ToonHeads

ToonHeads is an animation anthology series consisting of Hanna-Barbera, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. and Popeye cartoon shorts, with interesting background information and trivia, prominently about animators and voice actors like: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery, Hugh Harman, Rudy Ising, David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, and Daws Butler. The program was narrated by Leslie Fram and Don Kennedy. Every half-hour episode would have a different theme, including one series of episodes in 1996 featuring the long-unseen Nudnik shorts. It was originally broadcast on Cartoon Network from October 1992 to November 23, 2003, with a Christmas special shown on December 24, 2005. The series includes 82 episodes, two one-hour specials, and one half-hour special which was never aired.

Seasons

1. El Kabong

Air Date: 1992-10-02

2. Barney Bear

Air Date: 1992-10-09

3. Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Cartoons

Air Date: 1992-10-16

4. Ranger John Smith

Air Date: 1992-10-23

5. Hollywood

Air Date: 1992-10-30

6. The Old West

Air Date: 1992-11-06

7. Music

Air Date: 1992-11-13

8. Sports

Air Date: 1992-11-20

9. Mel Blanc

Air Date: 1992-11-27

10. Daws Butler

Air Date: 1992-12-04

11. The Evolution of Tom and Jerry

Air Date: 1992-12-11

12. Bugs Bunny in Fairy Tales

Air Date: 1992-12-18

13. Jay Ward

Air Date: 1992-12-25

14. The Best of Tex Avery

Air Date: 1993-01-01

15. Academy Award Winning Toons

Air Date: 1993-01-08

16. Cartoon Sequels

Air Date: 1993-01-15

17. Popeye

Air Date: 1993-01-22

18. Valentine's Day

Air Date: 1993-02-14

19. St. Patrick's Day

Air Date: 1993-03-17

20. Wobert Cwampett: That Cwazy Diwector

Air Date: 1993-06-18

21. Don't Adjust Your Color: Black-and-White Cartoons

Air Date: 1993-06-25

22. Insomnia

Air Date: 1993-08-20

23. Forgotten Directors: Frank Tashlin

Air Date: 1994-04-15

24. Forgotten Directors: Arthur Davis

Air Date: 1994-04-29

1. The Nudnik Shorts, Part 1

Air Date: 1996-01-08

2. The Nudnik Shorts, Part 2

Air Date: 1996-01-09

3. The Nudnik Shorts, Part 3

Air Date: 1996-01-10

4. The Nudnik Shorts, Part 4

Air Date: 1996-01-11

5. The Nudnik Shorts, Part 5

Air Date: 1996-01-12

6. A Night of Independent Animation

Air Date: 1996-10-20

7. Gossamer

Air Date: 1996-12-16

8. Blame It on the Stork!

Air Date: 1996-12-23

9. The Economy According to Sylvester

Air Date: 1996-12-30

1. Travelogue Cartoons

Air Date: 1998-11-13

Cartoons that parodied the travelogue, a short film that advertised the beauty and splendor of a certain country or region. Featuring: Detouring America, Crazy Cruise, Fresh Fish

2. Emily the Chicken

Air Date: 1998-11-20

Featuring: Let It Be Me, A Star is Hatched, Strangled Eggs

3. Baseball Cartoons

Air Date: 1998-11-27

4. The Early Works of Chuck Jones

Air Date: 1998-12-04

5. Southern Fried Cartoons

Air Date: 1998-12-11

Cartoons that take place in the American South.

6. Midnight in the Bookstore

Air Date: 1998-12-18

7. The Many Faces of Robin Hood

Air Date: 1998-12-25

8. Hollywood Nights

Air Date: 1999-01-01

9. Future Shock

Air Date: 1999-01-08

Cartoons that parodied the 1940s and 1950s imaginings of what the future would be like.

10. Movie Star Bugs

Air Date: 1999-01-15

11. Shut Eye

Air Date: 1999-01-22

Cartoons centered on the comedy behind a character trying to get some sleep.

12. Egghead

Air Date: 1999-01-29

13. The Dreams of Bob Clampett

Air Date: 1999-02-05

1. The Goofy Gophers

Air Date: 1999-05-14

2. Motor Heads

Air Date: 1999-05-21

3. Fight Night

Air Date: 1999-05-28

Cartoons that lampooned boxing and wrestling.

4. The Evolution of Tweety

Air Date: 1999-06-06

5. The Year Elmer Fudd Got Fat

Air Date: 1999-06-13

A look at the short-lived time in the early 1940s when Elmer Fudd was depicted as a fat man to look more like his voice actor, Arthur Q. Bryan.

6. The Nice Mice of Warner Bros.

Air Date: 1999-06-20

7. Toro! Toro!

Air Date: 1999-06-27

Cartoons that lampooned bull-fighting.

8. Director Robert McKimson

Air Date: 1999-07-04

9. Our Man Sam

Air Date: 1999-07-11

A look at Yosemite Sam, Friz Freleng's hot-tempered, trigger-happy cowboy character created as a more worthy adversary to Bugs Bunny.

10. The Musical Cartoons of Friz Freleng

Air Date: 1999-07-18

11. Night of 1000 Elves

Air Date: 1999-07-25

A look at cartoons that featured elven characters, often in a parody of the fable "The Shoemaker and the Elves".

12. One Toon Wonders

Air Date: 1999-08-01

Cartoons that had potential recurring characters, but only starred in one cartoon. Ghost Wanted, Crackpot Quail, and One Froggy Evening

13. Battle of the Bookworms

Air Date: 1999-08-08

1. Crooner Toons

Air Date: 1999-11-19

Cartoons that had caricatures of crooners, male singers of the 1930s and '40s.

