ToonHeads is an animation anthology series consisting of Hanna-Barbera, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. and Popeye cartoon shorts, with interesting background information and trivia, prominently about animators and voice actors like: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery, Hugh Harman, Rudy Ising, David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, and Daws Butler. The program was narrated by Leslie Fram and Don Kennedy. Every half-hour episode would have a different theme, including one series of episodes in 1996 featuring the long-unseen Nudnik shorts. It was originally broadcast on Cartoon Network from October 1992 to November 23, 2003, with a Christmas special shown on December 24, 2005. The series includes 82 episodes, two one-hour specials, and one half-hour special which was never aired.
102 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1992
Rating
9.0/10
6 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Oct 02, 1992
Cartoons about Hanna-Barbera character Quick Draw McGraw and his alter ego, El Kabong. Features: El Kabong (1959) El Kabong Meets El Kazing (1960) Kabong Kabong's Kabong (1960)
Episode 2 • Oct 09, 1992
Cartoons about MGM character Barney Bear. Features: The Unwelcomed Guest(1945) The Bear and the Hare(1948) Goggle Fishing Bear(1949)
Episode 3 • Oct 16, 1992
Episode 4 • Oct 23, 1992
Episode 5 • Oct 30, 1992
Episode 6 • Nov 06, 1992
Episode 1 • Jan 08, 1996
Episode 2 • Jan 09, 1996
Episode 3 • Jan 10, 1996
Episode 4 • Jan 11, 1996
Episode 5 • Jan 12, 1996
Episode 6 • Oct 20, 1996
Episode 1 • Nov 13, 1998
Cartoons that parodied the travelogue, a short film that advertised the beauty and splendor of a certain country or region. Featuring: Detouring America, Crazy Cruise, Fresh Fish
Episode 2 • Nov 20, 1998
Featuring: Let It Be Me, A Star is Hatched, Strangled Eggs
Episode 3 • Nov 27, 1998
Episode 4 • Dec 04, 1998
Episode 5 • Dec 11, 1998
Cartoons that take place in the American South.
Episode 6 • Dec 18, 1998
Episode 1 • May 14, 1999
Episode 2 • May 21, 1999
Episode 3 • May 28, 1999
Cartoons that lampooned boxing and wrestling.
Episode 4 • Jun 06, 1999
Episode 5 • Jun 13, 1999
A look at the short-lived time in the early 1940s when Elmer Fudd was depicted as a fat man to look more like his voice actor, Arthur Q. Bryan.
Episode 6 • Jun 20, 1999
Episode 1 • Nov 19, 1999
Cartoons that had caricatures of crooners, male singers of the 1930s and '40s.
Episode 2 • Nov 26, 1999
Episode 3 • Dec 03, 1999
Episode 4 • Dec 10, 1999
Episode 5 • Dec 17, 1999
Cartoons that feature Daffy Duck as a relentless salesman. Shorts include: "Yankee Doodle Daffy", "The Stupor Salesman" and "Fool Coverage".
Episode 6 • Dec 24, 1999
Episode 1 • Nov 04, 2001
Episode 2 • Nov 11, 2001
Episode 3 • Nov 25, 2001
Cartoons centered on space travel years before it would become a reality.
Episode 4 • Nov 25, 2001
A look at the allegations of plagiarism between MGM's "The Cat Concerto" and Warner Bros. "Rhapsody Rabbit"
Episode 5 • Dec 02, 2001
Episode 6 • Dec 02, 2001
Cartoons that take place during the Stone Age.
Episode 1 • Jul 21, 2002
Cartoons centered on Ralph Phillips, Chuck Jones' microscopically short-lived boy character who always had vivid daydreams.
Episode 2 • Jul 28, 2002
A look at the "Hunter's Trilogy" (or "Rabbit Season, Duck Season") cartoons, where Daffy and Bugs argue what hunting season it is and everything Bugs does ends up getting Daffy shot by Elmer.
Episode 3 • Aug 04, 2002
A look at Chuck Jones' Hubie and Bertie, a duo of curious, smart-aleck mice who often play pranks on a neurotic cat named Claude.
Episode 4 • Aug 11, 2002
Episode 5 • Aug 18, 2002
A look at cartoons that blended live-action with animation.
Episode 6 • Sep 01, 2002
Episode 1 • TBA
A special centered around the worst Hanna Barbera, Ruby Spears, and Filmation cartoons ever made. Features clips from the various Scooby-Doo Knockoffs, failed 70's H-B cartoon series, and the Filmation Tom and Jerry series. It also features the full episode of "Disco Droopy" as ToonHeads top pick of "The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever".
Episode 2 • Oct 19, 2003
Episode 3 • Oct 26, 2003
Episode 4 • Nov 09, 2003
Cartoons centered on Private Snafu, a comically incompetent Army private whose shorts were only seen by military audiences during World War II. Featuring : Private Snafu, Booby Traps, Spies, Snafuperman, and Censored (edited for content)
Episode 5 • Nov 09, 2003
Episode 6 • Nov 16, 2003
Cartoons showing how different directors changed Daffy's personality to be more than just "the wacky duck". Shown was The Wise Quacking Duck, Duck Amuck, and Ali Baba Bunny
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