1938

1938 saw significant shifts within Warner Brothers' staff including Frank Tashlin and Friz Freleng's departure, leading to Chuck Jones directorial debut, and the partnership of Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton, who would significantly direct a short creating a rabbit character that would define the studio's future.

History[]

• Cal Howard and Tedd Pierce leave for Max Fleischer's studio in Miami, with Ben Hardaway taking over Howard's position in the animation unit that he shared with Cal Dalton.^[1][2]
• Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton direct "Porky's Hare Hunt", which features an early version of the character that would later become Bugs Bunny.
• Frank Tashlin resigns after an argument with studio manager Henry Binder and works for Disney in the story department. This leads to Chuck Jones leaving Bob Clampett's unit and replacing Tashlin as the director of his unit.^[3]
• Chuck Jones's directorial debut, "The Night Watchman", is released. This cartoon also was the first to use the green Color Rings.

Theatrical Shorts[]

1.  "Daffy Duck & Egghead" (Avery/January 1) 
2.  "Porky's Poppa" (Clampett/January 15)
3.  "My Little Buckaroo" (Freleng/January 29) 
4.  "Porky at the Crocadero" (Tashlin/February 5)
5.  "Jungle Jitters" (Freleng/February 19) 
6.  "What Price Porky" (Clampett/February 26)
7.  "The Sneezing Weasel" (Avery/March 12) 
8.  "Porky's Phoney Express" (Dalton, Howard/March 19)
9.  "A Star Is Hatched" (Freleng/April 2)
10.  "Porky's Five & Ten" (Clampett/April 16)
11.  "The Penguin Parade" (Avery/April 23)
12.  "Porky's Hare Hunt" (Hardaway, Dalton/April 30)
13.  "Now That Summer Is Gone" (Tashlin/May 14) 
14.  "Injun Trouble" (Clampett/May 21)
15.  "The Isle of Pingo Pongo" (Avery/May 28) 
16.  "Porky the Fireman" (Tashlin/June 4)
17.  "Katnip Kollege" (Dalton, Howard/June 11) 
18.  "Have You Got Any Castles?" (Tashlin/June 25)  
19.  "Porky's Party" (Clampett/June 25)
20.  "Love and Curses" (Hardaway, Dalton/July 9)
21.  "Porky's Spring Planting" (Tashlin/July 16)^[4][5]
22.  "Cinderella Meets Fella" (Avery/July 23)
23.  "Porky & Daffy" (Clampett/August 6)
24.  "The Major Lied 'Til Dawn" (Tashlin/August 13)
25.  "A-Lad-In Bagdad" (Dalton, Howard/August 27)
26.  "Wholly Smoke" (Tashlin/August 27)
27.  "Cracked Ice" (Tashlin/September 10)
28.  "A Feud There Was" (Avery/September 24) 
29.  "Porky in Wackyland" (Clampett/September 24)
30.  "Little Pancho Vanilla" (Tashlin/October 8) 
31.  "Porky's Naughty Nephew" (Clampett/October 15)
32.  "Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas" (Avery/October 22) 
33.  "Porky in Egypt" (Clampett/November 5)
34.  "You're an Education" (Tashlin/November 5) 
35.  "The Night Watchman" (Jones/November 19) 
36.  "The Daffy Doc" (Clampett/November 26)
37.  "Daffy Duck in Hollywood" (Avery/December 3)^[6][7]
38.  "Count Me Out" (Hardaway, Dalton/December 17)
39.  "Porky the Gob" (Hardaway, Dalton/December 17)
40.  "The Mice Will Play" (Avery/December 31) 

Character Debuts[]

• Prototype Bugs Bunny
• Yoyo Dodo

People[]

Births[]

• 19 October - Noel Blanc
• 4 November - Joe Pytka

References[]