The Rebel Without Claws (sometimes known as Rebel Without Claws) is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. The cartoon is written by Friz Freleng and directed by Arthur Davis.

The cartoon, one of a number of Warner Bros. cartoons set during the American Civil War, is a play on the movie title Rebel Without a Cause.

The cartoon is also a number of cartoons that was originally cancelled out of theaters as John W. Burton already left Warner Bros. in 1960, leaving the cartoon's production finished by David H. DePatie making the cartoon out of date (expired) by 1961

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Although the American Civil War was not an unheard-of subject in the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series, Rebel Without Claws is rare and unusual in that it portrays the Confederate States Army in a sympathetic light, while casting a negative focus on the Union and its Army. Likewise, the short is a remake of the 1944 short Plane Daffy, albeit with WWII references replaced by Civil War environment and other politically correct changes.

Here, the Confederates want to get an "important message" to General Robert E. Lee, but all the carrier pigeons have been shot down. The soldiers realize that Tweety is their last hope and turn to him for their mission. The Union soldiers learn of the Confederates' attempt and counter with their "Messenger Destroyer," who turns out to be none other than Sylvester. "I tawt I taw a damn Yankee tat," says Tweety just before the chase begins.

The bulk of the cartoon uses battle gags, such as Sylvester getting blown out of a cannon; Tweety momentarily tricking Sylvester into thinking Union soldiers are marching to battle (Sylvester tries to confront the canary but is blown away by Confederate soldiers); and Tweety hiding behind cannons on a fighter ship (Sylvester takes the brunt of more explosions).

Eventually, Sylvester disguises himself as General Lee and grabs Tweety. The bird is taken to the firing line for execution. He states that his only regret is that he has "but one wife to give foh my countwy" (paraphrasing Nathan Hale), to which Sylvester says that he has nine lives, But the commander and his soldiers prove incompetent — they shoot Sylvester instead! "It's a good thing I have got nine lives! With this kind of an army, I'll need 'em!"

Controversy

The Cartoon was originally considered a Censored Eleven cartoon, in which it doesn't broadcast today in the United States. In several cases the cartoon is racial stereotyping casting a negative focus on the Union and its Army.

D' Fightin' Ones  is a 1960 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Sylvester and an unnamed bulldog. The cartoon was originally directed by Arthur Davis though later Friz Freleng is credited as the director of the film. It is a parody of The Defiant Ones, a movie about two escaped inmates—one black, one white—who are shackled to each other.

Summary

Sylvester and the unnamed bulldog (both voiced by Mel Blanc) are on a truck headed for the pound. Both are shackled to each other and hate each other's guts. When the truck hits a bumpy road, the truck's back door opens, dumping Sylvester and the bulldog out. The two quickly run for cover, which is easier said than done due to being stuck together.

After fighting over some food, Sylvester and the bulldog realize they must break the chains. However, attempting to blow up the chains with TNT and hammering it both fail. Later, while walking near railroad tracks, a train snags their chain.

That night, the two sneak into the city and take brief refuge in an abandoned building when a spotlight almost catches them.

They decide to disguise themselves in human clothes (with the other person hiding in a suitcase) and hop aboard a bus, but hightail it out of there when the bus is revealed to be headed for Sing Sing.In the final set piece of the cartoon, the bulldog gets an idea to hang below a train track that goes between two mountains, with the idea that the train will cut their chains. However, both realize it's a bad idea too late when Sylvester points downward, indicating that once the chains are broken, they'll fall hundreds of feet to the ground.

Sure enough, Sylvester and the bulldog fall into a junkyard after their chains are cut. At first, both continue to argue about how dumb the plan was, but are briefly joyous when they realize they aren't shackled together anymore. However, they look down and realize they're now connected by leg via a pipe. They hear police sirens and hop down the road to escape as the short ends.

Production details

The cartoon was originally made in 1960, by that time John W. Burton had already left Warner Brothers. Cartoons late that year , half-way before the cartoon could be finished. The remaining of the cartoon was later completed by David H. DePatie, who had just arrived at the time Burton left. It was out of date by 1961 due to a long lead of time between start and completion of theatrical cartoons.(in some cases over a year, this cartoon was originally cancelled out of theaters).

