MeTV Toons is rolling out the red carpet for Tinseltown Toons
Celebrate nominated shorts and award-winning classic cartoons on Saturday, March 14 starting at 8P | 7C.
It's our favorite season: awards! You have made the VIP list for MeTV Toons' special celebration of Hollywood's highest honors with nominated shorts and award-winning cartoons: Tinseltown Toons!
Within our vast vault of classic cartoons, we have a selection of highly lauded cartoons from Looney Tunes, MGM, UPA, and Universal. We are so excited to share these cartoons with you with this special Saturday night marathon.
MeTV Toons is rolling out the red carpet for Tinseltown Toons on Saturday, March 14th, starting at 8P | 7C.
The nominees are...
Knighty Knight Bugs (Winner, 1958) - Bugs is a hapless court jester who sneaks into the villain's castle while Black Knight Sam is snoozing.
Quiet Please! (Winner, 1945) - Spike warns Tom not to make any noise, so Jerry tries to.
Musical Moments from Chopin (Nominated, 1946) - A Musical Miniature cartoon. Andy and Woody play a flawless Chopin piano concert in a barn, not missing a note even when a horse accidentally sets fire to the barn.
Magoo's Puddle Jumper (Winner, 1956) - Magoo buys a used electric car and takes Waldo on an underwater detour.
For Scent-imental Reasons (Winner, 1949) - Pepe LePew walks into a perfume shop to sniff the various perfumes. The shopkeeper recruits a cat to fight him off, but Pepe ends up falling in love with the cat when it picks up a white stripe.
Gerald McBoing-Boing (Winner, 1950) - A little boy who can't speak words, only sound effects, finds success as a radio performer.
One Droopy Knight (Nominated, 1957) - Sir Droopalot and Sir Butchalot vie with each other to kill a dragon that is terrorizing their kingdom. Whoever vanquishes the dragon will marry the king's daughter.
Birds Anonymous (Winner, 1957) - Sylvester joins Birds Anonymous, a pussycat's equivalent to Alcoholics Anonymous in an attempt to get rid of birds from his diet. Trouble arises when Tweety tempts him.
The Legend of Rockabye Point (Nominated, 1955) - Chilly and Charlie the Polar Bear compete to steal bluefin tuna from a fishing ship guarded by a guard dog. Charlie tries to sing the dog to sleep, but Chilly keeps waking him up.
Speedy Gonzalez (Winner, 1955) - Hungry Mexican mice are kept out of a cheese factory by Sylvester. Speedy has to try to get cheese for the mice.
The Dot and the Line (Winner, 1965) - A simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers.
Beep Prepared (Nominated, 1961) - Wile E. Coyote chases the Road runner in this classic.
Walky Talky Hawky (Nominated, 1946) - Henery goes out to fulfill his destiny: hunting chickens. Foghorn Leghorn is fighting with a dog and uses the naive Henery against his enemy.
Cat Concerto (Winner, 1946) - In this Oscar winning episode, Tom plays as a concert pianist who plays beautifully, but keeps getting interrupted when Jerry is inside of the piano, making Tom hit the wrong keys.
When Magoo Flew (Winner, 1954) - Magoo mistakes an airplane trip for a 3-D movie.
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (Nominated, 1953) - Another episode with Ralph Phillips and all his daydreaming fantasies. He fights math problems on the chalkboard, becomes part of the pony express escaping Indians and flies like a bird.
The Dizzy Acrobat (Nominated, 1943) - Woody tries to sneak into the circus.
Tweetie Pie (Winner, 1947) - When Tweety is brought in from the cold, the owner warns Sylvester to leave him alone.
A Wild Hare (Nominated, 1940) - While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny who tricks and harasses the hunter.
