<P> In 1929 , to compete against Walt Disney 's Mickey Mouse short cartoons , Warner Bros. became interested in developing a series of animated shorts to promote their music . They had recently acquired Brunswick Records along with four music publishers for US $28 million ( equivalent to $410 million in 2018 ) and were eager to promote this material for the sales of sheet music and phonograph records . Warner made a deal with Leon Schlesinger to produce cartoons for them . Schlesinger hired Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman to produce the first series of cartoons . Schlesinger was impressed by Harman 's and Ising 's 1929 pilot cartoon , Bosko , The Talk - Ink Kid . The first Looney Tunes short was Sinkin ' in the Bathtub starring Bosko , which was released in 1930 . </P>
<P> In 1929 , to compete against Walt Disney 's Mickey Mouse short cartoons , Warner Bros. became interested in developing a series of animated shorts to promote their music . They had recently acquired Brunswick Records along with four music publishers for US $28 million ( equivalent to $410 million in 2018 ) and were eager to promote this material for the sales of sheet music and phonograph records . Warner made a deal with Leon Schlesinger to produce cartoons for them . Schlesinger hired Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman to produce the first series of cartoons . Schlesinger was impressed by Harman 's and Ising 's 1929 pilot cartoon , Bosko , The Talk - Ink Kid . The first Looney Tunes short was Sinkin ' in the Bathtub starring Bosko , which was released in 1930 . </P>
when did the first looney tunes come out
when did the first looney tunes come out
1930
1930