ToonHeads

ToonHeads

ToonHeads was an animated showcase of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer & Warner Bros. cartoon shorts, prominently by 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 uncut. It was originally broadcast on Cartoon Network from December 23, 1996 to December 23, 2001. Then, after cancellation, reruns aired until September 20, 2003 (the Christmas Special was shown on December 24, 2005). It had over 82 additional episodes, 2 one-hour specials, and one half-hour special that never aired. The show's narrator was Atlanta resident Don Kennedy (born 1930), a native of Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Movies and specials

# ToonHeads Special #1 - The Lost Cartoons: a look at unknown and rarely seen animation pieces from the Golden Age of Animation (featured on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, volume 1 as a bonus feature)
# ToonHeads Special #2 - The Wartime Cartoons: a look at cartoons from the World War II era
# ToonHeads Special #3 - The Twelve Missing Hares (never aired, but was said to have been made after news hit of AOL Time Warner refusing Cartoon Network to air 12 Bugs Bunny shorts that contained racist caricatures).

External links

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*Cartoon Alley
*The Tex Avery Show
*The Bob Clampett Show


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