Tedd Pierce
Also Known As: Edward Stacey Pierce III, Ted Pierce
Biography: Tedd Pierce was an American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist. Pierce spent the majority of his career as a writer for the Warner Bros. "Termite Terrace" animation studio, working alongside fellow luminaries such as Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese. Pierce also worked as a writer at Fleischer Studios from 1939 to 1941. Jones credited Pierce in his 1989 autobiography Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist as being the inspiration for the character Pepé Le Pew, the haplessly romantic French skunk due to Pierce's self-proclamation that he was a ladies' man.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Quogue, New York, USA
Birthday: August 12, 1906
Deathday: February 19, 1972
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Overview: The happy tranquility of Bugville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-09
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Uncle Tom's Bungalow
Overview: Warner Bros. cartoon parody of Uncle Tom's Cabin. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-05
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A Tale of Two Kitties
Overview: Two alley cats, Babbitt and Catsello, decide to make a meal out of Orson as he sleeps in his nest atop a telephone pole. The gullible (and loud) Catsello is repeatedly gulled into trying to "get the bird," earning a variety of thrashings from the casually murderous little canary. Catsello finally resorts to an air strike (with a pair of wooden boards for wings), but it's wartime, and Orson has the cat blasted out of the sky by anti-aircraft guns.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-21
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A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Overview: Bugs Bunny relates his early life in the Manhattan tenements and spotlights his encounter with a gang of canine toughs.
Genres: Animation Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-22
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Have You Got Any Castles?
Overview: Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably the various pages of Green Pastures all joining in on a song, The Thin Man entering The White House Cookbook and exiting much fatter, and The House of Seven (Clark) Gables singing backup to Old King Cole. The Three Musketeers break loose, become Three Men on a Horse, grab the Seven Keys to Baldpate, and set the Prisoner of Zenda free. They are soon chased by horsemen from The Charge of the Light Brigade and Under Two Flags and beset by the cannons of All Quiet on the Western Front. All this disturbs the sleep of Rip Van Winkle, who opens Hurricane so that everyone is (all together now) Gone with the Wind.
Genres: Animation Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-25
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Porky's Road Race
Overview: It's race day, and first prize is $2 million (less $1,999,998.37 in taxes). Porky's little car is matched against cars driven by stars of yesteryear, including Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin. When the black #13 driven by "Borax Karoff" makes a bid for the finish line, can Porky fend him off?
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-07
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Super-Rabbit
Overview: Bugs Bunny becomes a superhero who does battle with a rabbit hating cowboy and horse.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-03
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The CooCoo Nut Grove
Overview: A visit to a Hollywood nightclub, featuring caricatures of, among others, Walter Winchell, Hugh Herbert, W.C. Fields, Katharine Hepburn, Ned Sparks, Johnny Weissmuller, Lupe Velez, John Barrymore, Harpo Marx, George Arliss, Mae West, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Clark Gable, Edna May Oliver, Gary Cooper, The Dionne Quintuplets, Groucho Marx, Helen Morgan, Wallace Beery, Edward G. Robinson and George Raft.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-28
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The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
Overview: A program for radio KUKU set in the woods, mostly starring birds as caricatures of celebrities of the day. The MC is bandleader Ben Birdie, heckled by Walter Finchell. Wendell Howell prepares to lead a singalong; he gives several different page numbers in the songbook, then says, "Never mind, we won't use the books." The audience, responding "Oh yes we will" pelts him. Billy Goat and Ernie Bear introduce and sing the title song. Everyone sings along, except a fox, who informed he's singing the wrong song, responds, "Why don't somebody tell me these things?" We pan across a series of celebrity guests, like W.C. Field-mouse, Dick Fowl, Deanna Terrapin, Bing Crowsby, and the high-note competing duo of Grace Moose and Lily Swans. Tizzie Fish has a cooking segment. Finally, Louella Possums introduces a company performing a scene from The Prodigal's Return.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-03
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Wackiki Wabbit
Overview: On a tropical island, a pair of castaways look to Bugs as a source of food.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-03
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Snafuperman
Overview: Pvt. Snafu becomes a superhero, only for him to become the world's dumbest one because he won't study his field manuals.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-15
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Rumors
Overview: Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.
Genres: Animation Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-01
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A Tale of Two Mice
Overview: Babitt and Catstello return; their goal: steal the cheese the cat is guarding.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-30
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The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
Overview: Three fun-loving, morally upright brothers from Pimento University save their fiancée from their fiendish archenemy, Dan Backslide, in this spoof of the Rover Boys.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-19
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Country Mouse
Overview: A strong mouse says that he will become the heavyweight champion of the world. But his grandma (who is just as strong) doesn't want him to fight...
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-12
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Boom Boom
Overview: World War I, apparently. There is a series of quick blackout gags, including a soldier that throws the pin...
