List of unreleased Warner Bros. animated shorts
Following is the list of the Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry animated short subjects proposed by either Warner Bros. Cartoon studio in the 1930s-1960s or Warner Bros. Animation in the 2000s. In 1945, Bob Clampett planned to direct a Looney Tunes cartoon that would fictionalize the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a dog but when Roosevelt died the project was abandoned.[1] In the 1950s, Friz Freleng pondered the idea of a one-shot cartoon that would combine Marilyn Monroe's life with the fairytale of Snow White but this project was also shelved when it was deemed too similar to Monroe's own personal life.[2] Not all abandoned Looney Tunes shorts were one-shots as Looney Tunes comprises several sub-series such as Bugs Bunny, Pepé Le Pew and the Road Runner, to name few. It is no surprise that not all planned sub-series didn't get off the ground, and many of them ended up either not being produced at all or being reworked into one-shots. Some of these sub-series were Keystone Kops, Rapid Rabbit and Quick Brown Fox, Corn Plastered, The Eager Beaver, Canyon Kiddies, etc. None of these went so far as to have individual titles mapped out.[3][4]
In 2003, Warner Bros. Animation had plans to return to making Looney Tunes shorts but after the box office failure of Looney Tunes Back in Action, Warner Bros. canceled several short projects while still in development as executives thought that interest in slapstick humor and traditional animation was vanishing, which is unlikely due to the positive response of the movie. Most of these cartoons were in production under the hands of Larry Doyle in terms of Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies shorts and Joe Barbera in terms of Warner Bros. and the popular cat-and-mouse duo, Tom and Jerry.[5]
Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies - 19 titles
- It is unknown who directed the following Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
- LT = Looney Tunes
- MM = Merrie Melodies
| Title | Series | Characters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Jolly Good Fala | MM | Canceled in 1945 | |
| Marilyn Monroe/Snow White project | LT or MM | Canceled during the mid-1950s | |
| Executive Tweet | LT | Sylvester, Bird, Ghosts | Scrapped in 2004 |
| The Pig Stays in the Picture | LT | Porky, Porky's family | Scrapped in 2004 |
| A Very Daffy Christmas | LT | Daffy, Elves | Scrapped in 2004 |
| What's Hip, Doc? | LT | Bugs, Elmer, Supermodel | Scrapped in 2004 Jenna Elfman voiced the supermodel |
| Full Metal Jackass | LT | Wile E. Coyote, Roadrunner | Scrapped in 2004 |
| Bada Bugs | LT | Bugs, Daffy, Two Mobsters | Scrapped in 2004 It was speculated that the mobsters were actually Rocky and Mugsy |
| Slacker Quacker | LT | Porky, Daffy | Scrapped in 2004 |
| Scheme Park | LT | Porky, Porky's family | Scrapped in 2004 |
| Beach Bunny | LT | Bugs, Beach Bully | Scrapped in 2004 Brendan Fraser voiced the Beach Bully |
| Meat Me in Chicago | MM | Cow | Scrapped in 2004 |
| Deep Sea Bugs | LT | Bugs, Sam | Scrapped in 2004 |
| Baseball Taz | LT | Taz, Minor League Team, Rival Team's Monkey | Scrapped in 2004 |
| Dancing Pepe | LT | Pepé, Chipmunk, Chipmunk's friend | Scrapped in 2004 |
| Daffy Contractor | LT | Daffy, Porky | Scrapped in 2004 |
| Reaper Madness | LT | Granny, Grim Reaper | Scrappe in 2004 |
| Duck Suped | LT | Daffy | Scrapped in 2004 |
| Guess Who's Coming to Meet the Parents | LT | Bugs, Squirrel, Bugs' parents | Scrapped in 2004 |
Tom & Jerry shorts - 9 titles
- All Tom and Jerry cartoons were directed by either Joe Barbera or Spike Brandt (albeit the latter shorts were actually completed without the participation of either of the two) and also completed as part of Tom & Jerry Tales.
| Title | Characters | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Joy Riding Jokers | Tom, Jerry, Spike, Toodles Galore | Completed in 2006 as part of Tom and Jerry Tales |
| Way-Off Broadway | Tom, Jerry, Spike | Completed in 2006 as part of Tom and Jerry Tales |
| Feeding Time | Tom, Jerry, Spike | Completed in 2006 as part of Tom and Jerry Tales |
| Cat Got Your Luggage? | Tom, Jerry | Completed in 2006 as part of Tom and Jerry Tales |
| Bats What I Like About the South | Tom, Jerry | Completed in 2006 as part of Tom and Jerry Tales |
| Cry Uncle | Tom, Jerry, Uncle Pecos, Auntie Spinner | Completed in 2006 as part of Tom and Jerry Tales |
| Prehisterics | Tom, Jerry, Mrs. Two-Shoes | Completed in 2006 as part of Tom and Jerry Tales |
| Dino-Sores | Tom, Jerry | Completed in 2006 as part of Tom and Jerry Tales |
| Tomcat Jetpack | Tom, Jerry, Spike, Droopy (cameo) | Completed in 2006 as part of Tom and Jerry Tales |
External links
- Larry Doyle being interviewed by Matthew Hunter in 2003 toolooney.goldenagecartoons.com
See also
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- Looney Tunes
- Tom and Jerry
- Tom and Jerry Tales