Merrie Melodies

American animated series of cartoon short films produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1969
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Merrie Melodies
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Merrie Melodies

Summary

Merrie Melodies is an animated short film series[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of animated_short_film_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (969 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Merrie Melodies is the creator of Tex Avery[3].
  • Merrie Melodies is the creator of Leon Schlesinger[4].
  • Merrie Melodies's image is recorded as Merrie Melodies classic title card.png[5].
  • Merrie Melodies's instance of is recorded as animated short film series[6].
  • Merrie Melodies's director is recorded as Friz Freleng[7].
  • Merrie Melodies's director is recorded as Chuck Jones[8].
  • Merrie Melodies's composer is recorded as Carl W. Stalling[9].
  • Merrie Melodies's producer is recorded as Leon Schlesinger[10].
  • Merrie Melodies's production company is recorded as Harman-Ising studio[11].
  • Merrie Melodies's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[12].
  • Merrie Melodies's Commons category is recorded as Merrie Melodies[13].
  • Merrie Melodies's original broadcaster is recorded as Cartoon Network[14].
  • Merrie Melodies's color is recorded as black-and-white[15].
  • Merrie Melodies's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • +1931-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Merrie Melodies[17].
  • Merrie Melodies's start time is recorded as +1931-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Merrie Melodies's end time is recorded as +1969-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Merrie Melodies's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cbr6[20].
  • Merrie Melodies's characters is recorded as Foghorn Leghorn[21].
  • Merrie Melodies's characters is recorded as Piggy[22].
  • Merrie Melodies's voice actor is recorded as Mel Blanc[23].
  • Merrie Melodies's voice actor is recorded as June Foray[24].
  • Merrie Melodies's voice actor is recorded as Bea Benaderet[25].
  • Merrie Melodies's distributed by is recorded as Warner Bros. Entertainment[26].
  • Merrie Melodies's official website is recorded as http://looneytunes.kidswb.com[27].

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Works and Contributions

Created works include Tex Avery[3], a film director[28], 1908–1980[29], of United States[30], awarded the Winsor McCay Award[31] and Leon Schlesinger[4], a film producer[32], 1884–1949[33], of United States[34].

Why It Matters

Merrie Melodies ranks in the top 5% of animated_short_film_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (969 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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