Missing openings...

[Crazy Tom]

I am surprised nobody mentioned anything about missing WB openings.

What mind-boggles me is that Porky Pig's Feat (1943) is missing the opening, which I know Nickelodeon showed in the early 90's. Plus, the WB7A version of 1943's Puss-n-Booty is also missing the WB opneing. Why is that?

[Jon Cooke]

For whatever reason, CN's colorized print of "Porky Pig's Feat" was the one used on the syndicated Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends show from the early 1990s (which aired cartoons with no opening/closing titles). Believe it or not, when CN first started running that cartoon, it aired with the entire set of ending credits from the MM show after it.

I am sure the redrawn "Puss 'N Booty" runs with opening titles. If I recall correctly, it opens with the regular WB sheild opening lifted from "Deduce, You Say" (like many of the redrawns do), then switches to a redrawn set of green circles with the heads of Daffy and Porky in them.


-Jon

[Jack]

Also, Rhapsody Rabbit is missing all of it's opening titles. It just starts with the title card.


Jack:D

[PorkyandDaffy]

SNIFFLES AND THE BOOKWORM just abruptly opens up to it's Blue Ribbon title card. The WB shield part at the beginning followed by the Merrie Melodies sign isn't shown on CN. I think I remember seeing MOUSE MENACE on CN like this, too.

I remember CN's version of THE BIG SNOOZE used to open up at the title card, but I think it's fixed now.

[J Lee]

Rhapsody Rabbit and Sniffles and the Bookworm are the 1987 versions MGM/UA released as part of it's Vidde Oh! series of pre-48 WB color toons. What they did to the opening titles was 10 times worse than the annoying end titles on the 1995 dubbed versions -- the WB titles were either cut off entirely or a Blue Ribbon title with a 1940 copyright date (and 1940 opening music) was subtituted. In the case of Daffy Doodles, the cut from the fake opening to the BR title card and music was very abrupt and very annoying.

Hopefully, when the Toonheads "Contoversy of 1946" episode runs they'll ditch the 1987 version of "Rhapsody Rabbit" and find a decent print with the correct opening.