland Broadcast

**Toyland Broadcast** is a 1934 *Happy Harmonies* cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.

## Plot

The cartoon starts with a toy telling other toys an announcement as the toys then cheer. The toy announces a play by 3 toy girls singing as a Jack in the box pops out and sings as the other toys dance along. Another toy then blows a balloon and turns big and sings as well as the performance ends for the next performance. Another toy performs then later on the other toys play with the toy instruments. The performance goes on for a while while the toys mess around with each other. Later on, the toys are still making music. Near the end of the episode, the performance starts to end. Then the toy band explodes.

## Trivia

* This is perhaps one of the most well known Happy Harmonies short, as it is played every year on Christmas on Boomerang.
* This short includes animation reused from the Merrie Melodies short "The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives" (1933).

## Availability

* DVD - *The Joan Crawford Collection: Sadie McKee* (dubbed version)

## References

1. ↑ http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/harman-isings-toyland-broadcast-1934
The Old House

**The Old House** is a 1936 *Happy Harmonies* cartoon directed by Hugh Harman.

## Plot

Bosko, Bruno and Honey dare to go inside an old, abandoned (and haunted) house with wild and frightening results.

## Availability

* (2008) DVD - *MGM Collection Volume 2*
* (2021) Blu-ray - *All Censored*

## References

1. ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015084451122&view=1up&seq=324
The Impossible Possum

**The Impossible Possum** is a 1954 Barney Bear cartoon directed by Dick Lundy.

## Crew

### Written By:

Jack Cosgriff
Heck Allen

### Animated By:

Grant Simmons
Robert Bentley
Michael Lah
Walter Clinton

## Characters

* Barney Bear
* Possum

## Credits

* Direction: Dick Lundy
* Animation: Grant Simmons, Bob Bentley, Mike Lah, Walter Clinton
* Story: Jack Cosgriff, Heck Allen
* Film Editor: Fred McAlpin (uncredited)
* Backgrounds: John Didrik Johnsen
* Layouts: Claude Smith (uncredited)
* Sound Effects: Fred McAlpin (uncredited)
* Music: Scott Bradley
* Producer: Fred Quimby
The Hick Chick

**The Hick Chick** is a 1946 cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

## Plot

Lem Kadoodlehopper, a country bumpkin rooster, asks his girlfriend, a hen named Daisy, to marry him. Just as Daisy is about to answer, Charles, an urbane French rooster who spotted Daisy from afar, swoops in to try to sweep her off her claws. It becomes a fight between city ways and country ways to win Daisy's heart and wingtip, with an ornery bull and dog thrown into the mix. This feud between city and country could last for at least another generation.

## Notes

* Lem was originally meant to be voiced by Kent Rogers who was tragically killed during his service in World War II and never recorded his lines during the production of the cartoon.
* Lem will later reappear in the deleted scene in the 1988 Touchstone/Disney film *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19733271213libr/page/47/mode/1up
3. ↑  (3 October 2022) *Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2* (in en). BearManor Media.
4. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hello-all-you-happy-tax-payers-tex-averys-voice-stock-company/
5. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hello-all-you-happy-tax-payers-tex-averys-voice-stock-company/
6. ↑ http://jimhillmedia.com/editor\_in\_chief1/b/jim\_hill/archive/2014/05/08/storyboards-reveal-what-marvin-acme-s-funeral-in-quot-who-framed-roger-rabbit-quot-would-have-looked-like.aspx
The Pups' Christmas

**The Pups' Christmas** is a 1936 *Happy Harmonies* cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.

## Plot

What kind of toys are they that stand up and hit from front, side and back, that grab one's tails, punch one's nose and roll you over? That's what two frisky little pups ask when they go on a rampage with the toys under the Christmas tree. The two little puppies are excited to experience their very first Christmas. As the human kids play with their toys, the pups watch, fascinated. The pups are eventually terrified by a train set, a stuffed Dalmatian dog, a talking "Mama!" dolly, and a diabolical toy tank which will not leave them alone! Finally, the tank has a battle royale with a wind-up monkey and a wind-up airplane as the pups scurry to the safety of their doghouse.
The Lost Chick

**The Lost Chick** is a 1935 *Happy Harmonies* cartoon directed by Hugh Harman.

## Plot

A chicken has hatched seven chicks; she locates six of them, but the seventh, Eggbert, is lost. Two squirrels find an egg that has accidentally rolled out a mother hen's nest and down a hill. They take it home thinking it's a huge nut that they can eat all winter. When Eggbert the chick hatches, they try to take care of him until the frantic mother hen arrives to take him home. Later, Eggbert convinces his mother to go out into a snowstorm to save the squirrels, who spent their nut-gathering time looking after him and have no food. She finds them, almost frozen, and brings them home to live in the coop with her and her brood forever.

