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 (13)
1. Travelogue Cartoons
Aired 13 November 1998
Cartoons that parodied the travelogue, a short film that advertised the beauty and splendor of a certain country or region. Featuring: Detouring America, Crazy Cruise, Fresh Fish
2. Emily the Chicken
Aired 20 November 1998
Featuring: Let It Be Me, A Star is Hatched, Strangled Eggs
3. Baseball Cartoons
Aired 27 November 1998
4. The Early Works of Chuck Jones
Aired 4 December 1998
5. Southern Fried Cartoons
Aired 11 December 1998
Cartoons that take place in the American South.
6. Midnight in the Bookstore
Aired 18 December 1998
7. The Many Faces of Robin Hood
Aired 25 December 1998
8. Hollywood Nights
Aired 1 January 1999
9. Future Shock
Aired 8 January 1999
Cartoons that parodied the 1940s and 1950s imaginings of what the future would be like.
10. Movie Star Bugs
Aired 15 January 1999
11. Shut Eye
Aired 22 January 1999
Cartoons centered on the comedy behind a character trying to get some sleep.
12. Egghead
Aired 29 January 1999
13. The Dreams of Bob Clampett
Aired 5 February 1999