September 27, 1941 –
The Merrie Melodies short, The Brave Little Bat, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Sniffles, was released on this date.
This is also the final Sniffles cartoon with the Disney-esque cutesy direction and slow pacing. Beginning with The Unbearable Bear, the Sniffles cartoons are faster-paced and more comedic in tone, due to director Chuck Jones moving out of his Disney-esque phase in the early-to-mid-1940s.