The Abominable Snow Rabbit is a six minute 1961 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and co-directed by Maurice Noble, with a story by Tedd Pierce. The cartoon's title is taken from the phrase and horror film The Abominable Snowman. It was the last original Chuck Jones theatrical cartoon with Daffy Duck, and the first cartoon directed by Noble, however receive credit as co director.

Summary

Bugs tunnels through the Himalayan mountains, followed by Daffy. After a failed attempt by Daffy to go swimming in a frozen pond, the two realize that they are not at their intended destination, Palm Springs. For a change, Bugs has not missed his destination because of not taking "that left turn in Albuquerque"; instead, Daffy chides him: "I told you we should have turned west at East St. Louis!" Bugs checks his map and works out they are in the, as he puts it, 'Hime-ay-lay-us'. Daffy irritably corrects him on the pronunciation, then realizes what Bugs has said and reacts angrily: "You four-legged Marco Polo! That's in Asia!" Sarcastically suggesting Bugs "study to be a snowshoe rabbit," Daffy gets back in the tunnel and heads for Perth Amboy (which, as revealed in Transylvania 6-5000, is the location of Bugs' travel agent). But he misses a sign, which, in pseudo-Oriental writing, reads 'Beware of the Abominable Snow-man'.

Daffy, whilst underground, crashes into said creature's foot. The Abominable Snowman (whose name is Hugo, but that is not revealed in this short), grabs Daffy, names him George (a reference to Of Mice and Men, casting Hugo as Lennie Small to Daffy's George Milton), and gives him crippling hugs, believing Daffy is a rabbit, when actually he just tied his sweater round his head for warmth, with the sleeves on top. Daffy reveals this by angrily yelling his head off, and 'George' is punished for his 'deception' with spankings. However, Daffy imparts to him where he can find a real rabbit i.e. Bugs. As Bugs starts experiencing Hugo's overbearing love, Daffy sneaks away.

Hugo sits on Bugs like a hen, so he 'doesn't feel rejected'. But Bugs tunnels out next to Daffy. His tunneling pushes Daffy to Hugo. Bugs tells Hugo that he now has a rabbit. Daffy and Hugo agree that a rabbit has long ears. But Bugs cleverly pulls his own ears down, and puts his fingers behind Daffy's head. Hugo begins petting Daffy, but then realizes: "Rabbits don't have feathers and bills!" Daffy points out the tunneling Bugs to Hugo, who chases him underground. Eager to see the incident's conclusion, Daffy follows.

Later, in Palm Springs, a profusely sweating Hugo, and a disguised Bugs, discuss Hugo's failure to catch Bugs. When Daffy emerges from the hole, Bugs puts fake rabbit ears on him. Hugo again squeezes Daffy, but Daffy's discomfort is brief as Hugo melts, for he "really was a snowman!" as Bugs puts it. Daffy ends the cartoon by adding: "Abominable, that is!"

Strangled Eggs is a "Merrie Melodies" cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy and Henery Hawk. Made in 1960 and released March 18, 1961, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices are performed by Mel Blanc. it was also the final cartoon for John W. Burton to produce, in terms of release order.

Summary

Short of food, Foghorn Leghorn tries to court with Miss Prissy in hopes of getting food for the winter. While trying to court her, there is a knock on the door. It is a baby basket containing Henery Hawk, posing as an orphan chick in his latest attempt to infiltrate the barnyard and obtain a chicken to eat. Foghorn believes that Henery Hawk is going to be trouble, but Miss Prissy decides she wants to adopt the pseudo-chick as her "son". To make peace with Miss Prissy, he consents to help Henery become a "real" chicken.

Several gags then occur as Foghorn tries to teach Henery how to be a chicken (actually, thinly disguised attempts to kill off his foe), but such attempts are unsuccessful. Eventually Foghorn believes that if Henery is going to be a chicken, then he is going to be a chicken hawk - so he flies after Henery with the intent of catching him. Henery flees to the safety of Miss Prissy, who slams the door on Foghorn. Dazed, Foghorn says "Like my - I say, like my pappy used to say: Shoemaker, stick to your last. And this is my last."

