ToonHeads (partially lost Cartoon Network animation anthology series; 1992-2003)

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The title card for ToonHeads.

Status: Partially Lost

ToonHeads was an American animation anthology series consisting of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hanna-Barbera, Warner Brothers, Jay Ward and Popeye shorts, with trivia in between shorts about the studio who made it, a character in it, etc.. Each episode would have a different theme.

ToonHeads was originally broadcast on Cartoon Network from 1994 to November 23rd, 2003. Reruns aired from 2003 to 2005 on Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Boomerang. Making it one of the longest Running Cartoon Network series. The series included eighty-two episodes, two one-hour specials, and one half-hour special, which was never aired.

ToonHeads had three runs throughout its runtime. The initial from 1992 - 1995 was a simple anthology with a simple premise introduced at the beginning of each episode and accompanied by abstract almost creepy visuals. This run only lasted one season.

The second run aired in 1996. While it maintained every from the first, now the narrator would have small facts and trivia about each cartoon. This run only lasted one Season. Cartoon Network cancelled the show after an unsuccessful 4-year run.

Miraculous the show was rebooted in 1998 for a third run. With writers such as George A. Klein and Animation historian Jerry Beck, along with narrator Leslie Fram. This run featured episodes with an emphasis on showcasing mostly Warner Bros. cartoons (also some MGM and Fleischer Studio 'Popeye' titles) grouped into broader themed subjects. This revised formatted episodes feature some cartoon and live-action clips plus still archival photos, and a Segway audience teaser segment called "Toon Heads Trivia". This run lasted a total of six seasons from 1998 - 2003.

Season 1

Around one-half of one episode and two-thirds of another out of fifteen have surfaced.[1] The rest have not resurfaced.

Notice: "(H-B)" means Hanna Barbera, "(MGM)" means Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "(WB)" means Warner Brothers, "(JW)" means Jay Ward, and "(P)" means Popeye. "(INDIE)" means Independent Film

Original Airdate Episode Name Shorts Availability
Oct 2, 1992 S01E01 El Kabong "El Kabong" (H-B)
"El Kabong Meets El Kazing" (H-B)
"El Kabong Bongs Kabong" (H-B)		 PartiallyFound
Oct 9, 1992 S01E02 Barney Bear "Wee Willie Wildcat" (MGM)
"The Impossible Possum" (MGM)
"The Bear and the Beavers" (MGM)		 Found
Oct 16, 1992 S01E03 Tom and Jerry - The Chuck Jones Cartoons "The Cat Above the Mouse Below" (MGM)
"Much Ado About Mousing" (MGM)
"Cat and Dupli-cat" (MGM)		 Lost
Oct 23, 1992 S01E04 Ranger John Smith "A Bear Living" (H-B)
"Bear Face Disguise" (H-B)
"Home Sweet Jellystone" (H-B)		 Lost
Oct 30, 1992 S01E05 Hollywood "Slick Hare" (WB)
"Popeye's 20th Anniversary" (P)
"Yankee Doodle Daffy" (WB)		 Lost
Nov 6, 1992 S01E06 The Old West "Hare Trigger" (WB)
"Homesteader Droopy" (MGM)
"Wagon Heels" (WB)		 Lost
Nov 13, 1992 S01E07 Music "Me Musical Nephews" (P)
"The Rabbit of Seville" (WB)
"Johann Mouse" (MGM)		 Lost
Nov 20, 1992 S01E08 Sports "Baseball Bugs" (WB)
"The Bowling-Alley Cat" (MGM)
"The Football Toucher-Downer" (P)		 Lost
Nov 27, 1992 S01E09 Mel Blanc "Rabbit Seasoning" (WB)
"Speedy Gonzales" (WB)
"Daffy Duck Slept Here" (WB)		 Lost
Dec 4, 1992 S01E10 Daws Butler "Mars Little Precious" (H-B)
"Tricky Trapper" (H-B)
"Pie-Pirates" (H-B)		 Lost
Dec 11, 1992 S01E11 The Evolution of Tom and Jerry "Puss Gets the Boot" (MGM)
"Mouse Trouble" (MGM)
"Ah, Sweet Mouse-story of Life" (WB)		 Lost
Dec 18, 1992 S01E12 Bugs Bunny in Fairy Tales "Little Red Riding Rabbit" (WB)
"Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears" (WB)
"Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk" (WB)		 Lost
Dec 25, 1992 S01E13 Jay Ward "Treasure of Sierra Madre" (JW)
"Tom Tom the Piper's Son" (JW)
"Dudley Do-Right" (JW)
"How to Direct Movies" (JW)
"Snow White" (JW)		 Lost
Jan 1, 1993 S01E14 The Best of Tex Avery Unknown Lost
Jan 8, 1993 S01E15 Academy Award Winning Toons Unknown Lost
Jan 15, 1993 S01E16 Cartoon Sequels Unknown Lost
Jan 22, 1993 S01E17 Popeye Unknown Lost
Feb 14, 1993 S01E18 Valentine's Day "The Zoot Cat" (MGM)
"The Stupid Cupid" (WB)
"Little 'Tinker" (MGM)		 Lost
Mar 17, 1993 S01E19 St. Patrick's Day "The Huck of the Irish" (H-B)
"Droopy Leprechaun" (MGM)
"The Wearing of the Grin" (WB)		 Partially Lost
Jun 18, 1993 S01E20 Wobert Cwampett: That Cwazy Diwector Unknown Lost
Jun 25, 1993 S01E21 Don't Adjust Your Color: Black-and-White Cartoons Unknown Lost
Aug 20, 1993 S01E22 Insomnia Unknown Lost
Apr 15, 1994 S01E23 Forgotten Directors: Frank Tashlin Unknown Lost
Apr 29, 1994 S01E24 Forgotten Directors: Arthur Davis Unknown Lost