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-28
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Jungle Jitters
Overview: Starts out with a tribe of African cannibals imitating Native Americans. After this, they do the new Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theme "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down." Then a sloppy stuttering salesman knocks on their doors, and they bring him in and put him in a pot of boiling water. The queen of the tribe wants to see the man. She falls in love with him. They get married, but when the salesman sees he has to kiss the bride, he decides he'd be better off being dinner for a tribe of hungry cannibals. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-19
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My Little Buckeroo
Overview: In the border town of Boiled Beef, Texas, in 1872, a bandit who is wanted by authorities terrorizes the town - but a pig-headed deputy thinks he has a way to capture him.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-28
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The Village Smithy
Overview: The narrator sets the scene for a warped version of the classic poem, and the hijinks when assistant Porky gives the blacksmith a rubber horseshoe, then a hot horseshoe on the horse's backside by accident.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-04
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Cracked Ice
Overview: It's ice skating time. After a few generic ice-skating gags, we get to the main story. An animal falls through the ice, and a pig doing W.C. Fields (W.C. Squeals, apparently) calls for help from a Saint Bernard dog. The dog dispenses a drink, and Squeals begins scheming to get some himself. First he tries faking his own fall through the ice, but the dog sees through it and downs the drink himself. Then Squeals tries using a dish of bones and a magnet, but the magnet falls through the ice and gets stuck around a fish. The fish then swims through a liquor spill from the dog's casket; the drunken fish grabs an ax and, swimming in a circle, dunks another skater. He then latches onto Squeals' skates, and hauls him into an ice-skating contest, where the fish-induced antics win him first prize. Squeals fills the loving cup from the dog's cask, and the fish swims off with it.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-10
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French Rarebit
Overview: While visiting Paris, Bugs Bunny wanders past the restaurants of Louie and Francois, rival chefs who fight to cook him until he promises to teach them the recipe for 'Louisiana Back-bay Bayou Bunny Bordelaise à la Antoine'.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-30
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The Aristo-Cat
Overview: Meadows the butler quits after being tormented by the spoiled family cat, who finds he is unable to survive on his own, especially after meeting the mice Hubie and Bertie.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-18
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Wholly Smoke
Overview: A neighborhood bully convinces Porky to take a puff from his cigar, causing Porky to hallucinate a smoke-man named Nick O. Teen, along with a musical number done by cigars, cigarettes and pipes in the likeness of the 3 Stooges, etc.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-26
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Fox Pop
Overview: Hearing that silver foxes are all the rage in high society, a fox paints himself silver and gets himself trapped, finding out too late that it's only his fur anyone is interested in.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-04
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Quentin Quail
Overview: Take-off on Fanny Brice's "Baby Snooks" radio program. An exasperated Mr. Quail tries to catch a worm for his whining daughter, Baby Toots, and gets the worst from a tough crow who has designs on the worm himself.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-02
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The Major Lied 'Til Dawn
Overview: We open on a big game hunter telling a little boy (a caricture of child star Freddie Bartholomew) stories about hunting in the jungles of Africa. He tells him a story about a day he was hunting there. The game hunter gets help from African natives to catch some animals, with some odd results. Sight gags include an elephant who can't remember something he was supposed to do, and the game hunter riding a elephant and having to "shift gears" like an automobile to get up a steep hill.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-13
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Fagin's Freshman
Overview: Momma's singing "Three Little Kittens" with her brood, but Blackie thinks it's for sissies and he'd rather listen to crime dramas on the radio. Momma sends him to bed, where he dreams of venturing out. He sees a sign looking for boys, no experience needed. It's Fagin's school, where he trains boys to steal. The cops raid the place. In the shootout, the phone rings; Fagin answers and passes the message on to a cop: bring home a pound of butter. Blackie dives out a window, gets tangled up in a curtain, and wakes up, tangled in his blanket; he runs downstairs and joins in "Three Little Kittens."
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-17
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Milk and Money
Overview: Porky's father is going to lose his farm. Porky goes to town with his horse and works a milk route, with a warning that if he breaks a bottle he's fired. As he's delivering, cats follow along behind draining the bottles. Meanwhile, Hank Horsefly follows them into town. He stings Dobbin, who crashes and breaks many bottles. They happen upon a horse race and accidentally enter; the horse is merely plodding along until it gets stung again.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-03
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The Return of Mr. Hook
Overview: Seaman Hook has big plans for after the war, mostly involving rushing home and marrying his sweetie. So do his fellow seaman, but theirs involve buying bonds.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-15
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Little Red Walking Hood
Overview: Red walks past a pool hall; the wolf sees her and pursues. But Red is oblivious to his come-ons.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-06
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Gulliver's Travels
Overview: Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.
Genres: Animation Family Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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Scrap Happy Daffy
Overview: During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapons to continue the Allied fight against the Axis powers. Hitler reads about Daffy's scrap pile and about Daffy's stated intent to win the war with junk and, after throwing a fit and chewing a carpet like a mad dog, orders Daffy's scrap pile destroyed.
