Best Cartoon Shorts of the 1960's
The 1960's was the last gasp of high-quality, made for the big screen, cartoon shorts; From the 1920's to 1950's, cartoons were a medium for an audience of adults AND children, to watch in a cinema, where EVERYONE went to see Westerns, musicals, horror movies, kids movies, whatever... But by the late 60's, cartoons were made for TV, for an audience of kids on a saturday morning, when no adults were watching- So quality dropped, and content got more childish. But that change didn't happen all at once; The quality of cartoon shorts gradually disintergrated thru the 60's, as TV ownership gradually became the norm.
There were still SOME classic shorts, in the early 60s, but overall cartoons in the 60's were pretty unimpressive, compared to previous decades.
There were still SOME classic shorts, in the early 60s, but overall cartoons in the 60's were pretty unimpressive, compared to previous decades.
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- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanBen SharpsteenStarsSebastian CabotSterling HollowayJohn FiedlerWinnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.
- DirectorChuck JonesBen WashamStarsBoris KarloffJune ForayDal McKennonA grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancRalph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog punch into work, with Sam guarding a flock of sheep against Ralph's attempts to snatch some mutton for dinner. Ralph uses a lull-a-bye record to put Sam to sleep and steals one of the sheep, but the lamb unzips itself to reveal someone very unexpected beneath!
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsRobert MorleyA simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPaul JulianWile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner using a sling shot, a grenade in a toy airplane whose propeller detaches and leaves the plane behind, a cannon on a cliff ledge that gives way, and axle grease on his feet that sends him into the path of a train driven by the Road Runner.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancMarvin Martian is monitoring through his telescope a rocket launch on Earth. The rocket heads straight for him and lands on Mars. The only occupant is Bugs Bunny, lured into Cape Canaveral by a carrot and sent to Mars as an expendable "astro-rabbit". Bugs is to claim Mars in the name of the Earth, but Marvin won't allow an Earth creature to contaminate his atmosphere. He trains a time-projector gun on Bugs and reverts the bunny to a Neanderthal Rabbit, who crushes Marvin with one hand.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsPaul JulianWile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner with a grenade, a bow, a rope, invisible paint, a gun disguised as a peep show, and a rocket that tunnels him through the Earth to arrive in the Orient, where a Japanese Road Runner greets him.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancJune ForayEssentially one long chase scene, in an urban setting; at the end, a dog joins in, to Jerry's annoyance.
- DirectorFriz FrelengHawley PrattStarsMel BlancJune ForayBen FrommerSylvester Cat slips when making a grab for Tweety Bird in Granny's flat, and falls dazed to the floor as one of Tweety's feathers lands in his mouth. Tweety runs off. Sylvester comes to and finds the feather lodged between his lips. He thinks he has swallowed and killed Tweety and suffers terrible remorse as an Alfred Hitchcock-like voice-over chides him for his "crime". Sylvester cracks, runs into the streets confessing, and returns to Granny's place, where he finds he didn't eat Tweety after all.
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancBlacque Jacque Shellacque dams the river and plans to charge everyone a fortune for water, but not if Bugs Bunny has anything to say about it.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancDaws ButlerSylvester Cat and his orange feline friend, Sam, are rummaging through trash cans for food in the evening on a waterfront when they spot a mouse. They agree to share the little rodent for breakfast the next morning, while during the night each tries to snag the mouse for himself.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancBugs battles Wile E. Coyote. A ten billion volt electric magnet draws everything imaginable.
- DirectorChuck JonesAbe LevitowStarsMel BlancPaul JulianPaul LyndeWile E. Coyote releases a number of explosive darts to attack the Road Runner, only to have them bedevil him continually during his subsequent attempts.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancSam, the Duke of Yosemite, will inherit one million pounds if he can keep his temper in check. Thing is, he has to endure Bugs Bunny as his house guest.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancBen FrommerJulie BennettBugs is given a room for the night at the castle of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania.
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancWhen Bugs Bunny crosses paths with the Tasmanian Devil once again, he poses as a doctor to trick the Devil into thinking that he's sicker than he really is.
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancDaffy Duck vies with Porky Pig in the Western frontier hotel business. Porky has more success, attracting hordes of customers with a live-action saloon party. So, Daffy decides to "undermine" Porky's good fortune by planting a bomb beneath Porky's inn.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleTom RayStarsMel BlancPaul JulianWile E. Coyote attacks the Road Runner with an enormous boulder-throwing catapult, only to have it constantly backfire on him.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancPaul JulianWile E. Coyote tries and fails to catch the Road Runner using a bear trap with a bird seed bait, a jet rocket, an ice-making machine, and a boomerang.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancA spoiled-rotten monarch orders royal chef Yosemite Sam to make "Hasenpfeffer", the basic ingredient of which is rabbit. When Bugs comes to the door asking to borrow some carrots, Sam decides to cook him.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancOuter space invader Yosemite Sam wants to capture typical earth creature Bugs.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancThe sheet music for Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical piece, but finds that one of the notes has become drunk after being inside the sheet music for "Little Brown Jug". The drunken note staggers goofily on the staves for the music of "The Blue Danube" and is chased by the conductor.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleTom RayStarsMel BlancJud Conlon's RhythmairesPaul JulianWile E. Coyote uses slow motion photography to record his failures at catching the Road Runner in hopes of detecting where exactly he went wrong and avoiding the same pratfalls in the future.