Season 2

Only one episode has been found. The rest have not resurfaced.

Original Airdate Episode Name Shorts Availability
Jan 8, 1996 S02E1 The Nudnik Shorts, Part 1 Unknown Lost
Jan 9, 1996 S02E2 The Nudnik Shorts, Part 2 Unknown Lost
Jan 10, 1996 S02E3 The Nudnik Shorts, Part 3 Unknown Lost
Jan 11, 1996 S02E4 The Nudnik Shorts, Part 4 Unknown Lost
Jan 12, 1996 S02E5 The Nudnik Shorts, Part 5 Unknown Lost
Oct 20, 1996 S02E6 A Night of Independent Animation "Another Bad Day for Philip Jenkins" (INDIE)

"Buy My Film!" (INDIE)

"The Ballad of Archie Foley" (INDIE)

"Yak Flack" (INDIE)

"The Wire" (INDIE)

Partially Lost
Dec 16, 1996 S02E7 Gossamer Unknown Lost
Dec 23, 1996 S02E8 Blame It on the Stork! Unknown Lost
Dec 30, 1996 S02E9 The Economy According to Sylvester Unknown Lost

Season 3

This season started on November 13th, 1998 and is the most complete, with thirty-four out of thirty-five episodes available.[2]

Original Airdate Episode Name Shorts Availability
Nov 13th, 1998 S02E01 Travelogue Cartoons "Detouring America" (WB)
"Crazy Cruise" (WB)
"Fresh Fish" (WB)		 Found
Nov 20th, 1998 S02E02 Emily the Chicken "Let it Be Me" (WB)
"A Star is Hatched" (WB)
"Strangled Eggs" (WB)		 Found
Nov 27th, 1998 S02E03 Baseball Cartoons "Gone Batty" (WB)
"Batty Baseball" (MGM)
"Baseball Bugs" (WB)		 Found
Dec 6th, 1998 S02E04 The Early Works of Chuck Jones "The Night Watchman" (WB)
"Dog Gone Modern" (WB)
"Toy Trouble" (WB)		 Found
Dec 11th, 1998 S02E05 Southern Fried Cartoons "Southern Fried Rabbit" (WB)
"Backwoods Bunny" (WB)
"The Dixie Fryer" (WB)		 Found
Dec 18th, 1998 S02E06 Midnight in the Bookstore "Speaking of the Weather" (WB)
"You're An Education" (WB)
"Book Revue" (WB)		 Found
Dec 25th, 1998 S02E07 The Many Faces of Robin Hood "Robin Hood Makes Good" (WB)
"Robin Hood Daffy" (WB)
"Robin Hoodwinked" (MGM)		 Found
Jan 1st, 1999 S02E08 Hollywood Nights "The Coo-Coo Nut Grove" (WB)
"Hollywood Steps Out" (WB)
"Slick Hare" (WB)		 Found
Jan 8th, 1999 S02E09 Future Shock "Dog Gone Modern" (WB)
"House Hunting Mice" (WB)
"The House of Tomorrow" (MGM)		 Found
Jan 15th, 1999 S02E10 Movie Star Bugs "A Hare Grows In Manhattan" (WB)
"What's Up Doc?" (WB)
Clips from various Bugs Bunny cartoons		 Found
Jan 22nd, 1999 S02E11 Shut Eye "Good Night, Elmer" (WB)
"Back Alley Op-roar" (WB)
"Daffy Duck Slept Here" (WB)		 Partially Found
Jan 29th, 1999 S02E12 Egghead "Daffy Duck and Egghead" (WB)
"Count Me Out" (WB)
"A Day at the Zoo" (WB)		 Found
Feb 5th, 1999 S02E13 The Dreams of Bob Clampett "The Old Grey Hare" (WB)
"The Great Piggy Bank Robbery" (WB)
"The Big Snooze" (WB)		 Found
May 14th, 1999 S02E14 Goofy Gophers "The Goofy Gophers" (WB)
"I Gopher You" (WB)
"Tease for Two" (WB)		 Found
May 21st, 1999 S02E15 Motor Heads "Streamlined Greta Green" (WB)
"One Cab's Family" (MGM)
"Little Johnny Jet" (MGM)		 Found
May 28th, 1999 S02E16 Fight Night "Let You And Him Fight" (P)
"To Duck or Not to Duck" (WB)
