Looney Tunes

10 Best Episodes of Looney Tunes - Season 1949

Series of comedy short films from 1929 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation, alongside its sister series Merrie Melodies.

Written by Sophie and last updated on jul 04, 2022.

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Looney Tunes - S1949E20

#15 - The Grey Hounded Hare (Season 1949 - Episode 20)

Bugs goes to the dog track, and soon finds out that the dogs are chasing a rabbit. After Bugs does the best he can to get the rabbit out of there, he realizes that the rabbit is none other than an electric one.

The episode was rated 7.58 from 12 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E28

#14 - Bye, Bye Bluebeard (Season 1949 - Episode 28)

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Bluebeard the killer is at large, and in Porky Pig's home, a crafty mouse disguises himself as Bluebeard to scare Porky into providing him with a generous serving of food. Just as Porky realizes the mouse is too tiny to be Bluebeard, the real Bluebeard appears and ties Porky onto a rocket, intending to blast the pig into orbit! But when Bluebeard is distracted by Porky's food and decides to help himself to it, he his challenged by the mouse, who leads him on a chase.

The episode was rated 7.60 from 10 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E23

#13 - Dough for the Do-Do (Season 1949 - Episode 23)

A color remake of Bob Clampett's 1938 cartoon "Porky in Wackyland". Porky ventures into Darkest Africa in search of the last Do-Do bird, and winds up in Wackyland, a surreal place where the sun comes up atop a human pyramid, the Warner Brothers shield comes zooming from the sky, and populated by creatures such as a three-headed Larry Moe and Curly beast. The Do-Do finally appears, to great fanfare, and eludes Porky by pulling out a pencil and drawing himself a door.

The episode was rated 7.71 from 17 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E4

#12 - Awful Orphan (Season 1949 - Episode 4)

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Charlie Dog goes to great lengths to convince Porky Pig that he is an ideal pet. Porky tries a number of methods to try and rid himself of the annoying animal, but Charlie easily defies him every time.

The episode was rated 7.75 from 12 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E11

#11 - High Diving Hare (Season 1949 - Episode 11)

Bugs Bunny is drumming up business for a Vaudeville show in a remote western town (notably one of the posters in the background is for "Frizby the Magician", a reference to director Friz Freleng). One of the main attractions is 'Fearless Freep' and his high-dive act. As soon as Yosemite Sam hears the name 'Fearless Freep', he goes into a frenzy, buying as many tickets as he can. (I'm a-splurgin'!)

The episode was rated 7.90 from 31 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E29

#10 - For Scent-imental Reasons (Season 1949 - Episode 29)

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The beginning shows a happy man riding his bicycle through Paris, greeting all the people he encounters and singing the happy can-can song (created by Looney Tunes). He arrives at his shop, a perfume store, and unlocks his store's door. After peering into the store, he immediately runs away. He shouts out in a panic and runs up to a musketeer for assistance, yelling unintelligible phrases, presumably in French. The musketeer looks into the shop and it is revealed that Pepe Le Pew, a smelly skunk, is inside the store, smelling the various types of perfumes and singing to himself in French. The musketeer looks horrified and speaks in his French accent about the "terrible odor," which is implied by brownish "fumes" emanating from Pepe Le Pew's tail.

The episode was rated 7.94 from 18 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E10

#9 - Mouse Wreckers (Season 1949 - Episode 10)

Before they can invade the house, mice Hubie and Bertie must first deal with "Champion Mouser" Claude Cat (making his first appearance in a Warner Bros. cartoon). They decide to drive the high-strung feline insane by, among other things, nailing the furniture and rugs to the ceiling while Claude's asleep.

The episode was rated 8.00 from 11 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E14

#8 - Bowery Bugs (Season 1949 - Episode 14)

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Bugs tells the story about why Steve Brody jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886.

The episode was rated 8.06 from 18 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E9

#7 - Rebel Rabbit (Season 1949 - Episode 9)

As soon as Bugs finds out that the bounty on a rabbit is only two cents, he goes out and tries to make rabbits the most dangerous animals ever.

The episode was rated 8.08 from 13 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E8

#6 - Daffy Duck Hunt (Season 1949 - Episode 8)

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Porky and his dog (who resembles Barnyard Dawg from the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons) are hunting ducks. Daffy sneaks up behind them and empties the gunpowder from their shells, then walks off with the phrase "Duck hunters is the cwaziest peoples!" (a reference to Lew Lehr's Fox Movietone News catchphrase, "Monkeys is the cwaziest people."). When Porky takes aim at Daffy, Daffy is able to continue taunting him, even dancing as a can-can dancer with a bullseye on his rear end - to no ill effect. Porky sends his dog to get Daffy, and the dog decides to trick Daffy, crying loudly that Porky will torture him if he doesn't come back with a duck. Daffy agrees to let the dog 'capture' him and carry him back to Porky.

The episode was rated 8.15 from 13 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E16

#5 - Long-Haired Hare (Season 1949 - Episode 16)

Giovanni Jones, a very well known and fantastic opera singer, is constantly interrupted by Bugs' folk music while he is trying to rehearse for a big performance.

The episode was rated 8.16 from 19 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E6

#4 - Mississippi Hare (Season 1949 - Episode 6)

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After stowing away on a riverboat called 'The Southern Star', Bugs plays poker against a gambler named Colonel Shuffle.

The episode was rated 8.19 from 21 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E26

#3 - Frigid Hare (Season 1949 - Episode 26)

Bugs takes a wrong turn while tunneling underground, and winds up at the South Pole. There, he puts his time to good use as he tries to rescue a penguin from danger.

The episode was rated 8.20 from 15 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E24

#2 - Fast and Furry-ous (Season 1949 - Episode 24)

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This was the first cartoon to feature Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. It set the template for the series, in which Wile E. Coyote (here given the ersatz Latin name Carnivorous Vulgaris) tries to catch Roadrunner (Accelleratti Incredibus) through many traps, plans and products, although in this first cartoon not all of the products are yet made by the Acme Corporation.

The episode was rated 8.22 from 37 votes.

Looney Tunes - S1949E2

#1 - Hare Do (Season 1949 - Episode 2)

Elmer chases Bugs out of the woods, into the city, into a theatre.

The episode was rated 8.44 from 18 votes.

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