Friz Freleng
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Isadore "Friz" Freleng (1906–1995), sometimes credited as I. Freleng, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. He introduced and/or developed several of the studio's biggest stars, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the cat, Yosemite Sam (to whom he was said to bear more than a passing resemblance) and Speedy Gonzales. The senior director at Warners' Termite Terrace studio, Freleng directed more cartoons than any other director in the studio (a total of 266), and is also the most honored of the Warner directors, having won four Academy Awards. After Warners shut down the animation studio in 1963, Freleng and business partner David H. DePatie founded DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, which produced cartoons (notably The Pink Panther Show), feature film title sequences, and Saturday morning cartoons through the early 1980s. The nickname "Friz" came from his friend Hugh Harman, who initially nicknamed him "Congressman Frizby" after a fictional senator that was in articles in the Los Angeles Examiner. Over time this shortened to "Friz".
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The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
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Rumors (1943)
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Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
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Tweet Dreams (1959)
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Pay Day (1944)
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Jungle Jitters (1938)
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Baseball Bugs (1946)
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Pinkfinger (1965)
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Gripes (1943)
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Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
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Snafuperman (1944)
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Three Brothers (1944)
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Hare Splitter (1948)
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Pink Pajamas (1964)
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Sweet Sioux (1937)
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Kit for Cat (1948)
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Hot Spot (1945)
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Hollywood Daffy (1946)
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Ant Pasted (1953)
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Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
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Confederate Honey (1940)
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A Pizza Tweety-Pie (1958)
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A Bird in a Bonnet (1958)
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Tugboat Granny (1956)
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Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991)
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Target Snafu (1944)
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Sahara Hare (1955)
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Operation Snafu (1945)
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Hare Do (1949)
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Greetings Bait (1943)
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Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949)
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Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)
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Golden Yeggs (1950)
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Little Blabbermouse (1940)
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Lumber Jerks (1955)
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Fresh Hare (1942)
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Robot Rabbit (1953)
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Hare Trimmed (1953)
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Double Chaser (1942)
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Dog Daze (1937)
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Hare Force (1944)
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Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
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Ain't She Tweet (1952)
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Dog Pounded (1954)
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Slightly Daffy (1944)
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Shishkabugs (1962)
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The Essential Bugs Bunny (2010)
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Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection (2020)
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Meatless Flyday (1944)
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The Trial of Mr. Wolf (1941)
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Rabbitson Crusoe (1956)
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His Hare Raising Tale (1951)
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Hare Brush (1955)
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Tweet Zoo (1957)
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This Is a Life? (1955)
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Cracked Quack (1952)
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Sport Chumpions (1941)
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Each Dawn I Crow (1949)
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Looney Tunes Collection: Best Of Bugs Bunny Volume 1 (2004)
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We Give Pink Stamps (1965)
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Chili Weather (1963)
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Duck Soup to Nuts (1944)
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The Jet Cage (1962)
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Foney Fables (1942)
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The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942)
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Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979)
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The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 2 (2005)
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The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980)
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Hare Lift (1952)
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September in the Rain (1937)
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Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes (1998)
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The Ant and the Aardvark (1969)
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Trick or Tweet (1959)
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Catty Cornered (1953)
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Pink Panther in Olym-pinks (1980)
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Lights Fantastic (1942)
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A Waggily Tale (1958)
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Nuts and Volts (1964)
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Ding Dog Daddy (1942)
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Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956)
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Show Biz Bugs (1957)
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Apes of Wrath (1959)
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A Day at the Beach (1938)
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Stage Door Cartoon (1944)
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Stork Naked (1955)
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Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977)
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Ain't That Ducky (1945)
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The Merry Old Soul (1935)
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Poultry Pirates (1938)
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I Wanna Play House (1936)
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The Fella with a Fiddle (1937)
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Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944)
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Looney Tunes All Stars (1999)
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Daffy - The Commando (1943)
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Home, Tweet Home (1950)
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Red Riding Hoodwinked (1955)
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I'm a Big Shot Now (1936)
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Billboard Frolics (1935)
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Tweet and Sour (1956)
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Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (1943)
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Bugsy and Mugsy (1957)
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Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936)
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Satan's Waitin' (1954)
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One (2011)
