The BEST episodes of Looney Tunes season 1942

Every episode of Looney Tunes season 1942, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Looney Tunes season 1942!

Series of comedy short films from 1929 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation, alongside its sister series Merrie Melodies.

Last Updated: 2/8/2024Network: Cartoon NetworkStatus: Ended
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The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
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8.66
83 votes

#1 - The Hare-Brained Hypnotist

Season 1942 - Episode 35 - Aired 10/31/1942

This time Elmer Fudd goes after Bugs using hypnotism, only the plan backfires.

Directors: Friz Freleng
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Daffy's Southern Exposure
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8.09
11 votes

#2 - Daffy's Southern Exposure

Season 1942 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/2/1942

Daffy Duck refuses to fly south for the winter, which leads him to refuge into a winter shack, trapped by a wolf and a weasel.

Directors: Norm McCabe
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Case of the Missing Hare
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7.80
20 votes

#3 - Case of the Missing Hare

Season 1942 - Episode 39 - Aired 12/12/1942

After Bugs angers a new magician that comes into town, and the magician gets Bugs back, it's only natural for Bugs to continue the chain. In the magician's upcoming show, Bugs dresses himself as the assistant, playing his way into the magician's act.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Writer: Tedd Pierce
The Daffy Duckaroo
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7.40
5 votes

#4 - The Daffy Duckaroo

Season 1942 - Episode 34 - Aired 10/24/1942

Daffy Duck falls for a duck in the Wild West, but has to contend with her ex-boyfriend.

Directors: Norm McCabe
My Favorite Duck
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7.33
36 votes

#5 - My Favorite Duck

Season 1942 - Episode 38 - Aired 12/5/1942

Porky tries to relax on a hunting and fishing trip, but Daffy, smugly pointing out the "No Duck Hunting" signs, subjects him to constant irritation. Then the "Duck Hunting Season Open" signs start going up.

Directors: Chuck Jones
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
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7.33
83 votes

#6 - The Wabbit Who Came to Supper

Season 1942 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/28/1942

Elmer Fudd is already hunting Bugs when he learns that he will inherit three million dollars from Uncle Louie if he doesn't harm animals, especially rabbits.

Directors: Friz Freleng
The Wacky Wabbit
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7.31
45 votes

#7 - The Wacky Wabbit

Season 1942 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/2/1942

Bugs arrives in the desert to find Elmer prospecting for gold. Fudd is finally driven to pull his own gold tooth.

Directors: Robert Clampett
Fresh Hare
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7.29
7 votes

#8 - Fresh Hare

Season 1942 - Episode 27 - Aired 8/22/1942

Elmer Fudd, playing a Mountie, takes the opportunity to hunt down a wanted Bugs Bunny.

Directors: Friz Freleng
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
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7.25
83 votes

#9 - Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid

Season 1942 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/11/1942

Mama Buzzard wants her children to learn to bring back meat for dinner. One buzzardling is shy and has to be kicked out of the nest. He's told to at least bring back a rabbit.

Directors: Robert Clampett
The Draft Horse
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7.22
36 votes

#10 - The Draft Horse

Season 1942 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/9/1942

A farm horse tries to enlist in the army, but despite his virtuoso display of wartime histrionics, he's rejected when he flunks the physical. Dejected, he wanders into a mock battlefield, which tells him what war is really like.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Writer: Tedd Pierce
The Ducktators
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7.16
38 votes

#11 - The Ducktators

Season 1942 - Episode 25 - Aired 8/1/1942

Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.

Directors: Norm McCabe
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
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7.14
50 votes

#12 - The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall

Season 1942 - Episode 31 - Aired 9/19/1942

A Gay 90's melodrama depicting the exploits of the Dover Boys, Tom, Dick and Larry (of Pimento University), and their rescue of dainty Dora Standpipe (of Miss Cheddar's Female Academy) from the clutches of coward, bully, cad and thief Dan Backslide.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Writer: Tedd Pierce
Crazy Cruise
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7.11
38 votes

#13 - Crazy Cruise

Season 1942 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/1942

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.

Conrad the Sailor
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7.07
70 votes

#14 - Conrad the Sailor

Season 1942 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/1942

Conrad Cat's attempts to keep the battleship decks swabbed are frustrated by Daffy's tricks, like putting paint in his bucket, and by unexpected appearances of the pint-sized Admiral.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Writer: Dave Monahan
Horton Hatches the Egg
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7.05
43 votes

#15 - Horton Hatches the Egg

Season 1942 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/11/1942

Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie bird's egg while she vacations.

Directors: Robert Clampett
A Tale of Two Kitties
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7.04
51 votes

#16 - A Tale of Two Kitties

Season 1942 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/21/1942

Babbit and Catstello, take-offs on Bud Abbott and Lou Costello try to catch the little Tweety bird, using everything from stilts to dynamite. Trouble is, the tiny bird has a vicious streak in him.

Directors: Robert Clampett
Wacky Blackout
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7.00
36 votes

#17 - Wacky Blackout

Season 1942 - Episode 23 - Aired 7/11/1942

We tour a farm and see how the various animals are preparing for the war, in a series of blackout skits.

Directors: Robert Clampett
Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
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7.00
37 votes

#18 - Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner

Season 1942 - Episode 28 - Aired 8/22/1942

A live-action piano player relates the story of the Moth who, on his way to marry his Honey Bee, falls into the clutches of an amourous black widow spider, who at one point disguises herself as Veronica Lake in an attempt to snare her man, er, bug.

Directors: Robert Clampett
The Hep Cat
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7.00
41 votes

#19 - The Hep Cat

Season 1942 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/3/1942

The first color Looney Tunes short (most Merrie Melodies shorts had been in color since 1934). A cat-about-town fancies himself such an irresistible "hunk" he momentarily resembles Victor Mature. His wooing of a cute kitten gets derailed by a prankster dog using a cat hand puppet to trap him.

Directors: Robert Clampett
Lights Fantastic
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6.97
34 votes

#20 - Lights Fantastic

Season 1942 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/23/1942

A tour of the bright lights of New York City, where the various advertising signs come to life.

Directors: Friz Freleng
Writer: Dave Monahan
Foney Fables
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6.92
39 votes

#21 - Foney Fables

Season 1942 - Episode 24 - Aired 8/1/1942

A series of fractured fairy tales vignettes.

Directors: Friz Freleng
The Impatient Patient
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6.92
36 votes

#22 - The Impatient Patient

Season 1942 - Episode 30 - Aired 9/5/1942

Daffy Duck, suffering from hiccups, runs into Dr. Jerkyl. The doctor has a potion to help cure his condition.

Directors: Norm McCabe
Who's Who in the Zoo
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6.84
31 votes

#23 - Who's Who in the Zoo

Season 1942 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/14/1942

Spot-gag short centered at a city zoo.

Directors: Norm McCabe
Porky's Pastry Pirates
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6.74
31 votes

#24 - Porky's Pastry Pirates

Season 1942 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/1942

A bee demonstrates to a fly how to avoid Porky's flyswatter and eat all the food inside his bakery.

Directors: Friz Freleng
Writer: Dave Monahan
Hop Skip and a Chump
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6.68
34 votes

#25 - Hop Skip and a Chump

Season 1942 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/1942

The grasshopper outwits his long time nemesis the crows.

Directors: Friz Freleng