"Rabbit Punch" (WB)		 Found
Jun 6th, 1999 S02E17 The Evolution of Tweety "A Tale of Two Kitties" (WB)
"Tweetie Pie" (WB)
"Canary Row" (WB)		 Found
Jun 13th, 1999 S02E18 The Year Elmer Fudd Got Fat "Wabbit Twouble" (WB)
"The Wacky Wabbit" (WB)
"Fresh Hare" (WB)		 Found
Jun 20th, 1999 S02E19 The Nice Mice of Warner Bros. "Ain't We Got Fun" (WB)
"A Sunbonnet Blue" (WB)
"The Mice Will Play" (WB)		 Found
Jun 27th, 1999 S02E20 Toro! Toro! "Bulldozing the Bull" (P)
"Bully for Bugs" (WB)
"Senor Droopy" (MGM)		 Found
Jul 4th, 1999 S02E21 Director Robert McKimson "Daffy Doodles" (WB)
"Easter Yeggs" (WB)
"Walky Talky Hawky" (WB)		 Found
Jul 11th, 1999 S02E22 Our Man Sam "Hare Trigger" (WB)
"Along Came Daffy" (WB)
"Bugs Bunny Rides Again" (WB)		 Found
Jul 18th, 1999 S02E23 The Musical Cartoons of Friz Freleng "Rhapsody in Rivets" (WB)
"Lights Fantastic" (WB)
"Rhapsody Rabbit" (WB)		 Found
Jul 25th, 1999 S02E24 Night of 1000 Elves "Busy Bakers" (WB)
"Holiday for Shoestrings" (WB)
"The Peachy Cobbler" (MGM)		 Found
Aug 1st, 1999 S02E25 One Toon Wonders "Ghost Wanted" (WB)
"The Crackpot Quail" (WB)
"One Froggy Evening" (WB)		 Found
Aug 8th, 1999 S02E26 Battle of the Bookworms "The Bookworm" (MGM)
"Sniffles and the Bookworm" (WB)
"The Wacky Worm" (WB)		 Found
Nov 19th, 1999 S02E27 Crooner Toons "Bingo Crosbyana" (WB)
"I Only Have Eyes for You" (WB)
"The Swooner Crooner" (WB)		 Found
Nov 26th, 1999 S02E28 Turkey Toons "Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers" (MGM)
"Jerky Turkey" (MGM)
"Tom Turk and Daffy" (WB)		 Found
Dec 3rd, 1999 S02E29 Hobo Flea "The Homeless Flea" (MGM)
"An Itch in Time" (WB)
"What Price Fleadom?" (MGM)		 Found
Dec 10th, 1999 S02E30 Rocky & Mugsy "Bugs and Thugs" (WB)
"Bugsy and Mugsy" (WB)
"The Unmentionables" (WB)		 Found
Dec 17th, 1999 S02E31 Salesman Daffy "Yankee Doodle Daffy" (WB)
"The Stupor Salesman" (WB)
"Fool Coverage" (WB)		 Found
Dec 24th, 1999 S02E32 ToonHeads Christmas Special - Cartoon Christmas "Alias St. Nick" (MGM)
"The Captain's Christmas" (MGM)
"Peace On Earth" (MGM)
"The Night Before Christmas" (MGM)
"Bedtime For Sniffles" (WB)		 Found
Dec 26th, 1999 S02E33 Ants Life "The Fighting 69th-½" (WB)
"The Gay Anties" (WB)
"Ant Pasted" (WB)		 Found
Mar 12th, 2000 S02E34 ToonHeads Special - The Lost Cartoons "Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid" (WB)
"Crying For The Carolines" (WB)
"Lady, Play Your Mandolin!" (WB)
"Any Bonds Today?" (WB)
"Spies" (WB)
"The Return Of Mr. Hook" (WB)
Clip of Two Guys from Texas featuring Bugs Bunny
"My Dream Is Yours" (WB)
"So Much for So Little" (WB)
"Orange Blossoms for Violet" (WB)
"Drafty, Isn't It?" (WB)
Tang commercial featuring Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian
"Philbert" (WB)
"The Adventures of the Road Runner" (WB)		 Found
Jul 1st, 2001 S02E35 ToonHeads Special - The Wartime Cartoon "Blitz Wolf" (MGM)
"Scrap Happy Daffy" (WB)
"Herr Meets Hare" (WB)
"Russian Rhapsody" (WB)		 Found