- DirectorFriz FrelengHawley PrattStarsMel BlancBugs Bunny tries to protect a castle by kicking Sam the Terrible out and not letting him back in.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancRalph JamesJulie BennettIn a spoof of TV's "Untouchables" Rocky and Mugsy chase "Elegant Ness" (Bugs) through the ACME cereal company.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsAnn AltieriChris DoranSally DryerDepressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsPaul JulianWile E. Coyote tries and fails to catch the Road Runner using his foot extended to trip, an arrow, a hole in the road, a winged-rocket outfit, two electronically activated machine guns, and a super magnet.
- DirectorHamilton LuskeStarsBill ColeBill LeeThurl RavenscroftA father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There follows a survey of the progress of transportation, a digression into the basics of gear ratios, a series of live-action dancers to various styles of music inside a giant jukebox, an illustration of the use of wheels in power generation and space satellites, etc. Ultimately, Donald decides he doesn't want the responsibility, but certainly someone else would take on the task.
- DirectorFriz FrelengHawley PrattStarsMel BlancDaws ButlerTom HollandSpeedy Gonzales' lethargic cousin, Slowpoke Rodriguez, comes to visit Speedy's hacienda, to the delight of Sylvester Cat, who is confident he will be able to catch Slowpoke for dinner.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPaul JulianWile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner using a dynamite stick on a fishing pole, a Christmas present wrapping machine, and ACME Earthquake pills, which the Coyote discovers don't affect Road Runners, but only after he himself has angrily downed a whole bottle of the pills! The Coyote quakes and shivers away boulders and whole mountains before the pills wear off.
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancLost in a desert, Daffy Duck finds a gold nugget and is unwilling to part with it even though he is in desperate need of water.
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancThe Tasmanian Devil finds Bugs cooking dinner underneath a beach boardwalk.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancYosemite Sam is given three chances to gain his own freedom by bringing Bugs Bunny to Hell.
- DirectorFriz FrelengHawley PrattStarsMel BlancSylvester Cat intrudes on Speedy Gonzales' Cinco De Mayo celebration, starting a chase that ends in disaster.
- DirectorRudy LarrivaStarsPaul JulianWile E. Coyote builds a World War I bi-plane to chase the Road Runner.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancJune ForayBilly BoothYosemite Sam marries a widow for her money, and once the honeymoon is over, the woman reveals her real bossy, loud mouthed manner and introduces Sam to her son - a huge, oafish kid. Sam can't tolerate the big kid's sappy clumsiness and tries to do away with him.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancJune ForayTweety Bird goes on a world tour with his mistress, Granny. And a hungry Sylvester Cat follows them everywhere they go (France, Japan, Switzerland, and Italy).
- DirectorHamilton LuskeJack HannahStarsJohn DehnerJud Conlon's RhythmairesDonald and his nephews are litterbugs: they drop garbage everywhere they go - even when they are out for a drive in Donald's car - until they are stopped by a policeman who makes them pick up everything they have dropped. This was the last Donald Duck cartoon ever made.
- DirectorChuck JonesAbe LevitowMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancGloria WoodJohn A. FordNelly the singing giraffe begins a singing career, but finds that chasing fame brings her nothing but unhappiness.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanDaws ButlerIn his Hollywood home Bugs is being interviewed by the Edward R. Murrow TV show "People to People" when Daffy and Elmer show up.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancA rather frozen Jerry rolls up to a cheese shop guarded by Tom; after he locks Tom out and thaws out, he carves himself a little Swiss village in a giant wheel of cheese.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancIn this very abstract cartoon, a hard-of-hearing old Britisher finds a red horn and uses it as a megaphone, unaware that it is really a lost horn from the Devil's forehead. The Britisher finds that the horn has the effect of amplifying every sound psychedelically and causing him serious bodily harm.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancJune ForaySylvester Cat is head of a household consisting of himself, a mother cat, and their spoiled-brat son, Junior. In this parody of "Goldilocks", Sylvester and Junior try to catch "Goldimouse", who came from the forest into their house to sample their porridge.
- DirectorRudy LarrivaStarsPaul JulianWile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner using a skateboard, a hunting falcon, two doves tied to his feet, a hot rod, a wind sail, and glue stuck on the road. The last scheme ends with himself becoming stuck in the glue and flattened by a steam roller driven by the Road Runner.
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancIn the woods, hunter Daffy Duck jumps out of his jeep excited about hunting season. The forest ranger announces a boundary line for hunters and bears, so Daffy must resort to trickery to catch his game.
- DirectorRudy LarrivaStarsPaul JulianWile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner and hopes, without success, to catch his prey using such schemes as a snow-making machine, a bomb dropped from a kite, a parachute dive (into a tornado), dynamite on an extending metal arm, and a karate chop.
- DirectorChuck JonesAbe LevitowMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancEd PrentissJune ForayWay out in space, on another world whose population is contented, one of its people decides that travel broadens the mind and relieves boredom. So, he flies to Earth in hope of helping the alien Earthlings improve their lot, only to cause panic and be declared a monster just because he looks different. So, he decides to return home, where, at least, he can find love.
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsPaul JulianWile E. Coyote tries all sorts of methods to catch the Road Runner.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancThe setting is 1886, somewhere in the Old West. Sergeant Bugs Bunny of the United States Cavalry is the sole guard of Fort Lariat, as everyone else has left for a mission. Renegade Sam leads an army of Indians in a siege of the fort.