The CooCoo Nut Grove

The CooCoo Nut Grove
Short Information
Notes:	1.) This cartoon was followed by "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos" (1937) and "Have You Got Any Castles?" (1938), both parodying Hollywood personalities. 1.1.) Ben Birdie later appeared in "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos" and some animation from this cartoon was reused. 2.) This is the first short that was edited by Treg Brown himself, he would continue making the sound effects for Warner Bros. Cartoons until his retirement in 1964. 3.) Some of the W.C. Fields pig's animation is recycled from "At Your Service Madame".
Series:	Merrie Melodies
Reel No.:	7603
Starring	Ben Birdie W.C. Squeals
Home Video Releases:	(1991) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 1, Side 9, Hooray for Hollywood (1992) VHS - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 9, Hooray for Hollywood! (2005) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two (restored) (2005) DVD - The Petrified Forest (USA 1995 Turner print) (2006) DVD - Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volume 4 (2013) Blu-ray - The Petrified Forest (USA 1995 Turner print in SD) (2018) DVD - Looney Tunes Collection Volume 3
Found in Streaming Devices:	HBO Max (2020 - ) (restored) iTunes (-) (restored)
Supervision	I. Freleng
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Uncredited Story	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Bob McKimson Sandy Walker
Uncredited Animators	Ben Clopton Cal Dalton Ken Harris Phil Monroe Paul J. Smith
Uncredited Assistant Animation	Rod Scribner
Uncredited Character Designs	T. Hee
Uncredited Layouts	Zack Schwartz
Uncredited Sound effects	Treg Brown
Uncredited Film Editor	Treg Brown
Uncredited Voice Characterizations	Tedd Pierce (W.C. Squeals) Bernice Hansen (Dionne Quintuplets) Danny Webb (Walter Windpipe) Verna Deane The Rhythmettes Wini Shaw (Helen Morgan) Peter Lind Hayes (Ben Birdie) Martha Wentworth (Mae West)
Musical Direction	Carl W. Stalling
Uncredited Orchestration	Milt Franklyn
MPAA No.:	2776
Release date(s):	November 28, 1936
Preceded by	Little Beau Porky
Followed by	The Village Smithy
External links
IMDb page

The CooCoo Nut Grove is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot

A night at Hollywood's fab-u-lous CooCoo Nut Grove restaurant. You never know who you will see, or be seen by. Master of ceremonies Ben Birdie is accosted in the opening scene by Walter Windpipe.

Caricatures

• Ben Bernie
• Walter Winchell
• Katharine Hepburn
• Jean Harlow
• Bette Davis
• Joe E. Brown
• Hugh Herbert
• W.C. Fields
• Clark Gable
• Groucho and Harpo Marx
• Johnny Weissmuller
• Mae West
• Lionel Barrymore
• John Barrymore
• Laurel and Hardy
• Edward G. Robinson
• Fred Astaire
• George Raft
• Edna May Oliver
• The Dionne Quintuplets
• Helen Morgan

Gallery

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Lobby Card

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Second Lobby Card

Trivia

• The title is a play on Los Angeles' famous Cocoanut Grove nightclub.