Friz Freleng was as much of a perfectionist as he was economical. If a concept or gag worked especially well, he would unapologetically recycle it somewhere down the road. If he thought he could do something BETTER, he took the opportunity. In this complete cartoon (courtesy of the public domain!) Porky Pig is tormented by a nameless cat who keeps him awake at night by serenading him with loopy renditions of everything from classical opera to jazz to early 20th century pop standards. If the plot

Friz Freleng really liked to make cartoons about insects. He once drew the ire of Bing Crosby when he caricatured him as a fly in "Bingo Crosbyana" (1936). He often focused on ants, whether they were raiding a picnic ("The Gay Anties" (1947)) or going to war with Elmer Fudd ("Ant Pasted" (1953)). In one early cartoon, "The Lady in Red" (1935), Freleng used cockroaches infesting a Mexican cantina as fodder for musical entertainment, only to have them attacked by a parrot. In retaliation, the bugs

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CURTAINS, you understand?! From "Racketeer Rabbit" (Friz Freleng, 1946) | GoldenAgeCartoons.com

Director Friz Freleng introduced an incredibly forgetful Big Bad Wolf character in his 1955 Tweety and Sylvester cartoon, "Red Riding Hoodwinked". Freleng brought the character back three years later to hunt Bugs Bunny (only to keep forgetting exactly what he's hunting) in "Hare-less Wolf" (1958). In this cartoon, the character was named "Charles M. Wolf", after fellow WB cartoon director Charles M. (Chuck) Jones. | GoldenAgeCartoons.com