## Availability

* (2008) DVD - *MGM Collection Volume 1*
* (2019) Streaming - Boomerang (Warner Bros.)

## Notes

* The first letters in the names of the seven chicks - Willy, Elsie, Lucy, Cissy, Oscar, Minnie and Eggbert - spell out "WELCOME."

## References

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyr3161213libr/page/42/mode/1up
Bah Wilderness

**Bah Wilderness** is a Barney Bear short from 1943.

This starts with a dedication - *We dedicated this picture to all who have enjoyed the rare privilege of sleeping out under the stars - amid the peaceful hush and quiet of the Great Outdoors*, while Home on the Range is playing in the background. Then Barney Bear's on a camping trip, but the great outdoors is a bit too wild for him: first the wildlife as the hawks, then the air mattress, then a bit of rain... At the end, a radio announcer drops in, but he throws out the radio and he sleeps quiet and calm. The cartoon ends.
Surf-Bored Cat

## Surf-Bored Cat

### Starring:

Tom Cat
Jerry Mouse

## Crew

### Voice Characterizations:

Mel Blanc (uncredited)
June Foray (uncredited)
William Hanna (uncredited)

### Producer:

Chuck Jones
Les Goldman (production supervisor)
Earl Jonas (production manager)

### Animated By:

Dick Thompson
Philip Roman
Ben Washam
Hal Ambro
Don Towsley
Carl Bell
Carole Barnes (checker)

### Musician:

Dean Elliott

TBA

## Additional Credits

* **Design Consultant:** Maurice Noble
* **Co-ordinator:** Kathy Troxel

## Notes

* The shark's roars are actually the roars of Tanner the Lion.
Wild and Woolfy

* Original Title
* Reissue Title

**Wild and Woolfy** is a 1945 Droopy short directed by Tex Avery.

## Plot

In this western-themed cartoon, the Big Bad Wolf, now playing a cowboy criminal called "Joe" Wolf in this cartoon, kidnaps the cowgirl singer, Red (from *Red Hot Riding Hood*) from Rig-R-Mortis saloon, where their motto is "Come in and get stiff." Droopy and a posse of cowboys doggedly follow him all over the Great Plains (mainly Droopy), but the wolf is far ahead. However, like in the previous cartoons, Droopy shows up in the places the wolf doesn't expect, forcing him to call for the waiter to keep Droopy away from him.

Finally, in his hideout, the wolf, thinking Red is underneath a sheet, unveils it, and kisses Droopy, who happens to be underneath and sitting on a stack of books. Desperate, the wolf asks him just who the heck he is and why he kept following him throughout the cartoon. Droopy replies, "Why, haven't you heard? I'm the hero," and promptly knocks out the wolf. He calls for the waiter to take the wolf off to jail. After receiving a "My Hero" kiss from Red, Droopy goes crazy and kidnaps Red himself.

## Availability

* (1989) VHS - *Tex Avery's Screwball Classics 2*
* (1990) LaserDisc - *Tex Avery's Screwball Classics*
* (1993) LaserDisc - *The Compleat Tex Avery*, Side 3
* (2007) DVD - *Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection*, Disc 1
* (2009) DVD - *TCM Spotlight: Esther Williams: Volume 2*
* (2010) DVD - *Banned & Censored Cartoons: Volume I*
* (2017) Streaming - Boomerang
* (2017) Blu-ray - *Cartoons to the Rescue* (with original titles; Thunderbean Animation)
* (2021) DVD/Blu-ray - *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3* (restored; Warner Bros.)

## Notes

* The credits on the title card are the same as "Homesteader Droopy". Coincidentally, both were directed by Tex Avery.
* This short is a partial color remake of 1935 Universal Walter Lantz Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short "Towne Hall Follies" which Tex Avery also worked as a director and an animator.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.intanibase.com/gac/lantz/1935.aspx
The Counterfeit Cat

**The Counterfeit Cat**

## Availability

* (1989) MGM UA- *Tom and Jerry Barney's bear favorite cartoon is Droopy*
* (1992) VHS - *Tex Avery's Screwball Classics 4*
* (1992) LaserDisc - *All This and Tex Avery Too!*
* (1993) LaserDisc - *The Compleat Tex Avery*, Side 6
* (2007) DVD - *East Side, West Side*
* (2014) Blu-ray - *Cats, Dogs and Sailors*
* (2020) DVD/Blu-ray - *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2* (restored)

