ToonHeads (partially lost Cartoon Network animation anthology series; 1992-2003)
ToonHeads was an American animation anthology series consisting of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hanna-Barbera, Warner Brothers, Jay Ward and Popeye shorts, with trivia in between shorts about the studio who made it, a character in it, etc.. Each episode would have a different theme.
ToonHeads was originally broadcast on Cartoon Network from 1994 to November 23rd, 2003. Reruns aired from 2003 to 2005 on Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Boomerang. Making it one of the longest Running Cartoon Network series. The series included eighty-two episodes, two one-hour specials, and one half-hour special, which was never aired.
ToonHeads had three runs throughout its runtime. The initial from 1992 - 1995 was a simple anthology with a simple premise introduced at the beginning of each episode and accompanied by abstract almost creepy visuals. This run only lasted one season.
The second run aired in 1996. While it maintained every from the first, now the narrator would have small facts and trivia about each cartoon. This run only lasted one Season. Cartoon Network cancelled the show after an unsuccessful 4-year run.
Miraculous the show was rebooted in 1998 for a third run. With writers such as George A. Klein and Animation historian Jerry Beck, along with narrator Leslie Fram. This run featured episodes with an emphasis on showcasing mostly Warner Bros. cartoons (also some MGM and Fleischer Studio 'Popeye' titles) grouped into broader themed subjects. This revised formatted episodes feature some cartoon and live-action clips plus still archival photos, and a Segway audience teaser segment called "Toon Heads Trivia". This run lasted a total of six seasons from 1998 - 2003.
Season 1
This season started on October 2, 1992. Two Episodes are partially found.[1] The rest have not resurfaced.
Notice: "(H-B)" means Hanna Barbera, "(MGM)" means Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "(WB)" means Warner Brothers, "(JW)" means Jay Ward, and "(P)" means Popeye. "(INDIE)" means Independent Film
Original Airdate | Episode | Name | Shorts | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 2, 1992 | S01E01 | El Kabong | "El Kabong" (H-B) "El Kabong Meets El Kazing" (H-B) "El Kabong Bongs Kabong" (H-B) |
PartiallyFound |
Oct 9, 1992 | S01E02 | Barney Bear | "Wee Willie Wildcat" (MGM) "The Impossible Possum" (MGM) "The Bear and the Beavers" (MGM) |
Found |
Oct 16, 1992 | S01E03 | Tom and Jerry - The Chuck Jones Cartoons | "The Cat Above the Mouse Below" (MGM) "Much Ado About Mousing" (MGM) "Cat and Dupli-cat" (MGM) |
Lost |
Oct 23, 1992 | S01E04 | Ranger John Smith | "A Bear Living" (H-B) "Bear Face Disguise" (H-B) "Home Sweet Jellystone" (H-B) |
Lost |
Oct 30, 1992 | S01E05 | Hollywood | "Slick Hare" (WB) "Popeye's 20th Anniversary" (P) "Yankee Doodle Daffy" (WB) |
Lost |
Nov 6, 1992 | S01E06 | The Old West | "Hare Trigger" (WB) "Homesteader Droopy" (MGM) "Wagon Heels" (WB) |
Lost |
Nov 13, 1992 | S01E07 | Music | "Me Musical Nephews" (P) "The Rabbit of Seville" (WB) "Johann Mouse" (MGM) |
Lost |
Nov 20, 1992 | S01E08 | Sports | "Baseball Bugs" (WB) "The Bowling-Alley Cat" (MGM) "The Football Toucher-Downer" (P) |
Lost |
Nov 27, 1992 | S01E09 | Mel Blanc | "Rabbit Seasoning" (WB) "Speedy Gonzales" (WB) "Daffy Duck Slept Here" (WB) |
Lost |
Dec 4, 1992 | S01E10 | Daws Butler | "Mars Little Precious" (H-B) "Tricky Trapper" (H-B) "Pie-Pirates" (H-B) |
Lost |
Dec 11, 1992 | S01E11 | The Evolution of Tom and Jerry | "Puss Gets the Boot" (MGM) "Mouse Trouble" (MGM) "Ah, Sweet Mouse-story of Life" (WB) |