Season 3

This season is the next most complete, with twenty-eight episodes available. There were two specials entitled "The Twelve Missing Hares" and "The Worst Cartoons Ever Made" that ended up not being aired. The former was possibly going to show the twelve banned Bugs Bunny cartoons collectively referred to as The Twelve Missing Hares, and the latter was likely going to showcase various different cartoons infamous for their poor quality. The specials may have remained unaired due to the former containing cartoons infamous for their offensive content, and the latter likely heavily criticizing the cartoons featured.[3][4]

Original Airdate Episode Name Shorts Availability
Nov 4th, 2001 S03E01 The Evolution of Elmer Fudd "A-Lad in Bagdad" (WB)
"Dangerous Dan McFoo" (WB)
"Elmer's Candid Camera" (WB)
"The Hardship of Miles Standish" (WB)
"A Wild Hare" (WB)		 Found
Nov 11th, 2001 S03E02 The Early Works of Hanna & Barbera "To Spring" (MGM)
"Puss Gets the Boot" (MGM)
"Gallopin' Galls" (MGM)
"Officer Pooch" (MGM)
"Yankee Doodle Mouse" (MGM)		 Found
Nov 25th, 2001 S03E03 Moon Toons "Little Buck Cheeser" (MGM)
"The Cat that Hated People" (MGM)
"Haredevil Hare" (WB)		 Found
Nov 25th, 2001 S03E04 The Great Cartoon Controversy "Rhapsody Rabbit" (WB)
"The Cat Concerto" (MGM)
"Tweetie Pie" (WB)		 Found
Dec 2nd, 2001 S03E05 Tasmanian Devil "Devil May Hare" (WB)
"Ducking the Devil" (WB)
"Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare" (WB)		 Found
Dec 2nd, 2001 S03E06 Before Bedrock "Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur" (WB)
"The First Bad Man" (MGM)
"Wild Wild World" (WB)		 Found
Dec 9th, 2001 S03E07 The Early Works of Friz Freleng "It's Got Me Again!" (WB)
"Beauty and the Beast" (WB)
"Mr. and Mrs. is the Name" (WB)
"I Haven't Got a Hat" (WB)
"A Star is Hatched" (WB)

Found

Dec 16th, 2001 S03E08 Night at the Opera "Long-Haired Hare" (WB)
"Rabbit of Seville" (WB)
"What's Opera, Doc?" (WB)		 Found
Dec 16th, 2001 S03E09 Sufferin' Succotash! "Life with Feathers" (WB)
"Crowing Pains" (WB)
"Scaredy Cat" (WB)		 Found
Dec 23rd, 2001 S03E10 Beaky Buzzard "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid" (WB)
"The Bashful Buzzard" (WB)
"Strife with Father" (WB)		 Partially Lost
Dec 23rd, 2001 S03E11 Baby Boom Toons "The Stork's Holiday" (MGM)
"Baby Bottleneck" (WB)
"Stork Naked" (WB)		 Found (Missing opening sequence)
Dec 30th, 2001 S03E12 Tish Tash "Porky's Poultry Plant" (WB)
"You're an Education" (WB)
"Puss n' Booty" (WB)
"The Swooner Crooner" (WB)
"Nasty Quacks" (WB)		 Lost
Dec 31st, 2001 S03E13 Cartoon News Reels "She Was an Acrobat's Daughter" (WB)
"Going Home" (WB)
"The Hole Idea" (WB)		 Found
