Editing Looney Tunes (section)

=== 1933–1936: Leon Schlesinger Productions ===
When Harman and Ising left Warner Bros. in 1933 over a budget dispute with Schlesinger, they took with them all the rights of the characters they had created. A new character called [[Buddy (Looney Tunes)|Buddy]] became the only star of the ''Looney Tunes'' series for a couple of years.

New directors including [[Tex Avery]], [[Friz Freleng]] and [[Bob Clampett]] were brought in or promoted to work with animators in the Schlesinger studio, with Avery's unit housed in a bungalow which the animators dubbed "[[Termite Terrace]]." In 1935, the first major ''Looney Tunes'' star debuted, [[Porky Pig]]. He first appeared along with [[Beans (Looney Tunes)|Beans the Cat]] in the ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon ''[[I Haven't Got a Hat]]'', directed by Friz Freleng. Beans was the star of the next Porky/Beans cartoon, ''[[Gold Diggers of '49]]'', but it was Porky who emerged as the star instead of Beans. The ensemble characters of ''I Haven't Got a Hat'', such as Oliver Owl and the twin dogs Ham and Ex, were also given a sampling of shorts. Beans and Porky proved much more popular in comparison. Beans was later phased out when his popularity declined, leaving Porky as the only star of the Schlesinger studio.