Lost |
Dec 18, 1992 | S01E12 | Bugs Bunny in Fairy Tales | "Little Red Riding Rabbit" (WB) "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears" (WB) "Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk" (WB) |
Lost |
Dec 25, 1992 | S01E13 | Jay Ward | "Treasure of Sierra Madre" (JW) "Tom Tom the Piper's Son" (JW) "Dudley Do-Right" (JW) "How to Direct Movies" (JW) "Snow White" (JW) |
Lost |
Jan 1, 1993 | S01E14 | The Best of Tex Avery | Unknown | Lost |
Jan 8, 1993 | S01E15 | Academy Award Winning Toons | Unknown | Lost |
Jan 15, 1993 | S01E16 | Cartoon Sequels | Unknown | Lost |
Jan 22, 1993 | S01E17 | Popeye | Unknown | Lost |
Feb 14, 1993 | S01E18 | Valentine's Day | "The Zoot Cat" (MGM) "The Stupid Cupid" (WB) "Little 'Tinker" (MGM) |
Lost |
Mar 17, 1993 | S01E19 | St. Patrick's Day | "The Huck of the Irish" (H-B) "Droopy Leprechaun" (MGM) "The Wearing of the Grin" (WB) |
Partially Lost |
Jun 18, 1993 | S01E20 | Wobert Cwampett: That Cwazy Diwector | Unknown | Lost |
Jun 25, 1993 | S01E21 | Don't Adjust Your Color: Black-and-White Cartoons | Unknown | Lost |
Aug 20, 1993 | S01E22 | Insomnia | Unknown | Lost |
Apr 15, 1994 | S01E23 | Forgotten Directors: Frank Tashlin | Unknown | Lost |
Apr 29, 1994 | S01E24 | Forgotten Directors: Arthur Davis | Unknown | Lost |
Season 2
This season started on January 8, 1996. Only one episode has been found. The rest have not resurfaced.
Original Airdate | Episode | Name | Shorts | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 8, 1996 | S02E1 | The Nudnik Shorts, Part 1 | Unknown | Lost |
Jan 9, 1996 | S02E2 | The Nudnik Shorts, Part 2 | Unknown | Lost |
Jan 10, 1996 | S02E3 | The Nudnik Shorts, Part 3 | Unknown | Lost |
Jan 11, 1996 | S02E4 | The Nudnik Shorts, Part 4 | Unknown | Lost |
Jan 12, 1996 | S02E5 | The Nudnik Shorts, Part 5 | Unknown | Lost |
Oct 20, 1996 | S02E6 | A Night of Independent Animation | "Another Bad Day for Philip Jenkins" (INDIE)
"Buy My Film!" (INDIE) "The Ballad of Archie Foley" (INDIE) "Yak Flack" (INDIE) "The Wire" (INDIE) |
Partially Lost |
Dec 16, 1996 | S02E7 | Gossamer | Unknown | Lost |
Dec 23, 1996 | S02E8 | Blame It on the Stork! | Unknown | Lost |
Dec 30, 1996 | S02E9 | The Economy According to Sylvester | Unknown | Lost |
Season 3
This season started on November 13th, 1998.[2]
Original Airdate | Episode | Name | Shorts | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 13th, 1998 | S02E01 | Travelogue Cartoons | "Detouring America" (WB) "Crazy Cruise" (WB) "Fresh Fish" (WB) |
Found |
Nov 20th, 1998 | S02E02 | Emily the Chicken | "Let it Be Me" (WB) "A Star is Hatched" (WB) "Strangled Eggs" (WB) |
Found |
Nov 27th, 1998 | S02E03 | Baseball Cartoons | "Gone Batty" (WB) "Batty Baseball" (MGM) "Baseball Bugs" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 6th, 1998 | S02E04 | The Early Works of Chuck Jones | "The Night Watchman" (WB) "Dog Gone Modern" (WB) "Toy Trouble" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 11th, 1998 | S02E05 | Southern Fried Cartoons | "Southern Fried Rabbit" (WB) "Backwoods Bunny" (WB) "The Dixie Fryer" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 18th, 1998 | S02E06 | Midnight in the Bookstore | "Speaking of the Weather" (WB) "You're An Education" (WB) "Book Revue" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 25th, 1998 | S02E07 | The Many Faces of Robin Hood | "Robin Hood Makes Good" (WB) "Robin Hood Daffy" (WB) "Robin Hoodwinked" (MGM) |
Found |
Jan 1st, 1999 | S02E08 | Hollywood Nights | "The Coo-Coo Nut Grove" (WB) "Hollywood Steps Out" (WB) "Slick Hare" (WB) |
Found |
