Aloha Hooey

Aloha Hooey
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Airdate:	31 January 1942
Series:	Merrie Melodies
MPAA Number:	7339
Production Number:	MM-8-11
Vitaphone Number:	227
Copyright Renewed:	11 December 1969
Crew
Voice Characterizations:	Mel Blanc Sara Berner Pinto Colvig (all uncredited)
Director:	Tex Avery (planned, uncredited) Bob Clampett (finished, uncredited)
Written By:	Michael Maltese
Producer:	Leon Schlesinger
Animated By:	Virgil Ross Rod Scribner (uncredited) Robert McKimson (uncredited) Charles McKimson (uncredited) Rev Chaney (uncredited) Sid Sutherland (uncredited)
Layout Artist:	Nic E. Gibson (uncredited)
Background Artist:	John Didrik Johnsen (uncredited)
Film Editor:	Treg Brown (uncredited)
Musician:	Carl W. Stalling

Aloha Hooey is a 1942 Merrie Melodies short planned by Tex Avery and finished by Bob Clampett.

Title

The title is a play on the Hawaiian song "Aloha 'Oe".

Plot

Cecil Crow from Iowa wants to see a hula dancer. He and Sammy Seagull have stowed away on the same ship. They come within distance of a tropical island. The island is home to a hula dancer named Laylani. Cecil and Sammy take turns trying to impress the female dancer.

Caricatures

• Dorothy Lamour - the character Laylani is based on her

Availability

(1992) LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 3, Side 5: Early Avery

Streaming

Tubi (2025 - ) (Turner dubbed version)

Notes

• Production on this cartoon began in 1941 sometime before Tex Avery left. This is evidenced by the fact that one of the model sheets is dated 5 April 1941.
  • The cartoon was officially greenlit for production on 22 April 1941.
• The USA Turner "dubbed" version keeps the original 1941-55 MWRA end cue, while the EU Turner "dubbed" version replaces the original 1941-55 MWRA end cue with the 1938-41 MWRA end cue.
• MeTV aired this short 11 June 2022 on Saturday Morning Cartoons; however, this airing appears unrestored, using the Turner dubbed version.
• The working title for the short was "Gulls-A-Poppin'"
  • The working title is a play on the musical revue Hellzapoppin'.

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