Jul 21st, 2002 S03E14 Ralph Phillips "From A to Z-z-z-z" (WB)
"Boyhood Daze" (WB)
"A Waggily Tale" (WB)		 Found
Jul 28th, 2002 S03E15 Rabbit Season, Duck Season "Rabbit Fire" (WB)
"Rabbit Seasoning" (WB)
"Duck! Rabbit! Duck!" (WB)		 Lost
Aug 4th, 2002 S03E16 Hubie & Bertie "The Aristo-Cat" (WB)
"Mouse Wreckers" (WB)
"Cheese Chasers" (WB)		 Found
Aug 11th, 2002 S03E17 The Great Race "Tortoise Beats Hare" (WB)
"Porky's Road Race" (WB)
"Tortoise Wins By a Hare" (WB)
"Porky's Naughty Nephew" (WB)
"Rabbit Transit" (WB)		 Lost
Aug 18th, 2002 S03E18 Cartoons in the Real World "The Adventures of Popeye" (P)
"You Ought to Be in Pictures" (WB)		 Found
Sep 1st, 2002 S03E19 Director Arthur Davis "Mouse Menance" (WB)
"Bowery Bugs" (WB)
"Quackodile Tears" (WB)		 Found
Dec 21st, 2002 S03E20 Before They Were Stars "A Tale of Two Kitties" (WB)
"The Fast and Furry-ous" (WB)
"Stage Door Cartoon" (WB)		 Found
Dec 24th, 2002 S03E21 Gangster Toons "I'm a Big Shot Now" (WB)
"Thugs with Dirty Mugs" (WB)
"Bunny and Claude - We Rob Carrot Patches" (WB)		 Found
Dec 26th, 2002 S03E22 The Movie Parodies of Porky & Daffy "Drip-Along Daffy" (WB)
"Duck Dodgers in the 24-½ Century" (WB)
"Deduce, You Say" (WB)		 Found
Dec 27th, 2002 S03E23 The Three Faces of Tom & Jerry "Mouse Trouble" (MGM)
"High Steaks" (MGM)
"Purr-chance to Dream" (MGM)		 Found
Dec 28th, 2002 S03E24 Director Norman McCabe "Who's Who in the Zoo" (WB)
"Daffy's Southern Exposure" (WB)
"The Ducktators" (WB)
"Gopher Goofy" (WB)
"Hop and Go" (WB)		 Found
Dec 31st, 2002 S03E25 Speedy Gonzales "Cat-Tails for Two" (WB)
"Speedy Gonzales" (WB)
"The Pied Piper of Guadalupe" (WB)		 Found
Oct 19th, 2003 S03E26 Captain & the Kids "Cleaning House" (MGM)
"Poultry Pirates" (MGM)
"Old Smokey" (MGM)
"Petunia Natural Park" (MGM)
"Mama's New Hat" (MGM)		 Found
Oct 26th, 2003 S03E27 The Early Career of Porky Pig "Gold Diggers of '49" (WB)
"The Blow Out" (WB)
"Westward Whoa" (WB)
"Porky's Romance" (WB)
"Porky's Duck Hunt" (WB)		 Found
Nov 9th, 2003 S03E28 Private Snafu "Coming Snafu" (WB)
"Spies" (WB)
"Booby Traps" (WB)
"Snafuperman" (WB)
"Censored" (WB)		 Found
Nov 9th, 2003 S03E29 Red "Red Hot Riding Hood" (MGM)
"Wild and Woolfy" (MGM)
"Little Rural Riding Hood" (MGM)		 Found
Nov 16th, 2003 S03E30 The Many Moods of Daffy Duck "The Wise Quacking Duck" (WB)
"Duck Amuck" (WB)
"Ali Baba Bunny" (WB)		 Found
Nov 16th, 2003 S03E31 Pepé LePew "Odor-able Kitty" (WB)
"For Scent-imental Reasons" (WB)
"Louvre Come Back to Me" (WB)		 Found
Nov 23rd, 2003 S03E32 The Boys from Kansas City "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!" (WB)
"Porky and Gabby" (WB)
"Porky's Hare Hunt" (WB)
"Bottles" (MGM)
"The Milky Way" (MGM)		 Found