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Tweety's Circus (1955)
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Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1 (2003)
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Wild and Woolly Hare (1959)
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Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942)
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Buccaneer Bunny (1948)
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A Mouse Divided (1953)
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Greedy for Tweety (1957)
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Buddy's Trolley Troubles (1934)
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Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy (2010)
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Bugs Bunny in Space (1977)
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Stooge for a Mouse (1950)
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Person to Bunny (1960)
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The Fighting 69½th (1941)
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Speedy Gonzales (1955)
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Pop Goes Your Heart (1934)
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Bugs Bunny: All American Hero (1981)
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Of Thee I Sting (1946)
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Room and Bird (1951)
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Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944)
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Bunker Hill Bunny (1950)
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Mouse Mazurka (1949)
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Knights Must Fall (1949)
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Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement (1980)
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Here Today, Gone Tamale (1959)
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Tweet and Lovely (1959)
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Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980)
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Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952)
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Seal Skinners (1939)
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Hop, Skip and a Chump (1942)
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The Pink Phink (1964)
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Porky's Bear Facts (1941)
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The Wild Chase (1965)
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I Taw a Putty Tat (1948)
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A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947)
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The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 3 (2005)
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Why Do I Dream Those Dreams (1934)
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Fiery Firemen (1928)
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Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936)
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Devil's Feud Cake (1963)
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Fright Before Christmas (1979)
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Pigs in a Polka (1943)
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Tree Cornered Tweety (1956)
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Piker's Peak (1957)
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The Pink Tail Fly (1965)
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Weary Willies (1929)
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The Lion's Busy (1950)
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Mutiny on the Bunny (1950)
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Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies (1977)
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Southern Fried Rabbit (1953)
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Hen Fruit (1929)
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Peck Up Your Troubles (1945)
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Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
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Tweety's S.O.S. (1951)
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Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire (2010)
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Pappy's Puppy (1955)
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Shop Look & Listen (1940)
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Pests for Guests (1955)
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Curtain Razor (1949)
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My Green Fedora (1935)
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The Wacky Worm (1941)
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Notes to You (1941)
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Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
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Goin' to Heaven on a Mule (1934)
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Dial 'P' for Pink (1965)
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Let It Be Me (1936)
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Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948)
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The Miller's Daughter (1934)
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The Cat's Tale (1941)
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Country Mouse (1935)
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A Bird in a Guilty Cage (1952)
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The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940)
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Tom Tom Tomcat (1953)
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Birds Anonymous (1957)
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14 Carrot Rabbit (1952)
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A Star Is Hatched (1938)
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Porky's Hired Hand (1940)
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My Little Buckeroo (1938)
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Canary Row (1950)
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High Diving Hare (1949)
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He Was Her Man (1937)
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The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (1961)
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Mexican Cat Dance (1963)
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You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
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The CooCoo Nut Grove (1936)
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From Hare to Heir (1960)
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The Last Hungry Cat (1961)
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Dough for the Do-Do (1949)
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Big House Bunny (1950)
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Tweetie Pie (1947)
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All a Bir-r-r-d (1950)
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Tweety and the Beanstalk (1957)
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A Star Is Bored (1956)
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A Bone for a Bone (1951)
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The Lady in Red (1935)
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Two Crows from Tacos (1956)
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How Do I Know It's Sunday (1934)
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Mexican Boarders (1962)
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Beauty and the Beast (1934)
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Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl (2010)
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The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special (1979)
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Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television (1982)
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It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (1965)
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Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954)
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By Word of Mouse (1954)
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When I Yoo Hoo (1936)
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Pink Ice (1965)
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The Gay Anties (1947)
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Fowl Weather (1953)
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The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942)
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The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991)
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Back Alley Oproar (1948)
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Slick Hare (1947)
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Hare-Less Wolf (1958)