Jan 8th, 1999 | S02E09 | Future Shock | "Dog Gone Modern" (WB) "House Hunting Mice" (WB) "The House of Tomorrow" (MGM) |
Found |
Jan 15th, 1999 | S02E10 | Movie Star Bugs | "A Hare Grows In Manhattan" (WB) "What's Up Doc?" (WB) Clips from various Bugs Bunny cartoons |
Found |
Jan 22nd, 1999 | S02E11 | Shut Eye | "Good Night, Elmer" (WB) "Back Alley Op-roar" (WB) "Daffy Duck Slept Here" (WB) |
Partially Found |
Jan 29th, 1999 | S02E12 | Egghead | "Daffy Duck and Egghead" (WB) "Count Me Out" (WB) "A Day at the Zoo" (WB) |
Found |
Feb 5th, 1999 | S02E13 | The Dreams of Bob Clampett | "The Old Grey Hare" (WB) "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery" (WB) "The Big Snooze" (WB) |
Found |
Season 4
This season is the next most complete, with twenty-eight episodes available. There were two specials entitled "The Twelve Missing Hares" and "The Worst Cartoons Ever Made" that ended up not being aired. The former was possibly going to show the twelve banned Bugs Bunny cartoons collectively referred to as The Twelve Missing Hares, and the latter was likely going to showcase various different cartoons infamous for their poor quality. The specials may have remained unaired due to the former containing cartoons infamous for their offensive content, and the latter likely heavily criticizing the cartoons featured.[3][4]
Original Airdate | Episode | Name | Shorts | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 4th, 2001 | S03E01 | The Evolution of Elmer Fudd | "A-Lad in Bagdad" (WB) "Dangerous Dan McFoo" (WB) "Elmer's Candid Camera" (WB) "The Hardship of Miles Standish" (WB) "A Wild Hare" (WB) |
Found |
Nov 11th, 2001 | S03E02 | The Early Works of Hanna & Barbera | "To Spring" (MGM) "Puss Gets the Boot" (MGM) "Gallopin' Galls" (MGM) "Officer Pooch" (MGM) "Yankee Doodle Mouse" (MGM) |
Found |
Nov 25th, 2001 | S03E03 | Moon Toons | "Little Buck Cheeser" (MGM) "The Cat that Hated People" (MGM) "Haredevil Hare" (WB) |
Found |
Nov 25th, 2001 | S03E04 | The Great Cartoon Controversy | "Rhapsody Rabbit" (WB) "The Cat Concerto" (MGM) "Tweetie Pie" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 2nd, 2001 | S03E05 | Tasmanian Devil | "Devil May Hare" (WB) "Ducking the Devil" (WB) "Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 2nd, 2001 | S03E06 | Before Bedrock | "Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur" (WB) "The First Bad Man" (MGM) "Wild Wild World" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 9th, 2001 | S03E07 | The Early Works of Friz Freleng | "It's Got Me Again!" (WB) "Beauty and the Beast" (WB) "Mr. and Mrs. is the Name" (WB) "I Haven't Got a Hat" (WB) "A Star is Hatched" (WB) |
|
Dec 16th, 2001 | S03E08 | Night at the Opera | "Long-Haired Hare" (WB) "Rabbit of Seville" (WB) "What's Opera, Doc?" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 16th, 2001 | S03E09 | Sufferin' Succotash! | "Life with Feathers" (WB) "Crowing Pains" (WB) "Scaredy Cat" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 23rd, 2001 | S03E10 | Beaky Buzzard | "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid" (WB) "The Bashful Buzzard" (WB) "Strife with Father" (WB) |
Partially Lost |
Dec 23rd, 2001 | S03E11 | Baby Boom Toons | "The Stork's Holiday" (MGM) "Baby Bottleneck" (WB) "Stork Naked" (WB) |
Found (Missing opening sequence) |
Dec 30th, 2001 | S03E12 | Tish Tash | "Porky's Poultry Plant" (WB) "You're an Education" (WB) "Puss n' Booty" (WB) "The Swooner Crooner" (WB) "Nasty Quacks" (WB) |
Lost |
Dec 31st, 2001 | S03E13 | Cartoon News Reels | "She Was an Acrobat's Daughter" (WB) "Going Home" (WB) "The Hole Idea" (WB) |
Found |
Jul 21st, 2002 | S03E14 | Ralph Phillips | "From A to Z-z-z-z" (WB) "Boyhood Daze" (WB) "A Waggily Tale" (WB) |
