Toy Town Hall

Short Information

Series:

Merrie Melodies

Rings/Iris Center Colors:

Purple (prior to restored print of the cartoon, it is long-presumed blue)

Reel No.:

7567

Found in Streaming Devices:

WarnerMedia RIDE

Animation

Bob McKimson
Sandy Walker

Uncredited Film Editor

Treg Brown

Uncredited Voice Characterizations

Bernice Hansen
Martha Wentworth
Cliff Nazarro
Tommy Bond
Peter Lind Hayes

Musical Direction

Carl W. Stalling

MPAA No.:

2524

Release date(s):

September 19, 1936

Color process

Technicolor

Language

English

Preceded by

Porky's Moving Day

Followed by

Milk and Money

Toy Town Hall is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.

Plot[]

A young tot is put to bed in the middle of listening to the Ben Bernie Orchestra on the radio. He falls asleep and dreams that his toys in the room become movie and radio stars who put on a variety show, with a bunch of musical acts. Then the youngster wakes up.

Caricatures[]

Ben Bernie
Fred Allen - parodying his Toytown Tonight radio show
Portland Hoffa - interrupting Fred
Bing Crosby - singing "Let It Be Me"
Eddie Cantor - singing "Merrily We Roll Along"
David Rubinoff - playing violin
Rudy Vallee
Joe Penner - impression by stuffed rabbit

Availability[]

Streaming[]

Notes[]

This is the first Merrie Melodies cartoon in which Carl Stalling gets musical credit onscreen.
This is also the final Merrie Melodies cartoon to use "I Think You're Ducky" as its theme music. The next Merrie Melodies cartoon, "Boulevardier from the Bronx", would be the first to use "Merrily We Roll Along" as its theme music, which will be the series' signature theme music through 1964.
This is also the last to use the original 1936 Merrie Melodies Color Rings in the intro.
This cartoon is one of the few that has been known to air on Cartoon Network with the Associated Artists Productions logo before the opening titles. However, a Turner "dubbed version", minus the AAP opening, has been aired on the network from time to time.
The original end titles have been found on one print, and also air on Boomerang. However, the dubbed version is on LaserDisc. WarnerMedia RIDE also has the original end titles on the restored print.
The restored print on WarnerMedia RIDE automatically fades the title card to the clock background, whereas the original print fades the title card onto the ring backgrounds then to the clock background. It also has a fake cutaway from the end of the cartoon to the closing titles, and incorrectly uses the "I Think You're Ducky" opening rendition from "I'd Love to Take Orders from You" and "At Your Service Madame" in place of the original one.

Toy Town Hall

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