The 50 Greatest Cartoons

Author	Jerry Beck
Cover Artist	Greg Martin
Country	USA
Language	English
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Turner Publishing
Released	October 1994
Media Type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	192
ISBN	ISBN 1-878685-49-X

The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals was a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck that compiled a list of the 50 greatest animated cartoons of all-time as voted upon by those in the animation industry. Image File history File links 50GreatestCartoons. ... Jerry Beck (born February 9, 1955) is a well known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. ... Turner Broadcasting System logo The Turner Broadcasting System (often abbreviated to Turner or TBS) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Ted Turner in the mid-1970s. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Jerry Beck (born February 9, 1955) is a well known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. ... An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn) film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot (even if it is a very short one). ...

Criteria

Each cartoon on this list had to be under thirty minutes long and cel animated. The list has been criticized for not including animation produced outside of North America. Traditional animation, sometimes also called cel animation or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

Rankings

1. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
2. Duck Amuck (1953)
3. The Band Concert (1935)
4. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
5. One Froggy Evening (1956)
6. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
7. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
8. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
9. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1951)
10. King Size Canary (1947)
11. Three Little Pigs (1933)
12. Rabbit of Seville (1950)
13. Steamboat Willie (1928)
14. The Old Mill (1937)
15. Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
16. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)
17. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936)
18. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
19. Snow White (1933)
20. Minnie the Moocher (1932)
21. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)
22. Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
23. Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
24. The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
25. The Big Snit (1985)
26. Brave Little Tailor (1938)
27. Clock Cleaners (1937)
28. Northwest Hounded Police (1946)
29. Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
30. Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
31. The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
32. The Cat Came Back (1988)
33. Superman (1941)
34. You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
35. Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
36. Feed the Kitty (1952)
37. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
38. Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)
39. Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
40. Peace on Earth (1939)
41. Rooty Toot Toot (1952)
42. The Cat Concerto (1947)
43. The Barber of Seville (1944)
44. The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
45. Book Revue (1946)
46. Quasi at the Quackadero (1975)
47. Corny Concerto (1943)
48. The Unicorn in the Garden (1953)
49. The Dover Boys (1942)
50. Felix in Hollywood (1923)

Bugs loses his headgear in Whats Opera, Doc? Whats Opera, Doc? is a short animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones in which Elmer Fudd chases Bugs Bunny through a six-minute operatic parody of Wagners operas, particularly Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). ... Scene from Duck Amuck Duck Amuck is a surreal 1951 animated cartoon produced by Warner Bros. ... The Band Concert is a 1935 Walt Disney cartoon in which Mickey Mouse is conductor of an outdoor orchestra. ... Duck Dodgers is the fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. ... Michigan J. Frog One Froggy Evening is a six-minute Technicolor animated short film written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones. ... Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated film short that inspired a generation of animators to bring their cartoons to life. ... Red Hot Riding Hood is an animated cartoon short subject, directed by Tex Avery and released in 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... Porky in Wackyland is a 1938 animated short film in which Porky Pig goes hunting through a surreal Salvador Dalí-esque landscape to find the Do-Do Bird. ... A scene from UPA/Columbias Gerald McBoing-Boing. ... King-Size Canary is an animated cartoon short that debuted in movie theaters in 1947. ... Three Little Pigs is an animated short film released on May 27, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burton Gillett. ... The Rabbit of Seville is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1950 and directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. ... ... The Old Mill is a 1937 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on November 5, 1937. ... Daffy Duck in Duck Amuck. ... Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Specials series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 27, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. ... The Skeleton Dance is a 1929 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced and directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks. ... Snow White is a 1933 animated short film in the Betty Boop series from Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. ... Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, from the opening credits of Max Fleischers Minnie the Moocher, which included a recording of the titular Calloway song. ... Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (working title: So White and de Sebben Dwarfs) is a Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, and released to theatres on January 16, 1943 by Warner Bros. ... Sheet music for the title song. ... The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1953 animated short film produced by UPA, which retells the Edgar Allan Poe story of a man who is haunted by the beating heart of the man he has murdered. ... The Big Snit is a 10-minute short-subject animated cartoon written and directed by Richard Condie and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. ... Brave Little Tailor is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Mickey Mouse series, produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions, and released to theatres on September 29, 1938 by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Clock Cleaners is a Mickey Mouse cartoon released in 1937. ... Rabbit Seasoning is a 1952 Bugs Bunny cartoon. ... The Scarlet Pumpernickel is a Warner Bros. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikisource. ... This image of Superman appeared at the beginning of each of the cartoons. ... You Ought to Be in Pictures is a 1940 Warner Bros. ... Ali Baba Bunny is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes short featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, directed by Chuck Jones and released in 1957. ... Feed the kitty is a Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese where Bulldog Marc Antony adopts small cat Pussyfoot and tries to hide it from his mistress. ... Bimbos Initiation is a 1931 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Bimbo, and features an early version of Betty Boop. ... Bambi Meets Godzilla is the title of a US 1969 cartoon short written, directed, and produced by Marv Newland. ... Little Red Riding Rabbit is a 1944 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng. ... Peace on Earth is a 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short subject directed by Hugh Harman, about a post-apocalyptic world populated by animals. ... Rooty Toot Toot is a 1952 UPA animated short film, directed by John Hubley. ... Tom & Jerry at odds in The Cat Concerto. ... The Man Who Planted Trees (also known as The Story of Elzéard Bouffier; The Most Extraordinary Character I Ever Met; and The Man who Planted Hope and Reaped Happiness) is an allegorical tale by Jean Giono about how a shepherd restores the ruined ecosystem of an isolated valley by... Book Revue (alternate title: Book Review) was a 1946 Looney Tunes cartoon short featuring Daffy Duck. ... Quasi at the Quackadero is a 1975 animated short by Sally Cruikshank. ... A Corny Concerto is a 1943 Warner Bros. ... The Unicorn in the Garden is a short story written by James Thurber. ... The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (better known as simply The Dover Boys) is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and directed by Chuck Jones. ...

