Termite Terrace

“Throughout history, man had left great landmarks of culture. These are the places where great people's ideas were born, the Parthenon, the Roman Forum, Colosseum, the Great Wall of China, the Palace of Seyid, the White House, the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal ...and Termite Terrace. Yes. Termite Terrace. For just as Abraham Lincoln was born in the Rubloff cabin in Illinois, so to the simple clapboard building called Termite Terrace, was "the humble birthplace" of one of the world's most beloved comedians, Bugs Bunny.”

―Orson Welles, narrates about Termite Terrace, Warner Bros. studios' cartoon division

Termite Terrace was the original Warner Brothers animation studio for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Unlike most other animation studios, which used much larger buildings, Termite Terrace was a very small building made of clapboard, and very infested with insects, especially termites. It was located on the original Warner Bros. studio lot on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, now the Sunset Bronson Studios. The original Termite Terrace building was condemmed and demolished in the early 1940s, but its nickname persisted as a nickname for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio until the studio was shut down in 1964.

Gallery

Sid Sutherland, Virgil Ross, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, and Bob Clampett

Trivia

• With the very tiny wooden cartoon apartment building, Termite Terrace, Warner Bros. became the very first major movie studio to have its cartoon division.