Cartoon Alley
Cartoon Alley | |
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Starring | Ben Mankiewicz |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 47 |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Turner Classic Movies |
Original release | November 5, 2004 January 27, 2007 |
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External links | |
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Cartoon Alley was an American television series that aired on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday mornings from 2004 to 2007. It featured classic animated shorts.
Broadcast at 11:30 AM ET, it was hosted by Ben Mankiewicz and featured three classic animated shorts from the 1930–1950s 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 (the latter studio provided the Popeye cartoons only; these were in Turner's hands by this point), 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 Half-Pint Pygmy) 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.
Contents
Episode list
Season 1: 2004-2005
# | Episode Title | Shorts Featured | Original Air Date |
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1 | Clark Gable |
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11/5/2004 |
2 | Christmas |
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12/4/2004 |
3 | Oscar Nominated Shorts | 1/1/2005 | |
4 | Tom & Jerry | 3/5/2005 | |
5 | Tex Avery |
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4/2/2005 |
6 | The Early Days of Warner Brothers Cartoons | 5/7/2005 | |
7 | The Captain and the Kids |
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6/4/2005 |
8 | Popeye |
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7/2/2005 |
9 | Animaland Series (1) |
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9/3/2005 |
10 | Animaland Series (2) |
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9/10/2005 |
11 | Animaland Series (3) |
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9/17/2005 |
12 | Barney Bear | 9/24/2005 | |
13 | Sniffles |
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10/1/2005 |
14 | Droopy | 10/8/2005 | |
15 | Tweety Bird | 10/15/2005 | |
16 | Cinemascope Cartoons |
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10/22/2005 |
17 | Peter Lorre Caricatures | 10/29/2005 |
Season 2: 2005-2006
18 | Happy Harmonies |
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11/5/2005 |
19 | Elmer Fudd |
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11/12/2005 |
20 | Benny Burro |
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11/19/2005 |
21 | WB Cartoon Character Debuts | 11/26/2005 | |
22 | Popeye II |
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12/3/2005 |
23 | Two Curious Puppies |
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12/10/2005 |
24 | Christmas II |
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12/17/2005 |
25 | Nursery Rhymes and Bedtime Stories |
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12/31/2005 |
26 | Homer the Flea |
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9/2/2006 |
27 | Black and White Warner Brothers |
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9/9/2006 |
28 | Tex Avery's Screwball Classics |
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9/16/2006 |
29 | Hubie & Bertie |
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9/23/2006 |
30 | Popeye III |
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9/23/2006 |
31 | Warner Brothers |
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10/7/2006 |
32 | CinemaScope Tom & Jerry |
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10/14/2006 |
33 | CinemaScope Droopy |
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10/21/2006 |
34 | Conrad Cat |
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10/28/2006 |
Season 3: 2006-2007
35 | George & Junior |
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11/4/2006 |
36 | Early Bugs Bunny |
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11/11/2006 |
37 | Spike |
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11/18/2006 |
38 | Bugs and Cecil |
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11/25/2006 |
39 | Happy Harmonies II |
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12/2/2006 |
40 | Porky Pig |
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12/9/2006 |
41 | Bing Crosby Spoofs |
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12/16/2006 |
42 | Christmas III |
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12/23/2006 |
43 | Goopy Geer |
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12/30/2006 |
44 | The Bear Family |
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1/6/2007 |
45 | Beans |
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1/13/2007 |
46 | Adolph Hitler WB Caricatures |
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1/20/2007 |
47 | Screwy Squirrel |
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1/27/2007 |
Featured directors
These people directed original shorts featured in the series.
- Robert Allen[disambiguation needed]
- Tex Avery
- Joseph Barbera
- Robert Clampett
- Arthur Davis
- Earl Duvall
- Bert Felstead
- Dave Fleischer
- Friz Freleng
- William Hanna
- Hugh Harman
- Rudolph Ising
- Chuck Jones
- Seymour Kneitel
- Dick Lundy
- Robert McKimson
- Isadore Sparber
See also
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Cartoon Alley at IMDb
- Cartoon Alley at TV.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Cartoon Alley December 2005
- Cartoon Alley September 2006
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