Found |
Jul 28th, 2002 | S03E15 | Rabbit Season, Duck Season | "Rabbit Fire" (WB) "Rabbit Seasoning" (WB) "Duck! Rabbit! Duck!" (WB) |
Lost |
Aug 4th, 2002 | S03E16 | Hubie & Bertie | "The Aristo-Cat" (WB) "Mouse Wreckers" (WB) "Cheese Chasers" (WB) |
Found |
Aug 11th, 2002 | S03E17 | The Great Race | "Tortoise Beats Hare" (WB) "Porky's Road Race" (WB) "Tortoise Wins By a Hare" (WB) "Porky's Naughty Nephew" (WB) "Rabbit Transit" (WB) |
Lost |
Aug 18th, 2002 | S03E18 | Cartoons in the Real World | "The Adventures of Popeye" (P) "You Ought to Be in Pictures" (WB) |
Found |
Sep 1st, 2002 | S03E19 | Director Arthur Davis | "Mouse Menance" (WB) "Bowery Bugs" (WB) "Quackodile Tears" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 21st, 2002 | S03E20 | Before They Were Stars | "A Tale of Two Kitties" (WB) "The Fast and Furry-ous" (WB) "Stage Door Cartoon" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 24th, 2002 | S03E21 | Gangster Toons | "I'm a Big Shot Now" (WB) "Thugs with Dirty Mugs" (WB) "Bunny and Claude - We Rob Carrot Patches" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 26th, 2002 | S03E22 | The Movie Parodies of Porky & Daffy | "Drip-Along Daffy" (WB) "Duck Dodgers in the 24-½ Century" (WB) "Deduce, You Say" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 27th, 2002 | S03E23 | The Three Faces of Tom & Jerry | "Mouse Trouble" (MGM) "High Steaks" (MGM) "Purr-chance to Dream" (MGM) |
Found |
Dec 28th, 2002 | S03E24 | Director Norman McCabe | "Who's Who in the Zoo" (WB) "Daffy's Southern Exposure" (WB) "The Ducktators" (WB) "Gopher Goofy" (WB) "Hop and Go" (WB) |
Found |
Dec 31st, 2002 | S03E25 | Speedy Gonzales | "Cat-Tails for Two" (WB) "Speedy Gonzales" (WB) "The Pied Piper of Guadalupe" (WB) |
Found |
Oct 19th, 2003 | S03E26 | Captain & the Kids | "Cleaning House" (MGM) "Poultry Pirates" (MGM) "Old Smokey" (MGM) "Petunia Natural Park" (MGM) "Mama's New Hat" (MGM) |
Found |
Oct 26th, 2003 | S03E27 | The Early Career of Porky Pig | "Gold Diggers of '49" (WB) "The Blow Out" (WB) "Westward Whoa" (WB) "Porky's Romance" (WB) "Porky's Duck Hunt" (WB) |
Found |
Nov 9th, 2003 | S03E28 | Private Snafu | "Coming Snafu" (WB) "Spies" (WB) "Booby Traps" (WB) "Snafuperman" (WB) "Censored" (WB) |
Found |
Nov 9th, 2003 | S03E29 | Red | "Red Hot Riding Hood" (MGM) "Wild and Woolfy" (MGM) "Little Rural Riding Hood" (MGM) |
Found |
Nov 16th, 2003 | S03E30 | The Many Moods of Daffy Duck | "The Wise Quacking Duck" (WB) "Duck Amuck" (WB) "Ali Baba Bunny" (WB) |
Found |
Nov 16th, 2003 | S03E31 | Pepé LePew | "Odor-able Kitty" (WB) "For Scent-imental Reasons" (WB) "Louvre Come Back to Me" (WB) |
Found |
Nov 23rd, 2003 | S03E32 | The Boys from Kansas City | "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!" (WB) "Porky and Gabby" (WB) "Porky's Hare Hunt" (WB) "Bottles" (MGM) "The Milky Way" (MGM) |
Found |
Notes
- In S02E06, "Midnight in the Bookstore", during the weekend of March 19th, 1999, "You're An Education" was replaced with a redrawn print of "I Like Mountain Music" (WB). "Speaking Of The Weather" (WB) was the cartoon shown after that. "Book Revue" (WB) then followed. New wraparounds were made for "I Like Mountain Music" and "Speaking Of The Weather" during the weekend of October 6th, 2000.
- In S02E20, "Toro! Toro!", technical difficulties caused "The Mice Will Play" (WB) and “Sheep Wrecked” (MGM) to play instead of “Bully for Bugs”, and “Senor Droopy”, respectively. There was also the usage of bumpers from S02E19, "The Nice Mice of Warner Bros”. The correct cartoons and segments were reinstated on October 1st, 1999.
