The ensemble characters of I Haven't Got a Hat, such as Oliver Owl, and twin dogs Ham and Ex, were also given a sampling of shorts, but demand for these characters was far exceeded by Beans and Porky Beans himself was later phased out due to declining popularity, leaving Porky as the only star of the Schlesinger studio. Beans was the star of the next Porky/Beans cartoon Golddiggers of '49, but it was Porky who emerged as the star instead of Beans. With the animators working in the Termite Terrace studio, they debuted the first truly major Looney Tunes star, Porky Pig, who was introduced in 1935 along with Beans the Cat in the Merrie Melodie cartoon I Haven't Got a Hat directed by Friz Freleng.
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in 1933 over a budget dispute with Schlesinger, they took with them all the rights of the characters and cartoons which they had created.Ī new character called Buddy became the only star of the Looney Tunes series for a couple of years. The first Looney Tunes short was Sinkin' in the Bathtub which was released in 1930. Bosko was Looney Tunes' first major lead character, debuting in the short Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid in 1929. Schlesinger hired Rudolph Ising and Hugh Harman to produce their first series of cartoons. Warner made a deal with Leon Schlesinger to produce cartoons for WB. Consequently, they were eager to start promoting this material to cash in on the sales of sheet music and phonograph records. They had recently acquired the ownership of Brunswick Records along with four music publishers for US $28 million. In 1929, WB became interested in developing a series of musical animated shorts to promote their music. By 1937, the theme music for Looney Tunes was " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin the theme music for Merrie Melodies was an adaptation of " Merrily We Roll Along" by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor. Both series also made use of the various Warner Bros. After 1943, however, both series were produced in color and became virtually indistinguishable, with the only stylistic difference being in the variation between the opening theme music and titles. From 1934 to 1943, Merrie Melodies were produced in color and Looney Tunes in black and white. In the beginning both Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies drew their storylines from Warner's vast music library (notice the names Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies).
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3.2 Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Animation).3.1 Inducted into to the National Film Registry.