The BEST episodes directed by Tex Avery
#2 - A Wild Hare
Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 24
The first "true" appearance of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny who tricks and harasses the hunter.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Porky's Duck Hunt
Looney Tunes - Season 1937 - Episode 10
New duck hunter Porky is constantly taunted by a very early version of Daffy, and all the other ducks.
#5 - Tortoise Beats Hare
Looney Tunes - Season 1941 - Episode 9
A $10 bet is between Bugs and Cecil Turtle when they agree to compete in a race against each other. Bugs is sure that he'll win, because Cecil is a turtle, but Cecil has some tricks up his sleeves, unbeknownst to Bugs.
#6 - The Cagey Canary
Looney Tunes - Season 1941 - Episode 38
A scheming cat attempts to capture a canary.
#7 - A Feud There Was
Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 28
Two feuding families of stereotypical hillbillies.
#8 - Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 37
Daffy Duck wreaks havoc on a movie set at Wonder Pictures.
#9 - Porky the Rain-Maker
Looney Tunes - Season 1936 - Episode 20
Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar.
#10 - Little Red Walking Hood
Looney Tunes - Season 1937 - Episode 32
A take on Little Red Riding Hood.
#11 - Porky's Preview
Looney Tunes - Season 1941 - Episode 13
Porky previews his film at a movie theater.
#12 - The Bear's Tale
Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 11
Parody of Goldilocks and Red Riding Hood fairy tales.
#13 - Picador Porky
Looney Tunes - Season 1937 - Episode 5
Porky and two pals stumble onto a Mexican town on the day of the town's annual bullfight.
#14 - Thugs with Dirty Mugs
Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 15
Parody of famous gangster pictures.
#15 - Screwball Football
Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 42
Spot-gag cartoon taking place on a football field.
#16 - Crazy Cruise
Looney Tunes - Season 1942 - Episode 8
A tour that takes us to different places around the world that includes: The African Jungle, The Carribean, The Swiss Alps, Veronica Lake, and The Pyramids.
#18 - The Heckling Hare
Looney Tunes - Season 1941 - Episode 23
Bugs' peace and quiet is interrupted when Willoughby, a dog, digs Bugs out of his rabbit hole. Willoughby takes an immediate disliking to Bugs, and he starts to chase him into a lake.
#19 - Don't Look Now
Looney Tunes - Season 1936 - Episode 28
Cupid and a Devil are having fun on St. Valentine's Day with arranging and destroying love affairs.
#20 - Droopy's Double Trouble
Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 11
Droopy and his identical twin brother Drippy are assigned to look after a house, and are told to deal violently with strangers. But Droopy takes pity on his friend Spike, and agrees to put him up for a few days - but he forgets to warn Drippy.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - Gold Diggers of '49
Looney Tunes - Season 1935 - Episode 21
Beans finds gold in the mountains and rushes into town with the news.
#23 - A Gander at Mother Goose
Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 17
A collection of short gags based on classic nursery rhymes and fairy tales.
#26 - Holiday Highlights
Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 32
Spot-gag about all the holidays of the year.
#28 - Of Fox and Hounds
Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 38
A dimwitted hound, Willoughby, repeatedly asks sly fox, George, where the fox went.
#30 - I Only Have Eyes for You
Looney Tunes - Season 1937 - Episode 6
A deliveryman who drives an ice truck is wooed by a homely spinster bird who hopes to entice him with her culinary talents.
#36 - The Penguin Parade
Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 11
A penguin nightclub opens with various acts.
#37 - The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 2
This starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out to be Droopy, it turns into another Droopy-versus-the Wolf gagfest.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#38 - Wild and Woolfy
Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 3
The Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as "the hero" at the end, in fact barely features in this one - but connoisseurs of Tex Avery wolves will have a field day.
Watch Now:Amazon#40 - Millionaire Droopy
Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 18
Despite what's printed on the credits, Tex Avery had nothing to do with this cartoon - it's a Cinemascope remake of 'Wags to Riches' (1949), put together by others from his original artwork and production cels. Apart from the new Cinemascope backgrounds, it's identical to the earlier film.
Watch Now:Amazon#41 - The Mice Will Play
Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 40
When the cat's away, the mice will play.
#42 - Milk and Money
Looney Tunes - Season 1936 - Episode 26
Porky and his horse enter a race in order to save their farm.
#44 - Believe It or Else
Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 18
Spot-gag spoof of the Believe It, or Not! franchise.
#45 - A Day at the Zoo
Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 8
Spot-gag cartoon of the different animals at the zoo.
#48 - Ceiling Hero
Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 27
Spot-gag of airplanes flying over mid-west America.
#49 - Land of the Midnight Fun
Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 32
Travelogue parody of a cruise ship travelling to Alaska.
#50 - Cinderella Meets Fella
Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 21
Fairy-tale satire to the original Cinderella fairy-tale.