- The only sort of home media release the show has ever had was the Toonheads special: The Lost Cartoons and can be found on Disc 3 of The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1. as a bonus feature
See Also
ToonHeads
Anthology Series
- Cartoon Network "Cartoon Network Responds!" (partially found interstitials from TV channel; 1997-1999)
- Big Bag (partially found Cartoon Network live-action/animated/puppet series; 1996-1998)
- The Moxy Show (partially found episodes of Cartoon Network CGI animated anthology series; 1993-2000)
- Sunday Pants (partially lost Cartoon Network animated anthology series; 2005)
- What A Cartoon! (found Cartoon Network animated anthology series; 1995-1997)
Bumpers and Interstitials
- The Big Game XXVI: Tom vs. Jerry (found Cartoon Network marathon special; 1998)
- Cartoon Network (partially found "High Noon Toons" bumpers from TV channel block; 1994-1996)
- Cartoon Network (partially lost "Nood" bumpers from TV channel; 2008-2010)
- Cartoon Network NBA All-Star Slam (partially found interviews of marathon; 2003)
- Cartoon Planet (partially found bumpers of revival block of Cartoon Network animated variety series; 2012)
- Codename: Kids Next Door Mission Weekend (partially found marathon bumpers for Cartoon Network animated series; 2003)
- Fridays aka "Cartoon Cartoon Fridays" (partially found interstitials from Cartoon Network channel block; 1999–2007)
- Hotdog TV (partially found Cartoon Network interstitial series; 2010)
- JBVO, Toon FM & Viva Las Bravo (partially found interstitials from Cartoon Network channel blocks; early-mid 2000s)
- Tickle-U (partially found Cartoon Network preschool block; 2005-2006)
Pilots
- Ben 10 (partially found unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; early-mid 2000s)
- Billy and Mandy in Trepanation of the Skull and You (found prototype short of "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" Cartoon Network animated series; 1995)
- Camp Lazlo "Monkey See, Camping Doo" (lost unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2004)
- Captain Sturdy (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (found unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2003)
- IMP, Inc. (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)
- A Kitty Bobo Show (found storyboard of cancelled second animated pilot for Cartoon Network; 2002)
- Major Flake in "Soggy Sales" (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)
- Mess O' Blues (partially found prototype short of "Johnny Bravo" Cartoon Network animated series; 1993)
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey (lost unaired pilots of Cartoon Network animated series; 2003/2004)
- Project Gilroy (lost Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2007)
- Regular Show (non-existent Flash pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; late 2000s-2010)
- Squirrel Boy "Kite Makes Right" (lost unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2004)
- Uncle Gus (partially found original English audio of Cartoon Network animated pilots; 2000-2001)
Live-Action
- Bobb'e Says (partially found Cartoon Network live-action clip series; 2009)
- BrainRush (partially found Cartoon Network live-action game show; 2009)
- Track Rats (partially found Cartoon Network reality short series; 2010)
- The Othersiders (found Cartoon Network paranormal reality series; 2009)
- Out of Jimmy's Head (partially lost original English dub of Cartoon Network teen sitcom; 2007-2008)
Other Cartoon Network Series
- Ben 10 (partially found pop-up trivia version of episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; 2008)
- Chowder (lost production material of cancelled Cartoon Network TV film; 2009)
- Class of 3000 (found original English dub of Cartoon Network animated musical series; 2006-2008)
- Codename: Kids Next Door (lost production material of cancelled episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; 2002-2008)
- Dexter's Laboratory "Rude Removal" (found unaired episode of Cartoon Network animated series; 1997)
- Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network (found launch preview of TV channel special; 1992)
- Ed, Edd n Eddy "Luck Be an Ed Tonight"/"A Room with an Ed" (rumored/lost unfinished episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2005)
- Ed, Edd n Eddy "Special Ed" (non-existent unproduced episode of Cartoon Network animated series; late 1990s/early 2000s)
- I Heart Tuesdays (lost production material of cancelled Cartoon Network animated series; 2011-2012)
- I-10: The Ben 10 User Generated Experience (found Cartoon Network TV special; 2008)
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes "Crossover Nexus" (partially found original 22-minute version of Cartoon Network animated series episode; 2010s)
- Skatoony (found original British version of Cartoon Network quiz show; 2006-2008)
- Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? (partially lost unreleased original voice audio and unfinished/unknown episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; 2002-2003)
External Links
References
- ↑ Tex Avery Show/Toonheads episode guides (part 1). Retrieved 30 Aug '16
- ↑ Tex Avery Show/Toonheads episode guides (part 2). Retrieved 30 Aug '16
- ↑ Book page confirming the existence of "The Twelve Missing Hares". Retrieved 22 Jan '19
- ↑ Forum post referencing "The Worst Cartoons Ever Made". Retrieved 09 Feb '19