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A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953)
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Tree for Two (1952)
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The Yolks on You (1980)
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How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978)
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Sink Pink (1965)
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Shake Your Powder Puff (1934)
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Those Beautiful Dames (1934)
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Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl (2010)
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The Cat Came Back (1936)
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Porky's Baseball Broadcast (1940)
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Wise Quackers (1949)
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Lighter Than Hare (1960)
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Ballot Box Bunny (1951)
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Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941)
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Crows' Feat (1962)
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Rookie Revue (1941)
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The Inspector (1965)
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Putty Tat Trouble (1951)
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Bosko's Picture Show (1933)
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The Girl at the Ironing Board (1934)
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Goldimouse and the Three Cats (1960)
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The Fair Haired Hare (1951)
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Hyde and Hare (1955)
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I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)
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Three Little Bops (1957)
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Mexicali Shmoes (1959)
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Buddy and Towser (1934)
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Yankee Dood It (1956)
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Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (1954)
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Mama's New Hat (1939)
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Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth (1998)
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She Was an Acrobat's Daughter (1937)
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Pink-In (1971)
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Canned Feud (1951)
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The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (1965)
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Road to Andalay (1964)
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Buddy's Beer Garden (1933)
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Buddy the Gob (1934)
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Which Is Witch (1949)
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Hiss and Make Up (1943)
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Heir-Conditioned (1955)
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Foxy by Proxy (1952)
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Rabbit Transit (1947)
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Rabbit Every Monday (1951)
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Pickled Pink (1965)
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Along Flirtation Walk (1935)
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Pancho's Hideaway (1964)
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Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1979)
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Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1935)
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Shocking Pink (1965)
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Little Red Rodent Hood (1952)
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The Pygmy Hunt (1938)
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Sandy Claws (1955)
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At Your Service Madame (1936)
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Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5 (2007)
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A Kiddies Kitty (1955)
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The Unmentionables (1963)
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Gift Wrapped (1952)
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His Bitter Half (1950)
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The Chocolate Chase (1980)
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Streamlined Greta Green (1937)
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Clean Pastures (1937)
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The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Crazylegs Crane (2016)
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Country Boy (1935)
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Bugs and Thugs (1954)
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Hyde and Go Tweet (1960)
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D' Fightin' Ones (1961)
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The Lyin' Mouse (1937)
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Holiday for Shoestrings (1946)
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Prince Violent (1961)
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Muzzle Tough (1954)
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The Captain's Christmas (1938)
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Snow Business (1953)
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The Rebel Without Claws (1961)
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Racketeer Rabbit (1946)
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The Bookworm (1939)
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Bosko in Person (1933)
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Gonzales' Tamales (1957)
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Plenty of Money and You (1937)
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Herr Meets Hare (1945)
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Cats and Bruises (1965)
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Roman Legion-Hare (1955)
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Goo Goo Goliath (1954)
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Life with Feathers (1945)
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Hare-abian Nights (1959)
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Captain Hareblower (1954)
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The Honduras Hurricane (1938)
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I Gopher You (1954)
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Horse Hare (1960)
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Honey's Money (1962)
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Calling Dr. Porky (1940)
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Looney Tunes: Best of Speedy Gonzales Volume 1 (1953)
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Pigs Is Pigs (1937)
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Along Came Daffy (1947)
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Mouse and Garden (1960)
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The Wicked West (1929)
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Pizzicato Pussycat (1955)
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Tweet Tweet Tweety (1951)
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Malibu Beach Party (1940)
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Daffy Flies North (1980)
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Petunia Natural Park (1939)
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Stripes and Stars (1929)
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The Sheepish Wolf (1942)
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Toy Town Hall (1936)
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Trip for Tat (1960)
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Hare Trigger (1945)
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Saps in Chaps (1942)
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Fifth Column Mouse (1943)
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Rhapsody in Rivets (1941)
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Bad-Time Story (1961)
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Flowers for Madame (1935)
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Little Dutch Plate (1935)
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Into Your Dance (1935)
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Bosko in Dutch (1933)
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Bingo Crosbyana (1936)
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The Mad Maestro (1939)
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Beau Bosko (1933)
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The Bookworm Turns (1940)
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Homeless Homer (1929)
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