1.) This is the final cartoon where
Margaret Hill-Talbot voices Sniffles, as beginning with the next Sniffles cartoon "
The Unbearable Bear" (1943),
Marjorie Tarlton, who voiced the talkative bat in this cartoon, takes over as the voice of Sniffles.
2.) 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. Sniffles would continue to appear in three more cartoons, "
The Unbearable Bear", "
Lost and Foundling", and "
Hush My Mouse", after this before being retired in 1946.
3.) Unlike most old
a.a.p. transfers appearing on the first four volumes of
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes LaserDisc releases, this cartoon did not have its original Blue Ribbon opening titles intact, due to re-using the
Cartoon Festivals VHS master which alters its original opening
Color Rings by mistake; in this case when this cartoon was released on
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4 LaserDisc in 1993, the
Cartoon Festivals VHS master which hacks off its BR opening rings was used
[1], and had the altered a.a.p. opening as at the start of almost all the
Cartoon Festival tapes in the vein of "
Daffy Doodles" (consisting of the a.a.p. opening of "
Inki and the Lion" with the 1939-1940
Merrie Melodies opening music cue) edited in to make up for its lost BR opening rings, albeit shortened
[2]3.1.) It could be possible that this is one of the very few 1986
Cartoon Festivals VHS prints to permanently lose their original opening titles due to these affected shorts having their opening rings cut or altered for this VHS collection, until at least when the
1995 Turner "dubbed version" prints take their place. This could possibly explain why some shorts that have been previously released in this said VHS collection such as "
Trap Happy Porky", "
Slick Hare", and "
Tweetie Pie" have their a.a.p. transfers replaced for the
Cartoon Moviestars VHS collection and
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes LaserDisc set, either with a newer MGM print from circa-1987/1988 or an older a.a.p. print from the early-1980s.
3.2.) This cartoon's 1986
Cartoon Festivals VHS print does survive its original Blue Ribbon opening on the
Sniffles and the Bookworm UK VHS release.
[3]3.3.) It is unknown whether this cartoon's older a.a.p. print from before 1986 survives its Blue Ribbon opening.
3.4.) This is one of the only three cartoons on the first four volumes of
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes LaserDisc set to have altered opening titles replacing their hacked-off opening titles, the other two are "
The Bear's Tale" (1940, appearing on Volume 1) and "
Bars and Stripes Forever" (1939, also appearing on Volume 4, much like this cartoon).
3.5.) The 1995 Turner "dubbed version" print (regardless of USA or EU prints) of this cartoon on the other hand restores its Blue Ribbon opening rings, but alters its original ending card in return
[4].
4.) This was the last cartoon that
Rich Hogan wrote for
Leon Schlesinger Productions before he left to work at the MGM cartoon studio for
Tex Avery.
[5]5.) As late as
2008, a 35mm print of this cartoon with its original titles was known to exist.
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