People Are Bunny is a 1958 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson, starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, along with an appearance by a caricature of Art Linkletter named "Art Lamplighter". "People Are Bunny" is a takeoff of the Art Linkletter show People Are Funny where people performed different "stunts" to win money. The cartoon was out of date by 1959 in wich Linkletter had already left "People are Bunny" by early 1959.

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Watching TV, Daffy Duck is excited by a hunting show called the QTTV Sportsman Hour that offers $1,000.00 for the first viewer to bring a rabbit to Station QTTV. Attempting to convince Bugs Bunny to come to the station, Daffy first tries a ruse with TV show tickets, but Bugs immediately suspects Daffy is up to no good and declines. Daffy then grabs a gun from Bugs' fireplace and tells Bugs to oblige or be shot.

At the scene of Station QTTV [whose exterior bears more than a passing resemblance to CBS Television City in Hollywood and housed Station KTTV], Daffy has Bugs at gunpoint when they see a parade of prizes coming out of a studio (car, boat, fur coat, refrigerator, "Key to Fort Knox", etc.), and they see people going into the show "People Are Phoney" starring Art Lamplighter (voiced not by Blanc but by Butler). With dollar signs in his eyes, Daffy locks Bugs in a telephone booth and runs into the studio. Bugs receives a call in the telephone booth from an announcer who tells Bugs if he correctly answers a question, he will win a jackpot. Bugs answers the math question and the jackpot dispenses through the coin return slot. The announcer then asks Bugs how he knew the answer so quickly. Bugs says: "One thing we rabbits know how to do is multiply."

Meanwhile, Daffy appears as a contestant on "People Are Phoney", where his task is to help a little old lady across the street while on camera. Things backfire in a hurry when the old lady (obviously one of Art's stooges) starts belting Daffy with her umbrella, belligerently declaring she doesn't need help crossing the street. Daffy staggers, is missed by a speeding truck ("Nyaah, ya' missed me", he gloats, sticking out his tongue), then gets hit by a motorcycle. Art Lamplighter tells the hysterical audience that Daffy didn't quite make it, and it goes to show that "People Are Phoney".

Sorely mad, Daffy comes back to the telephone booth where Bugs is counting the jackpot. Bugs says he got a call in the phone booth, which Daffy doesn't believe. Bugs says at any time now an announcer might call again. Bugs makes the sound of a ringing phone and cons Daffy into thinking they want another contestant. Daffy pushes Bugs out of the booth, telling Bugs to let him have it. Daffy grabs the "receiver" - now a stick of dynamite - and it explodes as Bugs walks away. He shrug: "So I let him have it." {Bugs pulls the same phone/dynamite gag on Blacque Jacque Shellac in Bonanza Bunny}

Looking for Bugs, Daffy asks a studio usher (actually Bugs in disguise) if he saw a rabbit. Bugs points him to a door, and Daffy is sent to the show "Were You There" (a takeoff of the show You Are There) which happens to be depicting "Indian Massacre At Burton's Bend". Daffy then comes out with his head scalped {"All right, where's the wise guy?" he mutters, slapping his scalp back onto his head}.

At the end, Bugs is disguised as a producer and he tells Daffy that he's suddenly wanted for "Costume Party" (a reference to the real Masquerade Party), tricking him into donning a rabbit costume. The show he is sent to is the QTTV Sportsman Hour to which Daffy intended to bring Bugs, and Bugs collects the fee Daffy wanted for himself. When Daffy protests that he is no rabbit but a duck, the host declares it is now duck season, and a bunch of hunters shoot at Daffy. Bugs shrugs off Daffy's plight, noting: "Eh, they always shoot blanks on TV," Daffy, his beak full of bullet holes, mutters: "'Blanks', he says." Emptying a stack of buckshot from his mouth, he offers them to Bugs: "Have a handful of blanks! Sheesh!"

Production

This was a out of date cartoon when Art Linkletter had already left "People are Bunny" by early 1959. Due to a long-term production of theatrical cartoons it was originally cancelled out of theaters (other shows like "You Are There" also caused the cartoon time be out of date and originally cancelled).

