The BEST episodes of Looney Tunes season 1940
Every episode of Looney Tunes season 1940, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Looney Tunes season 1940!
Series of comedy short films from 1929 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation, alongside its sister series Merrie Melodies.
#1 - A Wild Hare
Season 1940 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/27/1940
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.
#2 - Ghost Wanted
Season 1940 - Episode 25 - Aired 8/10/1940
A junior ghost finds an advertisement to scare ghosts out of a haunted house.
#3 - Porky's Last Stand
Season 1940 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1940
Porky and Daffy run a food stand.
#4 - Sniffles Takes a Trip
Season 1940 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/11/1940
Sniffles the mouse is in the country for a restful vacation, but the woodland creatures keep him awake and eventually frighten him into scurrying back to the city.
#5 - Elmer's Candid Camera
Season 1940 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/2/1940
Elmer Fudd takes on a new hobby of photographing wild animals.
#6 - Tom Thumb in Trouble
Season 1940 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/8/1940
Tom's father mistakenly believes that the little bird who's just rescued his tiny son from drowning in the dishwater is attacking the boy and drives it away. Tom sets off to find the bird and gets lost in a fierce snowstorm.
#7 - The Bear's Tale
Season 1940 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/13/1940
Parody of Goldilocks and Red Riding Hood fairy tales.
#8 - Good Night Elmer
Season 1940 - Episode 33 - Aired 10/26/1940
Elmer Fudd tries to get a good nights sleep.
#9 - Prehistoric Porky
Season 1940 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/12/1940
Caveman Porky attempts to hunt a bear for its skin.
#10 - Porky's Poor Fish
Season 1940 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/27/1940
While Porky is away from his fish store during lunch; the cat attempts to eat a helpless fish.
#11 - A Gander at Mother Goose
Season 1940 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/25/1940
A collection of short gags based on classic nursery rhymes and fairy tales.
#12 - Of Fox and Hounds
Season 1940 - Episode 38 - Aired 12/7/1940
A dimwitted hound, Willoughby, repeatedly asks sly fox, George, where the fox went.
#13 - Holiday Highlights
Season 1940 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/12/1940
Spot-gag about all the holidays of the year.
#14 - Busy Bakers
Season 1940 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/1940
A baker is already near bankrupt and is facing closure.
#15 - Pilgrim Porky
Season 1940 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/16/1940
The Pilgrims, led by captain Porky Pig, set sail from Plymouth for America.
#16 - Patient Porky
Season 1940 - Episode 26 - Aired 8/24/1940
Porky checks into a hospital with a tummyache; he has the bad luck to encounter a patient posing a "Dr. Chilled-Air" who is a bit too eager to operate.
#17 - You Ought to Be in Pictures
Season 1940 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/18/1940
Daffy Duck convinces Porky Pig to quit the cartoon biz and try his luck in the features. Porky's adventures begin when he tries to enter the studio. Features live-action segments with producer Leon Schlesinger as himself and studio writer Michael Maltese (uncredited, with his voice dubbed by Mel Blanc) as a studio guard. Studio directors Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones also have brief cameos.
#18 - The Timid Toreador
Season 1940 - Episode 39 - Aired 12/21/1940
Porky is selling hot peppers in the streets; he uses these to his advantage when he is confronted by an angry bull.
#19 - The Sour Puss
Season 1940 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/2/1940
Porky decides to go fishing the next day and tells his cat. The cat sleeps fitfully. The next day, while they are fishing, the cat gets into a battle with a flying fish who behaves rather like Daffy Duck.
#20 - Confederate Honey
Season 1940 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/30/1940
Elmer Fudd is set to propose to a wealthy heiress but is interrupted by the Civil War.
#21 - Ceiling Hero
Season 1940 - Episode 27 - Aired 8/24/1940
Spot-gag of airplanes flying over mid-west America.
#22 - Slap Happy Pappy
Season 1940 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/13/1940
At Porky's farm a chicken longs for a son.
#23 - Bedtime for Sniffles
Season 1940 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/23/1940
Sniffles tries to stay awake and wait up to see Santa on Christmas Eve.
#24 - Porky's Hired Hand
Season 1940 - Episode 37 - Aired 11/30/1940
Farmer Porky hires slow-witted assistant Gregory Grunt to help him capture a marauding Fox.
#25 - Mighty Hunters
Season 1940 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1940
A group of children living in the Grand Canyon explore and play.