2. Turkey Toons

Air Date: 1999-11-26

3. Hobo Flea

Air Date: 1999-12-03

4. Rocky and Mugsy

Air Date: 1999-12-10

5. Salesman Daffy

Air Date: 1999-12-17

Cartoons that feature Daffy Duck as a relentless salesman. Shorts include: "Yankee Doodle Daffy", "The Stupor Salesman" and "Fool Coverage".

6. A ToonHeads Cartoon Christmas Special

Air Date: 1999-12-24

7. An Ant's Life

Air Date: 1999-12-26

8. A ToonHeads Special: The Lost Cartoons

Air Date: 2000-03-12

A special episode featuring lost, rare, and obscure works from Warner Bros. studios. Featuring: Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (edited for time), Cryin' for the Carolines, clips from The Leon Schlesinger Studios gag reel showing a "typical" day working at Termite Terrace; Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (edited for time), Any Bonds Today? (edited for content), Spies (edited for content), The Return of Mr. Hook (edited for time), A scene from Two Guys From Texas, A scene from My Dream Is Yours, So Much for So Little, Drafty, Isn't It?, Commercial for Tang featuring Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian, clips from the failed 1950s pilot Philbert, Credits and original song for Adventures of the Road Runner.

9. A ToonHeads Special: The Wartime Cartoons

Air Date: 2000-07-01

A look at animated shorts made during World War II. Featuring: Blitz Wolf (edited for content), Scrap Happy Daffy, Herr Meets Hare, Russian Rhapsody, and clips from "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips", "Tokio Jokio", "The Weakly Reporter", "Seein' Red, White, and Blue", "Spinach fer Britain", "Daffy - The Commando", "Crazy Cruise", and "Any Bonds Today?"

10. The Twelve Missing Hares

Air Date:

A June Bugs 2001 special focused around Bugs Bunny shorts deemed unsuitable for broadcasting on Cartoon Network. The special features many clips showing racial character stereotypes from various Bugs Bunny shorts and how they are incorrectly portraying different cultures and also how it is inappropriate to show them on TV to young audiences. It was pulled from airing last minute.

1. The Evolution of Elmer Fudd

Air Date: 2001-11-04

2. The Early Works of Hanna-Barbera

Air Date: 2001-11-11

3. Moon Toons

Air Date: 2001-11-25

Cartoons centered on space travel years before it would become a reality.

4. The Great Cartoon Controversy

Air Date: 2001-11-25

A look at the allegations of plagiarism between MGM's "The Cat Concerto" and Warner Bros. "Rhapsody Rabbit"

5. The Tasmanian Devil

Air Date: 2001-12-02

6. Before Bedrock

Air Date: 2001-12-02

Cartoons that take place during the Stone Age.

7. The Early Works of Friz Freleng

Air Date: 2001-12-09

8. A Night at the Opera

Air Date: 2001-12-16

9. Sufferin' Succotash

Air Date: 2001-12-16

10. Beaky Buzzard

Air Date: 2001-12-23

11. Baby Boom Toons

Air Date: 2001-12-23

12. Tish Tash

Air Date: 2001-12-30

13. Cartoon Newsreels

Air Date: 2001-12-30

1. Ralph Phillips

Air Date: 2002-07-21

Cartoons centered on Ralph Phillips, Chuck Jones' microscopically short-lived boy character who always had vivid daydreams.

2. Rabbit Season, Duck Season

Air Date: 2002-07-28

A look at the "Hunter's Trilogy" (or "Rabbit Season, Duck Season") cartoons, where Daffy and Bugs argue what hunting season it is and everything Bugs does ends up getting Daffy shot by Elmer.

3. Hubie and Bertie

Air Date: 2002-08-04

A look at Chuck Jones' Hubie and Bertie, a duo of curious, smart-aleck mice who often play pranks on a neurotic cat named Claude.

4. The Great Race

Air Date: 2002-08-11

5. Cartoons in the Real World

Air Date: 2002-08-18

A look at cartoons that blended live-action with animation.

6. Director Arthur Davis

Air Date: 2002-09-01

7. Before They Were Stars

Air Date: 2002-12-21

8. Gangster Toons

Air Date: 2002-12-24

A look at cartoons that parodied gangster crime dramas.

9. The Movie Parodies of Porky and Daffy

Air Date: 2002-12-26

10. The Three Faces of Tom and Jerry

Air Date: 2002-12-27

A look at how MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons looked under the direction of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Gene Dietch, and Chuck Jones.

11. Director Norman McCabe

Air Date: 2002-12-28

Cartoons directed by Norm McCabe, one of Termite Terrace's most overlooked animation directors.

12. Speedy Gonzales

Air Date: 2002-12-31

1. The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever

Air Date:

A special centered around the worst Hanna Barbera, Ruby Spears, and Filmation cartoons ever made. Features clips from the various Scooby-Doo Knockoffs, failed 70's H-B cartoon series, and the Filmation Tom and Jerry series. It also features the full episode of "Disco Droopy" as ToonHeads top pick of "The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever".

2. Captain and the Kids

Air Date: 2003-10-19

3. The Early Career of Porky Pig

Air Date: 2003-10-26

4. Private SNAFU

Air Date: 2003-11-09

Cartoons centered on Private Snafu, a comically incompetent Army private whose shorts were only seen by military audiences during World War II. Featuring : Private Snafu, Booby Traps, Spies, Snafuperman, and Censored (edited for content)

5. Tex's Red