Bugsy and Mugsy is a 1957 Bugs Bunny cartoon.

Summary

Bugs has relocated his home due to heavy winter rains; he now lives under the floor of a condemned building. All of a sudden, he hears police sirens, which are followed by a car stopping, and then clambering footsteps. Rocky and Mugsy, two gangsters, burst into the room. They have just committed a jewelry robbery, "all 14-carat". Bugs hears the last word as "carrot", and emerges to see what's happening. He realizes what's going on, and vows to take care of the two while they rest for the night.

Bugs uses the phone to pose as an informant, and quietly whispers to the semi-conscious Rocky that Mugsy is planning to take all the jewelry for himself. Rocky responds by smacking Mugsy upside the head.

Next, Bugs places an axe into the sleeping Mugsy's hand, and whispers to Rocky that Mugsy is a serial killer who is plotting his murder. Rocky goes over, takes the axe, and chops at Mugsy, cutting his hat in two.

Later, Bugs starts to unscrew the chandelier from the ceiling, which is perched right above Rocky's head. Mugsy wakes up, and tries to prevent the chandelier from falling, but only manages to be caught standing on a ladder with a screwdriver in his hand when the chandelier does fall. Rocky beats Mugsy up, and orders him to go to sleep.

Next, Bugs quietly replaces Rocky's cigarette with a stick of dynamite. Imitating Rocky's voice, he asks Mugsy for a light. Mugsy goes over and lights the dynamite, which explodes. Mugsy is beaten again, then tied up and thrown into the bathroom.

Bugs then saws Rocky's chair out from under the floor, and places the saw between Mugsy's tied hands. Rocky enters the bathroom, discovers Mugsy holding the saw, and proceeds to beat him senseless again.

For the final stunt, Bugs ties roller skates to Mugsy, and uses a magnet under the floor to guide Mugsy through the room. Bugs eventually crashes Mugsy into Rocky, and a fight ensues where Rocky punches Mugsy across the room, and Bugs crashes him into Rocky again. This goes on for some time until the police suddenly show up and take the two away. Surmising that Mugsy gave the location away to the cops, Rocky beats Mugsy senseless in the police car. Meanwhile, Bugs is holding a DIY book, and he comments to the audience, "Isn't it wonderful what you can do with some wire and a few electric bulbs?" The camera pans up to reveal Bugs' handiwork: a large, blinking neon sign reading "ROCKY'S HIDEAWAY".

The Million Hare is a 1963 Looney Tunes cartoon.

Through  Robert Mckimson was credited as a director, in several cases ultimately Ted Bonnicksen is originally credit with direction. Other cases say that it was incorrectly credited for Bonnicksen as a director when the cartoon was theatrical released.

Summary storyline

During the opening titles, a tune from With Plenty of Money and You plays on the soundtrack. The camera pans down a stack of TV antennas and enters the underground home of Bugs Bunny, who is hosting Daffy Duck. They watch a game show called "Beat Your Buddy" on the television. An announcer says that he will draw two names from the "buddy barrel". The persons named will race each other to the television studio, and the first to arrive will win "the million bucks." The announcer draws Bugs and Daffy's names.Bugs and Daffy then race each other to the television studio.

Daffy finds himself continuously hindered in the race, usually due to his own recklessness. For example, he drives a moped onto a bridge under construction and winds up in the water below.

Bugs keeps a steady and simple pace, causing him to reach the television station first. Daffy dons a jet pack, hoping to beat Bugs to the top floor of the studio. Daffy flies to the top floor, grabs Bugs, and zooms out the other end of the building. They land in an antique glass shop and are taken to a hospital. Even though they are in bandages with Daffy on crutches and Bugs in a wheelchair, they continue to race and Daffy crosses the finish line first.Daffy then discovers that "the million bucks" is actually "the million box," a huge box filled with a million little boxes. Considering the prize worthless, Daffy donates the prize to Bugs. The announcer then reveals that there is a one-dollar bill inside each little box, and With Plenty of Money and You is heard again. After this, the announcer asks Daffy if he wants to tell the audience something. In this moment, Daffy's head slowly changes into a donkey (read: jackass)'s head and starts braying.