Beans (Looney Tunes)
Looney Tunes character
Beans is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from 1935–1936. Beans was the third cartoon character star of the series after Bosko and Buddy. He was created by director Friz Freleng alongside a plethora of characters intended to be his supporting cast, including Porky Pig. He was voiced by Billy Bletcher (and occasionally by Tommy Bond). The character was featured in nine cartoons made in 1935 and 1936, but was retired quickly in favor of Porky Pig.
History
In 1933, directors Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising left producer Leon Schlesinger for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, taking their main creation, Bosko, with them. Desperate to maintain his contract with Warner Bros. Pictures, Schlesinger founded an animation studio of his own, Leon Schlesinger Productions, to produce new Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons in-house and collected employees from Walt Disney Productions, Romer Grey's animation studio and their competitors. Schlesinger set up his new studio on the Warner Bros. lot, on Sunset Boulevard.
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