Bedtime for Sniffles

Bedtime for Sniffles
Bedtime for Sniffles
Directed by	Charles Jones
Story by	Rich Hogan
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Robert Cannon
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	November 23, 1940;
Running time	8 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Bedtime for Sniffles is a 1940 American animated comedy short film directed by Charles Jones. It was released on November 23, 1940. It is part of the Merrie Melodies series and the fifth cartoon to feature Sniffles. It was re-released as a "Blue Ribbon" reissue in 1949, rendering the original film and credits lost.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

On Christmas Eve, Sniffles looks forward to meeting Santa Claus on Christmas. He wastes his energy trying to look good for the occasion. He hallucinates measles as he becomes sleepier. He makes coffee but still struggles to stay awake, resisting his attempts to sleep by trying not to look at his bed in various ways. A hallucination of himself goads him to sleep. Unfortunately, Santa Claus appears right as he sleeps, but he does not stop to meet Sniffles as Sniffles had envisioned.

Home media

The short is included on Disc I of Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection.^[4]

References

↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 104. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
↑ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 62. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.
↑ "Mouse Chronicles coming to DVD and Blu-ray". May 9, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2026.

[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. 104. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

[3] Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 62. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.

[4] "Mouse Chronicles coming to DVD and Blu-ray". May 9, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2026.

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