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''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' were widely-popular short animated subjects created by Warner Brothers, being released from 1929 to 1969. However, in September 1943, Warner Brothers began re-releasing various shorts from 1935 to 1948 as "Blue Ribbons". '''These replaced the original titles of the short being reissued''' due to Jack Warner thinking it could save money. In their place, the ''Merrie Melodies'' logo was displayed on a red background with a blue ribbon (hence the name of "Blue Ribbon") and a trophy for the Grand Shorts Award.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141210043724/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/blueribbon/ A list of shorts with Blue Ribbon reissues.] Retrieved 20 Aug '16</ref> Then, on the same background, the title of the short would be displayed. The versions with the original titles are now hard to find and can only be discovered through duplicates, due to Warner Brothers directly splicing the Blue Ribbon titles into the original negative of the shorts that were reissued. Most of them have only been found through ''The Looney Tunes Golden Collection'', while very few were found by collectors and historians.<ref>[http://toolooney.blogspot.com/2010/09/tale-of-two-mice-original-titles.html ''Misce-Looney-ous'' blog on the original short's title cards.] Retrieved 20 Aug '16</ref>
''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' were widely-popular short animated subjects created by Warner Brothers, being released from 1929 to 1969. However, in September 1943, Warner Brothers began re-releasing various shorts from 1935 to 1948 as "Blue Ribbons". '''These replaced the original titles of the short being reissued''' due to Jack Warner thinking it could save money. In their place, the ''Merrie Melodies'' logo was displayed on a red background with a blue ribbon (hence the name of "Blue Ribbon") and a trophy for the Grand Shorts Award.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141210043724/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/blueribbon/ A list of shorts with Blue Ribbon reissues.] Retrieved 20 Aug '16</ref> Then, on the same background, the title of the short would be displayed. The versions with the original titles are now hard to find and can only be discovered through duplicates, due to Warner Brothers directly splicing the Blue Ribbon titles into the original negative of the shorts that were reissued. Most of them have only been found through ''The Looney Tunes Golden Collection'', while very few were found by collectors and historians.<ref>[http://toolooney.blogspot.com/2010/09/tale-of-two-mice-original-titles.html ''Misce-Looney-ous'' blog on the original short's title cards.] Retrieved 20 Aug '16</ref>
==See Also==
*[[Looney Tunes: By A Hare (lost build of cancelled arcade racing game; 1993)]]
*[[Looney Tunes: Laff Riot (found unreleased pitch pilot of "The Looney Tunes Show" animated sitcom; 2009)]]
*[[Looney Tunes: Space Race (lost build of cancelled original Nintendo 64 version of Dreamcast/PlayStation 2 racing game; 1998-1999)]]
*[[Hare Ribbin' (found original ending of Warner Bros. cartoon; 1944)]]
*[[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (partially found original title cards for animated shorts; 1930s-1940s)]]
*[[New Looney Tunes (lost unaired pilot episode of animated series; 2014)]]
*[[Looney Tunes ClickN Read Phonics (partially found Flash animated internet shorts; 2011)]]
*[[Fish Tales (found redrawn colorized version of Looney Tunes short; 1968)]]
*[[The Heckling Hare (lost original ending of Looney Tunes short; 1941)]]
*[[Porky's Hare Hunt (partially found redrawn colorized version of Looney Tunes short; 1968)]]
*[[The Bugs Bunny Show (partially lost animated TV series; 1960-2000)]]
*[[Noël chez Bugs Bunny & Opération Bugs Bunny (found French live-action/animated Christmas TV special; 1997)]]
*[[The New Daffy Duck Show (lost pilot script for unproduced animated series; 1997-1998)]]
*[[Looney Tunes (partially lost computer colorized versions of shorts; 1990-1995)]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:49, 25 October 2021

Mouse-Merized-Original.jpg

Original title card for 1946 short "The Mouse-Merized Cat", sourced from a black and white 16mm print.

Status: Partially Found

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were widely-popular short animated subjects created by Warner Brothers, being released from 1929 to 1969. However, in September 1943, Warner Brothers began re-releasing various shorts from 1935 to 1948 as "Blue Ribbons". These replaced the original titles of the short being reissued due to Jack Warner thinking it could save money. In their place, the Merrie Melodies logo was displayed on a red background with a blue ribbon (hence the name of "Blue Ribbon") and a trophy for the Grand Shorts Award.[1] Then, on the same background, the title of the short would be displayed. The versions with the original titles are now hard to find and can only be discovered through duplicates, due to Warner Brothers directly splicing the Blue Ribbon titles into the original negative of the shorts that were reissued. Most of them have only been found through The Looney Tunes Golden Collection, while very few were found by collectors and historians.[2]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ A list of shorts with Blue Ribbon reissues. Retrieved 20 Aug '16
  2. ↑ Misce-Looney-ous blog on the original short's title cards. Retrieved 20 Aug '16
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