Tedd Pierce

Writing

Tedd Pierce

Born — Died

1906-08-12 — 1972-02-19

Place of birth

Quogue, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

68 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 2 titles

1940s · 26 titles

Mr. Bug Goes to Town poster
6.3

The happy tranquility of Bugville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.

Mr. Bug Goes to Town

1941

Snafuperman poster
6.6

Pvt. Snafu becomes a superhero, only for him to become the world's dumbest one because he won't study his field manuals.

Snafuperman

1944

Baseball Bugs poster
6.9

Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.

Baseball Bugs

1946

Rumors poster
7.1

Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.

Rumors

1943

A Tale of Two Kitties poster
6.8

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.

A Tale of Two Kitties

1942

Ding Dog Daddy poster
5.6

A dumb mutt falls in love with the metal statue of a greyhound.

Ding Dog Daddy

1942

The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall poster
6.8

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.

The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall

1942

Little Blabbermouse poster
5.6

A mouse, imitating W.C. Fields, leads a nighttime tour of a closed drugstore for other mice, that include a very inquisitive little boy.

Little Blabbermouse

1940

Fox Pop poster
5.8

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.

Fox Pop

1942

Tortoise Wins by a Hare poster
7.1

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.

Tortoise Wins by a Hare

1943

A Tale of Two Mice poster
5.5

Babitt and Catstello return; their goal: steal the cheese the cat is guarding.

A Tale of Two Mice

1945

Hold the Lion, Please poster
6.4

A lion wants to prove he's still "King of the Jungle" and, to prove it, he hunts rabbit.

Hold the Lion, Please

1942

The Return of Mr. Hook poster
6.2

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.

The Return of Mr. Hook

1945

The Aristo-Cat poster
6.9

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.

The Aristo-Cat

1943

A Hare Grows in Manhattan poster
6.4

Bugs Bunny relates his early life in the Manhattan tenements and spotlights his encounter with a gang of canine toughs.

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

1947

Scent-imental Over You poster
6.5

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.

Scent-imental Over You

1947

The Mouse-Merized Cat poster
7.0

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.

The Mouse-Merized Cat

1946

Many Tanks poster
7.0

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.

Many Tanks

1942

Scrap Happy Daffy poster
6.6

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.

Scrap Happy Daffy

1943

Wacky Wildlife poster
6.5

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.

Wacky Wildlife

1940

Super-Rabbit poster
6.6

Bugs Bunny becomes a superhero who does battle with a rabbit-hating cowboy and his horse.

Super-Rabbit

1943

Stealin Aint Honest poster
7.3

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.

Stealin Aint Honest

1940

Quentin Quail poster
6.2

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.

Quentin Quail

1946

Wackiki Wabbit poster
6.8

On a tropical island, a pair of castaways look to Bugs as a source of food.

Wackiki Wabbit

1943

The Mighty Navy poster
7.2

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.

The Mighty Navy

1941

Shop Look & Listen poster
6.9

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).

Shop Look & Listen

1940

1930s · 22 titles

Gulliver's Travels poster
6.2

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.

Gulliver's Travels

1939

Porky's Hero Agency poster
7.1

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.

Porky's Hero Agency

1937

Uncle Tom's Bungalow poster
4.9

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.

Uncle Tom's Bungalow

1937

Little Red Walking Hood poster
6.3

Red walks past a pool hall; the wolf sees her and pursues her, but, she is oblivious to his come-ons.

Little Red Walking Hood

1937

Jungle Jitters poster
4.8

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.

Jungle Jitters

1938

Porky's Road Race poster
6.7

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?

Porky's Road Race

1937

The CooCoo Nut Grove poster
5.7

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.

The CooCoo Nut Grove

1936

I Love to Singa poster
6.8

A stern classical music teacher becomes a father of four musically-inclined sons, but when one of them demonstrates a preference for jazz music, his father kicks him out of the house.

I Love to Singa

1936

The Major Lied 'Til Dawn poster
6.8

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.

The Major Lied 'Til Dawn

1938

Have You Got Any Castles poster
6.6

A night in a small library. The characters of famous books come to life, referring to movie versions of these books.

Have You Got Any Castles

1938

A Star Is Hatched poster
5.8

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.

A Star Is Hatched

1938

The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos poster
5.3

Forest animals participate in the Woodland Community Swing Variety Show on radio station KUKU.

The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos

1937

Milk and Money poster
6.1

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.

Milk and Money

1936

At Your Service Madame poster
6.0

Mrs. Hamhock finds herself the object of unwanted attention following an article in the paper about...

At Your Service Madame

1936

Country Mouse poster
6.1

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...

