1958

Robin Hood Daffy ends Daffy and Porky's parody series on a high note

To Itch His Own concludes Carl W. Stalling's long work scoring the Looney Tunes shorts

Knighty Knight Bugs finally earns Bugs Bunny an Oscar-winning short

1958 was one of the years of the Golden Age of Looney Tunes.

History

• Michael Maltese leaves Warner Bros. Cartoons to work for Hanna-Barbera.
• All cartoons from this year had blue Color Rings with the WB zooming shield.
• Carl W. Stalling retires from composing music for the series.
  • Shortly after Carl Stalling retired, due to a musicians strike later this year, Milt Franklyn was not able to compose music for 6 cartoons; he returned to compose the music in "Cat Feud". As a result, stock music was used from "Weasel While You Work" to "Hip Hip Hurry".

Shorts

1. "Don't Axe Me" (McKimson/January 4)
2. "Tortilla Flaps" (McKimson/January 18/GC: V4)
3. "Hare-Less Wolf" (Freleng/February 1/BB80)
4. "A Pizza Tweety-Pie" (Freleng/February 22)
5. "Robin Hood Daffy" (Jones/March 8/GC: V3/PC: V1)
6. "Hare-Way to the Stars" (Jones/March 29/PC: V1)
7. "Whoa, Be-Gone!" (Jones/April 12/GC: V2)
8. "A Waggily Tale" (Freleng/April 26)
9. "Feather Bluster" (McKimson/May 10)
10. "Now, Hare This" (McKimson/May 31/BB80)
11. "To Itch His Own" (Jones/June 28)
12. "Dog Tales" (McKimson/July 26)
13. "Knighty Knight Bugs" (Freleng/August 23/GC: V4/PC: V3)
14. "Weasel While You Work" (McKimson/September 6/SS: FL&F)
15. "A Bird in a Bonnet" (Freleng/September 27)
16. "Hook, Line and Stinker" (Jones/October 11/GC: V6)
17. "Pre-Hysterical Hare" (McKimson/November 1/CC: V3)
18. "Gopher Broke" (McKimson/November 15/SS: FL&F)
19. "Hip Hip- Hurry!" (Jones/December 6/CC: V1)
20. "Cat Feud" (Jones/December 20/GC: V4)

Blue Ribbon Reissues

1957 - 1958 Season

1. "Home, Tweet Home" (Freleng/January 25) (with production number 1507)
2. "Mississippi Hare" (Jones/February 15) (with production number 1508)
3. "Caveman Inki" (Jones/March 1) (with production number 1509)
4. "It's Hummer Time" (McKimson/March 22) (with production number 1510)
5. "A Fractured Leghorn" (McKimson/April 19) (with production number 1511)
6. "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" (Jones/May 17) (with production number 1512)
7. "All a Bir-r-r-d" (Freleng/June 14) (with production number 1513)
8. "Awful Orphan" (Jones/July 12) (with production number 1516)
9. "Rebel Rabbit" (McKimson/August 9) (with production number 1517)
10. "Stooge for a Mouse" (Freleng/August 30) (with production number 1518)

1958 - 1959 Season

1. "Bowery Bugs" (Davis/September 16)
2. "An Egg Scramble" (McKimson/October 4)
3. "Wise Quackers" (Freleng/October 25)
4. "Two's a Crowd" (Jones/November 22)
5. "Canary Row" (Freleng/December 13)

Character Debuts

• Charles M. Wolf
• Señor Vulturo
• Mighty Angelo

People

Deaths

• 4 October - Jack King (aged 62)

Warner Club News Stories and Art

January 1958 - Part 1

January 1958 - Part 2

February 1958 - Part 1

February 1958 - Part 2

February 1958 (Warner Bros. Commercial and Industrial Films Division)

Chuck Jones' design of the Gillette parrot mascot

March 1958 - Part 1

March 1958 - Part 2

April 1958 - Part 1

April 1958 - Part 2

May 1958 - Part 1

May 1958 - Part 2

June 1958 - Part 1

June 1958 - Part 2

July 1958 - Part 1

July 1958 - Part 2

August 1958

September 1958 - Part 1

September 1958 - Part 2

October 1958 - Part 1

October 1958 - Part 2

November 1958 - Part 1

November 1958 - Part 2

December 1958 - Part 1

December 1958 - Part 2

References

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