Cartoon Alley(2004)
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First Air Date: 2004-11-05
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 49
Cartoon Alley is an American television program that aired on Turner Classic Movies every Saturday Morning at 11:30 AM ET. Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, the series featured three classic animated shorts from the 1930-1950's 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, 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, and the more controversial cartoons 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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 18E01
Clark Gable
Air Date: 2004-11-05
Featured Cartoons: The CooCoo Nut Grove (1938)(WB) Directed by Friz Freleng Music: Carl W. Stalling Malibu Beac...
E02
Christmas
Air Date: 2004-12-04
Featured Cartoons: The Pups' Christmas (1936)(MGM) Directed by Rudolph Ising Music: Scott Bradley Peace On Eart...
E03
Oscar Nominated Shorts
Air Date: 2005-01-01
Featured Cartoons: Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941)(WB) Directed by Friz Freleng Story by Michael Maltese Music: ...
E04
Tom & Jerry
Air Date: 2005-03-05
Featured Cartoons: Professor Tom (1948)(MGM) Directed by William Hanna & Joesph Barbera Music: Scott Bradley Ol...
E05
Tex Avery
Air Date: 2005-04-02
Featured Cartoons: Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)(MGM) Directed by Tex Avery Batty Baseball (1944)(MGM) Directed by...
E06
The Early Days of Warner Brothers Cartoons
Air Date: 2005-05-07
Featured Cartoons: Honeymoon Hotel (1934)(WB) Directed by Earl Duvall Music: Norman Spencer Beauty and the Beas...
E07
The Captain and the Kids
Air Date: 2005-06-04
Featured Cartoons: Cleaning House (1938)(MGM) Directed by: Robert Allen Written by: Rudolph Dirks Music: Scott...
E08
Popeye
Air Date: 2005-07-02
Featured Cartoons: Adventures of Popeye (1935)(Paramount) Directed by: Dave Fleischer Produced by: Max Fleischer...
E09
Animaland Series (1)
Air Date: 2005-09-03
Featured Cartoons: The Australian Platypus (1949) Directed by: Bert Felstead Music: Henry Reed The Cuckoo (19...
E10
Animaland Series (2)
Air Date: 2005-09-10
Featured Cartoons: The Ostrich (1949) Directed by: Bert Felstead Music: Henry Reed It's a Lovely Day (1949) ...
E11
Animaland Series (3)
Air Date: 2005-09-17
Featured Cartoons: Ginger Nutt's Bee-Bother (1949) Directed by: Bert Felstead Music: Henry Reed Ginger Nutt's C...
E12
Barney Bear
Air Date: 2005-09-24
Featured Cartoons: The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (1939) Directed by Rudolph Ising Music: Scott Bradley The Fishing B...
E13
Sniffles the Mouse
Air Date: 2005-10-01
Featured Cartoons: Naughty But Mice (1939) Little Brother Rat (1939) Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939) * This weeks th...
E14
Droopy
Air Date: 2005-10-08
Featured Cartoons: Dumb Hounded (1943) Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945) Writer: Heck Allen Wild Woolfy (1945) Writer...
E15
Tweety Bird
Air Date: 2005-10-15
Featured Cartoons A Tale of Two Kitties (1942) Directed by: Robert Clampett Writer: Warren Foster Music: Carl W Stal...
E16
Cinemascope Cartoons
Air Date: N/A
Featured Cartoons: Millionaire Droopy (1956) Directed by: Tex Avery Writers: Jack Cosgriff & Rich Hogan Music: Scott...
E17
Peter Lorry Caricatures
Air Date: 2005-10-29
Featured Cartoons: Horton Hatches the Egg (1942) Directed by: Robert Clampett Writer: Michael Maltese Music: Carl W ...
E18
Show #12
Air Date: 2005-09-24
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