Notes

  • In S02E06, "Midnight in the Bookstore", during the weekend of March 19th, 1999, "You're An Education" was replaced with a redrawn print of "I Like Mountain Music" (WB). "Speaking Of The Weather" (WB) was the cartoon shown after that. "Book Revue" (WB) then followed. New wraparounds were made for "I Like Mountain Music" and "Speaking Of The Weather" during the weekend of October 6th, 2000.
  • In S02E20, "Toro! Toro!", technical difficulties caused "The Mice Will Play" (WB) and “Sheep Wrecked” (MGM) to play instead of “Bully for Bugs”, and “Senor Droopy”, respectively. There was also the usage of bumpers from S02E19, "The Nice Mice of Warner Bros”. The correct cartoons and segments were reinstated on October 1st, 1999.
  • The only sort of home media release the show has ever had was the Toonheads special: The Lost Cartoons and can be found on Disc 3 of The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1. as a bonus feature

See Also

ToonHeads

Anthology Series

Bumpers and Interstitials

Pilots

Live-Action

Other Cartoon Network Series

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Tex Avery Show/Toonheads episode guides (part 1). Retrieved 30 Aug '16
  2. ↑ Tex Avery Show/Toonheads episode guides (part 2). Retrieved 30 Aug '16
  3. ↑ Book page confirming the existence of "The Twelve Missing Hares". Retrieved 22 Jan '19
  4. ↑ Forum post referencing "The Worst Cartoons Ever Made". Retrieved 09 Feb '19
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