1937 would be a breakthrough year for Warner Brothers animation as the studio found it's identity through it's shorts, new significant characters like Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd first appearing, and Mel Blanc lending his voice to become the main voice actor of the studio's output.
History[]
- The Looney Tunes start using "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" as their theme music.
- Porky's famous "in a drum" closing was first used. The Porky drum design was changed two years from now.
- The Porky Signature theme was abandoned after "Porky's Garden".
- The Porky Signature theme is used on the closing for only four cartoons, similar to how the Merrie Melodies started using an instrumental version of "Merrily We Roll Along" on the closing titles starting with "Plenty of Money and You".
- Mel Blanc's first cartoon, "Picador Porky," is released.
- Joe Dougherty is replaced by Mel Blanc as Porky's voice actor starting with "Porky's Duck Hunt".
- First appearance of Gabby Goat.
- All cartoons by Ub Iwerks were made this year.
- First color cartoon by Frank Tashlin.
- First appearance of Daffy Duck.
- Both cartoons "Uncle Tom's Bungalow" and "Clean Pastures", released right after each other, are notable for being in the Censored Eleven.
- First appearance of Egghead.
- The Color Rings change from blue from 1936-37 to yellow rings starting with "Little Red Walking Hood".
- First appearance of Elmer Fudd.
- Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones leave Tex Avery's unit and work for Ub Iwerks as co-directors at his studio.[1][2]
- Bob Clampett directs his first Looney Tunes cartoon called "Porky's Badtime Story."[3]
- Friz Freleng leaves the studio to work for MGM as a director of The Captain and the Kids film series.[4]
- Cal Howard and Cal Dalton inherit Friz's unit after his departure.[5]
Shorts[]
Thirty-six Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons were released this year.
- He Was Her Man (Freleng/Jan 2)
- Porky the Wrestler (Avery/Jan 9/PP101)
- Pigs Is Pigs (Freleng/Jan 30/GC: V3)
- Porky's Road Race (Tashlin/Feb 7/GC: V3/PP101)
- Picador Porky (Avery/Feb 27/PP101) Mel Blanc’s first LT.
- I Only Have Eyes for You (Avery/Feb 27/CC: V3)
- The Fella with the Fiddle (Freleng/Mar 27)
- Porky's Romance (Tashlin/Apr 3/GC: V3/PP101)
- She Was an Acrobat's Daughter (Freleng/Apr 10/GC: V3)
- Porky's Duck Hunt (Avery/Apr 17/EDD/PP101)
- Ain't We Got Fun (Avery/Apr 17)
- Porky and Gabby (Iwerks/May 15/PP101)
- Clean Pastures (Freleng/May 22) ††
- Uncle Tom's Bungalow (Avery/Jun 5) ††
- Porky's Building (Tashlin/Jun 19/PP101)
- Streamlined Greta Green (Freleng/Jun 19)
- Sweet Sioux (Freleng/Jun 26)
- Porky's Super Service (Iwerks/Jul 3/PP101)
- Egghead Rides Again (Avery/Jul 17/CC: V3)
- Porky's Badtime Story (Clampett/Jul 24/PP101)
- Plenty of Money and You (Freleng/Jul 31)
- Porky's Railroad (Tashlin/Aug 7/GC: V4/PP101)
- A Sunbonnet Blue (Avery/Aug 21)
- Get Rich Quick Porky (Clampett/LT Aug 28/PP101)
- Speaking of the Weather (Tashlin/Sep 4/GC: V3)
- Porky's Garden (Avery/Sep 11/PP101)
- Dog Daze (Freleng/Sep 18)
- I Wanna Be a Sailor (Avery/Sep 25/CC: V2)
- Rover's Rival (Clampett/Oct 9/PP101)
- The Lyin' Mouse (Freleng/Oct 16)
- The Case of the Stuttering Pig (Tashlin/Oct 30/GC: V4)
- Little Red Walking Hood (Avery/Nov 6/GC: V5)
- Porky's Double Trouble (Tashlin/Nov 13/GC: V5)
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (Tashlin/Dec 4/GC: V3)
- Porky's Hero Agency (Clampett/Dec 4/PP101)
- September in the Rain (Freleng/Dec 18)
Character Debuts[]
- February 27 - Drunken Bull in "Picador Porky"
- April 3 - Petunia Pig in "Porky's Romance"
- April 17 - Daffy Duck in "Porky's Duck Hunt"
- May 15 - Gabby Goat in "Porky and Gabby"
- July 17 - Egghead in "Egghead Rides Again"
- November 6 - Elmer Fudd in "Little Red Walking Hood"
People[]
Deaths[]
- July 20 - The animator Elmer Wait
References[]
- ↑ Barrier, Michael (2003). Hollywood Cartoons American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford University Press, page 341. ISBN 978-0-19-516729-0.
- ↑ http://likelylooneymostlymerrie.blogspot.com/2012/05/163-porky-and-gabby-1937.html
- ↑ http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Funnyworld/Clampett/interview_bob_clampett.htm
- ↑ Barrier, Michael (2003). Hollywood Cartoons American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford University Press, page 288. ISBN 978-0-19-516729-0.
- ↑ Sigall, Martha (2005). Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation. University Press of Mississippi, page 66-67. ISBN 9781578067497.
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