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Yup, all snowed/iced in now, and, more than anything else, kinda bored.

So, I did indeed make up my list, as mentioned last post, of 50 Favorite Warner Bros. Cartoons to submit to Jerry Beck for his online poll, and as long as I made up the list, why not post it here as well as on his post calling for lists?

I've also included links to YouTube and Wikipedia/IMDb entries for each cartoon, where available. Some of the YouTube videos are of pretty lousy quality (one has French subtitles; one is cam-corded off a TV screen!), but so it goes (all but three of the following are available in the Warner Bros. Golden Collection DVD box sets).

In any case, if you're also stuck at home tonight, there's several hours of fine viewing here, from directors Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Maurice Noble, Tex Avery, Robert McKimson, Frank Tashlin, and Alex Lovy (but especially Jones and Clampett - making this list sure showed me exactly where my tastes lie).

My Picks for Top 50 Warner Bros. Cartoons:

1. Duck Amuck (Jones, 1953)
2. Porky in Wackyland (Clampett, 1938)/Dough for the Do-Do (Freleng, color remake, 1949)
3. What’s Opera, Doc? (Jones, 1957)
4. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (Clampett, 1946)
5. Rabbit of Seville (Jones, 1949)
6. The Big Snooze (Clampett, 1946)
7. One Froggy Evening (Jones, 1955)
8. Rabbit Seasoning (Jones, 1952)
9. A Tale of Two Kitties (Clampett, 1942)
10. Feed the Kitty (Jones, 1952)
11. The Old Grey Hare (Clampett, 1944)
12. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves (Clampett, 1943)
13. Bully for Bugs (Jones, 1953)
14. Book Revue (Clampett, 1946)
15. Robin Hood Daffy (Jones, 1958)
16. Baby Bottleneck (Clampett, 1946)
17. Rhapsody Rabbit (Freleng, 1946)
18. Scrambled Aches (Jones, 1957)
19. Duck! Rabbit! Duck! (Jones, 1953)
20. Russian Rhapsody (Clampett, 1944)
21. Now Hear This (Jones/Noble, 1963)
22. Back Alley Oproar (Freleng, 1948)
23. Operation: Rabbit (Jones, 1952)
24. Porky’s Preview (Avery, 1941)
25. Rabbit Fire (Jones, 1951)
26. It’s Hummer Time (McKimson, 1950)
27. A Bear for Punishment (Jones, 1951)
28. Drip-Along Daffy (Jones, 1951)
29. The Daffy Doc (Clampett, 1938)
30. The Ducksters (Jones, 1950)
31. Bunny Hugged (Jones, 1951)
32. Scrap Happy Daffy (Tashlin, 1942)
33. Falling Hare (Clampett, 1943)
34. Buccaneer Bunny (Freleng, 1948)
35. Baseball Bugs (Freleng, 1946)
36. Show Biz Bugs (Freleng, 1957)
37. Daffy Duck Slept Here (McKimson, 1948)
38. Long Haired Hare (Jones, 1948)
39. Thugs with Dirty Mugs (Avery, 1939)
40. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (Jones, 1953)
41. The Grey-Hounded Hare (McKimson, 1949)
42. Ali Baba Bunny (Jones, 1957)
43. Hare Brush (Freleng, 1955)
44. The Scarlet Pumpernickel (Jones, 1950)
45. Rabbit Hood (Jones, 1949)
46. Stop! Look! and Hasten! (Jones, 1953)
47. Little Red Riding Rabbit (Freleng, 1944)
48. Norman Normal (Lovy, 1968)
49. A Ham in a Role (McKimson, 1949)
50. What’s Cookin' Doc? (Clampett, 1944)