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List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues


Many Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts were given Blue Ribbon reissues by Warner Bros. between 1943 and 1969.

The Blue Ribbon program was initiated in late 1943 as a way to cut costs for producing cartoons during World War II, and later as a way to compete against the growing popularity of television. Through the reissue seasons, the reissues had a given season's opening rings, followed by a title card which showed a blue ribbon (hence the program's title) and a Grand Shorts Award trophy. Only color cartoons were reissued in this program.

A Feud There Was was the first cartoon to be reissued in September 1943.

Many of the above cartoons have been restored for DVD release as part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Looney Tunes Super Stars and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD releases. However, only a handful of cartoons that were reissued prior to the 1956-57 season have their original technical credits restored. These are:

In addition to the cartoons listed above, the following cartoons reissued after 1956-57 have had their original rings restored:

In 1995, Turner Entertainment restored the original openings for Hop, Look and Listen and Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt.

The titles for Bone, Sweet, Bone are restored for TV, but has not been released on DVD.

The original titles for Sunday Go to Meetin' Time, The Merry Old Soul,September in the Rain, "Tweetie Pie", "The Isle of Pingo Pongo", "Tale of Two Mice", "House Hunting Mice", "Doggone Cats", "I Taw a Putty Tat", "Daffy Dilly", "Daffy Duck Hunt", "For Scent-Imental Reasons" and "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" all exist.


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