From A to Z-Z-Z-Z

From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Directed byCharles M. Jones
Written byMichael Maltese
Produced byEdward Selzer
(uncredited)
StarringDick Beals
Mel Blanc
Norman Nesbitt
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byKen Harris
Lloyd Vaughan
Ben Washam
Layouts byMaurice Noble
Backgrounds byPhilip DeGuard
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • October 6, 1954 (1954-10-06)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

From A to Z-Z-Z-Z is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones.[1] The short was released on October 16, 1954, and stars Ralph Phillips.[2]

Written by Michael Maltese and produced by Edward Selzer, it was animated by Ken Harris, Lloyd Vaughan and Ben Washam.[3] Voice actors Dick Beals,[4] Mel Blanc[3] and Norman Nesbitt[3] were uncredited. Sources are divided whether the uncredited teacher was voiced by Bea Benaderet.[4]

The short was nominated for "Best Short Subject, Cartoons" at the 1954 Academy Awards.[3]

Ralph appears in a sequel cartoon, Boyhood Daze, released in 1957.[5]

He also appears in the Looney Tunes Cartoons season 5 short, Livin' the Daydream.

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 266. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "From A to Z-Z-Z-Z". BCDB.com. Retrieved August 17, 2012.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b Ralph Phillips at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Greatest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).