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ToonHeads
1992 - 2003 9.0 (6 votes) 8 Seasons
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Cartoon Network

ToonHeads

Overview

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.

Top Cast

George A. Klein

Narrator

Leslie Fram

Narrator

Leslie Fram

Narrator

Don Kennedy

Narrator

Seasons

Season 5 (1999)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Crooner Toons
1999-11-19

Cartoons that had caricatures of crooners, male singers of the 1930s and '40s.

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Episode 2: Turkey Toons
1999-11-26

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Episode 3: Hobo Flea
1999-12-03

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Episode 4: Rocky and Mugsy
1999-12-10

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Episode 5: Salesman Daffy
1999-12-17

Cartoons that feature Daffy Duck as a relentless salesman. Shorts include: "Yankee Doodle Daffy", "The Stupor Salesman" and "Fool Coverage".

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Episode 6: A ToonHeads Cartoon Christmas Special
1999-12-24

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Episode 7: An Ant's Life
1999-12-26

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Episode 8: A ToonHeads Special: The Lost Cartoons
2000-03-12

A special episode featuring lost, rare, and obscure works from Warner Bros. studios. Featuring: Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (edited for time), Cryin' for the Carolines, clips from The Leon Schlesinger Studios gag reel showing a "typical" day working at Termite Terrace; Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (edited for time), Any Bonds Today? (edited for content), Spies (edited for content), The Return of Mr. Hook (edited for time), A scene from Two Guys From Texas, A scene from My Dream Is Yours, So Much for So Little, Drafty, Isn't It?, Commercial for Tang featuring Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian, clips from the failed 1950s pilot Philbert, Credits and original song for Adventures of the Road Runner.

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Episode 9: A ToonHeads Special: The Wartime Cartoons
2000-07-01

A look at animated shorts made during World War II. Featuring: Blitz Wolf (edited for content), Scrap Happy Daffy, Herr Meets Hare, Russian Rhapsody, and clips from "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips", "Tokio Jokio", "The Weakly Reporter", "Seein' Red, White, and Blue", "Spinach fer Britain", "Daffy - The Commando", "Crazy Cruise", and "Any Bonds Today?"

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Episode 10: The Twelve Missing Hares

A June Bugs 2001 special focused around Bugs Bunny shorts deemed unsuitable for broadcasting on Cartoon Network. The special features many clips showing racial character stereotypes from various Bugs Bunny shorts and how they are incorrectly portraying different cultures and also how it is inappropriate to show them on TV to young audiences. It was pulled from airing last minute.

Runtime: 22 min
Season 7 (2002)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Ralph Phillips
2002-07-21

Cartoons centered on Ralph Phillips, Chuck Jones' microscopically short-lived boy character who always had vivid daydreams.

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Episode 2: Rabbit Season, Duck Season
2002-07-28

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.

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Episode 3: Hubie and Bertie
2002-08-04

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.

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Episode 4: The Great Race
2002-08-11

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Episode 5: Cartoons in the Real World
2002-08-18

A look at cartoons that blended live-action with animation.

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Episode 6: Director Arthur Davis
2002-09-01

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Episode 7: Before They Were Stars
2002-12-21

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Episode 8: Gangster Toons
2002-12-24

A look at cartoons that parodied gangster crime dramas.

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Episode 9: The Movie Parodies of Porky and Daffy
2002-12-26

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Episode 10: The Three Faces of Tom and Jerry
2002-12-27

A look at how MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons looked under the direction of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Gene Dietch, and Chuck Jones.

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Episode 11: Director Norman McCabe
2002-12-28

Cartoons directed by Norm McCabe, one of Termite Terrace's most overlooked animation directors.

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Episode 12: Speedy Gonzales
2002-12-31

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