Country Mouse

1935

Porky the Rain-Maker poster
6.3

The farm is suffering through a terrible drought. Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar...

Porky the Rain-Maker

1936

The Village Smithy poster
5.9

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.

The Village Smithy

1936

Fagin's Freshman poster
6.7

Blackie, a tough little kitten, dreams he runs away from home and falls afoul of Fagin and his school of gangsters.

Fagin's Freshman

1939

Boom Boom poster
6.5

World War I, apparently. There is a series of quick blackout gags, including a soldier that throws the pin...

Boom Boom

1936

Cracked Ice poster
6.0

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.

Cracked Ice

1938

My Little Buckeroo poster
5.9

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.

My Little Buckeroo

1938

Wholly Smoke poster
6.8

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.

Wholly Smoke

1938

Behind the camera

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie poster
7.3

Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

1981

Gulliver's Travels poster
6.2

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.

Gulliver's Travels

1939

Mr. Bug Goes to Town poster
6.3

The happy tranquility of Bugville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.

Mr. Bug Goes to Town

1941

How Bugs Bunny Won the West poster
6.6

How Bugs Bunny Won the West is a Looney Tunes special that was released in 1978. This special was narrated by Denver Pyle. The special is available as a bonus feature on The Essential Bugs Bunny DVD set. It had a running time of 30 min.

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

1978

I Was a Teenage Magoo poster
NR

Told in flashback, the plot has teenage (but still nearsighted) red-headed Magoo picks up his date "Melba" (a kangaroo) from her home (in a circus) and go on a picnic.

I Was a Teenage Magoo

1960

Ding Dog Daddy poster
5.6

A dumb mutt falls in love with the metal statue of a greyhound.

Ding Dog Daddy

1942

The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall poster
6.8

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.

The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall

1942

Hair-Raising Hare poster
7.2

A sneaker-wearing, hairy monster chases Bugs through a castle belonging to an evil scientist.

Hair-Raising Hare

1946

You Were Never Duckier poster
7.0

Finding that the prize for best duck at the National Poultry Show is only $5.00, but $5,000 for the best rooster, Daffy disguises himself as one, but then becomes the object of Henery Hawk's chicken hunt.

You Were Never Duckier

1948

Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special poster
6.6

A 1980 Looney Tunes Thanksgiving special, starring Daffy Duck. Cartoons featured "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" "Robin Hood Daffy" "Drip-Along Daffy" "His Bitter Half"

Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special

1980

Dough for the Do-Do poster
7.0

Porky Pig has an adventure in Wackyland while searching for the last Do-Do bird.

Dough for the Do-Do

1949

Hold the Lion, Please poster
6.4

A lion wants to prove he's still "King of the Jungle" and, to prove it, he hunts rabbit.

Hold the Lion, Please

1942

Bugs Bunny Rides Again poster
6.7

In the Western town of Rising Gorge, Bugs faces off against Yosemite Sam, "the roughest, toughest, he-man stuffest hombre who's ever crossed the Rio Grande."

Bugs Bunny Rides Again

1948

At Your Service Madame poster
6.0

Mrs. Hamhock finds herself the object of unwanted attention following an article in the paper about...

At Your Service Madame

1936

Bunker Hill Bunny poster
7.4

Sam Von Schamm The Hessian and Bugs Bunny fight it out in the little known American Revolutionary War Battle of Bagel Heights.

Bunker Hill Bunny

1950

No artwork available
NR

Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl was released in conjunction with Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire None of these shorts have been released on disc before, and Chuck Jones's "Daffy Dilly" (1948) is a welcome addition to any cartoon library. Daffy sets out to win the money a gloomy millionaire is offering to anyone who can make him laugh--and succeeds in spite of himself. But many of these cartoons are, simply, duds. "This Is a Life?" (1955), "People Are Bunny" (1959), and "Person to Bunny" (1960) spoof largely forgotten TV shows. How many viewers under 65 will recognize caricatures of Art Linkletter and Edward R. Murrow? The films pitting Daffy against Bugs play like weak remakes of Jones's "Rabbit Fire" trilogy or Friz Freleng's "Show Biz Bugs"--"Person to Bunny" even repeats some of Daffy's tap dance to "Jeepers Creepers" in "Show Biz." The very late "Suppressed Duck" (1965) is painfully unfunny. Once again, some of the films have been inexplicably cropped to simulate a widescreen format.

Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

2010

No artwork available
6.7

A slick movie director tricks a hayseed horse into becoming a stunt double.

It's a Grand Old Nag

1947

Backwoods Bunny poster
6.2

When Bugs vacations in the Ozarks he is pursued by hungry buzzards.

Backwoods Bunny

1959