Bill Melendez Movies

A documentary on the Looney Tunes. Including interviews from people who worked on it, and their family.

A documentary short detailing the making of the classic cartoon "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," and the particular pressure the creative...

Elliot, a rare California condor, must find a hideaway for endangered animals before man drives them over the brink into extinction.

Dance teacher Miss Placement is dismayed to learn that the head of the School of Ballet where she teaches has entered her beginners class in a...

Charlie Brown leaves his appointment with his dentist armed with an instructional pamphlet on proper tooth brushing technique. He endeavors to...

No matter where vagabond Daffy Duck goes to sleep, policeman Porky Pig is there to toss him out. Finally, Porky kicks him out the city park entirely,...

Animated propaganda advocating for the importance of unregulated capitalism to the American way of life.

After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady. Later, with...

Documentary on the making of the Peanuts Thanksgiving special.

Several new different Peanuts sketches are featured in this TV special, adapted from the comic strip, including Peppermint Patty's stint at dog...

Porky leads a wagon train into "Injun Joe Territory," and finally comes up against the fearsome Superchief. But Sloppy Moe, a survivor of a previous...

The patriarch of a family of farming hill billies is fattening a turkey to slaughter for Thanksgiving Day dinner, and he is fattening the fowl by...

A sweet and wholly psychedelic children's animation by Bill Melendez, of "Peanuts" fame. Soundtrack by legendary Ghanaian Afro Rock band Osibisa.

Another baseball season is ruined for Charlie Brown and his gang - but this time by pollution!

Lucy van Pelt instructs Charlie Brown and Snoopy in the finer points of proper flossing technique for healthy teeth and gums.

A documentary about the Fleischer brothers and how they revolutionized animation.

After Charlie Brown spots a girl briefly shown in a sports event broadcasting, he is smitten enough to go in search of her with the help of Linus....

A short sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc.

Tracing the story of primitive man's discovery of energy.

This short from the UPA studio was nominated for the 1952 Oscars. Based on the Madeline series of children's books.