Acme Hour - 9/27/01

[Jon Cooke]

"Doggone Tired" (MGM)
"Foney Fables"
"A Horsefly Fleas"
"The Flea Circus" (MGM)
"Trial of Mr. Wolf"
"Let It Be Me" - aap opening


-Jon

[DR. BELCH]

"The Trial of Mr. Wolf" was partially adapted into the Animaniacs short "...And Justice for Slappy"--in fact, it's likely Walter's design was based on that wolf. But unlike Slappy, Red (another Hepburn caricature) didn't have "a dynamite case".

Two flea shorts--"Horsefly" and "Circus" in the mix...as well as two dog-themed shorts, "Tired" and "Horsefly", plus the dog in "Fables" who screams "Food hoarder!". My favorite bit, though, was the Eva Gabor-esque accent used for the mother. "For crying out Pete's sakes, mother...my corn!" :D

Surprised Bing didn't threaten a lawsuit over "Let it Be Me", as he did over "Bingo Crosbyana", as this one depicts him as a jerk with dames rather than just a wussy.

[Pietro]

Originally posted by DR. BELCH
Surprised Bing didn't threaten a lawsuit over "Let it Be Me", as he did over "Bingo Crosbyana", as this one depicts him as a jerk with dames rather than just a wussy.

Yes, it is interesting that he never sued Warners
for this one (which came out before "Bingo Crosbyana").

-Pietro