Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies (partially found deleted scenes of various shorts; 1930-1969)

Intro title card to most shorts.

Status: Partially Found

Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies is a series of shorts starring popular characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and more. The cartoons started airing on TV since the 50s/60s and still air to this day. There have been many shorts made over the years, and some of them have scenes that were deleted.

Baby Bottleneck

Main Article: Baby Bottleneck (lost deleted scene from Looney Tunes short; 1946)

Catch as Cats Can

There was a scene at the very end of the cartoon where the parrots tombstone was shown that said "Came in before his horse" which was a joke about Crosby's luck at his betting of horses. This scene does not exist on any prints and is considered to be lost.

Hare Remover

There is a scene during the cartoon where Elmer catches Bugs and cheerfully carries him back to his place. During that scene, it suddenly cuts to Elmer looking very grumpy, followed by Bugs saying "Eh, what up doc?". It is unknown what happens between him being happy and him suddenly looking mad while still carrying him.[1] This scene has not been found at all in any available prints of the cartoon, not in any theatrical/home media/streaming version either, however an unused animation production drawing of this short was discovered that is speculated to be from the deleted scene.

Hare Ribbin'

Main Article: Hare Ribbin' (found original ending of Warner Bros. cartoon; 1944)

The Heckling Hare

Main Article: The Heckling Hare (lost original ending of Looney Tunes short; 1941)

Hollywood Steps Out

This short later had a reissue in 1948, which ended up cutting out a lot of scenes.[2] The first of these cut scenes was one where a blonde woman walked by Clark Gable and his wife and that Clark would follow her. Another scene that was cut was when Ned Sparks was dancing with Edna Mae Oliver during the conga sequence. The third cut scene was Gary Cooper and Shirley Temple dancing with each other also during the conga sequence. The fourth and final cut scene was the end of the short where Clark Gable saying "I'm a bad boy!".[3] All of these scenes were cut for various reasons, mostly due to them being dated by 1948 (when the cartoon was reissued). Production cels of the deleted Shirley Temple scene exist and small footage of the final scene was discovered in a reel, in addition to that, an unused animation cel exists that shows James Stewart wearing an army outfit. Other than that, the other scenes have yet to be discovered in full and do not exist on any known copies of this cartoon at all. It is said that there was a print in the 80s that contained two of the cut scenes, but apparently it was stolen and may not exist anymore.[4]

Mouse Wreckers

The last scene of the cartoon has some strange editing with an abrupt black-out that suggests that there is a lost scene.[5] According to Greg Ford, there was in fact an ending that involved Claude coming back down through the chimney, and landing on the fireplace that the mice's started and got shot out. Presumably, this scene was edited out for time. None of the available versions of the cartoon that have aired on TV or are available on home media/streaming has this ending and it has yet to be found.

Porky's Movie Mystery

There is an abrupt cut that suggests that a scene was edited out at some point. It happens when Porky goes to look through his magnifying glass and going to the director, and then it suddenly cuts to the villain laughing and walking away. This scene, if it exists, is not available on any known prints.

Porky the Wrestler

There is an abrupt cut that occurs during a music score right after the singers sing "She was gone-", it is unknown what the deleted bit is and no film copies or footage of this scene has been found. [6]

The Stupid Cupid

At the very end of the cartoon, it ends with Daffy kissing the hen, the hen then tells the rooster about Daffy's appearance and the rooster ends up looking shocked and then it abruptly fades to black. According to Greg Ford, there was an extra scene where afterwards it had Daffy saying "If you haven't tried it, don't knock it." and then the cartoon would end. Presumably it was edited out when it was reissued back in 1951.[7] This scene has not been found anywhere, is not available on any known prints of the cartoon, whether it be TV prints, home media, or streaming, and remains lost to this day.

You're an Education

This short would later receive a blue ribbon reissue, where the title card would be replaced. Not only that but according to Roger Garcia, several scenes that total to around 45 seconds were cut. These cuts occur during the beginning of the cartoon where fade-outs happen and there's a scene where a fish is shown before an abrupt fade to black.[8] It is said that a print of the original version of this cartoon exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive, however, this version has yet to be released and no other copy of the original version of this cartoon has been found or released that has these scenes. The scenes as a result remain lost.