About this season
ToonHeads is an animation anthology series consisting of Hanna-Barbera, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. and Popeye cartoon shorts, with interesting background information and trivia, prominently about animators and voice actors like: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery, Hugh Harman, Rudy Ising, David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, and Daws Butler. The program was narrated by Leslie Fram and Don Kennedy. Every half-hour episode would have a different theme, including one series of episodes in 1996 featuring the long-unseen Nudnik shorts. It was originally broadcast on Cartoon Network from October 1992 to November 23, 2003, with a Christmas special shown on December 24, 2005. The series includes 82 episodes, two one-hour specials, and one half-hour special which was never aired.
Episodes (24)
1. El Kabong
Aired 2 October 1992 • 25 min
Cartoons about Hanna-Barbera character Quick Draw McGraw and his alter ego, El Kabong. Features: El Kabong (1959) El Kabong Meets El Kazing (1960) Kabong Kabong's Kabong (1960)
2. Barney Bear
Aired 9 October 1992 • 25 min
Cartoons about MGM character Barney Bear. Features: The Unwelcomed Guest(1945) The Bear and the Hare(1948) Goggle Fishing Bear(1949)
3. Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Cartoons
Aired 16 October 1992
4. Ranger John Smith
Aired 23 October 1992
5. Hollywood
Aired 30 October 1992
6. The Old West
Aired 6 November 1992
7. Music
Aired 13 November 1992
8. Sports
Aired 20 November 1992
9. Mel Blanc
Aired 27 November 1992
10. Daws Butler
Aired 4 December 1992
11. The Evolution of Tom and Jerry
Aired 11 December 1992
12. Bugs Bunny in Fairy Tales
Aired 18 December 1992
13. Jay Ward
Aired 25 December 1992
14. The Best of Tex Avery
Aired 1 January 1993
15. Academy Award Winning Toons
Aired 8 January 1993
16. Cartoon Sequels
Aired 15 January 1993
17. Popeye
Aired 22 January 1993
18. Valentine's Day
Aired 14 February 1993
19. St. Patrick's Day
Aired 17 March 1993
20. Wobert Cwampett: That Cwazy Diwector
Aired 18 June 1993
21. Don't Adjust Your Color: Black-and-White Cartoons
Aired 25 June 1993
22. Insomnia
Aired 20 August 1993
23. Forgotten Directors: Frank Tashlin
Aired 15 April 1994
24. Forgotten Directors: Arthur Davis
Aired 29 April 1994