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Cartoon Alley was a television program that aired on Turner Classic Movies every Saturday Morning at 11:30 AM ET.
Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, the series featured three classic animated shorts from the 1930-1950's per episode. Most shorts were from The Golden Age of American animation. Each of the three shorts focused on a common theme. Most shorts came from Warner Bros., MGM, and Paramount, but during the show's first season Cartoon Alley featured shorts from the Gaumont Film Company. Many recognizable characters have been featured in at least one episode such as Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Porky Pig, Tom and Jerry, and others not so famous such as Goopy Geer and The Captain and the Kids. The shorts often appeared uncut and uncensored (a few cartoons utilized cuts for content), and the more controversial cartoons (such as Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt and His Mouse Friday) were often introduced with a brief warning by Mankiewicz about the ethnic stereotypes being portrayed. The network's logo was only featured for a brief time, usually during the last short featured.
From November 2004 to September 2005 the series was featured just once a month but after popular demand the series became a weekly feature. This series never aired in February because of TCM's 31 Days of Oscars programming. The series was canceled in autumn of 2007.
[edit] Episode list
[edit] Season 1: 2004-2005
| # |
Episode Title |
Shorts Featured |
Original Air Date |
| 1 |
Clark Gable |
- Coo Coo Nut Grove, The
- Malibu Beach Party
- Hollywood Steps Out
|
11/5/2004 |
| 2 |
Christmas |
- 1 Pups' Christmas, The
- 2 Peace on Earth
- 3 Night Before Christmas
|
12/4/2004 |
| 3 |
Oscar Nominated Shorts |
- Blitz Wolf
- Life With Feathers
- Hatch Up Your Troubles
|
1/1/2005 |
| 4 |
Tom & Jerry |
- Professor Tom
- Old Rockin' Chair Tom
- Cat Concerto, The
|
3/5/2005 |
| 5 |
Tex Avery |
- Red Hot Riding Hood
- Batty Baseball
- Swing Shift Cinderella
|
4/2/2005 |
| 6 |
The Early Days of Warner Brothers Cartoons |
- Honeymoon Hotel
- Beauty and the Beast
- I Haven't Got a Hat
|
5/7/2005 |
| 7 |
The Captain and the Kids |
- Cleaning House
- Petunia National Park
- Mama's New Hat
|
6/4/2005 |
| 8 |
Popeye |
- Adventures of Popeye
- The Anvil Chorus Girl
- Abusement Park
|
7/2/2005 |
| 9 |
Animaland Series (1) |
- Ginger Nutt´s Christmas Circus
- It´s A Lovely Day
- Ginger Nutt´s Forest Dragon
- Ginger Nutt´s Bee Bother
|
9/3/2005 |
| 10 |
Animaland Series (2) |
- The Cuckoo
- The Playtpus
- The Ostrich
|
9/10/2005 |
| 11 |
Animaland Series (3) |
|
9/17/2005 |
| 12 |
Barney Bear |
- The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
- The Fishing Bear
- Heir Bear
|
9/24/2005 |
| 13 |
Sniffles the Mouse |
- Naughty But Mice
- Little Brother Rat
- Sniffles and the Bookworm
|
10/1/2005 |
| 14 |
Droopy |
- Dumb Hounded
- Shooting of Dan McGoo
- Wild and Woolfy
|
10/8/2005 |
| 15 |
Tweety Bird |
- A Tale of Two Kitties
- Birdy and the Beast
- A Gruesome Twosome
|
10/15/2005 |
| 16 |
Cinemascope Cartoons |
- Millionaire Droopy
- The Cat's Meow
- Tops with Pops
|
10/22/2005 |
| 17 |
Peter Lorre Caricatures |
- Horton Hatches the Egg
- Hare-Raising Hare
- Birth of a Notion
|
10/29/2005 |
[edit] Season 2: 2005-2006
| 18 |
Happy Harmonies |
- The Discontented Canary
