Bob Clampett
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American animator, director, and producer, known for his wildly inventive Looney Tunes cartoons at Warner Bros., including Booby Traps (1944) and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery.
Directed
Animation, Comedy
A Tale of Two Kitties is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions. It features two hungry cats, Babbit and Catstello — parodies of the comedy team Abbott and Costello — who scheme to catch a baby bird in a nest atop a high telephone pole. The bird is Tweety, making his first-ever appearance (then called "Orson"), who would go on to become one of Warner Bros.' most enduring characters. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy
A Tale of Two Kitties
1942 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Private Snafu blunders through a booby-trapped North African landscape, ignoring every warning about hidden explosives until the traps teach him their lessons the hard way. A Bob Clampett-directed Army training short. The film entered the public domain as a U.S. government work.
Animation · Comedy · War
Booby Traps
1944 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
A narrator introduces a moth who falls ravenously in love with a glamorous female performer, with comic results blending live action and animation. A Bob Clampett-directed Warner Bros. short. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy
Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
1942 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Private Snafu learns the hard way that a soldier is only as good as his equipment, as he neglects his weapons and pays the price on the front lines. A Bob Clampett-directed Private Snafu training short featuring a Daffy Duck cameo. The film entered the public domain as a U.S. government work.
Animation · Comedy · War
Fighting Tools
1943 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Meet John Doughboy is a 1941 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions, featuring Porky Pig. Porky tours a military training camp and observes the preparations of the "Doughboys" — American soldiers — as they train for service. The short was part of a wave of patriotic cartoons produced before the United States entered World War II. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy
Meet John Doughboy
1941 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Mr. Hook battles the propaganda of Tokyo Rose, who tries to convince sailors not to buy war bonds, by firing a shell carrying a sentient war bond to Japan. A Bob Clampett-directed Mr. Hook short made for the U.S. Navy. The film entered the public domain as a U.S. government work.
Animation · Comedy · War
Tokyo Woes
1945 - Animation