Bone Sweet Bone

Bone Sweet Bone

May 22, 1948 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

Also known as: Bone, Sweet Bone (Blue Ribbon Reissue)

Studio
Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

Shep, a small, humble dog, buries a dinosaur bone. An archeology professor sends Shep to find it again. This task sends the professor's pet into the territory of a most ferocious bulldog, leading to clever interplay between dogs.

Characters

Shep, Professor, Bulldog, Curator

Credits

Directing

Director
Art Davis

Producing

Producer
Edward Selzer

Writing

Writer
Bill Scott, Lloyd Turner

Voices

Voice
Mel Blanc (Curator, Shep)

Music

Music
Carl Stalling

Crew

Layouts
Don Smith
Backgrounds
Philip De Guard

Production notes

Blue Ribbon reissue title reads "Bone, Sweet Bone."

The Blue Ribbon release featured green rings.

In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.

All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.

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