### Streaming

* HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored)
* Max (2023 - ) (restored)
* WarnerMedia RIDE (2021 - ) (restored)
The Early Bird and the Worm

**The Early Bird and the Worm** is a 1936 *Happy Harmonies* cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.

## Plot

A sprightly young bird gets up early, the better to get the jump on his neighborhood worm, but he finds his quarry elusive. The worm, for his part, sets off with a flute and jazzes along happily, out-finessing the bird repeatedly. Then a pair of shiftless crows debate the virtues of early rising and decide that no worm is worth it (clearly, these are shiftless "Negro" stereotypes, though the ethnic angle isn't stressed here so much). Finally, a rattlesnake practices some hypnotic moves on both bird and worm before getting tied up in knots.

## Notes

* The number for the short was completed on April 28, 1936.

## References

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume669newy/page/1030/mode/2up?q=Early+Bird+Worm
The Captain and the Kids

**The Captain and the Kids** is a series of animated shorts based off the renowned comic strip of the same name. It was the first series of cartoons produced at the MGM cartoon studio. The first short, *Cleaning House*, was released on February 19, 1938.

Fred Quimby offered *Looney Tunes* and *Merrie Melodies* director Friz Freleng "almost double" the pay he was receiving at Leon Schlesinger's studio. Freleng took the offer and was assigned to helm the *Captain and the Kids* series, which he "balked at" the idea of working on. Freleng later recounted to Mark Mayerson that "MGM was dedicated to making good cartoons, and they thought that this was being printed in so many papers would make it a popular cartoon. I was forced to prove them wrong."

## Shorts

### 1938

* *Blue Monday* (February 5)
* *Cleaning House* (February 19)
* *Poultry Pirates* (April 16)
* *The Captain's Pup* (April 30)
* *A Day at the Beach* (June 25)
* *What a Lion!* (July 16)
* *The Pygmy Hunt* (August 6)
* *Old Smokey* (September 3)
* *Buried Treasure* (September 17)
* *The Winning Ticket* (October 1)
* *Hounduras Hurricane* (October 15)
* *The Captain's Christmas* (December 17) (Technicolor)

### 1939

* *Petunia Natural Park* (January 14) (Technicolor)
* *Seal Skinners* (January 28)
* *Mama's New Hat* (February 11)

## References

1. ↑ Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons: Revised and Updated Edition
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher130unse/page/96/mode/1up
The Mad Maestro

**The Mad Maestro** is a 1939 cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.

## Availability

* (1992) LaserDisc - *MGM Cartoon Classics: Happy Harmonies*, Side 1
* (2007) DVD - *The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection*, Disc 1
* (2019) Streaming - Boomerang

## Notes

* This is the last MGM cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng before returning to Warner Bros.
* This issue of The Film Daily states that there were originally going to be other appearances of Dr. Stanislausy Smellerdorff.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19663201213libr/page/93/mode/1up
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/filmdaily77wids/page/n182/mode/1up
Tot Watchers

**Tot Watchers** is a 1958 *Tom and Jerry* cartoon produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

## Availability

* *Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection: Volume 2* - (original CinemaScope format, remastered; Warner Bros.)
* *Tom and Jerry: Pint-Sized Pals* - (CinemaScope pan and scan format as shown on television; Warner Bros.)

## Notes

* This was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon before the MGM Studio shut down.
* This is the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to give story credit, here to Homer Brightman.

## Gallery

1. ↑ https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2015/04/long-arm-of-teenager.html
The First Bad Man

**The First Bad Man** is a 1955 cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

## Availability

* (1993) LaserDisc - *The Compleat Tex Avery*
* (2020) Blu-ray - *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2* (restored)

## Gallery

*Main article: The First Bad Man/Gallery*
## Trivia

* One of the cavemen in this cartoon made a cameo appearance in the 2022 Netflix film *Cat Burglar*.

1. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/avery-vol-2-well-imagine-that/
The Winning Ticket

## The Winning Ticket

### Starring:

The Captain
Hans and Fritz
Long John Silver

## Crew

### Voice Characterizations:

Mel Blanc (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher (uncredited)
Danny Webb (uncredited)
Elvia Allman (uncredited)
Jeanne Dunne (uncredited)

### Animated By:

George Gordon (uncredited)
Bill Nolan (uncredited)
Irven Spence (uncredited)

### Musician:

Scott Bradley (uncredited)
Bert Lewis (uncredited)

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/