Genres: Animation Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-20
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Wacky Wildlife
Overview: A series of typical Avery spot gags set around wild animals. A dainty deer drinks very loudly and rudely from a lake. A pack rat swaps an egg and an acorn, then back again ("monotonous, isn't it?"). A flock of ducks lands; a hunter fires; all fly away, except one with an American flag on its side. A termite fells a huge tree. A cowboy rides across the plains well, no; his horse is just slapping itself with the front hooves. A coyote calls to its mate: "Hey, Mabel, come on out!" A camel contradicts the narrator, saying he's really thirsty. A wild dog: because of the lumbermen.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-08
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Scent-imental Over You
Overview: Striving to be like all the high-class dogs in their fine coats, a little hairless pooch borrows a black and white fur coat of her owner, not realizing it makes her appear to be a skunk. Once she has it on, she finds everyone fleeing from her - everyone, that is, except for the amorous Pepé Le Pew.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-08
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At Your Service Madame
Overview: Mrs. Hamhock finds herself the object of unwanted attention following an article in the paper about...
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-28
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Stealin Aint Honest
Overview: Olive has a map that shows the location of her secret gold mine, but while she's showing it to Popeye, claim jumper Bluto photographs it and gets there first.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-22
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Shop Look & Listen
Overview: J.T. Gimlet's department store is closed, and the mice are going on a tour, led by the same W.C. Fields mouse as in Little Blabbermouse. First, the shoe department, where we see mules, both red and green, who pop out of the box and bray at us. Next, the artworks: Whistler's Mother proves to be a good whistler herself; The Thinker is puzzling over his tax return; a painting that starts with two Indians becomes The Last of the Mohicans. In housewares, an automatic ashtray deals with a cigar (prompting a string of babble from Blabbermouse). An automated poker table plays the whole game, complete with the requisite ace-up-the-sleeve. And finally, the gift-wrap department, which includes one robot to measure out ribbon and another to wrap packages. This prompts another string of babble from Blabbermouse, which gets *him* wrapped up (and, when that's not enough, slapped with a "Do Not Open Until Xmas" sticker on his mouth).
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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Little Blabbermouse
Overview: A mouse, imitating W.C. Fields, leads a nighttime tour of a closed drugstore for other mice, that include a very inquisitive little boy.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-06
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The Mighty Navy
Overview: Popeye joins the US Navy and routs the enemy in a one-man battle, but not before he causes his commanding officer plenty of aggravation.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-14
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Baseball Bugs
Overview: Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-02
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A Star Is Hatched
Overview: Emily the chicken lives in Hickville but dreams of Hollywood. Her chance comes when director J. Megga-Phone happens to drive past and gives her his card.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-02
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Porky's Hero Agency
Overview: Porky is reading the Greek myth of the gorgon, who turned everyone she looked at into stone. Mother tells him it's bedtime; he dreams of being Porkykarkus, the hero that saves Greece.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-04
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The Mouse-Merized Cat
Overview: Babbit hypnotizies Catsello, despite his efforts to resist, into believing he's Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Jimmy Durante, then a chicken, and finally a dog, who he sics on the cat. The cat hypnotizes him back. Finally, Catstello hypnotizes both of them into cowboy and horse, leaving him alone to enjoy the deli they live in.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-18
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Hold the Lion, Please
Overview: A lion wants to prove he's still "King of the Jungle" and, to prove it, he hunts rabbit.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-06
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Ding Dog Daddy
Overview: A dumb mutt falls in love with the metal statue of a greyhound.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-04
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Many Tanks
Overview: Bluto's in the Army; he tries to sneak off base, but can't. Popeye passes by, Bluto invites him in, then swaps uniforms. Popeye ends up in a tank drill.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-15
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Porky the Rain-Maker
Overview: The farm is suffering through a terrible drought. Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar...
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-01
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Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Overview: Bugs challenges Cecil Turtle to race, only this time he's wearing an aerodynamic suit like Cecil's. Unfortunately, the gambling ring has bet everything on the rabbit, and Bugs now looks like a tortoise.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-20
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Bell Hoppy
Overview: Sylvester has been "blackballed" out of membership to the Loyal Order of Alley Cats Mouse and Chowder Club again. To gain the long-coveted membership, the Grand Master offers to let the lisping puddy tat place a big bell around the neck of the largest mouse he can find, so the cats can pounce on the mouse when they hear the bell. Just as that's going on, Hippety Hopper escapes from a city zoo truck. It's not long before he encounters the hapless Sylvester. Each attempt to place the bell around Hippety's neck ends with Sylvester wearing the bell (and the cats pounding the puddy into submission). In the end, Sylvester finally does get the bell around Hippety's neck, but by the time the cats are ready to pounce on the baby kangaroo-mistaken-for-a-giant-mouse, Hippety has been recaptured. The oblivious cats end up jumping in front of the city zoo truck! Sylvester now gets to serve as Loyal Order's Grand Master.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-16
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