Nominated cartoons

These are cartoons that were noted in the book as having received many votes, but not enough for inclusion in the top fifty.

• Allegretto (1981)
• Balloonland (1935)
• Baseball Bugs (1946)
• The Big Snooze (1946)
• The Blitz Wolf (1942)
• The Box (1967)
• Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)
• Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1948)
• Crac (1981)
• The Cracked Nut (1941)
• The Crunch Bird (1971)
• Education for Death (1943)
• Ersatz (1961)
• Fast and Furry-ous (1949)
• Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
• Flebus (1957)
• Flowers and Trees (1932)
• Frank Film (1973)
• The Furies (1976)
• Gorilla My Dreams (1948)
• Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
• I Love to Singa (1936)
• Kitty Kornered (1946)
• Koko's Earth Control (1928)
• Little Nemo (1911)
• Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
• Lupo the Butcher (1987)
• Mechanical Monsters (1941)
• Mickey's Service Station (1935)
• Mickey's Trailer (1938)
• Moonbird (1959)
• Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
• Mouse Cleaning (1948)
• Moving Day (1938)
• Music Land (1935)
• The Old Grey Hare (1944)
• The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)
• Plane Crazy (1928)
• The Pointer (1939)
• Poor Cinderella (1934)
• Rabbit Hood (1950)
• Rhapsody in Rivets (1941)
• Rhapsody Rabbit (1947)
• Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
• Scaredy Cat (1948)
• Screwball Squirrel (1944)
• Señor Droopy (1949)
• The Street (1976)
• The Sunshine Makers (1935)
• Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
• A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)
• Thru the Mirror (1936)
• Tweetie Pie (1947)
• When MaGoo Flew (1955)
• Who Killed Cock Robin (1935)
• A Wild Hare (1940)
• Your Face (1987)

Balloon Land, also known as The Pincushion Man, is a 1935 animated short film produced by Ub Iwerks as part of the ComiColor Cartoons series. ... Baseball Bugs is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1946 and directed by Friz Freleng and written by Michael Maltese. ... This article or section should be merged with Bob Clampett Bob Clammpets last Warner Bros. ... Bugs Bunny Gets The Boid begins with a mother buzzard instructing her children to go out and catch something for dinner. ... Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears is a Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short released in 1944, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce. ... Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney and released on January 15, 1943 by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Fast and Furry-ous is a 1948 Warner Bros. ... The Story of Ferdinand (1936) is a childrens book by American writer Munro Leaf, his best-known work. ... Flowers and Trees was the first animated cartoon to be produced in the full-color three-strip Technicolor process. ... Frank Film is a 1973 cartoon short feature in which co-creator Frank Mouris reads a list of words starting with the letter f. This sound track is interwoven with the sound of his reading his autobiography. ... Gorilla My Dreams is a 1948 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson. ... Gossamer and Bugs Bunny in Hair-Raising Hare. ... I Love to Singa is both the title of a song written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg and a later Merrie Melodies animated short subject based on that song. ... Bob Clampett directed his only Sylvester the cat cartoon, released in 1946. ... Little Nemo Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay (1871-1934) that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearsts New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905—April 23, 1911 and April 30, 1911—1913; respectively. ... Mickeys Trailer is an animated short released may 6th 1938. ... The Old Gery Hare is a 1944 Merrie Melodies cartoon that starts off with Elmer Fudd asleep and going into the future. ... The Old Man of the Mountain is a 1933 Fleischer Studios animated short starring Betty Boop and Cab Calloway. ... Mickey Mouse in Plane Crazy (1928) Plane Crazy (first released on May 15, 1928) was the first animated cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse as well as Minnie Mouse (Mickeys girlfriend). ... Poor Cinderella is a 1934 Fleischer Studio animated short film, starring Betty Boop. ... Rabbit Hood is a 1949 Bugs Bunny cartoon which parodies the Robin Hood story. ... Rhapsody Rabbit is a Bugs Bunny animated short film from Warner Bros. ... Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Wimpy are lost in the desert in this scene from Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Babas Forty Thieves. ... Scaredy Cat is a 1948 Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and produced and released by Warner Bros. ... Screwball Squirrel. ... The Street is an informal name for the UK TV programme Coronation Street. ... Swing Shift Cinderella is an animated cartoon short subject, directed by Tex Avery and released in 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... A Tale of Two Kitties is an American cartoon, released in 1942, notable for introducing the character Orson Tweety Bird. ... Thru the Mirror is a cartoon made by the Walt Disney Company in 1936. ... First pairing of Tweety and Sylvester. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cock Robin. ... A Wild Hare is an animated short film directed by Tex Avery and released in 1940. ... This page has been deleted, and protected to prevent re-creation. ...

See also

• 100 Greatest Cartoons
• Academy Award for Animated Short Film

The 100 Greatest Cartoons is a documentary that features a poll conducted by the British television channel Channel 4 in 2004. ... This class was known as Short Subjects, cartoons from 1932 until 1970, and as Short Subjects, animated films from 1971 to 1973. ...

External links

• In-depth analysis of 50 Greatest Cartoons list
• Links to online videos for most of the 50 Greatest Cartoons