1955

Robert McKimson's one-shot The Hole Idea is completely animated by the director himself

Friz Freleng redesigns Mexican mouse Speedy Gonzales for an Oscar-winning self-titled short

Chuck Jones creates one of his most memorable one-shot shorts in One Froggy Evening

1955 is another year when Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts were released.

Notable Events

• Speedy Gonzales makes his second appearance. This time, his design has been completely overhauled.
• The TV distribution rights to all of the black-and-white Looney Tunes shorts and all of the black-and-white Merrie Melodies not produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising are sold to Guild Films. The copyrights to the cartoons in the package are assigned to Sunset Productions, a division of Warner Bros.
• This year, the opening themes of both Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were arranged by Milt Franklyn. However, some cartoons still continued to use the older themes even after the first short with a new theme was created. For the first seven cartoons, only the older themes were used. Then from 26 March to 25 June, the newly arranged Milt Franklyn versions of the opening and closing themes, and the older Carl Stalling versions of the themes, including the 1941 Merrie Melodies closing theme, 1945 Merrie Melodies opening theme, and 1946 Looney Tunes opening and closing themes were used concurrently. Beginning in July 1955, the Color Rings changed from red rings with blue background to green rings with red background, starting with "This is a Life", at the end of the cartoon. "Double or Mutton" was the first to use the green rings entirely, however, some cartoons from the 1955-1956 season continued to use the red rings and blue background at the end only. When the change in Color Rings happened in July 1955, they no longer used the older themes, with the exception of Blue Ribbon reissues of older cartoons.

Releases

1. "Pizzicato Pussycat" (Freleng/1 Jan/GC: V4)
2. "Feather Dusted" (McKimson/15 Jan)
3. "Pests for Guests" (Freleng/29 Jan)
4. "Beanstalk Bunny" (Jones/12 Feb/CC: V1)
5. "All Fowled Up" (McKimson/19 Feb/SS: FL&F)
6. "Stork Naked" (Freleng/26 Feb)
7. "Lighthouse Mouse" (McKimson/12 Mar/SS: S&HH)
8. "Sahara Hare" (Freleng/26 Mar/GC: V4)
9. "Sandy Claws" (Freleng/2 Apr/WBAAAC/PC: V2)
10. "The Hole Idea" (McKimson/16 Apr/GC: V6)
11. "Ready.. Set.. Zoom!" (Jones/30 Apr/GC: V2)
12. "Hare Brush" (Freleng/7 May/BB80)
13. "Past Perfumance" (Jones/21 May/SS: PLP)
14. "Tweety's Circus" (Freleng/4 Jun)
15. "Rabbit Rampage" (Jones/11 Jun/GC: V6s/CC: V2)
16. "Lumber Jerks" (Freleng/25 Jun/GC: V1)
17. "This Is a Life?" (Freleng/9 Jul/BB80)
18. "Double or Mutton" (Jones/23 Jul)
19. "Jumpin' Jupiter" (Jones/6 Aug/GC: V6)
20. "A Kiddies Kitty" (Freleng/20 Aug)
21. "Hyde and Hare" (Freleng/27 Aug/GC: V2)
22. "Dime to Retire" (McKimson/3 Sep)
23. "Speedy Gonzales" (Freleng/17 Sep/GC: V1/WBAAAC/PC: V1)
24. "Knight-Mare Hare" (Jones/1 Oct/GC: V4)
25. "Two Scent's Worth" (Jones/15 Oct/SS: PLP)
26. "Red Riding Hoodwinked" (Freleng/29 Oct/GC: V5)
27. "Roman Legion-Hare" (Freleng/12 Nov/GC: V4)
28. "Heir-Conditioned" (Freleng/26 Nov/GC: V6)
29. "Guided Muscle" (Jones/10 Dec/GC: V2/PC: V3)
30. "Pappy's Puppy" (Freleng/17 Dec)
31. "One Froggy Evening" (Jones/31 Dec/GC: V2/PC: V1)

Blue Ribbon Reissues

1954-1955 Season

1. "Back Alley Oproar" (05-Feb-1955)
2. "You Were Never Duckier" (26-Feb-1955)
3. "House Hunting Mice" (02-Apr-1955) (First 'Cinecolor' short to be re-released)
4. "Crowing Pains" (23-Apr-1955)
5. "Hop, Look and Listen" (04-Jun-1955)
6. "Tweetie Pie" (25-Jun-1955)
7. "The Goofy Gophers" (23-Jul-1955)
8. "What's Brewin', Bruin?" (20-Aug-1955)

1955 - 1956 Season

1. "Doggone Cats" (10-Sep-1955)
2. "The Rattled Rooster" (22-Oct-1955)
3. "Fair and Worm-er" (5?-Nov-1955)
4. "The Mouse-Merized Cat" (26-Nov-1955)
5. "The Foghorn Leghorn" (24-Dec-1955)

Character Debuts

• Speedy Gonzales (finalized design)
• Michigan J. Frog

People

Births

• February 9 - Jerry Beck
• May 1 - Eric Goldberg
• August 3 - Corey Burton
• August 7 - Wayne Knight
• September 9 - John Kricfalusi
• ? - George Daugherty

Warner Club News Stories and Art

January 1955 - Part 1

January 1955 - Part 2

February 1955

Front cover of the March 1955 issue

March 1955

Front cover of the April 1955 issue

April 1955 - Part 1

April 1955 - Part 2

May 1955 - Part 1

May 1955 - Part 2

June 1955 - Part 1

June 1955 - Part 2

July 1955 - Part 1

July 1955 - Part 2

August 1955 - Part 1

August 1955 - Part 2

August 1955 - Part 3

October 1955 - Part 1

October 1955 - Part 2

November 1955 - Part 1

November 1955 - Part 2

November 1955 - Part 3

WCN - December 1955 - Part 1

WCN - December 1955 - Part 2

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