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Michael Maltese
Writer 1908 - 1981

Michael Maltese

New York, New York, USA

Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American story man for classic animated cartoon shorts. He is best known for working in the 1950s on a series of Merrie Melodies cartoons with director Chuck Jones. This collaboration produced many highly acclaimed... Read full bio →

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The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe 1979 1h 38m 7.0

A collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile.E.Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and providing links between the individual animations which are otherwise unconnected.

The Flintstones

The Flintstones

1960 25m 7.0

The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.

A Witch's Tangled Hare

A Witch's Tangled Hare

Abe Levitow 1959 6m 6.0

Shakespeare is all ears as Bugs battles Witch Hazel in Macbeth's castle.

Robin Hood Daffy

Robin Hood Daffy

Chuck Jones 1958 7m 7.0

Daffy attempts to convince Porky, as Friar Tuck, that he really is Robin Hood.

Hare-Way to the Stars

Hare-Way to the Stars

Chuck Jones 1958 6m 6.5

Suffering from a rabbit-hangover Bugs accidentally climbs onto a rocket ship parked directly over his hole. He's taken to Marvin the Martian's home where he steals explosives Marvin was planning to use to blow up the Earth.

What's Opera, Doc?

What's Opera, Doc?

Chuck Jones 1957 7m 7.5

Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.

Boyhood Daze

Boyhood Daze

Chuck Jones 1957 7m 6.5

Scolded by his mother for breaking a window, young Ralph Phillips waits in his bedroom and lets his imagination run amok as he pictures himself as a famous explorer, a space force pilot, and a prisoner before his dad comes home.

Ali Baba Bunny

Ali Baba Bunny

Chuck Jones 1957 7m 6.5

Bugs and Daffy get lost on the way to Pismo Beach, and find a cave full of treasure in the Arabian Desert, guarded by Hassan.

Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z

Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z

Chuck Jones 1956 7m 7.0

Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully chases the Road Runner using such contrivances as a rifle, a steel plate, a dynamite stick on an extending metal pulley, a painting of a collapsed bridge (which the Coyote falls into while Road Runner passes right through), and a jet motor.

Deduce, You Say

Deduce, You Say

Chuck Jones 1956 7m 7.0

Daffy Duck is a detective who is hunting for the Shropshire Slasher.

One Froggy Evening

One Froggy Evening

Chuck Jones 1955 7m 7.5

A workman finds a singing frog in the cornerstone of an old building being demolished. But when he tries to cash in on his discovery, he finds the frog will sing only for him, and just croak for the talent agent and the audience in the theater he's spent his life savings on.

My Little Duckaroo

My Little Duckaroo

Chuck Jones 1954 7m 6.0

Daffy Duck is a Wild West outlaw named "The Masked Avenger", righter of wrongs and doer of heroic deeds. Porky Pig is his sidekick. Together, they search for Nasty Canasta, a villain whose crimes include gag-stealing and square dancing in a round house.

From A to Z-Z-Z-Z

From A to Z-Z-Z-Z

Chuck Jones 1954 7m 7.0

Schoolboy Ralph Phillips daydreams in class, the lessons inspiring his fantasy heroics, such as being a pony-express rider, a deep-sea diver, a boxing champion and even General Douglas MacArthur.

Feline Frame-Up

Feline Frame-Up

Chuck Jones 1954 6m 7.0

Cute kitten Pussyfoot is the victim of smug Claude Cat's jealous abuse, which enrages the little cat's protector, Marc Anthony the bulldog. Claude convinces their master that Marc Anthony is the aggressor, getting the dog kicked out of the house and leaving Pussyfoot at Claude's mercy.

Bewitched Bunny

Bewitched Bunny

Chuck Jones 1954 7m 7.5

Disguised as a truant officer, Bugs attempts to rescue Hansel and Gretel from Witch Hazel, who plans to cook him for her dinner.

Zipping Along

Zipping Along

Chuck Jones 1953 7m 7.0

Hypnosis doesn't help the Coyote catch the Road Runner, nor do a clutch of string-controlled rifles or dozens of mousetraps, but they all manage to backfire on him, naturally.

Kiss Me Cat

Kiss Me Cat

Chuck Jones 1953 7m 7.0

Horrified when he hears his master is threatening to get rid of Pussyfoot unless the kitten starts catching mice, Marc Anthony the bulldog tries to tutor his little charge in proper feline behavior.

Duck! Rabbit, Duck!

Duck! Rabbit, Duck!

Chuck Jones 1953 7m 7.5

The final installment of the "Hunting Trilogy" once again has Elmer out hunting, while Bugs and Daffy try to con him into shooting the other.

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

Chuck Jones 1953 7m 7.5

Space hero Daffy battles Marvin the Martian for control of Planet X.

Duck Amuck

Duck Amuck

Chuck Jones 1953 7m 8.0

The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

Bully for Bugs

Bully for Bugs

Chuck Jones 1953 7m 6.0

Bugs Bunny, once again making that "wrong turn at Albuquerque", burrows into a bullring where a magnificent bull is making short work of a toreador.

The Hasty Hare

The Hasty Hare

Chuck Jones 1952 7m 7.0

A fey little Martian, with his green dog-soldier, K-9, arrive on Earth with instructions to bring back an Earth creature. He chooses Bugs Bunny.

Rabbit Seasoning

Rabbit Seasoning

Chuck Jones 1952 7m 7.0

Elmer Fudd is hunting both Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny again.