- The Old Pioneer
- Tale of Vienna Woods
|
11/5/2005 |
| 19 |
Elmer Fudd |
- Elmer's Candid Camera
- Confederate Honey
- The Hardship of Miles Standish
|
11/12/2005 |
| 20 |
Benny Burro |
- Little Gravel Voice
- The Prospecting Bear
- Half-Pint Palomino
|
11/19/2005 |
| 21 |
WB Cartoon Character Debuts |
- Walky Talky Hawky
- The Goofy Gophers
- Haredevil Hare
|
11/26/2005 |
| 22 |
Popeye II |
- Baby Wants a Bottleship
- A Balmy Swami
- Beaus Will Be Beaus
|
12/3/2005 |
| 23 |
Two Curious Puppies |
- Dog Gone Modern
- The Curious Puppy
- Snowtime For Comedy
|
12/10/2005 |
| 24 |
Christmas II |
- The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
- Bedtime for Sniffles
- Good Will To Men
|
12/17/2005 |
| 25 |
Nursery Rhymes and Bedtime Stories |
- Little Red Walking Hood
- The Bear's Tale
- The Trial of Mr. Wolf
|
12/31/2005 |
| 26 |
Homer the Flea |
- The Homeless Flea
- What Price Fleadom
- The Cat That Hated People
|
9/2/2006 |
| 27 |
Black and White Warner Brothers |
- I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
- Pettin' in the Park
- Gold Diggers of '49
|
9/9/2006 |
| 28 |
Tex Avery Screwball Classics |
- Lucky Ducky
- Bad Luck Blackie
- Symphony in Slang
|
9/16/2006 |
| 29 |
Hubie & Bertie |
- Aristo-Cat
- Roughly Squeaking
- House Hunting Mice
|
9/23/2006 |
| 30 |
Popeye III |
- Can You Take It
- Child Psykolojiky
- Car-azy Drivers
|
9/23/2006 |
| 31 |
Warner Brothers |
- Egghead Rides Again
- The Bashful Buzzard
- Boulevardier of the Bronx
|
10/7/2006 |
| 32 |
CinemaScope Tom & Jerry |
- Mucho Mouse
- Tom's Photo Finish
- Royal Cat Nap
|
10/14/2006 |
| 33 |
CinemaScope Droopy |
- Blackboard Jumble
- One Droopy Knight
- Sheep Wrecked
|
10/21/2006 |
| 34 |
Conrad Cat |
- The Bird Came C.O.D
- Porky's Cafe
- Conrad the Sailor
|
10/28/2006 |
[edit] Season 3: 2006-2007
| 35 |
George & Junior |
- Henpecked Hoboes
- Hound Hunters
- Half-Pint Pygmy
|
11/4/2006 |
| 36 |
Early Bugs Bunny |
- A Wild Hare
- Elmer's Pet Rabbit
- Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
|
11/11/2006 |
| 37 |
Spike |
- Counterfeit Cat
- Ventriloquist Cat
- Garden Gopher
|
11/18/2006 |
| 38 |
Bugs and Cecil |
- Tortoise Beats Hare
- Tortoise Wins By a Hare
- Rabbit Transit
|
11/25/2006 |
| 39 |
Happy Harmonies II |
- When the Cat's Away
- Lost Chick, The
- Calico Dragon, The
|
12/2/2006 |
| 40 |
Porky Pig |
- Porky's Picnic
- Porky's Baseball Broadcast
- Porky's Snooze Reel
|
12/9/2006 |
| 41 |
Bing Crosby Spoofs |
- Let It Be Me
- Bingo Crosbyana
- Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
|
12/16/2006 |
| 42 |
Christmas III |
- Toyland Broadcast
- Alias St. Nick
- Captain's Christmas
|
12/23/2006 |
| 43 |
Goopy Geer |
- Goopy Gear
- Moonlight for Two
- The Queen Was in the Parlor
|
12/30/2006 |
| 44 |
The Bear Family |
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Rainy Day, A
- Papa Gets the Bird
|
1/6/2007 |
| 45 |
Beans |
- Fire Alarm, The
- Phantom Ship, The
- Boom Boom
|
1/13/2007 |
| 46 |
Adolph Hitler WB Caricatures |
- Daffy - the Commando
- Russian Rhapsody
- Herr Meets Hare
|
1/20/2007 |
| 47 |
Screwy Squirrel |
- Screwball Squirrel
- Screwy Truant, The
- Lonesome Lenny
|
1/27/2007 |
TCM Logo during the short "Porky's Snooze Reel" from the episode Porky Pig.
[edit] Featured Directors
These people directed original shorts featured in the series.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