Going! Going! Gosh!

Going! Going! Gosh!

Chuck Jones 1952 7m 7.0

The Coyote makes various attempts to get the Road Runner with an explosive-tipped arrow, by shooting himself out of a sling shot and by covering the road with quick drying cement.

Feed the Kitty

Feed the Kitty

Chuck Jones 1952 7m 7.0

A bulldog adopts an adorable kitten, but he can't let his owner know.

Beep, Beep

Beep, Beep

Chuck Jones 1952 7m 7.0

The Coyote chases the Road Runner through a maze of mine shafts.

Scent-imental Romeo

Scent-imental Romeo

Chuck Jones 1951 6m 6.0

A hungry cat disguises herself as a skunk to get in on feeding time at the zoo, but amorous Pepe thinks she's the real thing and pours on his Maurice Chevalier impression to win her over.

Rabbit Fire

Rabbit Fire

Chuck Jones 1951 7m 7.5

Daffy Duck and Bugs argue back and forth whether it is duck season or rabbit season. The object of their arguments is hunter Elmer Fudd.

Drip-Along Daffy

Drip-Along Daffy

Chuck Jones 1951 7m 6.5

Daffy Duck plays a western hero, but things don't go as he hoped in a one horse town.

Chow Hound

Chow Hound

Chuck Jones 1951 7m 6.0

A perpetually-hungry dog has a great scheme going: planting a cat in different houses and bullying it out the food its "owners" give it. But he keeps getting hungrier and hungrier, and the cat keeps forgetting the gravy.

The Scarlet Pumpernickel

The Scarlet Pumpernickel

Chuck Jones 1950 7m 6.5

Daffy tries to sell movie studio head J.L. his script for a swashbuckler set in Merry Olde England, a plot involving a maiden in distress, a scheming Chamberlain, an evil Grand Duke and a dashing masked hero (to be played by Daffy, of course).

Rabbit of Seville

Rabbit of Seville

Chuck Jones 1950 8m 6.5

Behind the Hollywood Bowl stage which is playing the opera The Barber of Seville, Bugs Bunny flees into the backstage area with Elmer Fudd in close pursuit. Seeing his opportunity to fight on his terms, Bugs raises the curtain on Elmer, trapping him on stage.

8 Ball Bunny

8 Ball Bunny

Chuck Jones 1950 7m 6.0

Bugs helps a penguin go home via New Orleans, Martinique, the Panama Canal and finally the South Pole. But the penguin's home is in New Jersey.

Rabbit Hood

Rabbit Hood

Chuck Jones 1949 8m 6.5

While stealing a carrot in Sherwood Forest on the king's property, Bugs gets caught by the sheriff. Bugs tricks the sheriff into letting him go, but not before he plays pranks on the hapless lawman.

Long-Haired Hare

Long-Haired Hare

Chuck Jones 1949 8m 7.5

Bugs Bunny vs. a famous opera singer at the Hollywood Bowl.

For Scent-imental Reasons

For Scent-imental Reasons

Chuck Jones 1949 7m 6.5

Pepe Le Pew chases a female cat in a perfume shop until she turns the tables on him.

Fast and Furry-ous

Fast and Furry-ous

Chuck Jones 1949 7m 8.0

This was the debut for Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. It was also their only cartoon made in the 1940s. It set the template for the series, in which Wile E.

Scaredy Cat

Scaredy Cat

Chuck Jones 1948 8m 8.0

Porky and Sylvester spend the night in an old dark house where a cult of killer mice try to eliminate them both. Sylvester tries warning Porky, but he is convinced that Sylvester is a coward.

Haredevil Hare

Haredevil Hare

Chuck Jones 1948 8m 6.5

Bugs is tricked into being the first rabbit shot into space. When he lands on the moon he finds Commander X-2 (later known as Marvin Martian) set to blow up planet Earth.

Buccaneer Bunny

Buccaneer Bunny

Friz Freleng 1948 7m 6.5

Bugs infuriates pirate Yosemite Sam by stealing his treasure and Yosemite chases Bugs onto the pirate ship.

Back Alley Oproar

Back Alley Oproar

Friz Freleng 1948 7m 7.0

Sylvester sings opera and popular tunes while standing on a back alley fence; Elmer, who wants to sleep, tries to thwart him.

Tweetie Pie

Tweetie Pie

Friz Freleng 1947 7m 7.0

Thomas the cat finds Tweety in the snow, warming himself by a cigar butt. Thomas's mistress rescues the little yellow bird before her cat can devour him, but Thomas doesn't give up.

Rabbit Transit

Rabbit Transit

Friz Freleng 1947 8m 6.0

This time Bugs' race with Cecil Turtle features a rocket-powered tortoise shell.

A Pest in the House

A Pest in the House

Chuck Jones 1947 7m 6.0

A sleepy man demands total quiet from hotel manager Elmer Fudd, but bellhop Daffy's noisy antics keep prompting the exasperated guest to sock Elmer in the face.

Baseball Bugs

Baseball Bugs

Friz Freleng 1946 7m 6.5

Bugs plays every defensive position against the Gas-House Gorillas.

Little Red Riding Rabbit

Little Red Riding Rabbit

Friz Freleng 1944 7m 6.0

Bugs, the Wolf and bobby-soxer Red chase each other around while Grandma is off working at Lockheed aircraft.

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